After 30# loss on Atkins. At my feet is Button (nick-named Buttoni) our 11# rat terrier, another proud taste tester of all my recipes. 
Welcome to my low-carb recipe blog! My name is Peggy and I’m a retired teacher living in Central Texas with my husband of 44 years. I have been collecting favorite recipes ever since I was in high school. I have now modified all my “regulars”. Though I and this website started out pure Atkins, I am shifting toward a Primal way of eating for even further health benefits. Notice the new PRIMAL-PALEO category on the right! I tag any recipe as Primal-Paleo when I feel it is suitable (either as-written or with a slight change, like clarifying the butter or subbing coconut milk for cream). This should help my Paleo and Primal subscribers enormously. I will continue to offer recipes to followers of both nutritional lifestyles, as I see both as quite similar, with neither being better than the other.
I get my love of cooking from both my parents, but mostly from my Dad. They were both raised in large farm families so their background was simple, hearty, country cooking with lots of home-grown fresh vegetables. They developed their taste for more exotic, ethnic foods after Dad joined the Air Force and we traveled. Those experiences quickly broadened our culinary exposure.
My brother also loves cooking! As early as age 12, he could whip up the best cream puffs you ever tasted! He went on to become a professional chef, with experience at Inn at Brushy Creek near Austin, TX and as Executive Chef at Top of the Mark in San Francisco. Even in retirement, he still enjoys cooking for family and friends.
I have lost 36 lbs. following Atkins high fat, moderate protein, low-carb regimen. I want to lose 15-20 more pounds. If you’re interested, details of my Atkins journey can be seen here MY JOURNEY .
Those that spend much time on my site quickly learn I’m all about EASY. If it takes much longer than 30 minutes to put together at the stove, I’m just not very interested. I leave the complicated cooking to the professionals. You working folks will find over 600 easy recipes here! I always welcome feedback, as recipes are for me, “works in progress” that are not set in stone. When I make changes to recipes, I will change update nutritional stats as well. Don’t be surprised if you come back to a recipe months later and it has changed, as tweaking recipes has been a life-long “addiction”.
Well done Peggy on your journey!!! My hubby has lost 100 lbs ever since finding the low carb/high fat diet. 12 months ago we also decided that our family (3 kids under 10) would also eat this way and it was the best thing we could have ever done. It helped our son with his energy issues that we had seen the medical profession about and had blood tests, scans, iron drops – you name it we had it done. But i am sure that they all think we are mad when we told them what we had done, how we are eating and how his energy levels and happiness is the best that it has ever been (the blood tests were done before we changed our diet and when they came back there was ‘nothing’ wrong with him!! Which we were expecting anyway). But we have the last laugh!!!
I am going to be making your chicken-eggplant parmegiana tonight. It sounds and looks wonderful and this is how I stumbled across your website via chowstalker!
Anyway enjoy your weekend and thanks (will be checking out more of your recipes!).
Kate
Welcome, Kate! And kudos to your husband on his impressive weight loss! Don’t ya just hate how easy it is for MEN to lose and how we WOMEN fight for every pound we can drop? And that’s just marvelous about your son’s improvements. Yeah, it still amazes me the medical profession just shakes its head when they can’t believe what LC eating does for us. I’m so glad you found my site and hope you will enjoy browsing all the recipes here. I’m adding new ones all the time, so stick around!
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I will take a look at your site and seriously consider joining your author network, Kyra. And thank you for the invitation! I’m always game to get more exposure of my very simple low-carb recipes to more and more low-carbers. Thanks so much.
Hi Peggy! Thanks so much for sharing your recipes. I am single and would like to freeze portions of your recipes. Do you have a guideline for what freezes good and what does not?
Thank you,
Bobbie
Bobbie, there’s not much that you can’t freeze pretty successfully, if wrapped properly and not stored beyond recommended lengths of time. About the only things I consistently have never, EVER frozen are pumpkin (bleeds water and can ruin a recipe when thawed IMO), rice and potatoes (get mealy IMO), cream cheese and heavy cream (break down and can ruin texture). You might consider investing in a good freezer book sometime that will give you recommended lengths of time for holding foods in the freezer. I won’t freeze baked goods over a month or they dry out and get inedible. Meats 6 mos.-1yr, max, veggies 6 mos. I have used Progressive Farmer’s Freeing and Canning Book for over 40 years. A real gem, that one, giving info for specific veggies, fruits, meats and recipes as well. But it’s no longer in publication. I’m sure if you Google or browse at your friendly Barnes and Noble bookstore, you’ll find one you like.
Hi Peggy!
Thank you for leaving a comment on my Yumsome blog – I really appreciate it.
Congrats on the weight-loss (and to everyone else who’s posted here) – such a great feeling isn’t it? Keep up the great work!
I’ve lost 37lbs and have around another 26-30 to go. No special diets – just calorie-counting and exercising regularly. I’m 50 this year, and determined to not be a fat fifty year old! Ha ha!
I’m looking forward to reading through your blog, and learning more about low-carb and paleo recipes!
Ciao!
Nicole x
Congrats to you on your losses, too! Hope you enjoy browsing the blog!
Hi, I am from Ontario Canada and I am loving your Blog. I wanted to say Thank you for doing this! I have lost over 50lbs since August 2012, and I am hoping to keep it off. Finding great blogs like yours makes a difference in my life. Thanks again.
WELCOME, Estrella! Congratulations on losing 50#! That’s an amazing accomplishment. And if my recipe website helps you in future at keeping that weight off, it will be serving its purpose. I WANT people to be successful, as you clearly have been. More importantly, I want folks to have tasty, easy recipes to help them stay motivated to KEEP the pounds from sneaking back. I try to post new recipes often (though March/April I get real busy helping do my 89 yr old Mom’s income tax stuff). But most of the year I post new recipes several times a week. So stick around!! Have fun browsing through the 600 recipes I have on site now.
Love your site and enjoy the emails. Thank you for all you do and making it easier for me to comfortably lead a low-carb lifestyle. You are a blessing!
That’s why I have this site, Lark, to make it easier for folks to be successful at this way of eating.
Yes, creamy soups are my weakness, too! I can take just about anything and turn it into a good creamed soup!
Hey, it hasn’t been that easy! I go up and down like everyone else. I stay on induction until I get to goal and then I start owl.Crazy huh?The trick is to have 1 or 2 cheat days a month. I plan them very carefully around activities that might be happening that month. Just a little hint, I’ve noticed that when I go up, it’s because I didn’t eat enough. So next time the scale shows gain, review the meals .. Chances are there’s a whole lot of meat and no greens, or no snacks between meals. Isn’t it wonderful to be on an eating lifestyle where you have to eat more?!
I’m so glad I found you! As of today I am 61lbs down. I did the exact same thing in 2005 and kept it off until 2007 and then stuff happened and I started eating too much chocolate and drinking too much wine. Well things have settled down and I decided in Aug 2012 to start my Atkins again. I remembered how I did it last time and so it wasn’t too hard. It it now March 2013 and I am 61lbs down and only 5 lbs from goal. I love this way of eating so I know I’ll keep it off this time. My fave part? Seeing my friends wonder how I’m losing weight while eating bacon! By the way my cholesterol is 159! Tomorrow I’m making the braised ribs. Can’t wait.
Welcome, Vanessa! I’m glad you found my site, too! And congratulations on losing that 61#! I’m so jealous some folks can take it off so easily. Keep up the good work toward your goal weight, and onward in Maintenance! Hope you like those braised ribs!
I love your blog!! I found you through LowCarbfriends.com (which I may be leaving) but i love that I found you! I love food and recipe blogs but now that Im on a LC way of eating those are too tempting so THIS is awesome! I now have somewhere to look for inspiration and recipes!!! Thank you!
Well I’m so glad you did, too, Kriss! WELCOME! There are nearly 600 recipes on the site archived in the categories at the right. Some of my older ones are my best recipes of 40+ years of collecting that I’ve converted to be low-carb. So enjoy your browsing! Oh, and I love feedback and reader input on ideas for variations!