Recipes

My house does not even remotely resemble "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." I was all set to share a new recipe with you, Chicken Alfredo With Zoodles, but it requires cooking and our downstairs air conditioner is on the fritz. It's about 90 degrees in my office, I'm slowly melting like the Wicked Witch of the West, and I cannot even think about cooking something. Typing it up is simply out of the question, so I'm going to share what we're going to have for dinner tonight: a Simple Shrimp Salad, some chilled fruit, and Peach Iced Tea. No cooking!

How to Use Protein Powder for Baking and Cooking. Low carbohydrate protein powders come in several different types: soy-based protein powders, whey-based protein powders, soy/whey blend protein powders, egg-based protein powders, egg/milk blend protein powders, & rice-based protein powders. Here's how to use protein powders for cooking and baking.

Every week or two, some new low carber subscribes to one of the lists I'm on, asking for advice on how to get started. The overwhelming response from more experienced low carbers is, "BUY THE BOOK!"

Ah, summer, the season of cool creamy yogurt as a snack on a hot afternoon. That was pre-low carb though, right? Wrong! Gone are the days of passing by the yogurt at the grocery for fear of its high carb count. The truth is you CAN eat yogurt daily and still maintain a low carb lifestyle. Yogurt will have a minimum impact on your carb allowance and may improve your intestinal health to boot.

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Here's something to ponder during Tax Month. On average, one teaspoon of honey is the lifetime labor output of twelve bees. Imagine that, twelve bees. I point this out to you in order to prove, once again, that things could always be worse.

Guest articles to help with your low carb cooking.

Fat Fast Flavored Whipped Cream Recipe: ¼ cup heavy cream–whipped, sugar-free sweetener, and vanilla or other extract.

Make multiple servings of Fat Fast Peanut Butter Stuffed Celery and keep it covered in a refrigerator. 2 tablespoons of sugar free peanut butter on an approximately 7 ½-inch stalk of celery.

You know it, you love it, why not just eat some bacon? Bacon is perfect for a fat fast so in order to get a healthy serving, stick to a full serving of bacon.

Another simple Fat Fast Recipe. Fat Fast Pork Rinds With Sour Cream Dip. Blend parmesan into sour cream and use as dip for pork rinds.

Video Recipe: I use this to jump start my day and prevent abuse of those near and sometimes dear to me. In the summer I make it the night before and put it in the refrigerator, then pour it over ice. You could also pour it into popsicle molds and freeze it for Coffee Fat Fasticles. Yum!