Here at CarbSmart, we've given you lots of ideas to make your holiday low in carbs! How nice it will be to get to the New Year without all those extra pounds and roller-coaster blood sugar! But what about the big day itself? Should we throw caution to the wind in order to enjoy the day? Not necessary! You can have festive low-carb foods on Christmas. I'll take you through some of the usual treats, and talk about how to cut way down on the sugar and starch, without sacrificing the enjoyment.

With 30 chickens in her backyard, Dana Carpender can state with some authority that eggs are symbolic of spring in general and Easter in particular because that is when she notices that the hens start laying eggs again. This article includes these awesome egg-based recipes: Green Eggs and Ham, Ham, Cheddar and Broccoli Quiche, and Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Frittata.

Low Carb Cookbooks are perfect for the sugar-and-grain averse on your list. Low Carb and Sugar Free Dieters will want some of these great gifts presented by Dana Carpender.

A Southern Thanksgiving necessitates not only that you must decide whether to smoke, roast, bake or fry the family turkey, but you must choose a side. You must choose whether you will serve bread dressing or cornbread dressing at the family Thanksgiving table. Fluffy Chix Susie T. Gibbs explains the dilemma and offers some low carb alternatives.

Is monitoring protein and increasing fat the answer to low carb weight loss stalls? Caitlin Weeks suggests many more ways to add healthy fats to your low carb diet. Also great for us achieving Nutritional Ketosis for weight loss or those on an Atkins Fat Fast.

This ground meat mixture forms the basis for many dishes and can be cooked in bulk and packaged in 1/2 cup or 1 cup units for easy transformation on the fly.

Caitlin Weeks, Grass Fed Girl, helps young students avoid the metabolism-damaging mistakes she made when she started college. These tips can help you avoid the thyroid problems linked to repetitive yo-yo dieting, blood sugar imbalances, and excessive stress.

In honor of Independence Day, I thought I'd do a rundown of American foods. No, not fast food burgers and pizza, but rather those foods that are native to our nation, the foods the colonists might well have encountered for the very first time when they came to these shores. (Though some of them had already made it across the Atlantic, and started gaining popularity in Europe.) What foods are truly American?

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.

Road's End Organics Chreese Mix Packets. Now you can use Chreese on more than just pasta!! These dry powders are the best GLUTEN FREE cheese replacements. Simply add boiling water and replace cheese with Chreese on all of your favorite dishes including Grilled Chreese, Pizzas, Lasagne, Casseroles, 'Meat'ball Subs, 'Fake 'n Chreese Subs, Eggplant Parm and much more!!