Sugar Free Creme Brulee!
Who doesn’t love Creme Brulee? It’s an expensive, fancy dish that is usually only available at fancy restaurants, but if made properly, this is a very nutritious, low-carb and sugar free dessert! Read the rest of this entry »
Low Carb & Lenten: Main Dish Salad
Lent is a beautiful, cleansing time of year, both spirtually and physically. Although I am a strong advocate of red meat and good-quality dairy, I do believe that our bodies can benefit, short term, from a break. During past Lenten periods, I always defaulted to lots of beans,rice, soy, and pasta. Well, I now know that that food doesn’t love me back, so I’ve tried to find nourishing (and thrifty) ways to keep the fast and also eat what my body needs! Read the rest of this entry »
Another week of Paleo Food:
Greetings! It’s early Tuesday morning (read: I’m still up from Monday night) and I am up blogging. It was a hectic (but great!) holiday weekend, which meant little time to attend to those things around the home so I am playing “catch up”t: stock is simmering on the stove, lunch and dinner’s veggies are chopped and sorted into ziplock baggies in the fridge, the menu is planned, the co-op “goods” have been ordered, and now the menu has been planned. I need to take a little glance at what at tomorrow’s homeschool lessons before retiring to bed, as well.
Admittedly, in my not-so-organic-and-thrifty days past, there were times when I could be found sucking down an ice-cold Slurpee or Starbuck’s Frappucino on a hot, summer day. Read the rest of this entry »
Low-carb, Grain-Free Menu
Well, even though it’s a little late in coming, here’s the menu plan for the week. Just for the record, I *did* have it written up Saturday night! Unfortunately my two-year-old attacked my computer keyboard so some key letters are missing, making it a bit difficult to type. I’m hoping this won’t affect my posting this week! Read the rest of this entry »
Low Carb and Lenten: Shrimp & Avocado Salad
Since we are in Lent, for the next 6 weeks I’m going to devote Tuesday’s 5 Dollar Dinners posts to thrifty, low-carb meals that are also Lenten. This exotic, yet simple salad was so delicious that it was hard to believe it was really fast-friendly! Read the rest of this entry »
