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Steenky Feesh

Posted by Andrea Tharp on Thursday, December 30, 2010, In : Eating 
Sardines.Mackarel.Herring. 
Are you gagging yet? If you are, it's a shame.They're fairly cheap, high in alll sorts of good stuff, more plentiful, and less polluted than salmon and tuna. After trying out a variety of brands I've found lots of varieties I  love. Since I can't take them to work and stink up my cubicle, they're usually what I eat when I get home starving, and theres no leftover protein in the house. Most of the time, I pop oven a can, throw  some  mayo on it,  and a little sugar ...
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Low Carb "Junk Food" I Can't Live Without

Posted by Andrea Richards on Saturday, March 20, 2010, In : Eating 
Low carb Products, whether they deserve it or not, sometimes get a really bad reputation. It's easy to see why , when some dietiers buy all the so called "low carb" products they  find in attempt to live the life they always had. That's pretty much  is the opposite of a  lifestyle change.  At the same time, there are some good ones out there, that I think fit in really well to a low carb diet, as long as you're not against artificial sweeteners:

1.) Sugar Free Coffee Syrups:
Da  Vinci, Torani, ...

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Simple Swaps

Posted by Andrea Richards on Monday, March 15, 2010, In : Eating 
       If I feel like eating something  bad  for me, I  try  to either modify it by making it from low-carb  ingredients (swapping any potatoes or pasta  cauliflower, and sometimes cabbage or broccoli) or  find a substitute.  For instance Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds+ cinnamon  results in a  sweet snack that   replaces  donuts, cookies, and  my boss's  SCARY cinnamon rolls!
        I'm also trying to replace some of the low-carb foods that, while  being OK with my  diet, don't contribute anythi...

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No Tchotchke!

Posted by Andrea Richards on Friday, March 5, 2010, In : Eating 
My family has a combination of rule and private joke - the "no tchotchke rule". Meaning no useless cutsey bric-a brac that collects dust and shelf space. We're a bunch of hopeless markdown table, garage sale, and thrift shop addicts,so we had to enact it to keep from wasting money and hoarding more junk then we have space for, and It's worked very well. For one of us to be "alllowed" to buy an item, no matter how cheap/free it is, we have to answer the following questions:

1. Do we need i...

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