Arrow root can be used to thicken sauces in low carb recipes

Arrowroot, makes a beautifully shiny sauce and may be substituted in an equal or slightly greater amount, but will need to be cooked a little longer and has only 16 carbs per cup : ) and other great healthy values  You can use this to replace corn starch in tons of  recipes to make them low carb .

Arrowroot

Nutrition Facts

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Amount Per 1 root (33 g)100 grams1 cup, sliced (120 g)1 cup, sliced (120 g)

Calories 78

% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.2 g	0%
Saturated fat 0 g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.1 g
Monounsaturated fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg	0%
Sodium 31 mg	1%
Potassium 545 mg	15%
Total Carbohydrate 16 g	5%
Dietary fiber 1.6 g	6%
Protein 5 g	10%

Vitamin A	0%	Vitamin C	3%
Calcium	0%	Iron	15%
Vitamin D	0%	Vitamin B-6	15%
Vitamin B-12	0%	Magnesium

saving money making flax meal from seeds

It is so simple and easy to grind up flax seeds and make your own flax meal. you can buy a bag from Aldis for 3 dollars and put it in a food processor or blender and it will grind it up. most flax meal i have found cost up to 12 dollars a bag :(  just make your own