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You wouldn't by chance have any recipes for lo-carb snacks? Stuff you could keep in the fridge to piece on? I sometimes get hungry for just a bite or two of something, but hate the trouble to cook something.

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What a great question at this early stage in our journey to find excitement and adventure on a Low Carb maintenance diet!

The word Boring comes up a lot when speaking to folks struggling to live with the perceived limitations of Atkins and the many other variations of Low Carb.

Well, you can say you heard it here first folks, I HAVE THE ANSWER.. drum roll.. it doesn't have to be a burden or a mystery, you can just change your definition of snack.. GASP!

YES, it's that easy.. thank you.. please no flowers... keep your seats.. no need to stand and applause...blush.. good night.. :)

A good carbless snack is salami and cheese. You can cube it like you would get on toothpicks at a cocktail party or just take a piece of sliced hard salami and wrap it around a piece of cheese. This is good on nights when no one is real hungry, too.

Another low-carb snack is yummy at parties. Take a pkg of cream cheese and let it come to room temperature. Mix in a couple of tablespoons of dill relish. Recipe originally called for sweet relish - but that's got too many carbs. Thinly spread your cheese and relish mix on a piece of ham - I use the oblong sandwich ham - and roll it like a jelly roll. Take the roll and cut into about 3/4" slices, put them back into the refrigerator to firm up the cheese.

Voila! Low carb pinwheels. Everyone likes these, dieting or not.

I feel like I'll never get caught up on this thread! LOL (Ya snooze ya lose on Carlo's threads!)

...you can just change your definition of snack.

I love to snack on pieces of celery or a few pork rinds spread with almond butter or NATURAL peanut butter!

11 Ghiardeli semi-sweet chocolate chips (that still contain the healthful cocoabutter instead of nasty hydrogenated fats that's substituted in cheaper chocolate chips) = 3 grams carb. I occasionally allow for 11 a day. I can satisfy my chocolate craving by letting them melt in mouth, one at a time, throughout the day. ... I also make an improvised chocolate mousse/cheesecake substitute by melting the chocolate chips in some cream and cream cheese, and then stir that mixture into some whipped cream sweetened with a little powdered Whey Low™. (More on Whey Low™ in a bit.)

Giving up my Dew has been difficult, and I confess, I've snuck in a few here and there on occasion. On those days when I'm Dew-FREE (which this year, for the first time in years, has been far more days WITHOUT DEW than with Dew) and feel I need a bit of caffeine, I simply dissolve about a half teaspoon of good quality instant coffee or espresso powder in a tablespoon of cold water and add a tablespoon or two of cream to the mix. I sip that mixture and have a bottle of chilled water close by as a "chaser." (It's like sipping coffee ice cream!) ;)

For those meals where nothing else but "pop" will do, I drink a can of Canada Dry (NATURALLY FLAVORED) lemon-lime or raspberry sparkling water. (You can also get it unflavored.)

I can't handle artificial sweeteners, so I've done a lot of improvising to satisfy my soft drink cravings. (I still haven't come up with a perfect solution for a Mountain Dew substitute, but I have hopes!)

I've mentioned this on other threads: Whey Low is a wonderful, all-natural sugar substitute. It isn't totally carb-free (like sugar alcohols such as Malitol or Xylitol) or YUCK YUCK YUCK artificial sweeteners; however, if you religiously follow Atkin's advice and allow for 1 carb per pack of Splenda, Whey Low™ will get you the same measure-for-measure results as if you had used sugar for the same Net Carb count as Splenda. Here's the carb update about Whey Low™ from the FAQ page on that Web site:

Is Whey Low™ effective for low-carbohydrate dieters?
Because of their low glycemic index, Whey Low™ Granular, Whey Low™ Granular Packets, Whey Low™ Gold, Whey Low™ Powder, and Whey Low™ for Ice Cream are all ideal for low-carb dieters. The available carbohydrate count or impact carbohydrates for Whey Low™ in combination with dietary carbohydrates is only 1 gram of carbohydrates per 1 teaspoon serving. The carbohydrate count for table sugar is 4 grams per teaspoon.

Okay, that said, I'm now back to trying to get through the 500+ posts I need to read to catch up. ;)