Trader Joe's Is Comin' to Town!

Whoa Nelly! Can You Feel The Excitement?


Photo by Rick Francis/AP

 Yep, Trader Joe’s is comin’ to town and that’s even better than Santa Claus coming to town. Get ready, folks, because I believe there will be humongous over use of exclamation points in this post – you have been warned!

I (and a few dozen Houstonian Foodies) have been breathlessly waiting for Trader Joe’s, the famed California retailer, to establish an outpost anywhere near Houston.

Low Carb Sausage, Egg, Cheese Biscuit Sandwich

You Can’t Get These at MickeyDs!



Low Carb Sausage, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich
with Sauteed Spinach & Garlic and Strawberries

 I promised to show you a breakfast sandwich fit for royalty and a promise is a promise! I used the recipe for Low Carb Biscuits to make one of the most jonesalicious breakfasts, ever. There I go with the “exaggerations” again…

In the case of the Low Carb Sausage, Egg and Cheese Biscuit, it’s not a specious claim! I seriously crave these sandwiches and will eat them at any meal. They’re not just for breakfast anymore! Haha! Seriously, they’re quick, easy,

House Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

Homemade, Soy Free, Gluten Free, Preservative Free! You will feel so free you'll prance!



House Vinaigrette Salad Dressing is drool worthy!

Sure, House Vinaigrette Dressing doesn’t sound like it’s a sexy topic for a blog post. But how many minutes do you spend reading the labels on the backs of the salad dressings in the condiment isle at the store? How many times do you audibly gasp at the number of carbs on the nutritional panel? All those ingredients I just can’t pronounce, much less identify by sight, scare the crap outta me!! *eek*

How often do you shake your head at the apparent need of food manufacturers to add

Sugar Free Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Devil or Angel, Will You Be My Valentine?



Sugar free chocolate dipped strawberries.



Sometimes a recipe looks good on paper and totally bombs during execution. This is the story of a sugar free chocolate dipped strawberry that almost “wasn’t.” There were a few tense moments and curses coming from the SusieT kitchen. And had I been anything other than a cheapskate, tightwad, a nearly failed sugar free chocolate ganache would have ended up in the trash bin. But Denny and a quick google and voila! What happened next was so great; I simply had to share – just in case this ever happens to you!

I don’t cook desserts very often. Not only do we count every carb, but I feel our carb budget

Asparagus In Ghee

Spring Has Sprung - the “asparaguys” arrived!



Ahhh Spring! Asparagus and lamb - does it get better?



Asparagus In Ghee, such a simple recipe. Three ingredients – four if you add black pepper, five minutes, and bam, color you done. In return, your family will give awards and gifts for being such a swell cook. And you will fall in love with asparagus.

Asparagus, those crunchy, green stalks that herald spring, bring comfort. As one of the first vegetables out of the ground and to market in the spring, asparagus brings

Put Biscuits Back On The Menu

That’s right, I said Biscuits! And they’re low carb too!



I split these with a fork to get all the yummy craggy bits!

Yearning for a BIB (Breakfast in a Bun), but think it's impossible with a low carb, gluten free lifestyle? Fluffy Chix Cook is going to make your dreams come true. Enjoy a big, fluffy low carb, keto and gluten-free biscuit without guilt or cheating on your diet!

Diet? Diet? Who does that anymore?

What if I told you that I diet (Shhhhh! Yes I said the D-word, that dreaded four letter curse!), lose weight and chow down on a Sausage, Egg and Cheese Biscuit almost every morning? Would you believe me or would you squeal like a little girl, again?

Home From The War

My new luxurious growth of curly black 'n white hair!

Hi Honey, I’m home! Sorry to be MIA for so very long! I simply can’t believe my last post was in October. Thank you for your patience and hope some of you have remained followers despite my reprehensible lack of upkeep here at Fluffy Chix!


I wanted to title this post, “What’s Black ‘n’ White and Red All Over?” (In honor of my salt & pepper locks and the radiation burns left on Ginger’s remains. Just look at that picture! I have little tiny hairs growin’ out mah head, my eyebrows and eyelashes are growing in again, too! Praise God!)

D Day or Should I say De-B Day Is Upon Me!

A few of you astute readers may have recognized that I have been conspicuous by my absence!?! I thought I could do it all: have breast cancer, go through chemo, work as much as my body lets me, deal with complications from chemo (i.e. infection), run this blog, and have a life. Sheesh! What's a girl to do, I ask you? I apparently dropped more than a few balls

Fat, Dumb, And Bald

Is no way to go through life, or so Dean Wormer says in Animal House



This is as much skin as the WPP (Witless Protection Program)
allows me to show. Funny, even though I have her haircut,
I still don't look like Sinead O'Connor. Wahhh.

 Ok. Enough!!! Let the veil of silence be shattered! Time for an update. And a recipe.

No. Recipes will have to wait till I don't feel like hurling toes or blowing chunks.

Update will have to do for now. Please continue your patience for a day or two longer?

Well, so here's the poop.

Fancy Pants Swiss Chard With Sun Dried Tomatoes, Pine Nuts and Garlic

Swiss Chard – An Anti-Cancer Rock Star

Find Printable Recipe Here

Few people south of the Mason Dixon can claim ignorance about “greens.” No, I don’t mean salad greens either. Salad greens = Iceberg Lettuce back in the day. We might see an occasional curly or red leaf lettuce but that was only after Mama and Daddy got