Saturday, April 14, 2007

Low Carb Snacking with Pork Rinds

One of the things many people miss when low carbing is crunchy snacks, such as popcorn or chips. Pork skins are crispy, and due to their rather bland taste, don't compete with any other flavors you care to add to them.
Some examples:

1. Pork rinds with salsa--Pace is our favorite.

2. Pork rinds with sour cream based dip, such as ranch flavor.

3. Flavored pork rinds--
These take a little more effort. Spread the pork rinds on a baking sheet. Spray with a little butter flavored cooking spray. Sprinkle with powdered cheddar cheese flavor (like you would sprinkle on popcorn), or mix Splenda and cinnamon to sprinkle over the rinds. Bake in the oven at 350 for about 10 minutes. Store in an air tight container.

Pork rinds have many uses in low carb coooking, and I will post about some of those soon.