We all need them, or at least we all want them. We don’t realize how badly we want them until we can’t have one when we want it. Then when we get it, we usually feel terrible afterwards. I’m talking about cheat days, and I’ve had several questions come up about them. Why even have [...]
photo credit: ruben alexander Not too long ago, I talked about eggs. Today we talk about the chicken. So I guess we have that answer! One of the easiest and most versatile proteins you’ll find on the slow-carb diet is chicken. I find it’s the quickest way to a solid slow-carb meal when I don’t [...]
photo credit: juanpol Question: What did Tim Ferriss say was the world’s greatest beverage? Do you think you’re already drinking it? I’ll give you a hint: if you’re from the Rio de Plata region of South America, chances are you’ve been drinking it since you were a child, and your family’s been drinking it for [...]
Happy New Year SlowCarb-ers! I hope you everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season. I accomplished “happy” but “healthy” was not so successful. I spent the week in Queensland, Australia camping with friends at the Woodford Folk Festival, one of Australia’s most popular music festivals (don’t be too jealous all of you in the [...]
I’m excited to announce that one of my original recipes has been included in Tim Ferris’ new Slow-Carb Diet TM Cookbook – Volume Two. If you’re interested in buying a copy of the book, a fairly exhaustive collection of Slow Carb recipes, 100% of the proceeds are being donated directly to QuestBridge, which helps put [...]
While Spiced Bacon Lentils are still my favorite Slow Carb legumes, I’m still experimenting with other ways of cooking lentils because, well, variety is spice of life, right? Sorry – that was bad, I know. Here’s the basic w way I go about preparing lentils. The recipe is fairly lose because I usually cook using [...]
I’m utterly stuffed and exhausted. I’ve just returned from a fantastic weekend out of town. As it was my 30th birthday, and I was whisked a way for a weekend of food, wine and SKYDIVING, I decided to take 2 days off instead of the one day and will get back on track tomorrow. [...]
Yesterday I found myself with a lot of beef that needed to be cooked ASAP and wanted to make some sort of “one pot” meal that works for the Slow Carb diet. This recipe, from Giada De Laurentiis and the Food Network, covered all the bases. I hesitated to post this recipe because it’s not [...]
I grew up in a very meat-eating family where beef, lamb and chicken almost always took center stage. This trend followed me into adult life, mostly because I had no idea how to cook fish. I’ve been trying to incorporate a bit more fish into my diet for awhile now, but my default tends to [...]
When it comes to steak, I could eat filet mignon with nothing but salt and pepper cooked medium rare every single day and be a happy lady. But, it’s summer in Australia and that means it’s BBQ season. Here ‘s a simple marinade you can make with items you likely have sitting in your pantry [...]
