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Low Carb Carbalose Giant Ginger Cookies

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Low Carb Carbalose Giant Ginger CookiesLow Carb Carbalose Giant Ginger CookiesLow Carb Carbalose Giant Ginger Cookies. I have often wondered why it seems so difficult to get a crispy low carb cookie and now I know-it is.  This is my first attempt at making cookies with Carbalose flour so I have no basis of comparison but I know this: there is no almond flour and no coconut flour.  Don’t know for sure but this must be some kind of secret.  Anyway, these are delicious & crispy and every once in a while, crispy is good.

I have made and taken new pics on the top and is the way they should look. They say true confessions are good for the soul so here goes another one:  I did not have the right sweetener for the first pics (at the bottom now).  I had the Baking but not the Granular since I don’t use much of it and there is a difference so…use the right product for the job…but the taste-ooh la la.

Down below in the notes I said I would be testing another recipe using these cookies and it didn’t take me long to come up with these Ginger Cheesecake Tarts

 All my other Carbalose Recipes are listed at the bottom of the Carbalose Informational Page.

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Giant Ginger Cookies
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Ingredients
  1. 2¼ C Carbalose Flour***
  2. 3 Sticks Butter
  3. 1 C Allulose*** +
  4. ⅓ C Allulose***
  5. ¼ C Molasses
  6. 1 Egg
  7. 1 T Dried Ginger
  8. ¾ t Cinnamon
  9. ½ t Dried Clove Powder
  10. ½ t Mace Or Nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 340°
  2. With electric mixer begin to slowly cream butter. Add egg, molasses and then then slowly add Allulose until well incorporated. Mixture will be thick.
  3. In larger bowl mix all dry ingredients. Add wet to dry and with same mixer mix until completely incorporated. It will take a bit of time but it needs to be done.
  4. Use a 2” ¼ C scoop, make 15-16 2” balls and place evenly on a parchment papered cookie sheet pan. I have a sheet pan that I could fit all 15 cookies on. Generously sieve on ⅓ C Allulose and using a flat disc or glass (I used my Norpro pounder), or even your fingers, flatten the balls to about ¼".
  5. Cook no more than 10-12 minutes, leaving on sheet about 10 minutes before putting onto cooling racks.
  6. Cookies should be surprisingly nice and crispy.
  7. 15 Servings
  8. 146 Calories, 5.2g Protein, 11.2g Fat, 10.9g Carbs, 4.5g Fiber, 6.4g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Based on the crumb of these cookies I'm going to make a prediction here. I think if you ground them and added enough melted butter, they would make a kick butt base for a cheesecake or anything else you needed a cookie or graham cracker base for. I will be testing this in the future but...you can test it now...if you want.
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Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101

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Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101

In all the years I have been cooking, I have cleaned many a Beef Tenderloin.  I think the idea of it intimidates most people but l also think if they know how simple it is do it a lot more would at least give it a try and it’s really almost full-proof. Yeah, it can be messed up but only by a little and even that can be fixed.  Buying your Beef tenderloin is the easy part.  There is no rocket science to it.  You go into a trusted market and making sure it is a Choice slab of meat-buy it.  By the time we are finished we will have eaten everything.  The strap or chain meat all the way through the silver-skin which is usually  considered unusable scraps and to be thrown away.  Well, not this chicky.  I use and eat it all-with relish. From time to time you can will see that scrap pile get larger in the pictures.Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101

I didn’t show how to cut the silver-skin but I can only do so many things at once and using a knife and taking a picture is not possible for me.  The whole top of the tenderloin is encased in silver-skin which needs to be gotten to to begin your project. It is thin just like fish skin is and it is gotten rid of the same way.  The only difference is you can remove a fish skin with one swipe of your trusted flexible filet knife or chef’s knife, and because the tenderloin is rather round it must be done in more that several cuts (passes).  Always blade toward the large end of your tenderloin to keep from tearing the delicate flesh.  Yep, it may take a little time the first time you do this, but the satisfaction of finishing the job is extremely high.  Stick your knife between the silver-skin and the meat and cut upward, following the meat. Make as many passes as it takes but the idea is remove as much as possible and taking as little meat as possible. The pic below has a couple of tiny flecks of silver skin and they will have zero effect.  The slimey stuff on the side will come off by pulling it off with your fingers-it is not silver-skin.Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101

To clean the chain side meat.  OPPOSITE that little nugget of meat (the wing muscle) at the larger end of the tenderloin there is a natural side of fattty looking stuff. To separate it from the tenderloin follow with your fingers and then carefully following the side of the tenderloin, pull it straight back toward you. At both ends you will need to finish cutting it.  Believe it or not, depending how you cut it there are two good sized long rolled steaks and most restaurants (sensibly) use it for Beef Stroganoff.  I use them for 2-3 more steaks or cut up for Steak Tartare, or maybe even Grillades for Grillades & Cheesy Cauliflower “Grits”. I often enough cut some for Beef Blue Cheese Parmesan Bake.

Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101Now for the tricky part of that chain and once you have done it you’ll get it.  Cut off any fat off and put it in your scrap heap.  Now, there is some pretty tough stuff inter-twined in the chain (I just call it more silver-skin) which need to be scraped out.  So, you have to find it and…scrape it out.  Again, like taking fish skin off.  Starting at one end grab the offending skin and start pulling the meat off until you come to the other end.  My chain is still intact and ready to be cut any way I want to.  In this case I cut it into 2 6 oz. pieces to make 2 steak dinners.Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101

Turn your tenderloin around to the wing muscle.  This is a choice little one piece roast and perfect for two people.  Again, following the natural shape just gently pull it from the main tenderloin.  You will need to cut through that natural line until completely separated. My favorite recipe using the wing muscle is Beef Tataki and it is just as tender as the rest of this fabulous slab of beef.Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101

Whew, an easy cut.  Nothing more with that baby.  Now you can finish any trimming of silver-skin and you are ready to begin cutting steaks etc. It is difficult for me to tell you how large to make your steaks, I can only tell what I do which is mostly 4 oz. steaks, the two chain pieces, 4-2 oz. pieces Carpaccio twice, 2-4 oz. packs for Tartare, maybe a 4 oz. package for Stroganofff  and lastly,  that sweet little wing roast.  Sometimes, the very ends can have a bit of embedded silver-skin that’s tough to get to so that’s what I may use for the Stroganoff.Low Carb Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101 I couldn’t get all my cuts into the picture but for me, it was 22 total meals.  The tenderloin was 6.25 lbs. which means $2.84 per portion.  Again, for me and I told you I used everything which you will see below.  You will have some people with larger appetites than mine and then again, sometimes 4 oz will feed two people or like that gorgeous wing roast for two. A 5-6 oz filet is a pretty big steak and if you like them cooked any more than medium you may want to butterfly them.  That is all up to you.  You will not get what I did but it does show one thing, beef tenderloin is not nearly as expensive as you might think.

In the picture above I want you to look at that scrape heap in the back of the pic next to the scale. it’s now time to fix it.  The pan is probably 40 years old and has been pretty will dedicated to fat rendering for that long.  This is really fun.  Put all the scraps into the pan, lightly salt & pepper it, turn your oven to 350° and just put the pan into the cold oven. But wait..there’s more…                           

Cook for maybe 25-30 min. stir well, turn heat to 400° and cook until they turn into crispy critters. But wait, wait…there’s even more…

Appetizer for two

And then you hit gold-the rendered fat.  And there you have it.  No wasted tenderloin-at all.

Cleaning Beef Tenderloin 101
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Ingredients
  1. Recipes are scattered throughout the post for ways to use this.
Instructions
  1. None
Notes
  1. None
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Keto Cheesy Creamed Shrimp

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Keto Cheesy Creamed ShrimpLow Carb Cheesy Creamed ShrimpKeto Cheesy Creamed Shrimp. It can be a lot of fun turning a recipe I wouldn’t eat in 1,000 years, into something low carb that I can pig out on and Keto Cheesy Creamed Shrimp is one such recipe.  It has more cheese in it than you can shake a stick at and in my opinion, shrimp is a terrific substitute for pasta.  As you look at the recipe, it’s really kind of a cheese fondue over shrimp.  Pretty sure you all know this but restaurants, and of course the junk-food pushers, all realize how much less expensive it is to fill you with bread, rice, potatoes and pasta, thus having to serve you lots less meat as a main course.  I have never said that low carb is inexpensive although it is what I do believe.  Over the course of a lifetime there is the old pay-me-now or pay-me-later adage.  If you eat a lifetime of healthy food you will more than likely save yourself from many of the ills (and healthcare costs) that accompany the eating of junk food and old age.

I had a small amount of 5 different cheeses and I wanted to use a couple of them up but the idea here is to use about 4 cups mixed cheeses total being sure to at least include brie.

I love and eat a lot of raclette cheese. Every once in a while I eat it for breakfast but also mixed in with other cheeses, it is heavenly.  Not only does raclette have great meltability, it stays melty even as your food begins to cool.  I know there are tons of wonderful cheeses, many of which I have tried but for everyday eating raclette (and Gruyere) are second to none.

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Cheesy Creamed Shrimp
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Lb Shelled Shrimp Sautéed & Cut Into Bite Size Pieces. (Depending On Size I Cut Into 3-4 Chunks)
  2. 2 T Butter
  3. 2½ C Heavy Cream
  4. ⅓ C White Wine
  5. 1 t Chicken Base
  6. ¾ t Dried Thyme
  7. ¼ t Nutmeg
  8. 1½ C Gruyère Cheese Grated
  9. 1½ C Brie Cheese Chopped Finely (No Rind)
  10. 1 C Grated Cheddar Cheese
  11. (Various Cheeses To Use: Gruyère, Brie, Cheddar, Raclette, Mozzarella)
  12. ½ C Sliced Green Onion Tops (Divided) (Optional)
  13. ¼ C Parmesan Cheese (Optional)
  14. ¼ C Pork Dust (Optional)
  15. Freshly Ground Pepper
Instructions
  1. In large pan, sauté shrimp pieces quickly in butter. Set aside.
  2. Mix all cheeses. Set aside letting them come to room temperature.
  3. Add heavy cream, wine, chicken base, thyme, nutmeg, and ¼ C green onions to pan and begin to reduce slightly remembering the cheese will tighten things considerably.
  4. Remove from heat and slowly stir in cheeses until melted.
  5. Add back shrimp and mix thoroughly.
  6. Mix Parmesan cheese and pork dust.
  7. Put shrimp into appropriate size baking pan 8”x8”, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese & pork dust and broil until golden brown.
  8. Sprinkle with last of green onions and serve with lots of cracked pepper.
  9. 6 Servings
  10. 769 Calories, 32.9g Protein, 64.8g Fat, 1.6g Carbs, 0.3g Fiber, 1.3g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. So, we have now NOT eaten: 1 Lb. Pasta-339g carbs, 1½ C Breadcrumbs-117g carbs, ¼ C Flour-24g carbs, and used 2½ C Heavy Cream instead of 4 C Milk-48g carbs for a grand total of 528g carbs or 88g carbs per serving. You just traded 88 carb grams for a mere 1.3g carbs. and…look at that fat content.
  2. Just because a recipe ingredient says optional doesn't mean if you leave it out the dish will taste the same because it won't. So give it consideration when choosing to omit something that says "optional". If you don't have pork dust at least use the Parmesan cheese.
  3. I used a larger boat dish for an individual serving but since most of you will not have these any glass baking dish will work. I happen to like being able to eat this with a spoon so I don't miss any of the sauce.
  4. It's pretty difficult to "cut" brie cheese so you may have to kind of mush it with your fingers. Do use fresh brie as it tends to mold as it ages and DOES NOT taste good.
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Keto Sausage Crust Pizza

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Keto Sausage Crust PizzaKeto Sausage Crust PizzaKeto Sausage Crust PizzaKeto Sausage Crust PizzaKeto Sausage Crust Pizza.  It’s not that I don’t have pizza once in a blue moon because I do. I have always used either Carbalose Flour Basic Pizza Crust and once with the new recipe for Carbalose Italian Parmesan Garlic Knots dough.  This keto sausage crust pizza recipe uses neither.  In the old days, when I ordered pizza with anyone else I used to fight over what the toppings would be, usually ending up with a ½ & ½ of kinda sorta what I wanted.  Don’t need to fight anymore.  I can have what I want-well not really because I like way too many toppings so I have whittled it down to my faves.  I had zero idea if this would even work but…as you can see…it did.  The really cool thing is that everyone can have their own faves because for most people (excluding maybe small children) this could be a single serving.  Yeah and I’m lying here.  I originally thought I could eat the whole thing but quickly realized it was not happening.  I had my choice of either a 7″ shallow pan or 7½” deeper cake pan and I opted for the larger for one reason-so that I could get more of my faves including lots more cheese in it.  Could I eat all of it?  Umm no, because my eyes have always been bigger than my stomach and as I have aged, none of that has changed.  Along with a small Canlis Salad & a few raspberries with Crème Fraîche, I only ate ½ of the smaller pizza so this is very easily sharable.

Something else pretty cool in the second picture.  I have always used fresh basil when making pizza.  When I went into the grocery they were out of every different kind of fresh basil except a live basil plant and so, with Anne’s encouragement at my local New Season’s Market, I bought one.  Whoa, I don’t think I will ever use freshly packaged basil again.  One of the first things I thought about was it didn’t look like enough.  Not only was it enough, I still have tons left over and my kitchen smells heavenly.

Low Carb Sausage Crust PizzaLow Carb Sausage Crust PizzaSo what’s up with the next 3 pictures?  The only thing I did was use a 12″ pizza pan with 1 Lb. of sausage and a hair more of each ingredient and got a large low carb sausage crust pizza for 4 with 8 healthy slices of this fabulous keto sausage crust pizza.

I don’t often show a BS reading after a meal but this one was too good to pass up.  My goal is to always be under 100 about 1½-2 hours after dinner so as you can see this was pretty good.  I never can seem to outdo my friend Steve Cooksey but hey Steve, this one’s for you.

No fathead pizza dough here.  I have met & spoken with Tom Naughton so no offense here Tom, but I have a gazillion recipes and this just isn’t one with your dough.

I have listed my favorite toppings which you can certainly follow or…you may use you own faves which may (or may not) alter the nutritionals much.

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Sausage Crust Pizza
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Lb Sausage
  2. ½ t Ground Fennel (Optional But, It’s What Makes Pizza Sausage Well, Taste like Pizza Sausage)
  3. 2 Oz Sautéed Mushrooms
  4. ¼ Small Onion Sautéed
  5. Handful Fresh Basil
  6. 2 Oz Good Quality Ham (Sliced Or Chunked)
  7. 3 Oz Mozzarella Cheese
  8. 1 T Tomato Paste + 3 T Water Or
  9. ¼ C Good Quality Crushed Tomato Sauce
  10. ½ t Crushed Garlic
  11. 1 t Italian Herbs
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350°
  2. Mash sausage on bottom and up sides of a small cake pan and bake for 10-15 minutes. If using fennel sprinkle all over the top of raw sausage.
  3. Prep all the rest of the meats and vegetables.
  4. Mix tomato paste, garlic and Italian herbs and spread onto sausage crust.
  5. Lay down onions, ham, basil, mushrooms and then cheese.
  6. Bake an additional 15 minutes until cheese is well melted. If you like crusty cheese broil for 1-2 minutes.
  7. 2 Servings
  8. 652 Calories, 45.9g Protein, 48.3g Fat, 6.8g Carbs, 1.5g Fiber, 5.3g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. No wonder I could only eat half of this puppy. Holy Smokes. Look at the fat & protein grams. My opinion: Only a lumberjack could eat a whole one of these.
  2. I used my local grocery sausage as it’s made with zero sugar.
  3. As you can see in the picture the crust shrinks and I did have lots of melted fat in the bottom of the pan so, you can either leave it in there or drain it, your choice.
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Low Carb Carbalose Tomato Basil Bruschetta

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Low Carb Carbalose Tomato Basil BruschettaLow Carb Carbalose Tomato Basil BruschettaLow Carb Carbalose Tomato Basil BruschettaLow Carb Carbalose Tomato Basil BruschettaLow Carb Carbalose Tomato Basil Bruschetta. This is my low carb version of Tomato Basil Bruschetta originally made by Julia Child and made famous in the movie Julie & Julia.  I can say that I never had Julia’s recipe but I have a pretty good imagination when it comes to what food might taste like and these are so seriously tasty as to boggle even my mind.

There are no fancy ingredients to make this low carb carbablose tomato basil bruschetta except that you will need a loaf of Carbalose Flour Bread.  In the movie the bread was fried (I assume in olive oil) and so is mine.  The color and evenness of frying is clearly evident as well as making it extremely crispy. You can use regular tomatoes which will weep a little as they marinate but the juices will not be used as only a hint of balsamic vinegar is needed anyway and that’s if you even decide to use it at all.  I originally made this a while ago and I didn’t have fresh basil.  When I buy fresh basil, and don’t use all of it, I douse it with olive oil and freeze for later use in a sauce of some kind.  So-I am showing both the old picture and the new one using fresh basil which I happen to have left over from making Green Beans Zucchini Basil Verde.  I’m not even sure balsamic vinegar is original to the recipe so leave it out if you wish. I didn’t use it in my first version and did the second time.  I personally think it’s better without it.  I also think it would be better to have mixed the basil in with the tomatoes but since I love to eat it fresh, I piled it on top.  Either way…

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Tomato Basil Bruschetta
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Ingredients
  1. 2 Pieces Carbalose Bread
  2. 3-4 T Olive Oil I Used 3 T Total But Don't Worry If You Have It Leftover (You Want It Fried)
  3. 1 Large Or 2 Small Seeded & Chopped Roma Tomatoes
  4. ½ t Crushed Garlic
  5. 1 t Balsamic Vinegar (Optional)
  6. ¼ t Salt
  7. 4-6 Leaves Basil Coarsely Chopped
Instructions
  1. Slowly fry bread in olive oil, drain allowing it to cool, & it will not take long.
  2. Dice tomato and put into a small bowl.
  3. Mix in garlic and vinegar if using.
  4. Spread tomatoes over toast, sprinkle with salt, and top with basil.
  5. 2 Servings
  6. 305 Calories, 6.6g Protein, 25.9g Fat, 11.8g Carbs, 5.4g Fiber, 6.4g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Nutritionals include 1 slice Carbalose bread.
  2. You can double or triple the recipe ad infinitum.
  3. You want to fry your bread to the color you see in the pictures making sure they are just normal sized thickness. Any thicker and they will not be completely crispy.
  4. I'm not kidding, this is as good as it looks.
  5. I have never used any other low-carb bread to make bruschetta and if it's what you want to use then so be it.
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Keto Duck Rillettes

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Keto Duck RillettesLow Carb Duck RillettesLow Carb Duck RillettesKeto Duck Rillettes. Some time ago I did a recipe for Pulled Pork Butter Rillettes and this is nearly, if not identical.  The ingredients are almost the same and so are the instructions.  Only the names have been changed “to protect the innocent”.  A couple days ago I tweeted out some pictures saying I was fixing a duck because I need more…duck fat for cooking.  To buy Duck Fat is about $15.50 for an 8 oz. jar (if the stuff is even in stock) and if I can get 2 cups of fat from one duck…well, you can see the advantages.  Literally, two jars of duck fat is more than I paid for the whole duck.  Not only do I get the duck skin candy and two meals from one duck, I also have enough fat (two cups) and meat to make this Duck Rillettes with fat left over. What’s not to like?  It really makes the 2 duck meals + the fat FREE, and I am all in when it comes to FREE.  So I hope you make this often as your meals are FREE.  The recipe is only ½ the amounts of the pork rillettes as you will not have 1 lb. of meat left after your duck dinner for two.  Take a good look at the picture of my fat in its container and you will readily see why D’artagnan calls it liquid gold. Low carb duck rillettes is truly the perfect keto appetizer.

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Duck Rillettes
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Ingredients
  1. 8 Oz. Duck Meat
  2. ¾ C Rendered & Melted Duck Fat (Divided)
  3. ¼ C Chicken Broth
  4. 5 Crushed Juniper Berries (I Used My Mortar & Pestle To Really Break These Up)
  5. 1 Bay Leaf
  6. 1 T Grated Shallot (Or Onion)
  7. ½ T Brandy
  8. ½ t Salt (More To Taste)
  9. ½ t Crushed Thyme (More To Taste)
  10. ¼ t Crushed Garlic
  11. ⅛ t Pepper
  12. ⅛ t Crushed Red Pepper
  13. Pinch Allspice
  14. Pinch Coriander
Instructions
  1. Chop or put duck in processor, pulse several times & put into mixing bowl. You don’t want mush but you do want to shorten the longer strands. I actually do a coarse chop and then hand pull it. Chopping is easiest and you won't need to clean your processor...one more time after cooking...and this is a good thing but...it will be a bit chunkier which is fine.
  2. On low heat put ½ C duck fat & then rest of ingredients into small skillet and simmer until the shallots/onions are pasty and it will not take long.
  3. Remove bay leaf.
  4. Add to duck meat and mix well.
  5. Divide and put into 2 ramekins leaving enough room to cover each with additional fat.
  6. Seal each ramekin with 2 T melted fat.
  7. Serve at room temperature.
  8. 4 Servings
  9. 619 Calories, 14.1g Protein, 55.2g Fat, 0.5g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 0.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. For my chicken broth I use ¼ C water and 1 t chicken base.
  2. I know at the end of a meal it is difficult to do much more than the dishes but if you pull your left over duck meat while it's warm it will make things easier all the way around and there is a bonus, you can stand there like an animal and eat any left-over skin if, by some chance, there is any left.
  3. Duck fat does not solidify at room temperature so it is best to make sure the rillettes are refrigerator cold, spoon on the final layer of fat, and refrigerate again until ready for service.
  4. Always bring back to room temperature before eating.
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Low Carb Oysters Rockefeller

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Low Carb Oysters RockefellerLow Carb Oysters RockefellerLow Carb Oysters Rockefeller.  This is the way I have made Oysters Rockefeller forever.  It is not traditional in some ways but it sure is good.  It may look right to you, but a few of the ingredients are not necessarily traditional in any…traditional way.  I use a lot of herbs & spices and have tons of small liquor bottles that are tucked away upstairs.  For many years I collected mini bottles from all over the country and at some point I was going to sell the collection when I ended up in Oregon which has some strange old laws, one of which is;  you can’t sell any bottle of liquor, no matter the size.  Something to do with trafficking illegal liquor and probably protecting liquor store operators. Yes, sadly, the only way to get liquor here is through a “state run” store which mean no “free enterprise” here either. But I digress.  I probably do have Pernod in a mini bottle but I have never used it and I sure didn’t want to fish it out of the attic just for this recipe and anyway, I also don’t drink the stuff.  If you blow up the picture you can see little flecks around the spinach and it’s ground anise seeds which are as close to licorice as I want to get.  I know the French love & make Pernod, and I do love & make lots of French food but hey, I’m not French and I just don’t like the stuff. Of course that yellow blob on top of each low carb oysters rockefeller is Hollandaise Sauce and you will need a recipe of it.

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Oysters Rockefeller
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Hollandaise Recipe
  2. 12 Small Oysters (I Gently Poached Mine In Water & Then Drained On A Paper Towel)
  3. 12 Oz Finely Chopped & Squeezed Spinach (Frozen Works Quite Well)
  4. ½ C Heavy Cream
  5. 4 Oz Grated Raclette Or Gruyere Cheese (Yes, Swiss Works But It Is Not As Tasty)
  6. ½ C Very Finely Chopped Onion
  7. 1 T Butter
  8. 1 t Chicken Base
  9. 1 t Ground Anise Seed (Optional)
  10. 2 T Parmesan Cheese (Optional)
  11. Salt & Pepper To Taste
Instructions
  1. Poach oysters in gently simmering water for about 30 seconds, turn and repeat. Drain
  2. Melt butter in sauce pan, add onions, and sauté until translucent.
  3. Add spinach, chicken base & heavy cream and reduce a little. Take off heat, add cheese, & mix thoroughly.
  4. If making whole recipe put spinach into an 8x8 baking dish, sprinkle with anise, nestle in the oysters, top with hollandaise and put under broiler until hollandaise just begins to brown slightly.
  5. If using Parmesan, sprinkle over hollandaise which will help keep it from browning.
  6. 6 Servings
  7. 269 Calories, 16.5g Protein, 18.1g Fat, 5.9g Carbs, .9g Fiber, 5.0g Net Carbs
  8. 4 Servings
  9. 403 Calories, 24.7g Protein, 27.1g Fat, 8.8g Carbs, 1.4g Fiber, 7.4g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. As you can see, little miss piggy ate three oysters but two would have been plenty enough.
  2. Surprisingly 2g carbs come from each oyster.
  3. You can sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese over the top but I rather like all my flavor coming from everything else in the recipe.
  4. Notice I did not broil my oysters when topped with the hollandaise. I simply do not like cooked hollandaise and it's your choice.
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Low Carb Green Beans Zucchini Basil Verde

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Low Carb Green Beans Zucchini Basil VerdeLow Carb Green Beans Zucchini Basil VerdeLow Carb Green Beans Zucchini Basil Verde. There are probably hundred of recipes for a green verde sauce and this Green Beans Zucchini Basil Verde is another.  Verde can have a mixed and varied set of ingredients but it mostly seems to have capers & lemon juice which makes pretty much anything piquant.  The idea is to feature the meat, vegetables, or a combination of both without overpowering them and hopefully what this low carb green beans zucchini basil verde is doing here.

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Green Beans Zucchini Basil Verde
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Sauce Verte
  1. ⅓ C Fresh Chopped Basil
  2. ½ C Chopped Green Onion Tops
  3. 1 T Dried Parsley
  4. 2 T Capers
  5. 1 T Lemon Juice
  6. 2 t Dijon Mustard
  7. 2 t Dried Mint
  8. 1 t Crushed Garlic
  9. ¼ C T Olive Oil
  10. ½ t Salt
  11. ½ t Pepper
  12. More Salt & Pepper To Taste
Vegetables
  1. 1 Lb Green Beans Cut In Half Diagonally
  2. ¼ C Olive Oil (Divided)
  3. ¾ C Water (+ More As/If Needed)
  4. 1 Lb Zucchini Cut Into About ¾”x2-2½” Pieces (I Cut Mine Into Wedges)
Sauce
  1. Put first 8 ingredients into processor, pulsing until everything is pretty well sticking to the sides.
  2. Scrape down sides, add olive oil, and process to a paste. Add more olive oil as/if needed to make a thick slurry.
Vegetables
  1. To large sauté pan, add water, 2 T olive oil & green beans, toss to coat, cover and simmer until beans are tender, water has evaporated, and to your liking. Set aside.
  2. Add last 2 T olive oil to sauté pan turn heat to medium and sauté uncovered until tender and they have reached a medium brown color.
  3. Add back beans, add sauce verde, and heat to serving temperature.
  4. 6 Servings
  5. 208 Calories, 2.3g Protein, 18.8g Fat, 10.8g Carbs, 4.7g Fiber, 6.1g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Don't worry if your green beans wrinkle-it's perfectly normal. I actually let mine brown (caramelize) for a little added flavor.
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Low Carb Marriage Chicken

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Low Carb Marriage ChickenLow Carb Marriage ChickenLow Carb Marriage ChickenLow Carb Marriage Chicken. No not me, I am not getting married and this Marriage Chicken is not for anyone’s wedding, but it was, at one time.  Got a pretty good story here.  Naomi Pomeroy is a native Oregonian who owns the restaurant Beast, (Don’t ya just love the name?) and it does kind of tell the story of the meat centric food and which is literally up and around the corner from when I live in NE Portland. I have eaten at this restaurant and it is almost a surreal experience.  After two weeks, the menu goes POOF and is gone forever, only to be replaced with another-equally as spectacular.  The set price is $125. per person, for a six-course meal and some of the courses may be one, or at the most, two bites. They have only two seating an evening, the tables are communal, you can watch everyone running around cooking, and there are kitchen timers going off constantly.

Anyway, this low carb  marriage chicken recipe is inspired by Naomi.  It was the recipe she made up for her wedding and appropriately named Wedding Chicken.  I’ve called mine Marriage Chicken so as to not confuse the two.  I am not of the caliber cook (chef) Naomi is by a long shot, and would never pretend to be.  She is a James Beard recipient which is a pretty hard thing to come by.  This is Naomi’s Original Recipe featured in Bon Appetite Magazine that she came up for her…what else…wedding…and you can see how I tweaked it for low carb.  Tweaked or not this chicken is to die for and any marriage that can survive this garlicky dish is headed for success.

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Marriage Chicken
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Ingredients
  1. 8 Skin-On Bone-In Chicken Thighs
  2. ½ C Tamari Sauce
  3. ¼ C Olive Oil
  4. ¼ C Apple Cider Vinegar
  5. ¼ C Allulose (Or Sweetener Of Choice)
  6. 3 T Fish Or Oyster Sauce (I Used Oyster Because It Is What I Had At The Time)
  7. 3 T Lemon Juice
  8. 2 T Crushed Garlic
  9. 2 t Powdered Ginger
  10. 2 t Salt (Omit If Using Fish Sauce)
  11. 1½ t Dried Thyme
  12. 4 Jalapeno Peppers Seeded & Sliced (I Used Pickled Jalapenos-They're Easier)
Instructions
  1. Excluding chicken & olive oil, put rest of ingredients in a small mixing bowl and stir until salt & Allulose are dissolved. (Salt does not dissolve well in oil of any kind).
  2. Put chicken into a plastic bag, pour in marinade and refrigerate for 12-24 hours. (I save every produce plastic bag I ever get and use them to marinate all kinds of things. Waste not want not.
  3. Bring chicken to room temperature for at least 3-4 hours.
  4. Preheat oven to 375°.
  5. Add olive oil to bottom of baking dish or sheet pan, place chicken skin side up, and cook until crispy on the top-About 45 minutes.
  6. Gently heat left over marinade.
  7. Add juices from chicken to heated marinade.
  8. To serve, divide and spoon marinade over chicken.
  9. 8 Servings
  10. 218 Calories, 11.2g Protein, 17.6g Fat, 2.7g Carbs, .5g Fiber, 2.2g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. I cannot describe the garlic smell these thighs will produce.
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Low Carb Provençal Relish

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Low Carb Provençal RelishLow Carb Provençal RelishLow Carb Provençal RelishLow Carb Provençal RelishLow Carb Provençal Relish.  So, a very dear friend took me out for dinner to Laurelhurst Market restaurant on my birthday. On their menu there was/is a Bone-in NY Steak with Padron Peppers & Provençal Relish and a Ribeye with Avocado Puree & Candied Jalapenos.  Being picky I wanted…the Ribeye with the Provençal Relish which had no sugar and…because I have eaten at this particular restaurant many times, I was accommodated without question.  Yeah, yeah, I don’t go out to dinner very often anymore but this is in my top five restaurant picks here in foodie town Portland, Or.

The meal was of course terrific but the steak, nestled in the Provençal Relish, was out of this world.  My picture is exactly as it was served except they actually sliced the steak.  I brought some of it home to analyze it and have tried to recreate it.  Try to picture an old woman picking through a cardboard box of leftover relish, tasting & savoring each little bite.  The relish tastes great with a little finishing heat from the Padron peppers which I did not have. Since I didn’t want to wait to see if my grocery even had them, I used jalapeno peppers instead.  Mine is not exactly the same but boy, it sure is good.

The relish can be served warm or cold but it absolutely begs to be left in the refrigerator for several days to marry all those wonderful flavors. If you decide to serve it cold you will need to let it sit on the counter to let the olive return to a liquid and it will be quite crunchy.  If heated, it will soften things a bit.  To test the recipe, I only made half of it and it easily and amply would have served four people so…I have lots leftover to accompany other meals.  I was so hot to make and eat the dish that I ate the relish raw and next, I will take the time to heat it.

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Provençal Relish
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Ingredients
  1. 1-1½ C Olive Oil
  2. 2 Roma Tomatoes Seeded & Finely Diced
  3. 1 C Yellow Pepper Finely Diced
  4. 1 C Red Pepper Finely Diced
  5. 1 C Red Onion Finely Diced
  6. 1 C Olives Finely Chopped
  7. 2-3 T Capers
  8. 2 t Crushed Garlic
  9. 2 t Anchovy Paste
  10. 1½ t Dried Basil
  11. 1½ t Dried Thyme
  12. 2 T Jalapeno Peppers (I Used Pickled Jalapenos)
  13. ½ t Liquid Smoke (Optional But Good)
  14. ½ t Pepper
Instructions
  1. Pretty easy.
  2. Just chop & dice all veggies, add rest of ingredient, mix thoroughly and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and a couple of days would be even better.
  3. 8 Servings
  4. 293 Calories, 1.2g Protein, 29.8g Fat, 7.0g Carbs, 1.6g Fiber, 5.4g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Padron chile peppers individually are unique though similar in shape and size with curved and grooved furrows along their skin. Young Padrons are crisp, the color of limes, roughly two inches in length and their flavor savory, grassy, piquant and peppery. It is not uncommon to find a firey chile in the mix (roughly 1 in 10), making for a bit of Padron roulette.
  2. My dish was pretty spicy so maybe I got lucky and got 2 out of 10 hot ones.
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Low Carb Carbalose Soft Pretzels

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Low Carb Carbalose Soft PretzelsLow Carb Carbalose Soft PretzelsLow Carb Carbalose Soft PretzelsLow Carb Carbalose Soft Pretzels. There are quite a few recipes out there for soft pretzels made with all kinds of ingredients but these Carbalose Soft Pretzels are going to be the closest you get to the real deal.  I have also included a recipe for a delicious simple mustard dipping sauce and of course they can be eaten plain or with a plain spicy Dijon or German mustard. In my opinion, these are also a perfect low carb game day snack-and maybe…with a beer.  If you like these you may also like the Carbalose Italian Parmesan Garlic Knots.  Totally different but melt in your mouth good.  Sorry, I forgot to get a picture of the twisting but I’m guessing you know how to twist a rope.  As I look at the low carb carbalose soft pretzels on the cooling rack I notice 3 are twisted one way and 3 the other way.  I think they call that being ambidextrous. My mother and I are both left-handed and she was ambidextrous too.

All my other Carbalose Recipes are listed at the bottom of the Carbalose Informational Page.

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Carbalose Soft Pretzels
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Pretzels
  1. 1¼ C Carbalose Flour***
  2. 2 T Wheat Gluten***
  3. 2 T Coconut Flour
  4. 2 T Golden Flaxseed Meal
  5. ½ t Salt
  6. ⅛ t Guar Gum
  7. ⅛ t Xanthan Gum
  8. ½ C +3 T Warm Water
  9. 1 T Yeast
  10. ½ t Sugar
  11. 2 T Melted Coconut Oil
  12. 3 Drops Liquid Sucralose
  13. ¼ C Water
  14. 1½ t Baking Soda
  15. Kosher Salt
Mustard Sauce
  1. 6 T Dijon Mustard
  2. 2 T Allulose*** (Or Your Favorite Sweetener)
Instructions
  1. Bloom yeast & sugar in warm water for 10 minutes or until foamy.
  2. Put first 7 ingredients into food processor.
  3. Add liquid Sucralose & coconut oil to top of bloomed yeast and with machine running add to processor.
  4. Run processor for at least a minute and probably a little longer adding any additional water if/as needed 1 T at a time.
  5. You want to make sure there is enough water. Dough should hold together, have a loose consistency and should not be sticky on your hands. At this point the dough should have the same look and feel of regular bread.
  6. Form into a ball and put in un-greased bowl and cover with film for about 30 minutes until almost doubled.
  7. Divide dough into 6-2¼-2½ oz. pieces and form individual balls.
  8. Preheat oven to 425°.
  9. Working quickly take each ball and roll into a 9" rope. (See Picture) By the time they are all finished (resting) begin again and roll into 18” ropes.
  10. Shape ropes into a U on work table. Pick up ends, make a complete twist and bring around to bottom of U and secure. Place on sheet pan making sure they are shaped like a pretzel.
  11. Brush generously with soda water and sprinkle with Kosher salt.
  12. Allow to rise about 20 minutes and pop them into the oven until golden brown or about 14-15 minutes.
  13. 6 Servings
  14. 138 Calories, 9.3g Protein, 8.0g Fat, 13.2g Carbs, 7.9g Fiber, 5.3g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Don’t over salt your pretzels as the soda water will add a salty twang of its own but...if you like salty pretzels by all means go for it.
  2. The pretzels look a little wrinkly and that is perfectly normal.
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Keto Melba Panna Cotta

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Keto Melba Panna CottaKeto Melba Panna CottaLow Carb Melba Panna CottaLow Carb Melba Panna CottaKeto Melba Panna Cotta.  Not quite peach melba but this keto Melba Panna Cotta is a danged fine facsimile.  One of my all-time favorite desserts used to be peach melba.  I loved it so much that it was even on my restaurant menu so I could have it anytime I wanted it.  Though I have of course not been able to have it for many years, making an almond raspberry panna cotta is as close as I can get.  I also do not eat peaches so that part is out completely.  Although I could probably have ¼ peach with keto melba panna cotta, this does not need it.  And I don’t mean I had fresh peaches either.  I used free-stone peaches from a can and spooned the sugary juice on with abandon.  Well that was then and this is now.  I imagine I could use a sugar-free peach syrup of some sort, as it is available, but for the number of times I would ever use it, it would mostly go to waste.  Traditional melba has always been served with a raspberry syrup or coulis and topped with toasted almonds and I’m using raspberries and almond here anyway.  The really nice thing is that if you have never had peach melba you do not have a basis of comparison so all you will do is enjoy this.  If you have a sweetie then you can make it in one larger mold (the second picture is for two) to get close, and share.  Just don’t squabble over who gets the most. All I did was cut the recipe 75% for the two servings.

Normally, in the restaurant, I used some watered down raspberry jam but not here.  We eat whole raspberries so why not just mash up some of them?  In fact all I did was mash them a little before adding the water.  So, if you want a plain Panna Cotta then here ya go because you definitely can do your own thing on a clean slate.

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Melba Panna Cotta
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Ingredients
  1. 3 C Heavy Cream
  2. 1 C Water
  3. 2 Packages Knox Gelatin
  4. ¼ C Allulose
  5. 6 Drops Liquid Splenda
  6. 1 t Vanilla Extract
  7. 1 t Almond Extract
  8. ¾ C Fresh Raspberries
  9. 5-6 T Water
  10. 3-4 Drops Liquid Splenda (Or To Taste)
  11. ½ C Toasted Almonds
Instructions
  1. Sprinkle gelatin over water in a wide mouth ceramic bowl and let sit 5 minutes. (This is called blooming the gelatin).
  2. Begin heating heavy cream & sweeteners.
  3. Pulse water-gelatin mix in microwave at 5 second intervals 3-4 times until just clear, (do not over heat) add to heated cream, add vanilla & almond extracts, and thoroughly mix.
  4. Pour into ½ C ramekins, cover and refrigerate 3-4 hours.
  5. To unmold, put ramekin in hot water almost to rim for about 5-10 seconds. If it does not release carefully run a small knife around edges. Place plate or bowl on top and invert.
  6. Mash raspberries, add water & Splenda and mix.
  7. Spoon about 1½ T raspberries over panna cotta and sprinkle with toasted almonds.
  8. 8 Servings
  9. 416 Calories, 1.6g Protein, 39.8g Fat, 2.9g Carbs, 1.0g Fiber, 1.9g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Make a slurry of strawberries & water, add 1 T orange extract, sweeten to taste, and spoon over panna cotta. No nuts required.
  2. I actually have a medium fluted ring mold that would be perfect and would make a beautiful centerpiece for any table. Long ago I used to use it for monkey bread and it has been in my cabinet for many years. If I used it for this recipe I would have to eat the whole thing-Oops.
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