Can you believe that Christmas is just a bit more than a week away? We're in the Final Countdown! In our house, we usually have turkey again on Christmas. But whatever your favorite Christmas dinner, the approach to cutting carbs is the same. Check out my tips and tricks in Planning Your Low-Carb Holiday Dinner. Also, here are some Christmas dinner ideas from around About.com. Many of the ideas on the pages I've selected are low in carbohydrate. And no matter what you choose to eat on Christmas, have a merry, happy, and wonderful day!

• Top Ten Prime Rib Recipes (Barbecues and Grilling)


• New Way to Make Perfect Prime Rib (American Food)


• Five Easy Holiday Menus (Busy Cooks)


• Traditional Greek Christmas Foods (Greek Food)


• Step by Step to a Stress-Free Christmas Dinner (British and Irish Food)


• How to Make a Turducken (Home Cooking)


• Gluten-Free Appetizers (Celiac Disease)

Photo © Marmion from Stockxpert

Have you heard of Jimmy Moore, of the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" book, podcast, and blog? If not, you should definitely check them out! Jimmy lost almost 200 lbs by embracing a low-carb way of eating and has kept it off for almost 5 years. Since then he has devoted himself to educating others about healthy low-carb living. He has a new book out called "21 Life Lessons from Livin' La Vida Low-Carb", which I'm looking forward to reading soon. (You can find out about it on his blog.)

A couple of recent gems from Jimmy that I recommend to you:

Top 25 Books and DVDs of 2009

Fabulous Interview with Dr. John Briffa

Photo Courtesy of Jimmy Moore

Related Resources:

• I Interview Jimmy Moore
  
  
• Jimmy Interviews Me
  
  
• Low-Carb Blogs

Hanukkah starts tonight and goes through next week. One of the traditions of the holiday is to eat foods fried in oil. Did you know that there are different kinds of latkes? They don't have to be made from potato, and I have some alternative latke ideas. It's also becoming more popular to eat a kind of fried doughnuts called sufganiot as they do in Isreal. I can't say that I've made an authentic replication of those, but my low-carb doughnuts could be used instead.

Photo of Low-Carb Latkes © Emily Dolson

Low-Carb Hanukkah Recipes:

• Low-Carb Latkes
  
  
• Low-Carb Doughnuts
  
  
• Hanukkah Recipes from About.com's Kosher Food Site

Do you ever feel that December is one long gauntlet of unhealthy choices? Our schedules are often disrupted, there are goodies everywhere, and making time for exercise seems to be really difficult. Well, About.com to the rescue! The Guides on About.com's Health Channel have lots of ideas to help you get to New Years in a happy, healthy way!

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Check these out:

• From Elizabeth Scott, Stress Management Guide:
  How to Manage Holiday Stress
  
  
• From Wendy Bumgardner, Walking Guide:
  10 Tips to Finding Time to Walk During the Holidays
  
  
• From Paige Waehner, Exercise Guide:
  Five Ways to Avoid Extra Holiday Pounds