Low Carb Kitchen

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...

July 2016
The key, glycemicly speaking, is knowing the difference between “good” and “bad” flours. A low-carb diet demands that one eliminate the grain mill and all its by-products, meaning milled grain flours.

June 2016
One of my favorite dishes growing up was my mom’s Friday night scalloped potatoes. Coming from a big family, casseroles of all kinds were a staple in our household...

May 2016
In the spirit of this month’s Cinco de Mayo celebrations, I decided to revisit a favorite dish of my own childhood, which I continued to make occasionally as an adult until I had to start counting carbs.

April 2016
There is nothing quite like a warming bowl of soup for lunch on a chilly day or, in the case of the iconic chicken noodle soup, for medicinal purposes curled up on the couch trying to combat a nasty cold.