White Bread
This bread has a firm, fine texture and a great flavor. Yield: About 10 slices, each with 5 grams of carbohydrates and 1 gram of fiber, for a total of 4 grams of usable carbs and 24 grams of protein. INGREDIENTS 1 cup water 1/4 cup oat bran 2 tablespoons psyllium husks 3/4 cup […]
Yemeni Bread BINT EL SAHN
This slightly sweet bread when made as one large loaf is known as bint el-sahn, which in Arabic means “the daughter of the plate.” If made into individual squares, it’s known as m’lawwah (see Variation). The recipe here is for the large version and the bread is baked in a round dish. Cut into wedges […]
Yogurt
When I tell people I make my own yogurt, they react as if I’d said I could transmute base metals into gold. But as you’ll see, it’s easy to make and considerably cheaper than buying the commercial stuff. “Officially,” plain yogurt has 12 grams of carbohydrates per cup, but Dr. Goldberg and Dr. O’Mara point […]
Arabian Pancakes KHOBZ AL JBAB
A few years ago, I filmed a TV series in the United Arab Emirates called Al Chef Yaktachef (meaning “the chef discovers”) where I was taken around the Emirates by a delightful poet named Tarek Al-Mehyass to learn about local delicacies, after which I would try to re-create them in the show’s open-air kitchen. I […]
Fried Mush
This idea would never have occurred to me, but it did occur to my friend Diana Lee: Ricotta cheese has a texture that’s remarkably similar to that of cooked cornmeal. Based on that, she came up with this breakfast recipe, which she’s allowed me to reprint from her book Bread and Breakfast: Baking Low Carb […]
North African Multilayered Breads M’HAJJIB
M’hajjib are typical North African street food that are made either plain or filled with a variety of stuffings. The name changes from country to country. In Algeria, they are called m’arekk or m’hajjib, in Morocco they are known as r’ghayef, and in Tunisia as m’lawi. The plain version of Tunisian m’lawi is used to […]
Eggs Florentine
This is a great quick-and-simple supper for a tired night. Yield: 2 generous servings, each with 8 grams of carbohydrates and 4 grams of fiber, for a total of 4 grams of usable carbs and 20 grams of protein. INGREDIENTS 1 batch Creamed Spinach 4 eggs INSTRUCTION Make Creamed Spinach according to the […]
Moroccan Bread K’SRA
Morocco is one of those rare countries where bakeries are not so much a place where professional bakers bake and sell bread, but rather a resource for the neighborhood: Dough is prepared and proofed at home and the risen loaves taken to the local bakery to bake. Each neighborhood has at least one bakery. The […]
Sausage Egg and Cheese Bake
Yield: 6 servings, each with 4 grams of carbohydrates, a trace of fiber, and 26 grams of protein. INGREDIENTS 1 pound pork sausage (hot or mild, as you prefer) 1/2 cup diced green pepper 1/2 cup diced onion 8 eggs 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese […]
Turkish Flatbread PIDE
Pide is a thicker, softer version of barbari bread (Iranian Flatbread). Like barbari, it is long and oval, but smaller; and whereas barbari is crisp and holey inside, pide is soft and spongy with an even crumb. Pide dough is also used with a variety of toppings to make long, boat-shaped filled breads, also called […]