Monday, March 5, 2012

The Best Ever Low Carb Recipes

By Alexandra Dunn


There are numerous low carb recipes that you can find in websites and in cookbooks nowadays. After looking through countless recipes both online and in cookbooks, here are the top 10 highly suggested recipes. Low carb recipes cover a wide variety of dishes, from salads to meats and dairies.

Then there are Low carb desserts, which deserve a whole separate introduction! A simple example would be making chocolate mousse by whipping melted dark chocolate and coconut milk. There are also complicated recipes that you can try where you would have to use a variety of spices and employ more baking skills. Often, you would even forget they are low carb once you've had a taste of these low carb desserts. The following list includes both savory foods and desserts.

Low carb recipes are not much different from other recipes for any other dish. They only differ in how the recipes do not use particular ingredients like flour and potatoes. However, flour and potatoes are often uses to thicken sauces and make pastas and baked goods. However, many still were able to come up with recipes that replicate the full carb dishes with low carb ones, such as in the case of low carb spaghetti, meatballs, and soups. They usually do not taste exactly like the real dishes, but they are delicious nonetheless. For that reason, they might as well be called faux dishes.

Faux dishes are possible nowadays because of the variety of products available as substitutes. An example of such substitute is the artificial sweetener. The Xantham gum, which acts as a substitute to corn starch is also now available. Consisting completely of fiber, the Konjac flour, from a type of yam plant, is also available. This type of flour has been used in making various types of pastas. The artificial sweeteners do not taste exactly like sugar, as you might have experienced, but they definitely give food a sweet sensation. The artificialness of sweeteners can often be masked by some food better than others. A classic example is how artificial sweeteners do not work with chocolates but taste perfect with cinnamon. Normal noodles, meanwhile, also taste different from pastas made from konjac flours. You may find them slightly harder to chew, and they may require more intensive processes when being cooked.

Here are the best ten low carb recipes that you can try: 1) low carb salmon stew 2) low carb lasagne 3) low carb cereal 4) low carb cheesecake 5) cauliflower soup 6) butternut squash soup 7) broccoli and beef stir-fry 8) coconut muffins 9) chocolate coconut mousse 10) bacon wrapped chicken pieces

Follow carefully what the recipes say so you won't end up ruining the recipe because you put too much or too little of one ingredient. I've definitely made some inedible dishes before when I've decided to experiment with the ingredients.




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