Holidays & Seasons

These cute little roasted pumpkins make a great, Halloween treat for serving all kinds of soups and stews. Don’t forget to roast the seeds that you scoop out of the pumpkins and save them for snacks.

Susie T. Gibbs has put together a couple of 4 Under $10 low carb meals for your fall and Halloween enjoyment. How about giving her Spooky Halloween Guts and Worms a try! It's pretty scary...but darn good!

Here we are, facing that time of year when we pay filmakers and haunted houses to scare the pants off of us. Sure, homicidal maniacs and monsters are frightening, but did you ever stop to think about the things that should really scare us? I have, and I'm going to share a few with you today. So without further ado, here are 11 movies I think should have been made, with my personal low-carb twist of course.

August & September in Texas signals an end to the summer's crop of fresh tomatoes.  This is our signal to stock up on hearty, rich tasting, vine ripened tomatoes - and do that voodoo we do so well with them before the tasteless winter imposters make the scene. Susie T. Gibbs tells us that now is the time to freeze, can, make sauces, soups, pastes, juice, and chop these prize tomatoes and provides us with a host of recipe ideas.

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!

September 16th is El Grito de la Independencia: Mexican Independence Day. Today we will celebrate Low-Carb Mexican Independence Day with some great low-carb recipes. Gather your friends and family and celebrate El Grito de la Independencia.

Nope it isn’t Texas Barbecue, but it’s a whole lot easier and doesn’t require years of hard-won knowledge of hardwood and the intricacies of slow-smoking meats. It’s the best Low-Carb & Keto un-barbecue you’ll ever eat!

Nature's Hollow Honey Mustard Sugar-Free BBQ Sauce adds a hearty sweet flavor to your favorite Low-Carb red meats, chicken, and fish without the sugar. Made with a healthful blend of delicious ingredients and sweetened with the natural sweetener Xylitol.

Nature's Hollow Hickory Maple Sugar-Free BBQ Sauce is a great addition to any grilled meal; barbeque, chicken, ribs, fish, & even non-starchy vegetables. Made with a healthful blend of delicious ingredients and sweetened with the natural sweetener Xylitol.

Memorial Day Weekend is just made for us low carbers. Add in outdoor activities like camping, biking, boating, hiking, volleyball, or just tossing a Frisbee around, and you have a celebration where you might even drop a pound or two. Hard to beat that for Low Carb Memorial Day!

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?