Recipes

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.

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.

This month's source of inspiration comes from a sweet lady named Debbie Cusick. Debbie, retired from IBM, resides in Florida with her dog Flo, and three cats who graciously allow Debbie and Flo to bask in their presence. She's a birdwatcher, avid reader of mysteries, involved in choral singing and working with Flo, whom she hopes to eventually enter into obedience and/or agility competitions with in the near future. Another hobby of Debbie's is pastel painting. And let me tell you, this lady has some talent. She also has the talent of inspiring others. Today, you'll see why.

Dana Carpender's CarbSmart Espresso Chocolate Chip Brownies

If you look back through the Ask Dana archives, you'll see I have written, in the past, about pork rinds, the fact that they are not, as some assume, egregious junk food, but actually the most nutritious thing in the snack aisle. In that article, I mentioned that once, years ago, an outraged online detractor of low carb diets threw in my cyberface the accusation that I ate pork rind cake. That accusation is now true.

My nephew Henry and niece Halliday came to stay with That Nice Boy I Married and I this past week. We had a super-great time with them, as we always do - went to the county fair, did a little geocaching, watched a few movies, and just generally hung out.

This is the CarbQuik Low-Carb cheese biscuit recipe as published by the manufacturer, Tova Industries. Low Carb Cheddar Cheese Biscuits Recipe with CarbQuik

A quick and easy Low-Carb fried chicken recipe that uses CarbQuik Baking mix for the coating. Try the Low Carb Oven Fried Chicken Recipe with CarbQuik.

Dana Carpender's Peanut Butter-Coconut-Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Call me a tightwad, but I just love a bargain. So I was thrilled to pick up chuck steaks this week at under two dollars a pound. That's almost as cheap as ground beef! Now to fire up my grill. I've mentioned before that a grilled steak with sliced tomatoes and a salad is my idea of Summer Food Nirvana.

Hello Dana, I am a big fan of your cookbooks, but I have a question, can your substitute coconut flour for pumpkin seed meal and almond meal?