Low glycemic diet

A low glycemic diet is a diet where you eat foods that have a low effect on your blood sugar. In practice, that means eating a balanced meal consisting of proteins, healthy fat and mostly carbohydrates with a low glycemic index (GI). This is a key to good health and long term weight loss. It [...]

Atkins diet

The Atkins diet is the most popular low carb diet and was created by Doctor Robert Atkins to resolve his own weight problem. The diet was later popularized through a series of books starting with Dr Atkins Diet Revolution in 1972.
Atkins learnt that eating refined carbohydrates such as sugar and flour was the main cause [...]

Atkins diet books

Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution
This is the revised edition of Dr Atkins original book, Diet Revolution from 1972. The book is a must have for people new to the Atkins diet as it explains how and why the diet works for weightloss, how to maintain your weight and good health. It also contains recipes and [...]

Coconut cake

I got this recipe from a friend and just replaced the sugar. Next time I will probably try using a darker chocolate to reduce the amount of sugar and possibly add more sweetener. You can use the egg yolks to make ice cream, use them as a thickener in certain sauces (such as this cream [...]

Cheese bread

I first saw this recipe posted on a forum and have later read that the recipe comes from the polish doctor Jan Kwasniewski. You can use these cheese breads to make hamburgers, pizza or eating them with a topping.
I made 9 small breads. If you are going to use them for mini pizzas I recommend [...]

Cream sauce

This low carb sauce is very simple and can easily be modified by adding a variety of different spices and herbs.
Ingredients for one serving:
1 dl (1/2 cup) heavy cream
1 egg yolk
Salt and pepper
(drippings)
Heat the cream (with drippings) until it boils. Turn the heat down. Add egg yolk and stir until you get the desired consistency. [...]

Cauliflower rice

Cauliflower can be used to make a low carb rice replacement. It is not a good replacement in casserole recipes, but is fantastic accompanied with sauce, in a salad or instead of fried rice.
Use one cauliflower head or whatever amount you want. The easiest way to make cauliflower rice is to use a food processor [...]

Meatloaf

This is the first time I have made meat loaf and definitely not the last, I will make a large oven pan next time. I may not add so much cream as a lot of it seems to seep out when it is fried, but the broth is great to use for a sauce.

Ingredients:
500 grams [...]

How to beat egg whites

When making low carb cakes it is often necessary to know how to beat egg whites. Eggs can be beaten into different levels called frothy, soft peaks and stiffly beaten. In this short video Betty shows you the different levels of beaten eggs and how to beat egg whites for the best result.

Almond cake with whipped cream and berries

This is a simple cake, so low in carbohydrates you could eat it every day I prefer to make it with strawberries, but I didn’t have that, so this time I used blueberries. This recipe could be used to make a variety of low carb cakes, for instance cheese cake and cake with [...]

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