[SunnySmile501]

Since you are the chef, you are in a position of power. They don't need to be eating all those unhealthy carbs, either.

I am from a family of skinny people, but I am the cook in the family. I've learned to make potato dishes with turnips or cauliflower that said family never knows the difference. They all but licked the bowl on my faux tater salad made with cooked turnips.

When my extra skinny sister was here for a week, I made her mac & cheese and made me some "Just Like Twice Baked Potato" which tastes very like any mac & cheese or Au gratin potatoes, but is made with cauliflower. Sis asked for a taste, then proceeded to eat most of my low carb dish. She asked for the recipe and she hates to cook! She taste tested most of my dishes and loved them all.

I am in the middle of writing a low carb cookbook and none of my taste testers are doing low carb or any kind of a diet. They have loved it all. Some of the taste testers had no idea they were eating low carb/Atkins food. They just thought it was really good party food.

Breads are the hardest to reproduce into low carb, but I am working on some recipes. I am allergic to all grains (found out after starting Atkins) so my recipes are all made with nut flours and flax, which are heavy.