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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 Lesson #63: Low Carb Comfort Food Scramble For Two

In the United States eggs are traditionally a breakfast food, but I like eggs just about anytime. And I like eggs just cooked just about any way you can think of: scrambled, deviled, fried, poached, hard-boiled ... any way but raw. Eggs are quick, they're easy, they're cheap, and they always seem like comfort food to me. Eggs for dinner are particularly good when you're crunched for time or for when the food budget for the week is shot.

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Low-Carb Diet Success Stories

Clyde from Texas’ Low Carb Success Story

Clyde from Texas is 47 years old. He follows the Atkins program and is current at goal weight and on maintenance. Clyde began at 280 pounds and a 40 inch "tight" waist. He was delighted to reach 210 pounds and wear size 36 waist pants for the first time in over 20 years. Clyde's weight is currently 222 pounds but not from fat gain, rather lean muscle from weight training.

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Low-Carb Lesson #62: A Low Carb Menu For Casual Entertaining

Since I didn't want to spend an inordinate amount of time in the kitchen, our meals revolved around some type of meat on the grill, deviled eggs, a vegetable relish plate with dip, and a fruit plate. I made the deviled eggs, the vegetable relish plate, and the fruit plate up at the beginning of the week and replenished them daily as we ate all of certain items. So when dinnertime rolled around each day, I simply had to turn on the grill to cook the meat and bring out the various plates of side dishes.

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Low Carb Easter Peep Recipe

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!

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Lesson #61: Mariachi Pork Chops

My mother, rest her soul, had a phobia about pork. She was absolutely certain that if she did not incinerate it until it looked like an old, discarded boot we would all get trichinosis and die. So she did what she was supposed to do - PROTECTED HER FAMILY - and happily cremated pork throughout her life.

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Low Carb Asparagus with Toasted Walnut Butter

It's Easter a very special time for celebration, family, friends and food! It's also a time to do a "double check" on counting carbs, fats and calories. No, Easter does not give you permission to stuff a whole box of those little yellow Easter chicks in your mouth! What's that got to do with Asparagus with Toasted Walnut Butter? Nothing, so let's get cookin' this special dish that is oh so easy... be ready for, "may I have this recipe?"

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