Archive for August, 2007
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Hail, Caesar…Dressing, that is.
A veteran low-carber and faithful and long-time reader of our blogs wrote asking for our Caesar salad dressing recipe that she thought she remembered seeing in one of our books. She’s correct; it’s in the Low Carb Comfort Food Cookbook.
Although it does taste heavenly, Caesar dressing is not named for the 1st Century Roman [...]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Safe Eggs and Egg Safety
A reader wrote, regarding the previous post on Summer-Safe Slaw, inquiring why dishes prepared with mayonnaise wouldn’t be safe in the summer. The short response, of course, is because of risk of bacterial food poisoning from Salmonella, if the dish isn’t kept out of the danger zone for bacterial growth–i.e., chilled below 45 degrees [...]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Safe Slaw for a Sweltering Summer
The heat this summer across the entire country (except for lucky micro-climates such as Santa Barbara, where it’s been in the high 70s to low 80s in the day along the coast) has been like some sort of demonic hybrid of a blast furnace and a sauna. My sister tells me that there have [...]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Low Carb Sauce Mornay
A reader wrote recently seeking a low carb version of Sauce Mornay, the classic creamy cheesy topper for steamed veggies and seafood and anything else you’d care to drizzle it over. Since it’s the height of the farmer’s market season and fresh veggies abound, it occurred to me that instead of just responding to [...]
