Roasted Veggie Cheese Crackers

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Another addition to the yummy cracker network, these roasted vegetable crackers allow you to add in even more vitamins and color (and flavor).   … [Read more...]

Cauliflower Mashed Fauxtatoes

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  Whipped and gorgeous. Source   Another product HoldTheCarbs.com offers is theirLC-Thick'n Potatoes Mix. Picking up where Thick'n'Thin left off when they stopped producing for private sale, this product, added to … [Read more...]

The Juice: Days 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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As we near mid-Wednesday on day what? 10? I am reminded that I suck hard in sharing the ongoing  happenings of our juicing situation. I want to catch you up without boring you to tears, so this is how things have gone since last we met and discussed … [Read more...]

The Juice, 4: Smooth Sailing

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Starting to grow on me. source After the first three days I was to the point where I'd rather drink water and eat nothing than lift another glass of pulverized vegetable leavin's to my lips. Thankfully, Day Four proved to be much different. … [Read more...]

The Juice, 3: Shaky, cheesecakey

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First a shout out and a Thank You to Emmalee and to Chelan for the bacon action figure. I love him. He is already posing on my nesting protein set in the kitchen (pictured above). He will be my mascot. I shall name him... Captain Baconpants. … [Read more...]

The Juice, 2: Easy Being Green

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Day two is already so much better than day one was, and I think I know why, based on changing up a few things. 1.    Day one I made one drink with apples, and I can’t help but think the apples killed my sensitive blood sugar and made me … [Read more...]

The Juice, 1: Into Nightshade

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Follow along on a low carber’s journey of juicing, sacrifice and… well, right now it’s sacrifice only, really… as a typically low carb blogess and her sweet baboo embark on a liquid only diet for 10 days, based on the documentary, Fat, Sick … [Read more...]

Low Carb Potato Skins

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Do you adore restaurant appetizers like potato skins? Think you'll never enjoy the feel of starch, bacon and sour cream on your tongue again? … [Read more...]

Easy Jicama Hashed Browns

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This is a fun, easy recipe using a great, little used produce item! … [Read more...]

Chili Cheese Tots

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Sonic Drive Thru is a restaurant chain known to many, and in no small part thanks to their chili cheese tots. Tots slathered in chili and cheese sauce might seem out of reach for anyone following a low carb, low glycemic load plan, but think … [Read more...]

Cauliflower Tater Tots

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Only two ingredients; three or four with spices. It doesn't get much easier. While you know it's cauliflower (you're not going to fool anyone into thinking they're potatoes), the Parmesan cheese adds a layer of flavor and helps brown the outside of … [Read more...]

Roasted Vegetable Pizza

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Do you have some roasted vegetables left over from your latest frolic with paninis? If so, look no farther. Readers/friends have mentioned roasting vegetables for pizza. … [Read more...]

Zucchini latkes

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Low-carb Twice-Baked Yams with Pumpkin

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Topped with fresh, whipped cream, pecans and nutmeg for a more dessert approach. While yams are fairly carby, here is a way to enjoy the dish without going whole yam-hog. The addition of cream cheese adds to the savory value, also adding … [Read more...]

Low-carb, Twice-Baked Yams

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While yams are fairly carby, here is a way to enjoy the dish without going whole yam-hog. The shocker? The addition of a special ingredient to cut the carbs. … [Read more...]