recipes from Adrienne Asher
Fresh, nutrionally-dense foods have the power to not just taste delicious, but heal, nourish, and balance us. Some of these foods will only be appropriate when you’re at your target weight and are no longer radically limiting your carb intake. This is a work in progress…and just my opinion. Your ideas about health and nutrition may be very different…and that’s … Read more
This deceptively simple salad bursts with fresh, bright flavors. My local market carries it, but it’s easy and economical to make at home. I admit: I’m addicted to this stuff!
Salad
2 cups of kale, trimmed to just the curly bits
1 large sliced red onion, cut into short slivers (about 1 oz)
1/3 cup bean sprouts
Garnish: sesame seeds … Read more
This is a work-in-progress as my understanding of a well-balanced low carb life unfolds, but here’s where I am as of 2019. I do hope this helps you a bit, because I understand how confusing and overwhelming changing one’s entire pantry can feel. I was floundering about when I first started low-carbing, and figuring out what ingredients to use, as … Read more
Here’s a list of various thickeners for adding substance to sauces, gravies, soups, and juicy braises, etc. They all have their particular quirks, but all are good. Plus, some are perfect for those eating a low-carb diet, while others lend themselves to a vegan diet. Your choice!
Reduction is a slow but sure way of thickening sauces and concentrating
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These crab cakes feature Dungeness crab meat since I live on the West Coast where it’s plentiful. Alternate versions could have salmon, or even canned albacore tuna.
Generally, crab cakes are held together by using a mixture of egg and bread crumbs. In this recipe, to lower the carbs, a mousseline of shrimp, egg, and cream is used to bind … Read more
Shepherd’s Pie, says Wikipedia, entered “early cookery books, as a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind, and the pie dish was lined with mashed potato as well as having a mashed potato crust on top.
“The term “shepherd’s pie” did not appear until 1877, and since then it has been used synonymously with “cottage pie” [in use … Read more