Holidays & Seasons

Dana Carpender shares the many ways pumpkin can fit into a low carb diet including her Low Carb Chili Lime Pumpkin Seed recipe. If your only experience with pumpkin has to do with jack-o-lanterns and high-carb pie, rethink this tasty vegetable. Pumpkin is lower carb than most winter squashes, and one of the best sources of pro-vitamin A around.

Each week Dana will be writing helpful and entertaining articles about the low carb lifestyle at Carb Smart Magazine healthy eating and anything else she wants to write about.

Asian Cole Slaw recipe by Di Bauer.

Barbecued Mechoui Lamb recipe from Tony Blakemore. "If a meat dish is preferred, we can go a little further east to Morocco for a tasty lamb dish"

A Low-Carb Gluten-Free Pumpkin Mousse Recipe that is perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any time of the year.

Low-Carb Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe makes 10 servings at about 5 grams of carbohydrates per slice.

Did you know that older eggs peel easier than really fresh eggs? So for this Low Carb Easter Peep Recipe, if you have some eggs that you need to use that have been in the fridge for a week or so - Use 'em up and use the fresh ones for dipping and dying!

We moved into a new home last month (finally!), and my husband bought a new grill to celebrate the occasion. It's a mammoth thing, all stainless steel and shiny, and looks something like a not-so-miniature aircraft carrier. This is a "manly man's" grill, huge and professional-looking, containing all the bells and whistles. The problem is, my husband can't cook.

Low carbers and non-low carbers alike appreciate gifts of food, and you don't have to go to the mall to get them. For low carbers, a batch of muffins or a loaf of low carbohydrate bread are wonderful gifts. I'm sure that you have recipes for both. But if you want one gift that you can give to either low carbers or non-low carbers, check out the recipes below. They are appropriate for anyone.