Atkins is versatile enough for Vegetarians to follow by adding 2 varieties of plant proteins each day to ensure you get the vital amino acids your body needs. Ensure that you check labels on food, such as Quorn products, which may be packaged with carbohydrates. Eating enough cheese, eggs and soya products can help you reach your daily protein quota. This plan is based on phase 2 of Atkins, which gives you more variety, such as including nuts and seeds for extra protein and fat. Using oils will also increase your fat intake, so use to dress salads or during cooking. You can also have full fat dairy products, such as natural yogurt, but avoid milk as it’s too high in lactose (milk sugar).
Day one
Breakfast
115g full fat Greek yogurt topped with 30g fresh raspberries
Carbs – 5g
Snack
30g cubed cheese
Carbs – 0g
Lunch
Salad made with 1 tomato, 1 spring onion, 50g cucumber, 30g rocket leaves and half avocado. Top with one tin salmon. Drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil.
Carbs – 8g
Snack
5 Green olives
Carbs – 0g
Dinner
Stir-fry made with 100g tofu, 50g sliced red pepper, 50g Beansprouts, 35g button mushrooms and ½ small onion, chopped. Stir-fry with 2 tbsp soya sauce.
Carbs – 9g
Follow with 115g natural whole milk yogurt, stir in 1 tbsp ground flaxseeds.
Carbs – 6g
Day two
Breakfast
Omelette made with 2 eggs, ½ sliced avocado and 30g cheese
Carbs – 2g
Snack
Atkins Creamy Vanilla shake
Carbs – 0.1g
Lunch
Cream of Cauliflower soup (serves 4)
Melt the butter over low heat and sauté the onion and celery in it until they are limp. Combine this with the broth and cauliflower in a large saucepan and simmer until the cauliflower is tender. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the vegetables into a blender and then pour in as much of the broth as will fit. Add the xanthan and puree the ingredients. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan. Stir in the cream and add salt and pepper to taste.
Carbs – 6.9g per serving
Snack
50g honeydew melon
Carbs – 4g
Dinner
100g tofu hot dogs with 60g cauliflower, steamed and then mashed with 30g shredded cheese. Serve with mixed salad of 100g mixed greens, 50g cucumber and 5 cherry tomatoes, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.
Carbs – 9.5g
Follow with 115g cottage cheese & 3 sliced strawberries
Carbs – 4g
Day three
Breakfast
Combine 200ml unsweetened almond milk with 2 tbsp almond butter and icecubes
Carbs – 7g
Snack
1 hard boiled egg
Carbs – 0.6g
Lunch
2 veggie burgers topped with 2 slices cheese. Serve with 200g mixed salad leaves, 10 black olives and drizzle with 1 tbsp EV olive oil
Carbs – 7g
Snack
100g Greek yogurt topped with 60g hazelnuts
Carbs – 4.5g
Dinner
175g tuna steak, grilled. Serve with 6 asparagus spears, 85g steamed pak choi and 50g cooked lentils
Carbs – 10g
Day four
Breakfast
Smoothie made with 200ml unsweetened soy milk, 90g tofu and 100g frozen strawberries. Blend well.
Carbs – 9g
Snack
30g cubed cheese and 30g walnuts
Carbs – 1.5g
Lunch
1 tin tuna with 2 tbsp hummus. Serve with 30g romaine, 50g sliced red pepper, 1 spring onion and drizzle with EV olive oil
Carbs – 9g
Snack
2 celery sticks filled with 1 tbsp sugar free peanut butter
Carbs – 3g
Dinner
2 hard boiled eggs with 110g mixed salad, 1 tomato, 60g feta cheese, 5 black olives and oil
Carbs – 6g
Follow with Atkins Smooth Chocolate shake
Carbs – 1.0g
Day five
Breakfast
2 eggs scrambled with 80g sautéed spinach, ½ small chopped onion and 30g cheese
Carbs – 6g
Snack
½ avocado mashed and use 1 celery stick, chopped, to dip
Carbs – 3g
Lunch
85g tempeh sautéed with 15g button mushrooms, ½ chopped onion and 100g spinach. Drizzle with oil.
Carbs – 8g
Snack
40g edamame
Carbs - 3g
Dinner
Prawn Egg Foo Yung (serves 2)
Add 2 tbsp oil to a frying pan and cook onions and cabbage until tender. Whisk eggs in a bowl and mix in soy sauce, sesame oil, spices, onion and cabbage mixture, and sprouts. Add remaining oil to frying pan. Ladle about 4 ounces of the mixture into the hot pan, as you would for pancakes, and sprinkle the prawn evenly on top of each. Cook 3 mins then flip over and cook another 3 mins.
Carbs – 12.3g per serving
Day six
Breakfast
115g cottage cheese with 30g almonds & 30g blueberries
Carbs – 10.5g
Snack
1 hard boiled egg
Carbs – 0.6g
Lunch
1 vegetarian ‘burger’ topped with ½ sliced avocado, 1 small sliced tomato and serve with mixed salad leaves
Carbs – 9.5g
Snack
30g pistachios
Carbs – 2.5g
Dinner
115g grilled salmon marinated in 2 tbsp low sugar teriyaki sauce and grilled to your liking. Make with 60g mashed cauliflower topped with 30g shredded cheese and 50g broccoli
Carbs – 5g
Follow with 115g Greek yogurt topped with 35g sweet cherries
Carbs – 7.5g
Day seven
Breakfast
115g Greek yogurt, stir in 1 tbsp almond butter and top with 30g blueberries
Carbs – 10.5g
Snack
5 green olives
Carbs – 0g
Lunch
Salad made with 5 cherry tomatoes, 45g chickpeas, 50g feta cheese, 1 tbsp fresh basil. Drizzle with EV olive oil
Carbs – 10g
Snack
Atkins Creamy Vanilla shake
Carbs – 0.1g
Dinner
2 Quorn unbreaded cutlets. Serve with 6 asparagus spears and salad of 110g mixed salad greens, 60g shredded cabbage and 1 tbsp mayonnaise (full fat)
Carbs – 11.5g
Follow with 40g melon
Carbs – 4.5g