Menu Planning

Make-Ahead Low-Carb Holiday Recipes Part II: Main & Side Dishes

Zesty Roast Turkey Recipe

The best tip I can give you for make-ahead main dishes is to buy ahead. My stepmother routinely serves beef tenderloins and veggies at Christmas. Turkey and sometimes ham are on sale around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Beef isn't. Every year she finds beef tenderloins on sale during the summer. She buys them, wraps them well, freezes them until the day before Christmas, and saves a bundle. It's too late for this year, I suppose, but don't forget this tip next summer.

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Make-Ahead Low-Carb Holiday Recipes Part I: Appetizers, Salads & Beverages

Low-Carb Green Beans and Bacon

The worst thing about preparing holiday meals is... preparing the holiday meals. It really is difficult timing everything to be ready to serve at the same time, especially when you want to socialize with your family and friends and not be isolated in the kitchen silently (or not so silently) tearing your hair out by the roots. Included are 10 Low-Carb Appetizers, Salads & Beverages recipes for a successful holiday meal.

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A New Day And New Priorities: Being Prepared For The Unforeseen

In the wake of September 11th, many of us are thinking about disaster preparations, things we can do to prepare ourselves for the unforeseen. Foremost in our minds at this time are terrorist attacks, of course, but there are other kinds of disasters, too. Many of us live in areas that are prone to earthquakes, forest fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, or lengthy power outages.

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Low-Carb Cooking 101 – A Brief Introduction

Low-Carb Green Eggs and Ham Recipe - In Oven

Almost anyone can eat only plain baked and broiled meats, cooked low-carbohydrate vegetables, and salad greens for two or three weeks, but almost no one can eat only those things for long periods of time without becoming bored and giving up. If we are to be successful at making low carbohydrate eating a lifestyle change rather than a quick fix diet, we need to change how we cook.

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Tony Blakemore: The Aussie LC Gourmet – Low Carb Recipes From Down Under

In May of 1998 my wife Margaret and I wholeheartedly adopted the low carb way of life. My weight loss since then has been about 35 pounds. Margs has lost about 25 pounds. Not only have we lost the weight but in Margaret's case, at least, have maintained the weight loss. have stayed at the Being a type II diabetic, I find it more difficult to hold on to the losses. I do lapse occasionally and have to struggle to get back to the lower weight level that I have achieved through low carbing. We are both continuing to slowly edge towards our target weights.

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