Dana Carpender

You know Dana Carpender from her popular cookbooks -- all 20+ of them, so far. A pioneer of the low-carb frontier, Dana has been fighting the low-fat lie since 1996 at HoldTheToast. She lives in Indiana with three dogs, a cat, a backyard full of chickens -- and, of course, That Nice Boy She Married, with whom she shares much bacon on a pleasant Sunday morning.

Low-Carb Chili Lime Pumpkin Recipe

Low-Carb Small Pumpkin

Do you know how much I love you guys? I love you so much that when I discovered that my Mastercook program had somehow eaten this recipe, I looked it up in 1001 Low-Carb Recipes and typed it all in again. This is a little carby, but so unusual, delicious, and seasonally appropriate that I wanted to get it to you while the little sugar pumpkins are still in the grocery stores. This would make a fine side dish with simple, warmed-up leftover turkey.

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Keto Low-Carb Chocolate Cookie Pie Recipe

Low-Carb Chocolate Cookie Pie Recipe

Keto Low-Carb Chocolate Cookie Pie Recipe by Dana Carpender. I spotted this recipe in a 2019 issue of Fine Cooking and knew I had to decarb it. Valentine's Day seemed a perfect fit, so here it is! A little crunchy and crumbly around the edges, fudgy in the middle, and super-chocolately clear through.

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More Low Carb Thanksgiving Tips by Dana Carpender

Low Carb Thanksgiving Dinner can be a blessing or a curse. I still think that if you are going to have an Indulgence, you should indeed do so very infrequently, and that it is imperative to plan for it. It's the question of whether it's actually a good idea to accept this and build it into one's dietary life that I now question. Dana Carpender shares more Low Carb Thanksgiving tips and recipes for getting through the Thanksgiving holiday.

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