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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 13–Easy-Peasy Pork Roast

In case you haven’t already figured it out, I’m a big fan of no-fuss, no frills recipes. If I can set it and forget it, I’m all for it. While this recipe makes more than one or two servings, the … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 12–Meatballs in Super-Easy Italian Tomato Sauce

Since I’ve been cooking every day for almost two weeks, I’ve gotten to where I’m having trouble coming up with a new recipe to make every day—because I have all these leftovers I need to eat, even though most of … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 11–Jalapeno Poppers, 2 varieties

Just in time for the Super Bowl, here are two Jalapeno Popper recipes that make great snack food/appetizers. The recipes are calculated for single-serving sizes if you want to make a main-dish for a meal from them. If you want … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 10–Easy Egg Salad on Parmesan Crisps

Some days, cooking just isn’t in the cards. But staying low-carb is. So I need to have quick-fix options which can be prepared ahead of time and available at a moment’s notice with very little thought or prep work. This … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 9–The Most Delicious Meatballs in the World

I’ll confess right now that I’ve never made meatballs before. Not small ones, not giant ones, not “just-right” ones. But one of the low-carb blogs I follow had several meatball recipes, so I thought it might behoove me to try … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 8–Cajun-Spiced London Broil

London Broil is one of those old-fashioned cuts of meat that sound intimidating but are, in actuality, very simple if you know the basics. It can also, occasionally, be up to $2 cheaper per pound than top sirloin or other … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 7–Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Wings

As I posted a few days ago, I opted for the Parmesan wings at Pizza Hut to save on carbs over the more traditional buffalo wings. I couldn’t get that flavor out of my mind (this is what happens when … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 6–Asian-style Chicken Lettuce Wraps

One of the dishes I absolutely love at P.F. Chang’s is the Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps. And these would seem to be a healthy choice, right? Filled with chicken, mushrooms, green onions and water chestnuts. According to the nutrition info … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 5–Sugar-Free Spiced Tea Mix

The arctic weather we had here in Nashville earlier this week (highs and lows in the single digits Monday and Tuesday) put me in mind of curling up with a warm blanket and a hot drink. There’s the old stand-by … Continue reading

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90 Days of Low-Carb Recipes: Day 4–Surviving Pizza Hut

I met a couple of friends at a national-chain pizza place for dinner last night. Since I’ve only just started trying to cut out carbs this week . . . and since I’d had a major carb craving at work … Continue reading

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