Dana Carpender
Dana Carpender, 46-year nutrition buff, 29-year low-carber, opinionated writer, congenital smarty pants, and low-carb recipe guru. Lives in Southern Indiana with Otis the Pug, Squeaky the Cat, and as always, That Nice Boy She Married.
Dana Carpender
June 23, 2017
Holidays & Seasons, Low-Carb St. Patrick's Day, Recipes, Side Dish Recipes
What if you’d like your Coleslaw with a little extra crunch? A great low-carb ingredient that will take any cole slaw recipe from good to great is almonds – either slivered almonds or sliced almonds.
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Dana Carpender
February 8, 2017
Breakfast Recipes, Recipes
If you love Starbucks Sous Vide Egg Bites: Bacon & Gruyere, you're going to love Dana Carpender's amazing keto, low-carb & gluten-free version which is healthier and less expensive to make. Low-Carb dieters will love these velvety smooth Bacon and Gruyere Sous Vide Egg Bites which only have 2g carbs per serving—7g less per serving than Starbucks! Take them anywhere and everywhere!
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Dana Carpender
January 28, 2017
Fat Fast, Fat Fast Cookbook, Fat Fast Recipes, Recipes
Fat Fast Mac & Cheese is the crowning glory of Fat Fast Cookbook. You’ll make this recipe over and over, whether you’re Fat Fasting or not. A little high in calories, but worth giving up another feeding for!
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Dana Carpender
January 24, 2017
Beverage Recipes, Recipes
Dana Carpender's Low-Carb Irish Coffee recipe. Irish Coffee is the all-purpose Low-Carb Gluten-Free dessert because it combines dessert, coffee, and after-dinner drinks.
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Dana Carpender
December 15, 2016
Beverage Recipes, Fat Fast, Fat Fast Cookbook 2, Fat Fast Recipes, Nutritional Ketosis, Recipes
Morning Mocha Fat Fast Recipe from Fat Fast Cookbook 2. Great on a hot summer morning. Feel free to microwave it in the winter for a hot beverage, too. Either way, it’ll get you out of the house fast.
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Dana Carpender
December 14, 2016
Fat Fast, Fat Fast Cookbook 2, Fat Fast Recipes, Nutritional Ketosis, Recipes
This Fat Fast Buffalo Chicken Soup recipe from the Fat Fast Cookbook 2 is devastating. I’ve analyzed this as 10 servings, but unless you live alone, you won’t get that much. The family will eat it all, while you’re sticking to your Fat Fast portions—which should be about 1½ cups each.
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Dana Carpender
September 29, 2016
Condiment Recipes, Recipes
Dana's Low-Carb Gluten-Free No-Sugar Ketchup Redux. My most-published recipe has been my ketchup, appearing in most of my cookbooks. But since the last time I published it, I discovered I like it better made with tomato sauce than with tomato paste – it’s less likely to separate. So here you go! Feel free to double this if you’re going to use it as an ingredient in a barbecue sauce or meat loaf or something.
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Dana Carpender
September 24, 2016
Recipe Videos, Recipes, Video
Low-Carb for Life Video 3 - In her third instructional video for CarbSmart's Dana Carpender's Low-Carb for Life Series, Dana makes a delicious Low-Carb recipe - Cocoa-Peanut Porkies.
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Dana Carpender
September 14, 2016
Holidays & Seasons, Low-Carb Halloween, Recipes, Snack Recipes
Low-Carb Gluten-Free Pumpkin seeds are a little lower in fat and higher in carbohydrate than peanuts, but they're inexpensive, loaded with minerals, and incredibly yummy. Pumpkin seeds are a great alternative for people with nut allergies.
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Dana Carpender
August 24, 2016
Recipes, Salad Recipes
Dana Carpender shares the joys of bacon especially her Bacon Tomato & Cauliflower Salad Recipe. Plenty of fat and very tasty.
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Dana Carpender
July 31, 2016
Alcohol Recipes, Holidays & Seasons, Low-Carb Cinco De Mayo, Recipes
Dana Carpender's Low-Carb Margarita Fizz Sugar-Free Highball Recipe has the great taste of a regular margarita without all that sugar.
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Dana Carpender
July 31, 2016
Alcohol Recipes, Recipes
Low-Carb Pink Flamingo Fizz Sugar-Free Recipe. A Pink Flamingo Fiz is a margarita made with cranberry juice cocktail in place of half the margarita mix. This Low-Carb version uses Sugar-Free ingredients.
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