(Disclaimer: Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford did not actually climb inside my spaghetti squash. I was able to find two tiny-but-realistic body doubles who agreed to do it on the cheaps. Take that, Lucasfilms.) Okay, folks. Today’s post is about one of my favorite things to eat when dieting, and least favorite to prepare. While it’s incredibly useful as a pasta stand-in for many otherwise calorie-heavy dishes, one fact remains: spaghetti squash is a real pain in the tauntaun to [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Low-Carb Friendly’ Category
Last Christmas, my mother-in-law put a pot of soup on the stove while we were on the road coming to visit. A wicked snowstorm had just hit central Illinois, and she wasn’t entirely sure what time of day we’d finally materialize on her doorstep. She’d clipped a soup recipe from a magazine recently and decided it would simmer away nicely until we arrived ready to eat that day.
Yesterday, I decided to take the concept of a No-Bake and run with it. My four-year-old spends all weekend begging for one junk food or another, even when he knows it’s off limits. This recipe combines flavors Jamie associates with his favorite treats (like peanut butter and chocolate), but packs a protein and fiber wallop he wouldn’t be getting from a cookie. Grown-ups can equally benefit from trading in regular day-to-day indisgressions (like that 3 p.m. Snickers bar habit) for [ Read More ]
No oatmeal here–just vegetable proteiny goodness! This morning, I happily figured out how to make texturized vegetable protein (TVP) taste like oatmeal. Mostly. Enough so that if you’re looking for more protein or less carbs in your life and don’t want to give up your hot cereal, you’ll be happy you found this one. Chef’s Note: Loyal readers will remember that the one exception I make to the rule of “available at ALDI/Save-A-Lot” on this blog is the use of [ Read More ]
For a text-only version of this recipe and complete ingredients listing, click here. Note: I see James Ramsden also has a poultry-and-olive combo on his own blog this week, albeit Morrocan-style in his case. I guess great minds think alike! Turkey drumsticks are a great sale find at our local grocery store, and I love thinking up new ways to present them. I also love using my Crock Pot as much as possible when I’m restricting carbs. It keeps meal preparation [ Read More ]
Note: Gracie is up to her eyeballs in work, so Emily is sharing her own family’s version of Fast Salsa-Ranch Chicken Salad below. Gracie’s hippie sister strikes again. My husband likes taco salad. I’m not usually a big fan, but this particular version is so protein-packed and easy to make that it’s hard to go wrong with it.
For a printable version of this recipe and complete ingredients listing, click here. Go ahead. Tell me your mouth isn’t watering. I Double-Dog-Dare you. So…our oven is broken. (In case you were scratching your head at the sporadic nature of recent posts, now you know.) Today I called Hubby from work and asked him to defrost some meat and light the grill before I got home with the kids for the evening. As I spent my day thinking about the barbecue, however, I [ Read More ]
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