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Eat It Again! How Repetition Rewires Your Taste – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 27

Dana Carpender 1,978

Every taste is an acquired taste. If you’ve just recently gone low-carb, say as a New Year’s resolution, you may be overwhelmed by the sheer difference from your old diet. I encourage you to do so rather than using low-carb breads and such to make your low-carb diet resemble your old diet. Those can be useful. Bridge foods helping you to find a new normal, but not only are they, yes, processed foods often overpriced and sometimes deceptively labeled.
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Carbs Count, But How? Understanding Net Carbs vs. Total Carbs – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 28

Dana Carpender 2,029
If your nutritional program is so good, why do you still take drugs? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 26

Dana Carpender 1,892
Isn’t It Important to Eat a Balanced Diet? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 25

Dana Carpender 1,802
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 24

Dana Carpender 2,265
ENCORE: Refusing Holiday Food and Staying Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 23

Dana Carpender 2,000

Low-Carb Spring

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

Susie T. Gibbs 2,820

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

Susie T. Gibbs 2,203
The Couch Potato Greets Spring – Getting Active Again

Kent Altena 1,974
12 Best Low-Carb Spring Foods

Dana Carpender 2,232
Low-Carb Tequila Highballs are a Sugar-Free Summer Treat

Dana Carpender 2,741

The Latest From CarbSmart

Starch Madness: Paleolithic Nutrition for Today by Richard L. Heinrich

Finally there is a book that explains and proves on a hormonal level why the high starch diets, the pasta and the bagels, now practically the law of the land, keep the 75% of us with Paleolithic genes fat. Unfortunately, Starch Madness has been out of print for years but can be found in new and used condition online.

Low-Carb Christmas Around the World

Laura Dolson 1,895

Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated in most countries, even some that don't have a significant Christian population. With a holiday this widespread, you can imagine that the foods people eat at Christmas cover an amazing variety! In investigating this, I found certain common threads, as well as lots of diversity.

Classic Taco Skillet Sauce Starter by La Tortilla Factory

Classic Taco Skillet Sauce Starter from La Tortilla Factory – Gluten-Free & Low-Carb

Andrew DiMino 2,059

With a unique blend of toasted cumin, fresh garlic and paprika, the La Tortilla Factory Classic Taco Sauce Starter is completely family friendly - not too spicy for the kids and definitely not too bland for adults.

Al Pastor Skillet Sauce Starter by La Tortilla Factory

Al Pastor Skillet Sauce Starter from La Tortilla Factory – Gluten-Free & Low-Carb

Andrew DiMino 1,898

Al pastor skillet sauce starter from La Tortilla Factory is easy to prepare - mix the Mexican seasoning with 1.5 pounds of pork or chicken and add oil.

Cochinita Pibil Skillet Sauce Starter by La Tortilla Factory

Cochinita Pibil Slow Cooker Starter from La Tortilla Factory – Gluten-Free & Low-Carb

Andrew DiMino 1,433

Since most of us don't have an underground pit for roasting pork or the many hours it takes to make traditional Cochinita Pibil, La Tortilla Factory created their Concinita Pibil Slow Cooker Sauce Starter so you can make this amazing dish at home in only 15 minutes! Just add pork, water, and oil, pickled red onion, cilantro, and lime wedges.

Barbacoa Skillet Sauce Starter by La Tortilla Factory

Barbacoa Slow Cooker Low-Carb Gluten-Free Sauce Starter by La Tortilla Factory

Andrew DiMino 2,757

With Barbacoa Slow Cooker Sauce Starter from La Tortilla Factory, just add beef, water, oil, diced onions and cilantro and in 15 minutes you'll have a low-carb, gluten-free meal you can be proud of. Generously scoop rich, luscious beef on La Tortilla Factory's Low-Carb soft tortillas or make your own Low-Carb Gluten-Free Mexican salads.

Low-Carb, Ketogenic Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe for One

Low-Carb Pumpkin Spice Latte Ketogenic Recipe for One – Includes Video

Andrew DiMino 2,106

This is the time of year when people go absolutely looney for Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte coffee drinks BUT they don't want all the added sugar and poor ingredients Starbucks uses. Our Low-Carb Pumpkin Spice Latte recipe for one is a simpler, quicker version that uses brewed coffee instead of espresso shots and substitutes heavy cream for skim and 2% milk. What you get is a creamier, smoother hot coffee drink with half the calories and 2g of net carbs instead of 52g!

Carbquik Low Carb Baking Mix Now in a Convenient 5 lb. bag

Andrew DiMino 2,765

Carbquik Low Carb Baking Mix Now in a Convenient 5 lb. bag! If you can tolerate some wheat in your low carb diet, then Carbquik is a complete, low carb baking mix made with Carbalose flour. The mix is like a low carb flour - it behaves like wheat flour because, unlike similar products, it's made mostly from wheat. The net carbs are low as the majority of carbohydrates are fiber, which isn't counted towards your net carb intake.

Swiss “Rice” Casserole Low-Carb Gluten-Free Bonus Fat Fast Recipe

Fat Fast Swiss “Rice” Casserole Low-Carb Gluten-Free Bonus Recipe

Dana Carpender 1,768

This free Fat Fast recipe is a great side dish in general; the family will love it. It just happens to fit Fat Fast percentages, so long as you stick to a small portion, and melt a teaspoon of butter over your serving.

Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Southwest Marinade Recipe

Andrew DiMino 1,536

This Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Southwest Marinade recipe will give you the taste made famous in the American southwest - Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada. A little bit spicy but extremely flavorful. Perfect for chicken but can be used on fish or pork.