It was my birthday this week. I spent a fun evening with my friend Karen at the Kananaskis Nordic Spa enjoying the hot pools and enduring the cold ones. At -24° C it was an interesting experience, and a purportedly healthy one too. Cold immersion is reported to help convert white fat to brown fat,…
Seriously Awesome Low Carb Crackers
One of the things about an LCHF/ketogenic lifestyle that really works for me, though it admittedly doesn’t work for everybody as it stalls weight loss for some, is my ability to eat cheese. I love cheese. If I could healthily exist on red wine and cheese I probably would and when I was eating a…
Low Carb ‘Apple’ turnovers
Yup I said apple. Well, sort of. Do you remember oh so many years ago when mock apple pie hit your mom’s recipe books. You know, the one that used Ritz brand crackers rather than actual apples? Who’s idea was that anyway??!! Can you imagine why on earth you would want to replace a perfectly…
Low Carb Lemon Ricotta Cake
Oh yeah, let them eat cake! Delicious low carb cake (not to mention gluten and grain free) that is! Yummy, coffee cake like Italian ricotta cake. Mmmmm. My enthusiasm for trying new things and my general thought that not much beyond rocket science is actually rocket science (you shouldn’t mess with that stuff – IMO) can…
Low Carb Saskatoon ‘tarts’
I seriously did not know exactly what to call this quick and easy dessert. It’s not a crumble, a grunt, a pandowdy or a buckle and it isn’t really a pie either, though that is what it was standing in for when I made it. Steve loves, loves, loves Saskatoon pie. It is really the…
Low Carb Coconut Orange Macaroons
My transition to a low carb lifestyle has, for the most part, been pretty easy. With the exception of a few foods which are really, really hard to replicate (bread is particularly tricky), so many foods can be substituted out with low carb options. Though I have never been a huge sweets eater I did find…
No-knead Sourdough Bread
I had the pleasure of watching the new ‘Cooked’ series on Netflix recently. This series, only 4 shows long, is based on Michael Pollan’s book of the same name. In it Pollan explores food and how it has evolved, and evolved us, through the 4 elements of Fire, Earth, Water and Air. For some reason…
Savoury Cheese Biscotti
I’ve been making and eating a lot of soups lately. Not only do they seem perfect for cold winter days, but they are easy to make ahead then freeze in smaller portions and thaw quickly when needed. They are also the perfect antidote to the overindulgence that we are all prone to over the holidays….
Almond Pulp Brownies
I love making my own almond milk. It is easy to do and provides me with a dairy free way to have creamy coffee in the morning. The only problem with making your own is that if you do it regularly, the leftover almond pulp can really begin to accumulate. I’ve found some recipes for making crackers…
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