Archive for Linda West Eckhardt’s Recipes
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recipe: Brussels Sprout Hash with Caramelized Scallions and Garlic
Trader Joe's is selling Brussels sprouts on the stalk. I've always felt they tasted better, and fresher, when they had the privilege of riding to market on their own stalk. After all, it's a long way from those foggy valleys in California to the markets across the U.S. If you can find Brusse...
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recipe: Sugar-free Christmas Pumpkin Pudding with Warm Berry Sauce
Christmas Pumpkin Pudding with Blackberry Sauce and Whipped Cream makes 4 servings with a total of 17 carb gams For a beautiful, festive Christmas pudding, make this sugar-free low carb version. The pudding can be made a day ahead and refrigerated. Then finish with warm berry sauce and...
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Recipe: Sugar Free Sweets for Your Holiday Celebration. Whiskey Balls
If there's one thing associated with Christmas, it's sweets. Candies, chocolates, cakes, and cookies. We know this. We want sweet stuff too. So for the next few days, we're going to be featuring some dynamite sugar-free sweets you can enjoy for yourself, or for gifts. Holiday Whiskey B...
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recipe: Warm winter soup: Pork in a Kale Broth with Ginger
Too easy to do. Too rewarding. You're gonna like this one. It will soothe and nurture you. Enjoy. 1 tablespoon extra virgin oil 2 pounds pork loin, cut into bite sized pieces 1 bunch kale (or spinach), chopped 1 head fennel, chopped 1 bunch green onions, chopped 10 cloves...
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recipe: Thanksgiving Pumpkin Mustard Relish
I do love the flavor of pumpkin. I do not love the flavor of canned pumpkin. I do not love recipes that begin, "cut raw pumpkin into one inch cubes." Why? Because for me, the recipe should include an instruction that begins: start the car, you're on the way to the ER to get that big bad...
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recipe: Green Beans with Raisins and Black Walnuts
Green Beans (© Carolyn Thompson | Dreamstime.com) Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching and many will soon be making final decisions on side dishes. We think this recipe calling for one of America's great heirloom foods makes a fine seasonal choice for the anuual autumn feast. Gathered in the Mi...
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recipe: Silver Cloud Cranberry Orange Relish
Once you graduated beyond cranberry sauce in a can that slid out like jello, you began to see the real possibilities for this condiment for Thanksgiving. Not much of a stretch to replace the sugar with stevia, but, to my way of thinking, it still needed "something", so I added a dollop of Po...
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Recipe: Wilted Kale with Shitake Mushrooms and Garlic
Fresh Kale (photo by MissyRedBoots, courtesy of morguefile.com) OK. Thanksgiving is over. YOu survived. You might have put on a pound or two. Now's the time to get back on your diet big time. Eating dark green leafy vegetables with a side of meat is a good way to get your body back in...
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Contest: Bring me your best low carb Thanksgiving ideas and recipes
I've been thinking that all these warnings about Thanksgiving being so dangerous for low carbers because of the feeding frenzy doesn't really have to be a problem. Think about it for a minute. I mean what? The main course is turkey. Most everybody makes a recipe for brussells sprouts or green bean...
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recipe: Seared Lamb Chops and Radicchio
With autumn's nip in the air, bolder flavors call us to counter the coming winter's chill. And considering that we still have no time, a dinner that's made in a black skillet and that gets you out of the kitchen and to the table in fifteen minutes is much to be desired. The sweet, succulent ...
