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White Bean & Spinach Saute Recipe {Slow Carb}

This white bean and spinach saute side dish is a way to incorporate healthy complex carbohydrates and greens into your diet!

Healthy Homemade Crab Cakes {Slow Carb Recipe}

Crab cakes are one of my favorite appetizers to order in the summer. Let’s face it, they’re delicious! However, often when you order crab cakes at a restaurant, they are filled with lots of unhealthy and unnecessary ingredients that your body can do without. Check out my healthier version of this delicious summer recipe!

Simple Summer Salad {Artichoke, Tomato, & Red Onion}

Check out my recipe for this refreshing and delicious summer salad to eat with any meal! Because it is lettuce-less, it’s the perfect salad to make in big batches and eat throughout the week. :)

Zucchini Ribbon Noodles Recipe

I’ve been hearing so much about “zoodles” or zucchini noodles recently as another low carb side option.  However, one problem.  Most of the recipes require a vegetable spiralizer, such as this one. This awesome kitchen appliance is on my long list of things to buy. So in the meantime, I came up with my own […]

Easy Spaghetti Squash Recipe

Spaghetti squash is fabulous low carb replacement to trick your mind into thinking you’re eating starchy, high carb foods, when in fact, you’re not.

Green Beans with Lemon and Sliced Almonds Recipe

This is a great recipe to make when you’re cooking for someone and want to make a simple meal that looks and tastes impressive.   I typically buy my green beans in a microwavable bag so that I can steam my veggies really quickly to speed up the overall process.  However, if you prefer to […]

Tomato & Avocado Salad Recipe

I have a slight obsession with avocados.  Ok maybe a bit more than slight.  In my opinion, adding avocado to any meal is an automatic upgrade.  I get overly excited when I cut into an avocado and it comes out like this….. Perfection! It’s not every day that this happens.   If you plan to […]

Brown Rice Penne Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes Recipe

I love pasta very much.  However, I don’t often eat it anymore because of my low carb lifestyle.  However, this past Sunday my craving for pasta was so strong, I knew I had to make it! I decided to load my pasta up with veggies so that I would still have a nutritious and healthy […]

Mashed Cauliflower Recipe

Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite foods.  I try not to eat them often because I’m avoiding white carbs as often as possible.  Mashed cauliflower is an excellent alternative.  I’ve made a bunch of varieties of mashed cauliflower, but this happens to be my favorite.  My secret ingredient is using cottage cheese to make […]