Just in time for summer, a new card deck from Bay Books with 50 tasty, refreshing, and low-carb smoothie recipes.

May 23 2004--Besides being refreshing and great-tasting, smoothies can be an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, and protein. But for those following low-carb diets, the question becomes how to gain flavor and nutrition while maintaining a balance of sugars and carbohydrates.

Linda Gassenheimer, a recognized expert on low-carb diets, has come to the rescue with the Low-Carb Smoothies recipe card deck. With a variety of smoothie recipes on cards designed to be taken to the store, along with cards describing the basics (such as blending and mixing instructions and a list of smoothie staple ingredients), Low-Carb Smoothies is the perfect companion to low-carb diets.

Smoothie recipes include the tasty temptations Blackberry Breeze, Ginger Limeade, Orange Froth, and Cranberry Cream. The Low-Carb Smoothies Deck also features savory smoothies such as the Cucumber Mint Cooler, Veggie Power Shake, and the Gazpacho Smoothie.

Author Linda Gassenheimer will appear at BookExpo America in Chicago on June 5th to sign copies of her first low-carb recipe card deck: Low-Carb Meals in Minutes Quick Start Recipe Deck.


Linda Gassenheimer is the author of Low-Carb Meals in Minutes and More Low-Carb Meals in Minutes, which have combined sales of over 500,000 copies. She has an advanced culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu, along with many years of training in France and Italy.

She appears regularly on the Food Network; her column "Dinner in Minutes" is syndicated nationwide; and she is the host of Food News and Views for NPR in Florida. She lives with her husband in Miami.


Low-Carb Smoothies
$14.95 card deck; 1-57959-537-5
Bay Books, San Francisco
available in stores everywhere




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