Merry Christmas Cookies

Chocolate cake with frosting!

Thai pumpkin curry

Empanadas

Hazelnut berry ricotta cheesecake!

Traditional artisan style baguette

Assorted cookies!

Low carb enchilada

Yummy crunchy, crusty bread!

We had this with garlic butter in one sitting!

 

Assorted breakfast scones

Lemon tart

Apple cheddar chicken scone!

Homemade breakfast cereal

I had a craving for some breakfast cereal so, I made some!  complete with almond slivers and raspberries.  Also apt for those who are lactose-free.

Chocolate cake

I devoured 3 pieces at once!  at 4 net carbs per serving, it's a forgivable offense!

Chocolate strawberry cheesecake

Crab and smoked salmon *risotto*

Blackberry pie

Pad Thai

Almond, poppy seed cake

Sesame chicken

This is definitely one that will be repeated over and over again. Maybe next time with fish or shrimp..

For dessert, mock *apple* crisp with homemade vanilla ice cream..yum!

Pizza (and beer!)

What's pizza without an ice cold beer (3.2 g of carbs for the beer!)

Spicy tuna sushi

I just discovered  Kosher Soy Wrappers available on Amazon.  Made me realize just how much I have missed sushi.  We made spicy tuna (sprinkled powdered chili on the thinly sliced fresh tuna), Haas avocado, sprouted alfalfa rolls-to say they were yummy is an understatement.

Yummy cupcake

Raspberry cream cake

Mock *peach cobbler*

Thin, crispy New York style Pizza!

This is a chicken, black olives, onion pizza..

Sunday morning waffles!

Hurray for hamburger buns!

I am have been trying to make these for ever!  you know, the perfect low carb hamburger bun that is squishy on the inside and out and, won't drip the juices all over your hand

Cinnamon rolls!

Desert for today (and tomorrow!)  It has the added bonus of making the house smell nice and edible...

Roasted lamb and oven fresh warm bread

I call this *Kitchen sink* bread as in order to lower the carb count, I experimented with a combination of different kinds of low carb flour alternatives to get just the right texture and taste. Each slice has 1.8 net carbs

We had this bread with rotisserie roasted rosemary, garlic and chipotle lamb. As well as a purple cabbage, arugula and tomato salad with a vinaigrette dressing.  Dessert *would* have been fresh blueberries but, we were too full!

First post!

Who am I and why this blog? Well, I am 43 years young and 9 months ago, I was 60 pounds overweight and basically unhealthy. I am one of those people who tried every diet under the sun only to eventually gain the weight back (and then some!)

Ten years ago, I had tried a lower carb diet...back then Atkins was the craze and even McDonald had a low carb menu! I also lived in the US so access to these foods was easy. I lost the excess 20 pounds and managed to keep them off for four years. Then a baby, graves disease and a move to Central America also came with the extra 60 pounds.

Nine months ago, I decided to try exercise and a lower carb lifestyle-notice I said *lifestyle* and not *diet*.. Diet to me implies something temporary and I would HATE to have to lose 60 pounds again! Hence this blog as part of my motivation team to help keep off the weight as well as, to help lose those final 8 pounds. I scour the internet looking for lower carb options and recipes-most of them are not quite to my liking-enough to be a suitable long term alternative to their higher carb counterparts so, I end up tweaking them over and over again till I come up with something I like. I also have old, old high carb recipes I also tweak to make them lower carb.

Oh, along the way, I have managed to drag my husband into this and to some extent our 5 year old son because it becomes too complicated to make 2 meals (that and my husband also needed to get healthier!) The purpose of this blog will inevitably evolve..for now, it's showcasing pictures of my creations, giving credit where credit is due to all the folks/businesses producing all the raw ingredients and sharing recipes. Other than that, we'll see where it goes-enjoy and let me know your thoughts!