Menu Planning

Top 10 Tips to Quickly Spring Clean Your Low-Carb Meal Plans

Fresh Zucchini and Cucumber Ribbon Salad

Spring is a magical season. It feels fresh and new and like rebirth. Spring is filled with possibilities and motivation and a sense of anticipation. In Texas, spring is just a glorious three-day precursor to a miserable nine month extravaganza inside the humid oven we Texans like to lovingly call the Texas Gulf Coast. Join Susie T. Gibbs as she shares her top 10 tips for keeping your Spring meals low carb, light, and satisfying!

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Radishes with Sweet Cream Butter & Sea Salt Recipe

Radishes with Sweet Cream Butter & Sea Salt

Spring radishes are a delicious vegetable to snack upon, should the afternoon munchies hit. They provide great crunch, especially if you clean them and store them in an ice-water bath in the fridge. This is a no-brainer “recipe” if you can call it that. The peppery bite of the radishes, along with the creamy sweetness of the butter and tang from the sea salt, makes this a very satisfying, wholly ketogenic!

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Low Carb Menu Planning 101: Part 2

Making Family Dinner

One of my earliest memories is of my mother planning menus. She'd sit down with the sales circulars from the nearby groceries and see what was on sale, chiefly checking to see what meats were cheap. Sometimes this meant we got something great like her Swedish meatballs, chicken teriyaki, or even steaks. Sometimes it meant we were stuck eating fish balls, or An Experiment Whose Name Must Not Be Mentioned.

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Let’s Go to the Fair! How to Stay Low-Carb at Your County Fair

Let’s Go to the Fair

Summer is here! And for many of us, especially those of us who live in rural-ish areas, that means a trip to the county fair. Too many folks simply assume that “It wouldn’t be the fair without ” and give themselves permission to gobble every carb in sight, many of them deep-fried in questionable oils, for the duration.

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The Low-Carb Barbecue Book by Dana Carpender – AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR – LIMITED SUPPLY!

The Low-Carb Barbecue Book Limited

Dana Carpender comes to the rescue with over 200 low-carb recipes perfect for backyard picnics and barbecues, from meats and side dishes to cocktails and desserts. This book also features all-new recipes for condiments, sauces, and marinades that can replace the sugar-laden store-bought varieties and allow the low-carber to enjoy previously forbidden foods. Over 200 Recipes for the Grill and Picnic Table.

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Low-Carb Blue Trout Recipe (La Truite Au Bleu)

Low-Carb Blue Trout Recipe

Low-Carb Blue Trout Recipe (La Truite Au Bleu). Unless you have a really extraordinary fish market in town, you’ll need an angler to help you out on this one. But it’s a classic, classic recipe, and really very simple. Too, it neatly sidesteps all that messy, carby business of flour and cornmeal.

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Kick-Off Summer! Memorial Day – Get In The Mood For Outdoor Food

Get In The Mood For Outdoor Food

Amy Dungan presents a few Memorial Day kick-off recipes to get you in the mood for outdoor food! Low-Carb Cajun Chicken Packets, Low-Carb Mixed Veggie Stuffed Burgers, & Low-Carb Spicy Avocado Dip.

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Low-Carb Tequila Highballs are a Sugar-Free Summer Treat

Low-Carb Tequila Highballs are a Sugar-Free Summer Treat

For a long time, my tipple of choice has been dry red wine–Cabernet, Shiraz, Malbec, and the like, the dryer the better. Also, the occasional quality tequila sipped slowly. However, pleasant though they may be, neither of these falls into the “long, cool drink” category. I have, as the weather warmed up, found myself drawn back to the good, old-fashioned highball–a shot of liquor and a mixer over ice. I have come up with a few I enjoy tremendously, and thought I would share.

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