New to the board but 2nd time at Atkins

[*Wendy*]

Re: New to the board but 2nd time at Atkins

Please share the cheesecake recipe once you bring it home! I love cheesecake, especially with hot fudge/chocolate sauce on it (which they sell on that site - I think it's Walden Farms brand - zero carbs!).

Not sure what skive means ... not a word I'm familiar with! Is it to goof off? I'm VERY familiar with that!

[Justabittoloose]

Re: New to the board but 2nd time at Atkins

I will work out the recipe once I have perfected it and post it. I sort of made it up as I went along. I melted about 2/3 oz of butter and then mixed in the ground almonds until I had a thin paste then added the chopped mixed nuts to give the mixture more structure, also used a pinch of cinnamon. I read that to make good unbaked cheesecake you need twice as much mascarpone cheese as double cream so I beat that in another bowl to a smmoth paste then added far too much Splenda about 1 cup I think I should have used approx 3 tablespoons - should have really added it a bit at a time, Doh!

I didn't spot the cheesecake on that site, will go back to look again straight away, I love cheesecake. Even if you go for a one full of carbs it's less sinfull than normal cake!!

Yes, skiving is avoiding work! Ah the language barrier, when I was about 13 visiting my cousin in Illinois, we were drawing and I asked her for a rubber to correct my mistake. Her and her friends fell about laughing, how was I to know I should have asked for an eraser and that my word meant something entirely different!

[*Wendy*]

Re: New to the board but 2nd time at Atkins

I had my laptop off line for a few days - sorry for the delay!

What you wrote is so funny! I remember when I went to Australia the last time I was telling one of my brother's friends casually about someone poking fun at me, and the locals fell off their chairs - evidently to give someone a "poke" means something VERY different over there!

I can't hardly wait for your recipe! By the way, what I was referring to on that site was the chocolate sauce, not the cheesecake itself! Boy, if zero carb cheesecake existed I want to be the first investor!!!

I skivved all day today - (did I phrase that correctly?) ... I took a vacation day and got ALL of my Christmas shopping done and managed to have lunch too with one of the other moms at my daughter's school. The morning started with a special holiday assembly at her school followed by a brunch ... at which I nibbled cheese and some kind of meat/cheese rollups that some LOVELY mom had fixed up. After that I told my daughter I had to go to work & then me and the other mom hit the stores! Later we had lunch & then hit one more store and believe me, my trunk ('boot'?) couldn't have held even one more bag by the time I was done. I bought a few treasures that will say "TO: Wendy FROM: Santa" on the gifts!

[Justabittoloose]

Re: New to the board but 2nd time at Atkins

Hi Wendy

Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I wrote a really long reply and then lost the message as this site said I wasn't logged on. Been away from work for 2 weeks over Christmas and just got back this week.

Poking has that same double antendre over here!!

I hope you enjoyed the festive season and were good on the Atkins diet. I decided that I was going to allow myself to enjoy some naughty things. I didn't go crazy though. Suprisingly I didn't put on any weight, must have been all the running round after the little one. Hope your little girl enjoyed the Christmas break and all that goes with it. Emma was a little darling on Christmas Day and the day was perfect. 2 weeks later and I'm glad she's back at nursery.

Here's to a new year of Atkins dieting, cheers!