I came across Dana Carpender’s blog soon after I started my low-carb eating plan, and her 1001 Low-carb Recipes cookbook is now a staple in my kitchen. My seventy-plus-pounds-ago self used to turn up her nose at low-sugar desserts, but Dana has de-carbed some great ones and inspired me to experiment more in the kitchen to alter recipes on my own.

Pistachio sandies

This week’s Foodie Friday is a batch of cookies, based on Dana’s recipe for Pecan Sandies. I didn’t have any pecans on hand, but I had a bunch of pistachios that needed to be shelled and eaten. (Pistachios have about 5 net carbs per ounce, while pecans and almonds have about one and two, respectively — so, it isn’t the lowest-carb nut on the market, but it’s all I had handy.

I chopped the pistachios in a food processor and also added a splash extra vanilla extract … because I like vanilla. 🙂

They turned out just as perfectly “sandy” and melt-in-your-mouth as I had hoped they would.