The Low Carb Link List: 14 February 2010

February 14, 2010

Welcome back to another installment of The Low Carb Link List: your resource for everything low carb that happened this past week. Paleo seems to be getting more and more mainstream attention and has now made the 6 o’ clock news. Whole Foods is now promoting a low-fat vegetarian diet. I wonder if the guys [...]

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Other Stems and Stalks

February 13, 2010

This last bunch of stems and stalks consists of the miscellaneous vegetables we haven’t covered elsewhere. As a result, they are mostly obscure varieties that you might not run into often.
Fiddleheads are the coiled fronds of young ferns which are commonly eaten in Asia. This springtime delicacy has come under fire recently due to the [...]

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Tropical Stems: Bamboo Shoots and Hearts of Palm

February 12, 2010

For our next group of stems and stalks, we’re going tropical. Specifically, we will take a look at bamboo shoots and hearts of palm. Both these vegetables will be quite foreign to most readers, who live in temperate climates. But it doesn’t hurt to take an in-depth look in case you find yourself with a [...]

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The Cabbage Family: Kohlrabi and Rutabaga

February 11, 2010

Ah, the cabbage family. We have visited them before and taken a look at the lower stems and bulbs they give us . This time, we will look at their edible stems and stalks that often show up on our dinner plates. These veggies are a bit more obscure than most, so you might want [...]

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All In The (Carrot) Family: Celery and Fennel

February 10, 2010

Closely related to carrots are the stalks celery and fennel. Celery is just as ubiquitous as carrots and fennel is another vegetable that is a bit underrated.
The most common way of eating the celery plant is the stalks, but the root, seeds, and leaves are just as edible and are used in many different dishes. [...]

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The Low Carb Link List: 10 February 2010

February 10, 2010

Welcome back to the weekly roundup of all the low carb happenings of the past week. I will get off-topic a bit and reference the barefoot running study that is popping up all over the place right now. Goes to show you how the status quo is not always the healthiest option and you always [...]

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Asparagus: The King of Vegetables (In My Opinion)

February 9, 2010

Alright, I’ll be completely honest. Asparagus is my personal all-time MVP in the vegetable world. The taste is incomparable and for a brief time each spring you can be assured that I’m chowing down on these veggies every day. Whether they have just a bit of lemon juice or are smothered in hollandaise sauce, I [...]

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Stems and Stalks: Asparagus, Celery, and Others

February 8, 2010

Moving further up the plant from the root to the bulb to now, the stems and stalks. What these vegetables have in common is their high fiber and cellulose content. These are the parts of the plant that need to hold everything up. Some tips of stems and stalks grow early in the season and [...]

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Lower Stems and Bulbs: The Wrapup

February 5, 2010

We’ve already tackled roots and tubers, those subterranean starch reserves for plants. What do we find when we look further up towards the surface? Many vegetables can be found right at ground level, or slightly below. Examples include onions, beets, and turnips. These vegetables aren’t loaded with starch like roots and tubers and they have [...]

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The Onion Family: Onions, Garlic, Leeks

February 4, 2010

And now we come to one of my favorite families of vegetables. They’re rarely the focal point of the meal, but they add a delicious flavor to almost everything they are cooked with. I am talking, of course, about the vegetables of the onion family.
The flavor characteristics of these vegetables are largely due to the [...]

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