First anniversary of the blog and my first giveaway
I’ve been blogging actively for a year now. Every single week I have managed to publish a recipe which I have developed more or less from scratch. I have also published a recipe per week in my Finnish blog.
Well, this blog has been a real challenge — sugar-free, gluten-free low-carb recipes with 5 or less natural ingredients, using foreign language and foreign measures — but totally fun! Over 100 000 unique visitors, hundreds of lovely comments. Thank you all! Your great feedback really keeps me going.
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Recently on Low-Carb, So Simple! — gluten-free, sugar-free recipes with 5 ingredients or less...
Airy Strawberries and Cream Frosting
This sugar-free frosting is bursting with flavor of real strawberries. Unlike creamy and buttery frostings, this dreamy meringue-like frosting is airy and fluffy, not heavy. Real strawberries guarantee the authentic strawberry taste without anything artificial. Using freeze-dried strawberries makes also sure that the frosting doesn’t turn out watery, like it would with fresh strawberries. This frosting [...]
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Smoky Asparagus (Vegan)
Hope you can pardon me for publishing another appetizer in a row. Actually, nothing prevents from serving this also as side dish. I’m just so thrilled about the flavors of the spring that I simply have to publish another recipe using spring vegetables. This appetizer is especially for those who don’t have a charcoal grill, [...]
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Shrimp, Avocado and Red Grapefruit (Dairy-Free)
This fresh appetizer is great not only for low-carbers but for anybody — who can eat shellfish. This dish is healthy with all the benefits of avocado, shrimp and red grapefruit. Chives and black pepper give a gentle kick and complete the bunch of flavors to the full blossom. That’s it, I already told you [...]
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Savory Cheddar Cheese Muffins
These savory hassle-free, gluten-free low-carb muffins are soft, flavorful and they will be gone very soon once you bake them. You’ll see.
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Tangy Greek Yogurt Frosting
It’s time for some fresh spring flavors. Here in Finland we still enjoy (not!) occasional heavy snowing, but nothing prevents from dreaming of sunny and warm spring days. And dreaming is much easier while spreading some of this tangy, sweet and sour spread on freshly-baked muffins. So great for breakfast… wakes you up! Or with [...]
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Grain-Free “Whole Grain” Crackers
I was planning to develop a recipe for crisp bread and had the idea for the basic ingredients for quite some time. I wanted to check how it works and of course develop the recipe as good as I can. Well, instead of a replacement for traditional crisp bread the result is this: Grain-Free “Whole [...]
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Deviled Eggs (Nests)
Deviled eggs are staples in low-carb lifestyle. Actually, I haven’t seen many low-carb cookbooks without a recipe for deviled eggs. This is very understandable. Deviled eggs are delicious, easy to make and naturally low in carbs.
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Simplified Russian-Style Easter Paskha
Paskha or pasha is something many people eat during Easter here in Finland regardless of their religion. We have even commercial — of course sugar-laden — versions of paskha. Originally paskha is enjoyed by Orthodox Christians on Easter and the dish originates from Russia. Well, for some people Easter is not Easter without paskha, whereas some [...]
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Sugar-Free Irish Coffee Frosting for St. Paddy’s Day
Here is another exciting recipe for your sugar-free St. Patrick’s Day festivities. This is an adults-only delicacy, with a small but clearly noticeable boozy note. If you are not consuming alcohol at all, or would like to make a family-friendly version, there is a tip for that in the end of the post. Have fun and enjoy!
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St. Patrick’s Day Cookies (Egg-Free)
In these green shamrock cookies – which I developed especially for your St. Patrick’s Day party — Ireland meets America. The sugar-free, gluten-free cookies get enchanting flavor from root beer stevia. The green color comes from natural sources, which makes these treats even healthier! In case you are not a fan of root beer, I give some ideas for variations in the end [...]
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Homemade Sugar-Free Mounds Bars – Bounty (Vegan)
Here is my take on homemade Mounds bars — or Bounty if you live outside of US. These beauties are double-coated with crunchy melt-in-your-mouth dark chocolate, they are vegan, low-carb, sugar-free, paleo, so extremely easy and healthy! You don’t even need molds for making these bars.
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Duchess Cauliflowers
These low-carb duchess cauliflowers are cousins of the classic duchess potatoes. However, they won’t be upstaged by their better-known high-carb relatives, quite the contrary: full of flavor and healthy ingredients, these morsels are also great for the finest dinner.
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Sugar-Free Strawberry Jam
I seem to be in a jam making mood. Last week I published the recipe for Easy Sugar-Free Raspberry Jam and now: Sugar-Free Strawberry Jam. I got so thrilled about my (finally!) successful raspberry jam experiment, that I wanted to try out the same method for strawberry jam. And, my husband prefers strawberries to raspberries. Just [...]
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Easy Sugar-Free Raspberry Jam
When I was developing the recipe for the Low-Carb Linzer Hearts, I needed some raspberry jam for filling the cookies. Initially I used commercial sugar-free raspberry jam, but it was far too sweet for my taste. And I like sweet! Since the jam was sweetened with grape juice, the carb count was also relatively high. [...]
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Low-Carb Linzer Hearts (Egg-Free)
Treat your loved ones without guilt to these low-carb, gluten-free and sugar-free Linzer hearts! These spectacular cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day, or anytime when you want to indulge yourself or bring some happiness to the people around you. And the best part: you need only 5 ingredients for these tasty tidbits!
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Basic Vinaigrette and Variations
Salad dressing doesn’t get any healthier than this! The combination of raw organic apple cider vinegar and organic extra virgin olive oil nurtures your senses and your body. Add your favorite spices or try out new, fascinating ideas which I’ll give in the end of the post.
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Low-Carb Blueberry Muffins
Last summer I promised you that at some point I’ll publish my extremely versatile basic muffin recipe. Well, now is the point This variation is spotted with yummy blueberries. If you like, you can replace them with vanilla extract or something fancier, depending on the contents of your pantry or freezer, or simply what you [...]
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Simply Easy Cheesy Pie
This gluten-free low-carb cheese pie is a great example how you can get a scrumptious result with just a few ingredients. Serve this cheese pie with some salad or marinated vegetables to get a satisfying and healthy meal.
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Fresh Carrot Cranberry Salad (Vegan)
Happy New Year! It’s great to start the freshly started year with fresh flavors and colorful ingredients. For that I developed this simple and fresh accompaniment as a welcome relief after all the overindulgence of the holidays. This salad is easy to make, colorful, crisp and tasty.
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Low-Carb “Limoncello” Mousse
Limoncello is famous Italian liqueur. As a typical liqueur it contains plenty of sugar and is thus not suitable for a very low-carb lifestyle. Therefore, I developed a quick, sugar-free low-carb “Limoncello”, which is used for seasoning this airy dessert mousse. First, the grated, yellow lemon zest is steeped in vodka at least for overnight. [...]
