Recipes

Over 1,000 Low-Carb & Keto Recipes from CarbSmart for all levels of low-carb cooking & low-carb baking. CarbSmart.com has hundreds of low-carb recipes for healthy low-carb, ketogenic lifestyles. Recipes for Atkins Fat Fast and high-fat, low carb meals. Many recipes are gluten-free and/or sugar-free.

Budget Low Carb Cooking – Your Partner During Trying Financial Times

Often, the key to successful weight loss doesn’t begin with our bellies or end with our brains. For many, the battle of the bulge actually begins and ends with our budget. How do you cook budget-friendly low carb meals on a shoestring? Let's stretch those budgets and see just how much we can squeeze out of every penny. In her new column, Budget Low Carb Cooking, Susie T. Gibbs gives us affordable options for your low carb lifestyle.

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Eat An Extra Low Carb Dessert For Eat An Extra Dessert Day

CarbSmart Espresso Chocolate Chip Brownies

According to the Hallmark Channel Ultimate Holiday Site, today is Eat an Extra Dessert Day. I think we can all get behind - if we choose an extra low carb dessert.

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Low-Carb & Keto Barbecued Pulled Pork Recipe

Low-Carb & Keto Barbequed Pulled Pork

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!

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The Cool, Low Carb Joys of Cucumbers & Thai Cucumber Salad Recipe

Low-Carb Thai Cucumber Salad Recipe

Are you fond of cucumbers?  I sure am.  I like them sliced, with a little salt or creole seasoning. I like them with dips. I like them in salads. I like them in tzatziki –– that yummy yogurt-cucumber sauce that comes with gyros. I like them pickled. Indeed, I'm hard-pressed to think of a way I don't like cucumbers. Includes Dana's Thai Cucumber Salad recipe.

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Atkins Fat Fast Really Is As Awesome As I Thought

natural coconut walnut oil

Dana Carpender uses the Atkins Fat Fast to overcome metabolic resistance to break a low carb weight loss stall: 1000 calories/day, 90% from fat. Recommended by the late, great Dr. Atkins as a way to overcome metabolic resistance to weight loss or to break a stall, a fat fast is simple: 1000 calories per day, 90% of those calories from fat. Yes, this is calorie controlled as well as extremely low carbohydrate, and even low protein.  The fat fast catapults you into deep ketosis, with its triple benefit of appetite suppression, metabolic advantage, and protection of muscle mass.

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