recipes

Several years ago my doctor diagnosed me with pre-diabetes with insulin resistance. At first, I didn’t take it very seriously and continued with the carb binges. I don’t even want to think about how many carbs I was consuming on a daily basis. Of course, along with the carbs came the high spikes and low crashes in blood sugar. I remember just wanting to nap every day after lunch. Finally my doctor told me that if I didn’t start taking it seriously, I was a prime candidate for heart attack and stroke and that insulin resistance and blood sugar issues were a common factor that they see in people who die from those issues....

Let me introduce you to the Hillbilly Pit Pie… That’s right, one of the best specialty pizzas I’ve ever put in my mouth. This pizza is on the menu of one of our local pizza parlors in Elizabethton, TN called Jiggy Ray’s Pizzeria. If you’ve never been to Jiggy Ray’s and are local or traveling through the area, it is definitely worth a visit. Not only do they have the Hillbilly Pit Pie, but they have a salad bar, other varieties of pizza, and more great food!...

One day recently I was shamefully scrolling mindlessly through Facebook, as we all sometimes do. Don’t lie, you know you do it. Anyway, I came across one of those short videos that shows you how to make a dinner recipe idea and this one looked delicious so I thought, what the heck, let’s give it a go. It’s a very simple dish comprised of chicken, a glaze, cheese, and tomato. Very simple, quick, and easy to make....

One of my favorite foods is potatoes. Any style, any way you want to make them. I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I love potatoes! However, given their starch and carb count, I have to be careful how many I eat, especially at one time. Too many potatoes in a single sitting and I won’t be “sitting” long. I’ll be passed out somewhere in a sugar coma!...

My wife and I have to stick to a low sugar, low carb diet. This, of course, makes it difficult to have one of our favorite things… Pizza! I decided that the only way we would be able really enjoy pizza would be if we made it at home. I had tried different things for making low carb pizza at home previously, but nothing really tasted right. Then I ran across this dough recipe and I was sold....