Recipes

Over 1,000 Low-Carb & Keto Recipes from CarbSmart for all levels of low-carb cooking & low-carb baking. CarbSmart.com has hundreds of low-carb recipes for healthy low-carb, ketogenic lifestyles. Recipes for Atkins Fat Fast and high-fat, low carb meals. Many recipes are gluten-free and/or sugar-free.

The Cool, Low Carb Joys of Cucumbers & Thai Cucumber Salad Recipe

Low-Carb Thai Cucumber Salad Recipe

Are you fond of cucumbers?  I sure am.  I like them sliced, with a little salt or creole seasoning. I like them with dips. I like them in salads. I like them in tzatziki –– that yummy yogurt-cucumber sauce that comes with gyros. I like them pickled. Indeed, I'm hard-pressed to think of a way I don't like cucumbers. Includes Dana's Thai Cucumber Salad recipe.

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Atkins Fat Fast Really Is As Awesome As I Thought

natural coconut walnut oil

Dana Carpender uses the Atkins Fat Fast to overcome metabolic resistance to break a low carb weight loss stall: 1000 calories/day, 90% from fat. Recommended by the late, great Dr. Atkins as a way to overcome metabolic resistance to weight loss or to break a stall, a fat fast is simple: 1000 calories per day, 90% of those calories from fat. Yes, this is calorie controlled as well as extremely low carbohydrate, and even low protein.  The fat fast catapults you into deep ketosis, with its triple benefit of appetite suppression, metabolic advantage, and protection of muscle mass.

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Make Your Own Low Carb Coconut Butter by Dana Carpender

Folks, I'm sorry I've been so spotty about posting to CarbSmart recently. I'm on deadline for this paleo cookbook (Pre-order at Amazon.com: 500 Paleo Recipes), and I'm cooking and writing like a maniac. Quite honestly, Its hard to think about anything else. However, in an attempt to make it up to you, I will now tell you how to save a pile of money.

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Low Carb Success Story Hank Garner by Amy Dungan

This month's awe inspiring success story comes from a good friend of mine named Hank Garner. Hank describes himself as a man who is incredibly blessed. Happily married for 17 years to his wife Dawn, they have 5 wonderful children and enjoy small-town life in Southern Mississippi. A web designer, Hank loves spending time with his family, the outdoors and being active. His newest passion is running, which he does 4 or 5 days a week.

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Low Carb Mornay Sauce – Budget Low Carb Cooking Base

Mornay Sauce

This is such a simple sauce and so elegant. It works over chicken, turkey, game hens, and seafood of all kinds, especially shrimp and lobster - when they are on sale! It's also delicious over veggies! The nuttiness of the sauce is intensified when you broil it for a couple of minutes.

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Turkey Carcass Stock – Budget Low Carb Cooking Base

Turkey Carcass Stock

Make this stock right after Thanksgiving dinner! Simply throw the turkey carcass and any leftover wings, necks, giblets, and legs into the pot with the veggies and spices, then let it simmer, covered, for hours! The longer the better. The apple cider vinegar helps leach the vitamins and minerals out of the bones.

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