Blueberry Fat Bombs
Click to enlarge If you’re looking to up your fat intake on a ketogenic diet, I can’t think of a tastier way to do that than Fat Bomb candies! I keep my lemon-coconut version...
View ArticleLow-Carb Tartlet Shells
Click to enlarge Remember the “Fool Proof Pie Crust” recipe that was so popular in the 80′s?……the one with the egg and a bit of lemon juice? Well, I just tweaked and low carbed it! Got the idea from...
View ArticleMy Blog made 1,000,000 hits July 1st!
I still can’t believe it! Four years ago my friends on the Atkins community Forums (where my weight-loss journey all began) asked me, several even begged me, to set up a website where they could get...
View ArticleSmoked Gouda Bacon Bison Burgers
Click to enlarge I bought some organic, ground bison at my local Natural Grocers this week and decided to try a meat I’ve never had before. Well, that isn’t exactly true. I think I had a bison burger...
View ArticleLow Carb Pumpkin Cookies
Click to enlarge Made my hubby some delicious pumpkin cookies this afternoon. They came out very moist and flavorful. And for once, they are sweet enough! Honestly, none of the low-carb pumpkin...
View ArticleSofrito Deli Melt Sandwich
Click to enlarge I make stromboli sandwiches once in awhile and had a hankering for one today. It occurred to me to add a dab of my sofrito sauce I keep in the freezer in a sandwich bag, as a...
View ArticleSofrito Mayonnaise
Click to enlarge My husband loves sliced tomatoes with mayonnaise for a quick salad, and I made something for him today at lunch that came out real good! He originally asked if I could mix up a little...
View ArticleLow Carb Cake Donuts
Click to enlarge My husband has always liked really plain cake donuts: no icing, no flavors, no sprinkles, no powdered sugar, no cream fillings, no nothing extra beyond vanilla extract. When we were...
View ArticlePeach “Coffeecake”
Click to enlarge I had 4 doughnuts leftover from the batch I made this week and decided to use up the peaches my husband hasn’t eaten this week for a lovely breakfast “coffeecake” for him this morning....
View ArticleMediterranean Beef and Eggplant
Click to enlarge This is one of those dishes I just threw together. I had family visiting. I needed easy. I needed fast. As with many “toss-in-the-skillet-as-you-go” recipes, they often turn out...
View ArticleMexican Pork Patties
Click to enlarge I created a tasty new little meat pattie tonight for dinner. Had half a can of Rotel tomatoes I wanted to use up. Hubby gave these a 2 thumbs up! I’ll definitely be making these...
View ArticleBarbecue Sauce
Click to enlarge I tried my hand at a homemade, Texas-style tomato-based BBQ sauce today. I just got a new order of grass-fed beef from my panhandle supplier in which I had a lovely 3½ lb. rack of...
View ArticleRecipe Correction: Barbecue Sauce
An omission has been discovered in my Barbecue Sauce recipe. Please add 1/4 c. butter and 6 oz. tomato paste. The on-line recipe has been corrected; nutrition information is correct; my subscribers...
View ArticleOven-Roasted BBQ Beef Ribs (Grass-fed)
Click to enlarge Sometimes my husband just doesn’t feel like firing up the charcoal grill as it can often be 99º-103º here in Texas in the summertime. Can’t say I much blame him. This week I wanted...
View ArticleChicken Curry with Raisins
Click to enlarge This tasty, very nutritious curry can either be eaten alone, served atop baked eggplant slices or riced, steamed cauliflower. Today at lunch, I had mine on steamed, mashed...
View ArticleCashew-Peanut Butter Cookies
Click to enlarge I decided to tinker a bit with the classic 3-ingredient low-carb peanut butter cookie recipe that floats around everywhere on the internet. I’m not too fond of peanut butter; never...
View ArticleBeef-Stuffed Poblano Peppers
Click to enlarge This Atkins Induction-friendly entree goes together so quickly once you roast the poblano peppers, which takes some of the hotness out of them. And it’s so tasty. We just adore...
View ArticleJicama Sofrito Salad
Click to enlarge This tasty, quick salad was a lovely compliment to our tuna patties and steamed cauliflower this evening. It was very hot in Texas today and I wanted a very light, refreshing no-fuss...
View ArticleLow-Carb Corn Tortillas
Click to enlarge My inspiration for these tortillas was a low-carb tortilla recipe I recently saw on Ditch The Wheat website: But I’ve slightly changed them and added a couple key flavor ingredients...
View ArticleTex-Mex Beef Enchiladas
Click to enlarge Above are my classic gooey, cheesy, Tex-Mex Beef Enchiladas. It’s how I’ve made them for over 40 years. I can’t live without them, so I just had to come up with a low-carb “corn”...
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