Menu du jour lowcarb : 12 Recipes


  • Recipe Triggerfish
    Triggerfish
    Growing up on Long Island, you get used to having fresh fish whenever you like.  If you’re not catching it yourself, there are plenty of fish markets where you can find almost anything you’re looking for. When I moved to Florida the[...]
  • Recipe Blackened Seasoning
    Blackened Seasoning
    Of all the things I’ve cooked over the years, the one thing I’ve never really done is blackened proteins.  I love the taste of it, but I’ve never made it at home.  I did a lot of research and came up with this recipe… 2[...]
  • Recipe Roasted Mixed Beets
    Roasted Mixed Beets
    I have truly fallen in love with beets.  They’re so earthy and delicious and when I got golden beets and hakeuri turnips in my co-op basket this week, I decided to augment it with a couple of red beets from the super market. I have to tell[...]
  • Recipe Avocado Cream Cheese
    Avocado Cream Cheese
    Over the holidays I purchased a lot of cream cheese because a.) it was on deep, deep sale and b.) I was sure I was going to make a pumpkin cheese cake.  I didn’t make the cheese cake and now I have a lot of cream cheese that I don’t want[...]
  • Recipe Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Bread
    Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Bread
    Serve 16 slices Prep: 30 minutes Bake: 40 minutes Cool: 10 minutes Ingredients: 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour or whole wheat flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp pumpkin pie spic 1/2 tsp baking soda[...]
  • Recipe Balsamic-glazed Salmon Fillets
    Balsamic-glazed Salmon Fillets
    Serve: 4 Prep: 10 mins Cook: 20 mins Ingredients: 4 (5 ounce) salmon fillets 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 teaspoons white wine 2 teaspoons honey 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 2 ~ 3 teaspoons Dijon mustard salt and pepper to taste[...]
  • Recipe Blackened Snapper with Avocado Salsa
    Blackened Snapper with Avocado Salsa
    Here’s what I used, you could really use anything. 5 avocados, peeled pitted and chunked (you know how to do that, right?  If not look here ) 2 cucumbers, peeled seeded and chopped 5 med. tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 jalapeno, ribs and[...]
  • Recipe Roasted Mahi Mahi over Chunky Vegetables
    Roasted Mahi Mahi over Chunky Vegetables
    Olive oil 6 cloves of garlic chopped 3 onions chopped 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano 1/2 tablespoon dried basil 1/2 tablespoon red pepper flakes (if heat scares you, cut this back or eliminate it altogether) 6 zucchini trimmed and rough chopped[...]
  • Recipe Edamame, Snow Pea and Sugar Snap Pea Salad
    Edamame, Snow Pea and Sugar Snap Pea Salad
    During my birthday week of debauchery, I think it’s important to make sure that we’re getting some nutritious food into our bodies so this is what we had for lunch today. It’s a very simple, delicious, refreshing salad, with some[...]
  • Recipe Sesame Crusted Tuna with a Soy Balsamic Reduction
    Sesame Crusted Tuna with a Soy Balsamic Reduction
    This one is a little bit ambitious.  It’s certainly not hard, but there are a lot of steps. For the Salad: 1 bag mixed greens (I used spring greens and baby spinach) 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root 3/4 cup[...]