Tag Archives: Low-Carb

Basic vinaigrette dressing adds a vinegary, garlicy goodness to a simple side salad. Works with any cuisine!

This is a hearty low carb homemade marinara and meat sauce that works great as its own one pot supper or as an element in lasagna or chicken parmigiana.

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.

Every September 19th turns normally sane people, such as myself, (stop laughing.... I'm sorta sane) into people with eye patches, peglegs, and an odd sort of speech. This year is extra special because you can enjoy these Low Carb Recipes on the 10th anniversary of Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Caitlin Weeks, Grass Fed Girl, shows us that there are plenty of crunchy snack foods you can add to a low carb or paleo diet to satisfy your need for snap and taste. Plus they'll help you stay on your program.

When people begin to learn about the Paleo diet, they are usually excited to hear they can add in fruits and a few starches. In my case, I learned that I could eat a few peaches without negative side effects.   However, I was also running upwards of 30 miles per week and training for marathons. Most of us are not expending that much energy on a daily basis.  To lose weight, we need to be low carb, even if we are eating "real food".

Believe it or not, you can cultivate a state of mind where low carbing becomes much, much, easier. In her first article for CarbSmart, Laura Dolson, Low Carb Diets Guide for About.com presents four strategies to get you to this state of mind.

Dana Carpender summarizes her trip to the Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 at Harvard. Lessons & inspiration for the low carb & paleo communities.

The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking: 80 Low-Carb Recipes that Offer Solutions for Celiac Disease, Diabetes, and Weight Loss. A recipe book that uses nut flours & stevia/splenda sweeteners from legendary bread maker and James Beard Award-winning author Peter Reinhart.

I can remember when cookies were healthy. No. Seriously! They were only 100 calories, fat-free, and claimed to be good for me. Come to think of it, there were several other healthy foods I enjoyed regularly, some of them even branded with the heart-check logo from the American Heart Association. Cheerios, SnackWells, Baked Lays, granola bars, fat free bagels - all that healthy processed goodness, wrapped in fancy packaging, promising health benefits that range from weight control to lower cholesterol.

Plan for success & you can navigate into the end zone & score a low carb win for the home team. Susie T. Gibbs lays out her tips for helping the whole family stay low carb during football season.

Why do we let people have such control over us with a few simple words? Don't let your negative friends & relatives disuade you on your low carb journey.