Carolyn Ketchum

Carolyn Ketchum writes All Day I Dream About Food, a food blog that focuses primarily on low carb, gluten free recipes. She has a Masters in Physical Anthropology and Human Evolution from Arizona State University and has an extensive background in higher education administration. She currently lives in the Boston area with her husband and three children. You can check out her experiments with low carb baking at All Day I Dream About Food.

Low Carb Baking 101: Stocking Your Pantry

Get yourself some almond flour and coconut flour, as these will be the most commonly used flours. If you can’t do nuts, sunflower seed flour can make a great alternative to almond flour. Ground chia seed and flax seed meal can also be good flour alternatives.

25 Low Carb Game Day Recipes

Are you a football fan or do you just watch the Super Bowl as an excuse to eat the tasty finger food? Either way, you need sustenance on game day and you don’t want to derail your healthy diet with carb-laden junk. Football food can be both delicious and healthy so dig in to these 25 great low carb game day recipes as you cheer on your favorite team.

Chocolate Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

Nothing is better than a soft peanut butter cookie. How can you improve on perfection? By adding chocolate, of course. But not chocolate chips, that’s so 2014. How about stuffing the center of the cookie with chocolate. There it is, just a normal-looking peanut butter cookie…with a surprise chocolatey center. I do believe we just improved on perfection.

20 Comforting & Delicious Low Carb Hot Drink Recipes

There’s nothing more comforting than coming in from a cold winter’s day and wrapping your hands around a hot mug full of something delicious. But most hot drinks aren’t exactly diabetes-friendly, filled with sugar and carbs as they are. Here are 20 delicious low carb hot drink recipes that will warm you down to your toes without sending your blood sugar into the stratosphere.

Wild Mushroom Soup with Crème Fraîche

Wild mushrooms are a wonderful change from the cultivated variety, and they give this soup a lovely, earthy flavour. I found mine at a local farmer’s…

Garam Masala Short Ribs

Garam masala might just be one of my favorite spice mixes, with its spicy kick and its sweet undertones. It’s a wonderful complement to any meat or vegetable dish, although it’s not normally paired with short ribs. I did this one day one a whim and slow-braised the ribs after browning and it was delicious. I’ve made it several times since!

Standing Rib Roast with Garlic & Rosemary

Are you intimidated by the idea of cooking big roasts for the holidays? Don’t be! At least in the case of this standing rib roast, or prime rib, it’s easy and always delicious. I cooked a rib roast for our Christmas dinner a few years ago and it instantly became our traditional holiday meal. The meat is so good and flavourful, it doesn’t need much in the way of seasoning.

15 Low Carb Latke Recipes

When you think of latkes, you don’t typically think of a healthy, low carb or diabetes-friendly recipe. Those delicious potato-and-flour pancakes served at most Hanukkah celebrations aren’t exactly kind to the waistline or the blood sugar. But there are plenty of non-traditional latke recipes that use a variety of lower carb vegetables, and many of them are gluten-free as well.

20 Low Carb Brunch Ideas for the Holidays

There is something about the holiday season that inspires brunch. The chance to linger over breakfast with friends and family, coffee or tea in hand, in a relaxed casual atmosphere - it’s what the holidays are all about. And it doesn’t have to derail your healthy low carb diet either. There are so many great breakfast and brunch recipes to choose from, you don’t need to miss out on the celebrations.

Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies

These slice-and-bake chocolate pinwheel cookies make a wonderfully festive treat and kids love them. Because the dough contains no gluten, it does crack frequently as you are rolling it up but patches up easily and makes no difference to the end result. You can make the dough ahead and keep it in the freezer to make cookies whenever you get a craving! Just let the dough sit out for 15 to 20 minutes to soften slightly before slicing.

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