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Mmmmm…Bacon… The Many, Many Joys of Bacon by Dana Carpender

The best perk of my job is free Low-Carb food. Manufacturers send me samples, hoping I'll like their products well enough to mention them. Andrew here at CarbSmart.com sends me food to try. And one year, my publisher subscribed me to the Bacon of the Month Club. I swear I'm not making that up. What a great gift! A new variety of small-farm, boutique, gourmet bacon every month.

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Low-Carb Lesson #64: Mustard Butter Flank Steak

Now, while I eat more chicken than anything else, I love steak. In general, I'm too cheap to buy steak at full price, so I keep an eagle eye on the "used meat bin" at the grocery store and always snap up any good steaks that I find there. I've never gotten a bad piece of meat from the "used meat bin," but I do make certain that I either cook the meat immediately or put it into the freezer as soon as I get home.

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Low-Carb Cooking 101: Lesson #60: Low Carb Easter Dinner Recipes

Apple-Herbed Leg of Lamb for Easter Dinner

Spring low carb foods are featured in this Low Carb Easter dinner to celebrate not just the holiday but the season: Low-Carb Apple-Herbed Leg of Lamb, Low-Carb Mandarin Spinach Salad, Low-Carb Asparagus in Lemon Butter & Vanilla CarbSmart Ice Cream with Simply Strawberry Sauce.

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Lesson #56: Simple Sound Salmon Fillets

Low Carb Cooking 101 Tonight’s simple menu features very simple salmon fillets, one of my husband’s favorites. (He likes fish more than he does beef.) And even though salmon season isn’t quite here, salmon still tastes good, especially when it’s grilled or broiled. When salmon season does roll around in …

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Low-Carb Lesson #55: Mustard Herbed Chicken Breasts

This is a quick meal to put together - assuming that you remember to thaw the chicken breasts. If you forget, go to Plan B and prepare something else. I've found that chicken breasts thawed in the microwave tend to come out tough and dry. Chicken breasts are expensive; it's not worth ruining them to stick to your original pan. Put them in the refrigerator to thaw and fix something else.

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Low-Carb Lesson #50: Low-Carb Italian Fish Fillets

I promised my husband fish a few days ago, so tonight we're having Italian Fish Fillets. I find that it takes more fish than beef to fill me up and make me feel completely satisfied, so I always count on one half pound of fish per person. That doesn't mean that my family of four always polishes off two pounds of fish, but to my way of thinking it's better to have too much (and have leftovers for lunch the next day) than it is to have too little.

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