Low Carb Kitchen

June 2017
The latest kitchen toy to take the foodie world by culinary storm is the spiralizer. While there are a plethora of designs and price levels to choose from in the marketplace...

May 2017
Tamales have been an iconic dish in Mexican cuisine for centuries and for good reason. Invented by the Aztecs as the first K-ration for their eat-on-the-run army, the simple ingredient combination is hard to beat.

April 2017
What makes this dish so easy to prepare is Melissa’s Steamed Artichoke Hearts. Great ingredient! Not only pre-cooked and quartered, these hearts are sealed in a package without any oil to change the field-fresh flavor.

February 2017
Here’s a recipe generated by an article in a magazine that caught my eye. The feature listed some of the most popular finger foods that Americana serves up at Super Bowl parties.

December 2016
December is a month filled with all sorts of high glycemic temptations: sugar cookies, gingerbreads, baklavas, shortbreads, fruitcakes, caramel-chocolate chip brownies, just to name a few of my own personal weaknesses.

November 2016
The Thanksgiving table, even going back to the no-frills Pilgrims, has always been about celebrating with a bounty of traditional home-cooked dishes.

October 2016
There are many versions of the famed pastrami sandwich, along with a continuing debate over what condiments and/or cooking method makes for a true classic in the category.

September 2016
A single 5-inch pancake, never mind the traditional “stack” served swimming in a sugar-syrup topping, has a carb count twice that of white bread with an equally high GI score of 96 as well as a whopping 346 GL (over 20 is high!).

August 2016
I was at a local restaurant for lunch recently and was served a chicken salad on a very large plate containing an equally large flour tortilla baked into the shape of a ridged bowl...