Low Carb Kitchen

November 2016
The Thanksgiving table, even going back to the no-frills Pilgrims, has always been about celebrating with a bounty of traditional home-cooked dishes.

October 2016
There are many versions of the famed pastrami sandwich, along with a continuing debate over what condiments and/or cooking method makes for a true classic in the category.

September 2016
A single 5-inch pancake, never mind the traditional “stack” served swimming in a sugar-syrup topping, has a carb count twice that of white bread with an equally high GI score of 96 as well as a whopping 346 GL (over 20 is high!).

August 2016
I was at a local restaurant for lunch recently and was served a chicken salad on a very large plate containing an equally large flour tortilla baked into the shape of a ridged bowl...

July 2016
The key, glycemicly speaking, is knowing the difference between “good” and “bad” flours. A low-carb diet demands that one eliminate the grain mill and all its by-products, meaning milled grain flours.

June 2016
One of my favorite dishes growing up was my mom’s Friday night scalloped potatoes. Coming from a big family, casseroles of all kinds were a staple in our household...

May 2016
In the spirit of this month’s Cinco de Mayo celebrations, I decided to revisit a favorite dish of my own childhood, which I continued to make occasionally as an adult until I had to start counting carbs.

April 2016
There is nothing quite like a warming bowl of soup for lunch on a chilly day or, in the case of the iconic chicken noodle soup, for medicinal purposes curled up on the couch trying to combat a nasty cold.

March 2016
Most varieties of white rice have off the chart glycemic scores, averaging 89 (GI) and 43 (GL), putting this grain on the No Fly List for all diabetics and anyone watching their daily intake of carbs.