Mobile Skillet Contest Entry: CRISP-BRAISED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH SPROUTED...
Mobile Skillet has just launched the world's first digital-age recipe contest for food bloggers, chefs, restaurateurs, food and beverage companies, and cookbook authors in order to find the "next...
View ArticleVALIDATION: Peter Reinhart
Gluten-free products, recipes, and cookbooks are everywhere these days, but most of them just sub high-carb starches like potato, corn, tapioca, and rice for wheat, rye, and barley. The cookbook...
View ArticleREMINDER: A GREAT DEAL ON EZ-SWEETZ!
The terrific deal on EZ-Sweetz that I posted a while back is still active. Don't miss this chance to stock up on your favorite, new sweetener for the holidays! Here is the video ad with a link to the...
View ArticleEATHROPOLOGY: CAN I RETIRE NOW?
A friend alerted me to an article on Adele Hite's blog, Eathropology. http://eathropology.com/2012/09/26/where-the-women-are-nutrition-edition/ I hate to admit that I didn't even know Adele had a...
View ArticleTOO BUSY TO COOK? TRY DIET-TO-GO
It felt like Christmas came early this year when I got a knock on the door and discovered a huge Styrofoam crate full of food from Diet-to-Go, http://diettogo.com/ a company that puts together meals to...
View ArticleMOBILE SKILLET CONTEST
For those of you who liked and repinned my recipe in the Mobile Skillet contest, THANK YOU!! If you haven't voted yet, there is still time. The deadline is November 12 at 12 noon. (They are in Boston,...
View ArticleSUGAR-FREE, GLUTEN-FREE, LOW-CARB PUMPKIN PIE
This recipe uses my Almond Pie Crust from Nourished. You can find it here: http://carbwars.blogspot.com/2012/08/video-3-ez-creamy-stawberry-pie.html However the pie in the picture is made with a new...
View ArticleHALF PRICE SALE ON EZ-SWEETZ!
Note: This offer has expired! From November 23 through November 26, 2012, save 50% on EZ-Sweetz liquid sucralose. Click the link at the bottom right corner of the banner above and place your order on...
View ArticleBRANDIED CRANBERRIES
This was one of three new recipes I made for Thanksgiving this year. I made some more today and put it in jars so I will have enough to last through the holidays. It is luscious, easy, more versatile...
View ArticleLOW-CARBING AMONG FRIENDS VOL. 3
The collaborative cookbook project that I have been working on, Low-Carbing Among Friends Vol. 3, is due out on or before January 31, 2012. You can reserve your copy at a discounted pre-order price at...
View ArticleWISH GRANTED!
In a recent post, I lamented the lack of low-carb convenience foods. A short while later, I heard from the Atkins company offering to send me some samples of their new line of frozen meals. Perhaps I...
View ArticleA TRAGIC EPIDEMIC AND CANDY FOR CHRISTMAS
Another day, another mass murder, this latest one in Longmont, Colorado. There were only four killed, and they were adults, so it didn't get the media coverage devoted to the horrific massacre at Sandy...
View ArticleFREE BOOK ON HEARTBURN
Thanks to Dr. Eades for the heads up that Dr. Norm Robillard’s excellent book on heartburn, "Fast Track Digestion; Heartburn," is available free on Kindle. This deal is good TODAY, Jan 1, 2013, only,...
View ArticleA NEW FRUIT PIE
I was looking for a way to make an "apple" pie with less sugar, less fructose, and a gluten-free crust. I think I succeeded on all counts. I'll just call it a Three-Fruit Pie for now; you'll find out...
View ArticleBRAISED FENNEL
Fennel is to vegetables what bacon is to meat. This mild cousin of anise can be used raw in salads or cooked in stews and soups, but it only reaches sweet, glorious perfection when braised, sauteed,...
View ArticleSHIRATAKI NOODLES WITHOUT SOY: NASOYA PASTA ZERO
Suffering from pasta withdrawal? Here's a clip from Portlandia to show you how hard it can get! (Thanks to Laurie-Avalanche Rosen for sharing this.) I'm still looking for the perfect pasta substitute....
View ArticlePRODUCT REVIEW: NEW STEVIA AND MONK FRUIT SWEETENER
I promised to let you know when the new stevia/monk fruit version of EZ-Sweetz was available. So, for those of you who have been waiting for a more Paleo-friendly version, here it is! It hasn't hit...
View ArticleWHEAT BELLY COOKBOOK REVIEW: IS FLAX THE NEW WHEAT?
Dr. Davis has succeeded in drawing attention to the dangers of wheat and the benefits of a low-carb diet beyond what I thought possible. He builds a convincing case against this new plant that he says...
View ArticleMENU FOR VALENTINES DAY
Here's what I made for my Valentine: Sliced tomatoes with Fresh Basil, Balsamic Vinegar, and Olive Oil Crispy Braised Duck Legs with Vegetables (from my section in Low-Carbing Among Friends Vol.3)...
View ArticleCARBSMART TO THE RESCUE!
Dr. Atkins popularized the Fat Fast, based on the Keckwick diet developed in the 1950s by Prof. Alan Keckwich and Dr. Gaston Pawen. Fat fasting forces the body to burn stored fat by depriving it of...
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