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In The Low-Carb Gourmet, Harriet Brownlee proves that low-carbohydrate diets can be both rewarding and full of flavor. Her variations on soups, salads, main dishes, and even desserts are simple yet sophisticated. In The Low-Carb Gourmet you will find more than 225 recipes–including appetizers, breads, pastas, ethnic foods, and desserts, carbohydrate counts for every recipe and every portion, nutritional hints for low-carb dieting, comprehensive gram- and calorie-counting charts

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The Low-Carb Gourmet: A Cookbook for Hungry Dieters

Authors: Harriet Brownlee

Date: November 2004

ISBN: 0345471768

Publisher: Ballantine Books

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Parmesan Puffs
Recipe from: The Low-Carb Gourmet
by Harriet Brownlee
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These make delicious hamburger buns!

Makes 8 puffs

2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature, separated
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon cottage cheese
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dash of white pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground celery seed
Dash of onion powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 ounce Parmesan cheese, finely grated

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Beat egg whites until frothy, add cream of tartar, and continue beating until stiff but not dry.

In another bowl, beat egg yolks at high speed with an electric mixer until thick and lemon-yellow. Add cottage cheese, salt, pepper, celery seed, onion powder, and baking powder and beat for another minute. Fold in Parmesan cheese, then gently fold beaten egg whites into yolk-spice mixture.

Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

2.2 grams of carbohydrate in entire recipe; makes 8 puffs, each containing 0.3 grams of carbohydrate.

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