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A Sea of Irish Cider
As many of you may know, Mike and I have been on a two-week jaunt through the Emerald Isle occasioned by his participation in a golf tournament in County Cork. A visit to Ireland means, for him, plenty...
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A Grain of Salt
An article appeared in our local bugle today that caught my eye. The piece, written the AP’s Michele Kayal centers around Mark Bitterman’s, new book Salted which extols the glories of the natural salts...
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A Little Piece of Piggy Heaven: Mangalitsa Pork Neck Roll
Couldn’t resist passing on the information in this blog post from Chef It Yourself about cooking a Mangalitsa pork neck roll. As readers of Mike’s blog know, he and I took a three-day seminar a few...
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Low Carb Caramel Hot Chocolate
Especially when dieting in the winter, having a bit of something warm, sweet, and comforting as a treat can sometimes be the difference in sticking to your dietary guns and throwing in the towel. As a...
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Low Carb Hummus of Grilled Zucchini and Tahini
Today’s paper brought an interesting article from AP Food Editor JM Hirsch helping us solve the perennial summer dilemma of what to do with a bounty of zucchini. The stuff of jokes, cartoons, and...
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Shirataki Pasta: Low carbs and Great Taste
I am ever on the look out for ways to enjoy the things I love in a lower carb way without giving up on flavor or feel. Thus, my delight when Mike’s sister introduced me to shirataki pasta. I honestly...
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Is Almond Flour Bad for You?
I got a question passed through from our customer service gathering point the other day from a reader, who had run across a post on the Empowered Sustenance blog by Lauren Geertsen called 5 Reasons to...
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Homemade Mayonnaise
Ever look at the ingredients in store-bought mayo? Almost all of them are some version of this ingredient list, taken from a major brand: water, soybean (and/or cottonseed or canola) oil, modified food...
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Best way to say Be Mine, Valentine to a Low Carb Love
Traditionally, of course, it’s ‘sweets for your sweetie’ on Valentine’s Day, but what if your sweetie eschews sugar and carbs? Then sweets are the last thing he or she might appreciate. So what to...
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Avo Mayo
Have your mayo and eat it, too! I love mayonnaise. Always have. But, as I’ve written before, I find most of what populates store shelves unacceptable — filled with partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil...
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