recipes from Adrienne Asher
All the low carb sandwich breads I’ve made have ended up with a cornbread texture. I kept trying and trying, but they’re all dense, moist, and eggy. So I finally decided, why not just stop trying for a wheat bread wannabe and make an actual low carb “cornbread”? And so we find ourselves here…
Low Carb Skillet Cornbread
2 cups … Read more
Dumplings are VERY difficult to create on a low carb diet. Peggy, over at Buttini’s Low Carb Recipes has broken the code and delivered this stellar recipe!
Peggy’s Original Dumplings
Yield: Twelve 1-1/2″ dumplings // 7.17 calories, 0.1 grams net carbs
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/2 tablespoon glucomannan powder (Konjac powder)
1-1/2 tablespoon organic oat fiber
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 … Read more
I’ve been making this bread for decades, and it never fails to look beautiful and taste delicious. The original recipe can be found in Deborah Madison’s delightful book, “The Savory Way”. It’s divine with salty slices of feta cheese, or ratatouille.
Braided Olive Bread
1 cup grass-fed milk
1 cup water
3 teaspoons active dry yeast
20 ounces pitted green … Read more
This is the pizza dough that my husband makes for us. He’s a purely “measure everything by weight” guy, but I’ve added volume measurements for those who don’t own—or want to invest in—a digital scale.
Pizza Dough
Yield: Two 12-inch pizzas
Note: Pizza dough takes about 3-1/2 to 4 hours, from start to finish.
1 teaspoon (8g) SAF Instant Yeast… Read more
This list will be a work-in-progress as we find different successful toppings…I recommend fresh buffula mozzarella for the cheese topping.
You can find my sweetie’s whole wheat pizza crust here.
Thinly sliced russet potatoes, slices of garlic, fresh thyme or rosemary, pepper, salt, green onions, drizzled olive oil
Eggplant puree (Baba Ghanouj) with fresh ripe tomato slices and kalamata … Read more
My sweetie makes this whenever we’re making a meal of Irish dishes, either traditional or creatively inspired. This recipe began life on Cook’s Illustrated, decades ago. For a breakfast version, add 5 tablespoons of currents.
John’s Irish Brown Soda Bread
Yield: 1 loaf
2 cups organic bleached all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1-1/2 cups organic stone-ground whole wheat … Read more