Son of Zoodle - a Veggie Tale of Zucchini - rific Tagliatelle Proportions - a Low Carb Pasta Lover's Treasure

This is a publice service announcement. 

Son of Zoodle unleashed.

Son of Zoodle is unleashed upon humanity!!!!

You remember my Oodles and Oodles of Zoodles post don't you? If you don't, here is the link to the Oodley Zoodley Zoodles post. Just click on it and through the wonders of Al Gore's internet, you will be instantly transported to the page where the zoodles live in my Fluffy Chix Cook "permanent record."

CarbSmart Magazine - Digital Edition Premieres!

CarbSmart Magazine proudly announces
the premiere of its digital magazine for
Apple iPad, Apple Retina, Kindle Fire, and
Android tablets.

UPDATE!
Hi y'all! The affiliate link to the CarbSmart Magazine is here!!! Wooohooo! Click on the magazine's here in this post or look on the right side of the page in the margin for the CarbSmart Magazine and click on it! Please be sure to order your subscribtion today!
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Hey guys, I'm super excited to announce this momentuous event! We've got a new tool in our low carb arsenal--the CarbSmart Magazine-the digital edition for Apple iPad, Apple Retina and coming soon, available for Kindle Fire and Android tablets!

I've been writing for CarbSmart.com for almost a year now. It's a great site, filled with helpful tools for all of us low-carbers. Tools like reviews of low carb products and kitchen gadgets that make our life easier; movie and book reviews of the most important books, movies, tv documentaries, and scientific papers in low carb nutrition. Tools like great recipes and inspirational stories from people who live low carb, just like you and me--and who know how hard it can sometimes become--and how easy, too! Tools like great availability of low carb conveniences like Nevada Manna Chocolate chips (sugar alcohol free chocolate chips) and things like sugar free flavored drops and sugar/flour alternatives).

CarbSmart has been a leader in the low carb community for over 13 years and today we realize the dream of Andrew DiMino, CarbSmart's founder and CEO--to become the

Simple Moroccan Lettuce Cups or Lettuce Wraps

Even when you're stress and times are tough, you can eat low carb.



Cook Once - Eat a Bunch (of times)!

Well, I’ve told you life here is rather stressful. And yet, I realize I’m not alone. I think you, too, may have just a wee bit oh-the-stress on your plate. Am I right?

So our challenge is this—when we’re too tired (just too damn pooped after a hard day at work, after taking care of your family, after taking care of the house, after possibly being sick…fill in your blank here)…what in they hayull (Texan for WTF) is a sane low carber sposed to do about keeping the carb monster at bay and getting good, healthy food on a plate?

Chicken Avocado and Blue Cheese Sandwich with Garlic Aoli is Perfectly Low Carb

You might be forgiven for the immediate blasphemous cursing erupting from your mouth at this very moment. I hear you. I do.



Satisfying and low carb too. This chicken sandwich bears no
resemblance to our old high carbage days.

You’re saying, “Who the hayull (Texan for h-e-double ut oh) does she think she is? *snort* She’s now demonstrating how to be an even bigger waste-of-blog-space than she has in months past.

Now Susie’s turning out such derivative drivel as telling me how to make a sandwich with store bought rotisserie chicken. What a crock of horse puckies!

Next thing you know, she’ll be showin’ me how to boil water! Razzafrazzin’ rumplemazzin’ curfufflesplazzle #%@@@@#$#$#$@$^$^#@$$!!!!!!!”

So on that note, please be sure to join me next week as we explore the mysteries of boiling water. *evil grin*

Cranberry Pomegranate Chutney - Easy Appetizers for New Year's Eave

Who wants a bonus recipe for 2012? I love easy appetizer recipes and among my favorites are those types of things that can be thrown on top of a block of warm cheese or room temperature cheese that still look festive and inviting. Cranberry Pomegranate Chutney is one of those recipes and is a hit in the Fluffy Chix Roost.

Standing Rib or Prime Rib Roast

Denny's plate for Christmas Eve Dinner.

We began the tradition of serving a standing rib or prime rib roast and eating our “big”, fancy meal on Christmas Eve back in the 80’s.

I’m not sure how this big meal evolved into the standing rib, sometimes called prime rib, but I suspect it had something to do with the fact that Dad had become ill and had ceased hunting, which meant we no longer had fresh venison or wild goose and ducks at the ready.

He also no longer had the stamina to stand in the kitchen for up to two days cooking his infamous Pat O’ Brien Spaghetti and Meatballs or making his delectable Shrimp Creole.

Quick Carpaccio Makes a Festive Holiday Appetizer



An elegant Christmas Eve or ney Year's eve meal -
Carpaccio, Sprinf Mix Salad and Asparagus Soup.

You are gonna mock me after reading the instructions for Carpaccio and claim there is nothin’ quick about making this dish.

There are a LOT of photos and what looks like a LOT of steps. But I needed to incrementally illustrate the process I describe in the recipe in case you’ve never made anything like this before. But honestly, it takes longer to describe how to make the Carpaccio than it does to actually make it.

Low Carb Cranberry Juice

Brought to you by the letter "J".

Low carb Cranberry Juice

You might be justifiably confused by the low carb cranberry juice title. Cuz comeon! Isn’t low carb fruit juice a bit of an oxymoron? Isn’t juice fruit verboten in a low carb lifestyle? Isn’t fruit evil? Doesn’t it have deadly fructose?

Understand me now…low carb living is not black or white. It isn’t all or nothing. There IS fruit in a low carb paradigm.

It’s low carb, not no carb, and when you don’t mechanically alter the fructose, and choose fruits lower in sugar content, your body can handle it on a limited basis. (Less than 15g of naturally occurring fructose a day shouldn’t be a problem to most people – but hey, I’m not a doc or nutritionist so check with your's ok? Don’t take the word of some faceless schmoe on the internet. Swearsies?)

CarbSmart Talks About Seasonally Sane Entertainment

Crack bread - aka Bloomin' Onion Bread a
low carb, seasonally sane pre-party snack.

Yes, I know.

You know it too.

Dr. Seuss probably knew it as well and wrote a great rhyming book about it filled with Pantooza and Kerpoofles!

But I like to toot my own horn...

Just a bit.

*sigh*

I am happy to announce however, that my new article is out over at CarbSmart Magazine, your trusted

Low Carb Eggnog

Low Carb Holiday Cocktail Classics to help you remain faithfully low carb during Christmas

Low Carb Eggnog with a shaved dark chocolate rim,
dollop of no sugar added whipped cream and a dusting
of freshly grated nutmeg.

One of the things I miss the most about pre-cancer days is convenience. I miss convenience. I miss the ability to drive my cart like a girl, down any grocery store isle of my choice and pick out a quick, convenient package of something without a thought or a shout-out from my over-active conscience.

When I decided to get serious about low carb eating, my conscience became a frequent flyer. So a lot of choices narrowed down quickly, but dangit! I did still have a few crafty choices up my sleeve until the cancer hit! Like the ability to use frankenfoods such as Mootopia, the low sugar milk to make sugar free eggnog.

And double dang it! IF only the store carried some kind of low carb eggnog. I would be their puppet.