Ten Outstanding New Low-Carb Products, Two Really Hot Deals

The smart place to shop for your low-carb life is at CarbSmart.com

When you are ready to add a little variety to your low-carb lifestyle, then it can be exciting to try some brand new products to help you along in this journey to better health. With all the high-carb garbage that pervades our society nowadays, it's good to know there are alternatives available to keep you on the straight and narrow while enjoying livin' la vida low-carb as much as your old diet.

I'm pleased to present to you TEN BRAND NEW LOW-CARB PRODUCTS as well as TWO REALLY HOT DEALS on some bestselling brands that you will want to stock up on from the good folks over at CarbSmart.com. These are some truly incredible products to try as part of your low-carb life. ENJOY!


1. Naturally Supreme Erythritol Sweetener

One of the best sugar alcohols that doesn't cause the gastric distress is erythritol. It looks and acts just like sugar without unnecessarily spiking your blood sugar levels. Use it just like you would sugar in your coffee, tea, and in your favorite recipes. The taste is pleasantly sweet and contains 95 percent less calories and carbs than sugar! This all-natural sweetener is about 70 percent as sweet as sugar without any funky wang inside the mouth. For those of you paying attention to the glycemic index, you'll be pleased to know erythritol ranks ZERO. WOO HOO!


2. Dixie Carb Counters Sweet Cinnamon Pita Chips

These crunchy sweet cinnamon pita chips are as yummy as they sound. With only 1g net carb for three pita chips, these fit well in your healthy low-carb lifestyle. Additionally, they contain 6g protein, 6g fiber, and NOTHING artificial in them at all. Another great addition to the Dixie Diner Carb Counters lineup!


3. Dixie Carb Counters Texas Cornitas

Do you miss having "scoop" Fritos on your low-carb lifestyle? If so, then you will like these "corn" chips that are twice baked with no artificial ingredients at all. Each 8-piece serving size comes packed with 7g protein, 4g fiber, and just 3g net carbs. So break out the salsa or Ranch dressing and get snacking!


4. Foods Alive Flax Crackers

Flax seeds are LOADED with healthy fiber and omega-3 fatty acids--both are important parts of a solid nutritional approach. That's why these crackers are an excellent way to get more flax into your body in the most delightful way. Most of these are virtually carb-free after you subtract the WHOPPING 11g dietary fiber they contain along with the 6g protein in each five-cracker serving size. It's certified organic, too! Comes in Plain, Onion Garlic, Italian Zest, Mexican Harvest, Maple & Cinnamon, BBQ, and Hemp.


5. Glenn's Gourmet Goodies White BBQ Sauces

You've tried regular BBQ sauce, but have you tried a White BBQ sauce before? It's unlike anything you've ever tasted and goes great with just about any low-carb food you could imagine. I've put this stuff on my green beans, cauliflower, chicken, and even in eggs. Mmm mmm! There are four distinct flavors: Original White BBQ Sauce, Chipotle White BBQ Sauce, Wasabi White BBQ Sauce, and Blue Cheese White BBQ Sauce. Use this stuff like ketchup and you'll make everyone happy...as long as you don't run out!


6. Dixie Carb Counters Everyday Gourmet Fudge

Finding a delicious low-carb fudge can be a challenge, but this one is pretty darn close to perfect! What I like best about it is there are NO sugar alcohols and it's all-natural as well as gluten-free. If you put this in your refrigerator, then it firms up so well you can't eat but a tiny bit it is so rich. Each one-ounce serving delivers just 3g net carbs, 6g fiber, and 4g protein. Includes healthy fats from coconut and palm oils, too! Available in original fudge, chocolate peanut butter, peanut butter, and chocolate mint.


7. Sweet Fiber All Natural Sweetener

Fiber-based sweeteners are cool because you get twice the bang for your buck, but this one takes it even one step further. You get the sweetness not only from inulin, a natural fiber, but you also have the added bonus of Lo Han low-glycemic fruit extract. You can use this just like sugar in your favorite beverages and recipes. You get zero calories, zero sugar alcohols, no bad aftertaste, and it ranks close to ZERO on the glycemic index.


8. Dixie Carb Counters Muffin Mixes

Who doesn't like muffins? Now you can have them without worry about the excess sugar and carbs that come from traditional ones. These all-natural muffin mixes come in a wide variety of flavors, including Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Classic Carrot, Honey Bran, Corn, Blueberry, Cranberry Orange, Banana Nut, and Apple Cinnamon.

9.
Carl's Gourmet All Natural Seasonings and Meat Rubs

We low-carbers love our meat, so why make the most of them by using some delicious seasonings to spice them up a bit? The flavors include Prime Rib & Roast Seasoning, Lemon Seasoning, Lemon Garlic Seasoning, and Old Western Barbecue Spice. These can be used on just about anything you want to cook up on the grill. These all are salted with sea salt and come with a variety of scrumptious spices.


10. Nature's Hollow "Tastes Like Honey" Sugar Free Honey Substitute

Who doesn't like a little honey in their life, right? Well, when you're livin' la vida low-carb, you're not allowed to have this traditionally sugary treat. But now you can have this sugar-free, low-carb version that is sweetened with the excellent sugar alcohol called Xylitol. This is an ideal product for diabetics and low-carbers alike because Xylitol ranks low on the glycemic index and is even good for your teeth! Use this "honey" product in the same way you would the real stuff. Bee sure not to run out! :P

As promised, here are those two BONUS SPECIALS:


GoLower 30g Creme Bars BOX OF 24 BARS

GoLower is a name that has become synonymous with quality in the low-carb industry. And now you can get an ENTIRE BOX OF 24 GOLOWER CREME BARS FOR ONLY $8.99! With 7g protein and 7g fiber, these chocolate-covered morsels of nougat are the perfect indulgence when you have a sweet tooth that just won't leave you alone. It's all the taste of a candy bar with all the health benefits of a protein bar. Available in chocolate and raspberry.


DaVinci Gourmet Sugar Free Syrups

We all love our DaVinci syrups and it would be a shame if you went all winter long without having any on hand. That's why there's a big Pre-Winter Stock-Up Sale going on right now so you'll be ready when the cold winds are blowing in just a few weeks. Because of the extreme temperature changes during the winter months, this liquid product does not ship very well due to the DaVinci syrup bottles freezing and breaking. As a result, you need to STOCK UP NOW with what you want and you have until November 1, 2007 to get your order placed or you'll have to wait until the Spring 2008 to order. These zero calorie, zero carb syrups are an amazing part of my low-carb life with so many varieties to choose from.

Check out this comprehensive list of some rather exotic flavors available to you: Almond, Amaretto, B52 (A mix of Kahlua, Grand Marnier, Irish Cream), Banana, Blueberry, Butter Rum, Butterscotch, Caramel, Cherry, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Coconut, Cola, Cookie Dough, Creme de Menthe, Dulce de Leche (An intense caramel), Egg Nog (especially good during the holidays), English Toffee, French Vanilla, German Chocolate Cake, Gingerbread, Grape, Original Hazelnut, Huckleberry, Irish Cream, Kahlua, Lemon, Lemon Lime, Lime, Macadamia Nut, Malibu Rum, Orange, Pancake (Maple flavor), Peach, Peanut Butter, Peppermint, Peppermint Patty, Pineapple, Praline, Pumpkin Pie (another holiday favorite!), Raspberry, Root Beer, Simple Syrup (No Flavor - Just Sweet), Spice Blend, Star Fruit, Strawberry, Hazelnut (Formerly Toasted Hazelnut), Toasted Marshmallow, Vanilla, Watermelon, and White Chocolate.

Order these new products, specials, and anything else you need for your low-carb shopping needs anytime 24/7 from our friends at CarbSmart.com.

Dixie Diner's Ready-To-Eat Low-Carb Fudge

Tasty and firm ready-to-eat low-carb fudge without sugar alcohols

Fudge was a household tradition in my family when I was growing up. Especially around the holidays, my momma used to whip up a big batch of homemade fudge to ship to friends and loved ones as well as for our immediate family to enjoy. It's such a shame that this sugary, high-carb food has to be so unhealthy for you to eat when you start livin' la vida low-carb.

So, in my quest to find a low-carb version of fudge, let me tell you how disappointed I was in most of them. They were either too soft (who likes a squishy block of fudge), tasted awful (needs to be a rich, flavorful hunk of chocolate), or were too artificial (you gotta make fudge homemade and not in a chemical lab). UGH!

Can't somebody come up with an authentically great-tasting low-carb fudge that tastes like the stuff momma used to make? Uh-huh and it's from our friends at Dixie Diner yet again. They call it Carb Counters Ready-to-Eat Fudge and I have to tell you I'm quite impressed! This fudge is just the way I remembered it as a child, but even better!

Only 3g net carbs per one-ounce serving, this low-carb fudge is absolutely decadent and loaded with healthy amounts of fiber, fat, and protein that your body needs in each delicious bite. As we have come to expect from Dixie Diner products, this ready-to-eat fudge contains NO SUGAR ALCOHOLS or polydextrose. Yeah, no gas-inducing maltitol in this fudge!

Available in Chocolate and Peanut Butter flavors, the Carb Counters Ready-to-Eat Fudge is an excellent low-carb snack or treat you can use to stay committed to the low-carb lifestyle. Also, if you are sensitive to wheat gluten, you'll be glad to know this fudge is gluten-free!

Here is the list of ingredients in this amazing fudge:

Chocolate, vegetable fiber, coconut oil, palm oil, water, heavy cream, maltodextrin, milk protein concentrate, whey protein concentrate, natural flavor, low glycemic monosaccharides, sodium caseinate, salt, soy lecithin, carrageenan, sodium bicarbonate, low glycemic fruit concentrate

Try some Carb Counters Ready-to-Eat Fudge TODAY!

Low-Carb Cinnamon Buns From Dixie Diner

Hot and sweet sticky buns--without the sugar and white flour!

It's a sad fact, but most of my childhood memories are about food.

When I was growing up, my momma used to have a tradition on Sunday morning before we went to church. What did she do? She bought those 99 cent cans of cinnamon buns with the little plastic container of sugary icing that would melt on top of the rolls as they came hot out of the oven in about 15 minutes.

Between my brother Kevin and I, it didn't take long to devour that whole cookie sheet of these in very short order. Is it any wonder how we got to be so morbidly obese as adults? If I had known better as a child, then I would have avoided those unhealthy high-carb breakfast disasters like the plague.

I didn't then, but I do now. But that doesn't mean I don't like the taste of cinnamon buns today. What can I do, though, since I'm avoiding sugar and white flour? Is there really such a thing as low-carb cinnamon buns?

YEP, there sure is! They are the Dixie Carb Counters Glazed Cinnamon Bun Mix from Dixie Diner. I was privileged enough to try these new low-carb cinnamon buns for myself today and the aroma was so nostalgic!

Warm and relaxing smells of cinnamon filled up my kitchen as this quick and easy mix was baking up hot and fresh in less than 10 minutes. All I needed to add to the mix was butter, heavy whipping cream, and a large egg. That's it!

Of course, the instructions called for rolling up the dough into buns with the cinnamon mixture on top. Too confusing to me! Instead, I just pressed most of the dough in the bottom of a pan, spread the cinnamon stuff on top of that, and then put the rest of the dough on top of that just prior to putting it in the 375-degree oven.


The nutritional label and ingredients are top notch!

I was quite surprised that the texture and taste were just as I remembered it. Thankfully, though, I only consumed 3g net carbs per serving (you get 8 buns from this package!). Yummy to my tummy! The leftovers easily freeze and make a great sweet snack for breakfast or anytime!

With 6g fiber and 3g protein per cinnamon bun, the Dixie Carb Counters Glazed Cinnamon Bun Mix gives you a delicious and healthy version of something you thought you'd never get to eat again on your low-carb lifestyle. Now you can!

For a special low-carb dessert, warm one of these up in the microwave with a scoop of CarbSmart vanilla ice cream on top. Oh my gosh, this stuff's the bomb, baby! Let me know if you try these cinnamon buns. They're amazing!

Snack On The Crunchy Low-Carb 'Texas Toasters'

Each 6-piece serving of "Texas Toasters" has just 1g net carb

Traditional bread made with white flour is taboo when you are livin' la vida low-carb. But when you are eating a salad and want something crunchy to eat with it or if you get the inkling for some tuna salad or other hors d'voures on your low-carb lifestyle, it would be nice to have an all-natural and delicious low-carb alternative you can turn to.

Now you've got it!

It's called Carb Counters "Texas Toasters" Twice Ovenbaked Bread Crisps from our friends at the Houston, TX-based Dixie Diner. I couldn't believe these were low-carb the first time I ate them because they are really quite delicious and give you that need for a salty side item with a crispy crunch.

Here are the ingredients:

Soy concentrate, cheese, corn starch, wheat-free cereal fiber, egg whites, canola oil, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), vegetable fiber, spices, dried onions, parsley, sea salt, low glycemic monosaccharide, low glycemic fruit concentrate.

My favorite part about these all-natural tasty bread crisps with absolutely ZERO artificial ingredients or preservatives in them is the fact that they only have 1g net carbs for about 6 of them. WOW! That's hardly anything on your carb counts (even during Induction!) and yet you'll get to enjoy the benefits of eating these with confidence knowing they won't throw your low-carb diet into a tizzy!

Plus, you get 7g protein and 3g carbs in each serving of these wheat-free Carb Counters "Texas Toasters" as well. For those of you looking for ways to boost your potassium intake, these also contain 165mg potassium to help with those painful leg cramps you may have on your low-carb plan.

You'll be amazed by how awesome these taste and they come in three scrumptuous flavor varieties: Good N Plain, Dill & Onion, and Pizza (my personal favorite)! You can top them with a little spaghetti sauce, pepperoni, and mozzarella cheese for some mini-pizzas. Or scoop them in some French onion dip for a yummy snack. The possibilities for eating these are endless!

Go ahead and try them for yourself--the Carb Counters "Texas Toasters."

Going Nuts Over Fresh Low-Carb Donuts

Yes, Virginia, you can now have donuts on your low-carb lifestyle

People who start livin' la vida low-carb generally have to make a choice--permanently change their old eating habits away from the high-carb foods that have long plagued their weight and health or find some low-carb alternatives that will fulfill and satisfy their desires. If you want to be successful with your low-carb plan, then there's no negotiating this point.

But what if that food you used to love before you started low-carbin' it was the worst possible food you can eat on a low-carb diet--DONUTS! Yeppers, that's quite a conundrum to overcome because up until now there hasn't been anything even remotely close to the authentic taste of real donuts for people who are livin' la vida low-carb.

Thankfully, though, all of that has changed and now there is! It's called Dixie Carb Counters Bakery Style Donut Mix made by our friends at Dixie Diner. I will admit to you that I was quite skeptical about making these donuts the first time I did it because I really didn't think they would taste very good at all based on some of the other so-called "donut" products for low-carbers in the past. Somebody should slap me with a wet noodle for doubting--these low-carb donuts are AWESOME, baby!


The Dixie Diner low-carb donuts are baked in a special pan, not fried

You can pick your favorite flavored--either chocolate, glazed, or powdered--donut mix, stir in a little butter and heavy cream, pour the batter in your donut pan, and wait for the tintillating and familiar aroma to fill your kitchen in about 15 minutes for that one-of-a-kind donut taste you have always known and loved. I really wouldn't have believed it if I didn't try them for myself.

With 8g fiber, 6g protein, and only 2g net carbs per donut, what a delightful treat to have every once in a while without sacrificing your low-carb plan. This mix does not contain any sugar alcohols and cooks up 6 hot and delicious low-carb donuts for you and your family to enjoy. There is an optional donut holes recipe included on the back of the packaging as well.

If you don't eat all of the donuts you make, then they will stay fresh in your freezer for you to heat up and eat as a healthy low-carb snack later on. Do you know what I did to spruce up my low-carb donuts even more? Mr. Smarty Pants here thought about donuts from his childhood and remembered, "Oh yeah, how about a JELLY donut?!" So, I took some of my Splenda-sweetened Smucker's jelly and scooped a dab of it in the middle of one of the powdered donuts for my own homemade low-carb jelly donut. SWEET...LITERALLY! :) But NOT with sugar and that's way cool!

Try the Dixie Carb Counters Bakery Style Donut Mix for yourself and see if you agree with me that it's the best donut you've ever had on a low-carb diet hands down! Mmmm mmmm!

Dixie Diner Creates Low-Carb 'Good Cookies'

Dixie Diner now has ready-to-eat low-carb cookies

One of the hottest line of low-carb products in 2007 are from Dixie Diner. This company has firmly established itself as a leader in the low-carb industry by providing healthy and delicious low-carb foods for your dining pleasure. In fact, if you haven't taken advantage of their recipe contest where you can win $1,000 cash yet, then click here to learn all the details about it!

I'd like to introduce you to the brand new ready-to-eat low-carb cookies that Dixie Diner has introduced to the market this year. I had the opportunity to try these cookies for myself this week and I wasn't expecting them to taste much better than flavored cardboard. It's nothing against Dixie Diner, but most packaged low-carb products are just plain disgusting.

But not the Dixie Carb Counters Everyday Gourmet Good Cookies which contain only 2g net carbs per cookie. They come packaged with three mouthwatering and surprisingly soft treats that are gluten-free with no sugar alcohols or polydextrose and are all-natural.

Featuring four rather unique flavors, including Cinnamon Apple, Island Lime, Orange Ginger Chocolate, and Peanut Butter, you won't be able to resist these delicious and nutritious cookies made from wholesome low-carb ingredients, such as almonds, egg whites, whey protein, coconut oil, real fruit, and so much more.

There are no fillers or junk in these cookies which are sweetened naturally. When I didn't see Splenda or ACE-K in the ingredients list on these cookies, I was bracing for them to taste terrible. But nothing could have been further from the truth. They were really awesome and I will certainly buy these again and again.

If I was disappointed with anything about these cookies, it would be the fact that they didn't have a chocolate chip (my favorite!) or white chocolate macadamia nut flavor. Perhaps if these sell well, they will consider other flavors like these.


Dixie Carb Counters brand also makes low-carb cookie mixes

However, if you like getting in the kitchen and baking up your own fresh, hot cookies, then Dixie Diner also makes outstanding low-carb cookie mixes in various flavors, including Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Coconut Macaroon, and Ginger.

So go ahead and give these Dixie Carb Counters Everyday Gourmet Good Cookies and the mixes a try for yourself!

Win $1,000 With Dixie Diner Recipe Contest

Dixie Diners' Club low-carb products are delicious and healthy

Their slogan for the past three decades they have been in business been:

Health Food That Tastes Like Junk Food!

We're talking about The Dixie Diners' Club and their popular Carb Counters low-carb line of products. You've read my reviews of many of these incredible products and now they want to reward you for your ingenuity and cooking prowess by coming up with recipes using those products to create delectable low-carb dishes!

Introducing the Dixie Diner Low-Carb Recipe Contest!

There are no specific meal categories and entries are encouraged to be anything from soup to main dishes to desserts. The only stipulations are that you cannot use any sugar alcohols or polydextrose and it must include at least one Dixie Diner product in the recipe. Additionally, the definition of a "low-carb" dish for this contest is 4g net carbs per serving (after subtracting the fiber).

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

1. Taste & Originality
2. Ease Of Preparation
3. Presentation & Appearance

Sound appealing enough to you yet? How about these prizes?

First Prize $1,000
Second Prize $500.00
Third Prize $250.00

That's right, you could win up to $1,000 for your recipe, so you had better get started whipping up your best recipe now as the competition is expected to be quite fierce among all those Dixie Diner fanatics out there! Heck, I may even have to submit a recipe or two. You might as well close the competition now because I'm winning this thing! LOL! Just kidding. Seriously, though, this should be loads of fun and I urge you to at least give it a shot! You could win some serious dough!

Submit your recipe, including the name of it, the ingredients used, how-to directions and a picture of it (if at all possible!) to info@dixieusa.com. Be sure to also include your name, address and telephone number, and where you get your Dixie Diner products in the e-mail so they can contact you if you are a winner.

You can start submitting your recipes beginnning December 1, 2006 and running through May 1, 2007. The recipe contest winners will be announced in June 2007. Don't delay, though, get those recipes in TODAY!

Need some ideas about what kind of recipes you can make with Dixie Diner products? Click here to access their database of yummy recipes to get your creative juices flowing in that cranium of yours so you can come up with something yourself. GOOD LUCK TO YOU and have fun experimenting in the kitchen with Dixie Diners' Club foods.

Now, what am I going to come up with to smoke the competition? HA!

11-28-06 UPDATE: For those of you who are concerned about soy, CLICK HERE for more information on the subject. While SOME of the Dixie Diner products do contain soy in them, they also have many products that are soy-free. Remember, this is a LOW-CARB recipe contest and nothing more. If you have any specific questions or comments about the Dixie Diner products, then simply e-mail them and they will gladly respond to you personally.

Low-Carb Stuffing And More For Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving doesn't have to be a high-carb feast

Can you believe we are only TWO WEEKS away from Thanksgiving? WOW, that's coming fast and I personally can't wait. Christine and I will be traveling down to Florida for the extended holiday weekend to surprise my brother Kevin since we don't know how much longer he may be with us (THANK YOU for your continued prayers!). We are so excited about getting away for a few days to be with family (although that'll mean NO BLOGGING for a few days--EEEEEK!).

Thanksgiving is an odd day for low-carbers. The centerpiece dish--THE TURKEY--is indeed low-carb, but just about everything else is whacked out on carbs! Wussup with that?! Sadly, most people fill up their Thanksgiving dinner table with carb-loaded foods like stuffing, mashed potatoes, biscuits, cranberry sauce, gravy and so much more, but let me tell you about a few of my favorite low-carb versions of these same foods that will keep you livin' la vida low-carb even through Thanksgiving! :)

LOW-CARB STUFFING

Dixie Carb Counters Oven Stuffin' Mix

LOW-CARB CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steel's Gourmet Spiced Cranberry Sauce

LOW-CARB MASHED POTATOES

Dixie Carb Counter Instant Mashers

LOW-CARB MACARONI & CHEESE

Dreamfields Pasta

LOW-CARB BISCUITS

Dixie Carb Counters Country Biscuit Mix

LOW-CARB GRAVY

Road's End Organics Low Carb & Gluten Free Gravy Mixes

LOW-CARB BROWNIES

Dixie Carb Counters One Carb Brownie Mix

LOW-CARB HOT CHOCOLATE

Dixie Carb Counters Holy Cow Sugar Free Cocoa Mix

LOW-CARB SPICE CAKES

Dixie Carb Counters Snackin' Cake Mixes

LOW-CARB LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Dixie Carb Counters Lemon Merinue Pie Kit

LOW-CARB CHEESECAKE

Expert Foods Wise CHOice Easy Cheesecake Mix

Need some more suggestions for YOUR Thanksgiving feast? Click here for more great low-carb products to help you make that day a low-carb extravoganza! ENJOY!