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Low Carb Gingerbread

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Low Carb GingerbreadLow Carb Gingerbread. I’d been thinking about this low carb gingerbread recipe for a while, finally decided to try it, and success is so sweet.  Over the last 4 years my tastes for sweet stuff has diminished in that it doesn’t take as much for something to taste sweet to me so if you think this needs to be a bit sweeter add a little more.  A dollop of whipped cream and you’re good to go.  Wanna see what happened one time when I under-cooked a recipe of this gingerbread?  Not always, but most of the time, I can make lemonade out of lemons.  I ended up with what are now Gingerbread Waffles with a fabulous gingerbread pudding to boot which only goes to show, don’t be afraid of failure in the kitchen because there can often times be success right around the corner.

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Gingerbread
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Ingredients
  1. 8 Eggs
  2. 8 T Melted Butter
  3. 1 C Allulose***
  4. 2 T Molasses
  5. ¼ C Heavy Cream
  6. ¼ C Sour Cream
  7. 2 T Water
  8. 2 C Almond Flour
  9. ¾ C Coconut Flour
  10. 1 t Baking Soda
  11. 1 T +1 t Baking Powder
  12. 2 T Powdered Ginger
  13. 1 T Cinnamon
  14. 1 t Nutmeg
  15. ½ t Powdered Cloves
  16. ¼ t Guar Gum
  17. ¼ t Xanthan Gum
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Lightly butter bottom only 10”x10” baking pan.
  3. Beat Eggs, and beat in molasses, Allulose, water, heavy cream, sour cream and melted butter.
  4. Mix dry ingredients, add wet to dry and blend well.
  5. Put batter in greased pan and bake for 22-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out almost clean. Do not over bake.
  6. Allow to cool or serve warm topped with whipped cream.
  7. 16 Servings
  8. 222 Calories, 7.1g Protein, 17.9g Fat, 9.7g Carbs 4.1g Fiber, 5.6g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. You might try slicing a piece in ½, toasting & buttering or toasted & spread with softened cream cheese...or both. See picture above right-slathered with butter.
  2. This recipe divides nicely in ½ using a 7"x7" pan.
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Low Carb Cheese Fondue

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Low Carb Cheese FondueLow Carb Cheese FondueLow Carb Cheese Fondue.  I know, I know. Cheese Fondue is so 60’s but it doesn’t mean it isn’t tasty and this is so, so easy to make. If you serve it to anyone under the age of 40 they may never have heard of fondue let alone eaten it, so you can dazzle them and personally I can make this a complete meal with sausage & vegetables or…it makes a fabulous sauce over broccoli.  This low carb cheese fondue is the recipe from the Rheinlander German restaurant here in Portland in my neighborhood and it is always what I order when I go there. Sadly, this restaurant is now closed so…I need to make my own low carb cheese fondue.

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Cheese Fondue
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Lb Gruyere Cheese (Or Better Yet Raclette)
  2. 1 C Dry White Wine
  3. 1 T Corn Starch
  4. ½ t Crushed Garlic
  5. ¼ t White Pepper
  6. ¼ t Cayenne Pepper
  7. Pinch Nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Cut off any rind as it will not melt and then grate cheese.
  2. In a stainless steel saucepan, very slowly simmer white wine, garlic, nutmeg, white pepper and cayenne pepper for approximately 1-2 minutes to reduce wine and let a little alcohol cook out.
  3. Thoroughly toss corn starch into grated cheese.
  4. Take wine off heat, add ⅓ cheese, and mix until melted. Put back on heat and repeat and repeat one more time. If not completely melted alternately put on and take off heat until it does.
  5. If too thick, add more wine. If too thin, add more cheese. The consistency of the fondue should coat sausage or vegetables evenly when dipped into mixture.
  6. If you have a fondue pot all the better (and I do not) otherwise serve immediately in individual ramekins.
  7. Serve with any good sausage or vegetables.
  8. 6 Servings
  9. 344 Calories, 22.6g Protein, 24.5g Fat 1.8g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 1.8g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Serve with chunks of sausage and/or your favorite low carb vegetables.
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Low Carb Biscuits Eggs And Sausage Gravy

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Low Carb Biscuits Eggs And Sausage GravyLow Carb Biscuits Eggs And Sausage GravyLow Carb Biscuits Eggs And Sausage Gravy. I can’t think of any better or more filling way to start a day than Low Carb Biscuits Eggs & Sausage Gravy and… breakfast for dinner anyone? I served this in the restaurant to rave reviews and the secret? The liquid smoke. Customers had no idea what was in the gravy but they sure knew they had never tasted anything like it. I did serve it with biscuits to the public but not any more and not for you. For a no guilt meal here is the low carb recipe for Carbalose Butter Cream Biscuits and you’ll never need Carbquik again.

Liquid SmokeGot a funny story regarding liquid smoke. My husband knows I have used it forever and I was about out so I ask him to pick me up some at our local Cash & Carry. It is open to the public but is mostly a restaurant supply shop. Oh Lordy you wouldn’t believe what he came home with. Instead of a small 3.5 oz bottle he brought home a quart of it. One can only imagine what was going on in his male mind. He was probably thinking, well if size really matters let’s get her this big boy. I laughed so hard I could barely see straight and he never did get the joke. Needless to say I have enough liquid smoke for the rest of my life and beyond. The kicker is that it comes in a 1 gallon jug and thank heaven he didn’t bring that size home.

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

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Biscuits Eggs & Sausage Gravy
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Ingredients
  1. ½ Lb Country Sausage
  2. ½ C Heavy Cream
  3. ½ C Water + More As/If Needed/Wanted
  4. ⅛ t Guar Gum (Your Thickener) (I Use A Mix of 50% Guar Gum-50% Xanthan Gum)
  5. 3 Oz Grated Cheddar Cheese
  6. 1 t Chicken Base***
  7. 1 t Liquid Smoke
  8. ½ t Cracked Pepper+More To Taste
  9. 4 Eggs
Instructions
  1. Cook sausage and set aside.
  2. Begin heating heavy cream & water. Add chicken base, liquid smoke, and pepper.
  3. Sprinkle in guar gum and whisk to mix.
  4. Add back sausage, and bring to temperature. It will thicken as it cooks.
  5. Now working quickly, begin to cook eggs anyway you wish (over easy is the gooiest & best way), put gravy into a bowl & top with cheese so it begins to melt.
  6. Finish cooking eggs and top gravy & cheese.
  7. Lightly salt & pepper eggs.
  8. If using a biscuit, break it into chunks, put into bowl first under the gravy and proceed.
  9. Serve immediately.
  10. 2 Servings No Biscuit
  11. 741 Calories, 33.3g Protein, 63.3g Fat, 1.3g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 1.3g Net Carbs
  12. 2 Servings With Biscuit
  13. 901 Calories, 38.5g Protein, 76.8g Fat, 9.3g Carbs, 4.8g Fiber, 4.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. This is a completely filling meal because of the high fat content. If eaten in the morning you will not be hungry until ready to have dinner and...maybe not even then. Me? The picture above was my dinner.
  2. If you are at all calorie conscience then this is not for you and how many times have you ordered this in a restaurant with the addition of hash-browned potatoes and maybe toast on top of that. This is LCHF at it's best.
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Low Carb Hippie Dippie Shrimpie

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Low Carb Hippie Dippie ShrimpieLow Carb Hippie Dippie ShrimpieLow Carb Hippie Dippie Shrimpie. Yep, I was a product of the mid-sixties and a full blown hippie hence the name of this appetizer Low Carb Hippie Dippie Shrimpie.  I think the term “hippie” is a state of mind and as I know myself, I am still a bonafide hippie.  Oh man, this is gooeyness at its best.  I actually originally made this with langostinos but it can also be made with shrimp, crab, and, if you can afford it, (I can’t) lobster. 

Since I live in Oregon, we get the best and freshest Bay Shrimp ever.  Most commercial shrimp are bathed in sodium tripolyphosphate which imparts an ammonia-like odor and I don’t know about you, but ammonia is a total turn-off for me.  Sodium tripolyphosphate is used extensively in the whole of the fish & seafood industry to keep it “fresh”.  When cooked it reveals itself as a white “milky” liquid that mixes with your butter or cooking oil which is why no matter how hot you get your butter, that crummy liquid comes out.  If you are not picky don’t worry about it and if you are, ask your local market for “dry” shrimp or scallops. Since using sodium tripolyphosphate helps seafood retain liquids it is also known as “plumping” or “enhancing”  and is used much the same way as the poultry industry. To read more please see the Southern Fried Chicken recipe as I have explained it there.  Seriously, ya gotta be careful out there.

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Hipppie Dippie Shrimpie
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Ingredients
  1. ½ Lb Any Size Peeled Shrimp (Bay Shrimp Are Already Cooked)
  2. 2 T Butter
  3. 1½ t Crushed Garlic
  4. ½ t Red Pepper Flakes
  5. ¼ C White Wine
  6. 2 T Lemon Juice
  7. 4 Oz Room Temperature Cream Cheese
  8. ¼ C Sour Cream
  9. ¼ C Mayonnaise
  10. 1 C Shredded Full Fat Mozzarella Cheese
  11. ½ C Chopped Spinach (Optional)
  12. ¼ C Parmesan Cheese
  13. ½ t Salt
  14. ¼ t Pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Butter a 6”-8” baking dish.
  3. Melt butter on high heat, add shrimp, garlic, & red pepper flakes and cook. Stir in wine & lemon juice.
  4. Put shrimp mixture in processor and pulse several times.
  5. Whip cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, salt & pepper.
  6. Blend in spinach & cheese.
  7. Blend in shrimp mixture.
  8. Spread into dish & sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  9. Pop into oven, bake until warm and until cheese has melted and Parmesan has browned a bit.
  10. Serve immediately.
  11. 8 Servings
  12. 233 Calories, 13.2g Protein, 19.1g Fat, 2.0 Carbs, .1g Fiber, 1.9 Net Carbs
Notes
  1. If you opt to use bay shrimp, decrease butter by 1 T and you will still want to briefly sauté your garlic, & pepper flakes with the wine & lemon juice.
  2. This may be eaten using celery pieces, red & yellow pepper sticks or…use your imagination…and there is always using a spoon.
  3. Another option, if you make Carbalose Bread yet, spread on toast points.
  4. What I do. Microwave until warm and put into 375° oven until Parmesan has just begun to spot a little brown.
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Low Carb Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

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Low Carb Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello MushroomsLow Carb Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello MushroomsLow Carb Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello MushroomsLow Carb Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello MushroomsLow Carb Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms. Everybody has their own favorite stuffed mushroom recipe and this Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms is only mine.  They are good & good for you. Serve half as an appetizer or side vegetable and one as a main course. I guarantee these are very filling as a portobello mushroom acts nicely as a meat substitute.

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Sausage Spinach Stuffed Portobello Shrooms
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Portobello Mushrooms
  2. ¼ Lb Ground Sausage
  3. ¼ C Minced Onions
  4. ½ C Chopped Spinach
  5. 4 Oz Sautéed & Chopped Mushrooms
  6. 4 Oz Grated Gruyere Cheese
  7. 1 T Butter
  8. ½ t Porcini Dust***
  9. ½ t Salt
  10. ¼ t Pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. With a small spoon carefully scoop out black gills and if you can, buy mushrooms that are still curled on the edges as these are the most fresh.
  3. Twist out stems, chop finely, add to other chopped mushrooms & sauté in butter.
  4. Cook sausage, retain fat, and sauté onions.
  5. Put sautéed veggies in bowl with rest of ingredients and mix well.
  6. Mound ¼ mixture into each portobello cap and bake until caps are just tender-about 25-30 minutes.
  7. 4 Servings
  8. 232 Calories, 16.2g Protein, 16.6g Fat, 7.0g Carbs, 2.5g Fiber, 4.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. I find one pretty good sized mushroom to be a complete meal so if you doing this as an appetizer, ½ should be plenty, plenty.
  2. You may also sprinkle a couple teaspoons of Parmesan cheese on top before baking.
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Low Carb Warm Green Beans With Blue Cheese

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Low Carb Warm Green Beans With Blue CheeseThese Low Carb Warm Green Beans With Blue Cheese can be served as a side salad and warmed as a vegetable accompaniment. No comments to make on this recipe as the ingredients should speak for themselves.  I should add that the dressing used for low carb warm green beans with blue cheese is also fabulous on salads of just about any kind.

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Warm Green Beans/Blue Cheese
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Lb Green Beans
  2. ⅓ C Toasted Sliced Almonds
  3. 4 Pieces Bacon
  4. 2 Oz Good Quality Meltable Blue Cheese
  5. ½ C Slivered Shallots (Or Onions Work As Well)
  6. 3 T Olive Oil
  7. 2 T Red Wine Vinegar
  8. ½ T Dijon Mustard
  9. ½ t Salt
  10. ¼ t Crushed Garlic
  11. Fresh Cracked Pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook bean in boiling water until barely tender-about 5-6 minutes, drain, put in large bowl.
  2. Cut and cook bacon until crispy, add to beans, reserving the fat.
  3. Sauté shallots in bacon fat, add to beans.
  4. Toast almonds. I do mine in the same sauté pan on the stove-top with a small amount of bacon grease. Add almonds to beans reserving 1 T to garnish on top.
  5. Whisk mustard, garlic, salt, & vinegar, whisk in olive oil, add blue cheese, add to any remaining bacon fat, and heat slowly just until cheese begins to melt.
  6. Dress the beans.
  7. Serve with lots of cracked pepper.
  8. 6 Servings
  9. 136 Calories, 5.9g Protein, 9.8g Fat, 6.1g Carbs, 2.5g Fiber, 3.6 Net Carbs
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Low Carb Devil Shrimp

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Low Carb Devil ShrimpLow Carb Devil Shrimp. Caramelized Shallots, Mushrooms, & Tasso? All this in a Chipotle Cream? Are you kidding me?  This Devil Shrimp is LCHF food from the gods.  Very good over chopped salt & peppered spinach and I have Cauliflower Grits under it in the 2st picture and just plain Jane in the 1st picture.  I found this as a menu item in a restaurant on one of the many road trips I have taken and was intrigued by the listed ingredients.  I thought to myself, self; why couldn’t you make a low carb devil shrimp for your site and…so I have.

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Devil Shrimp/Shallots/Shrooms/Tasso
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Ingredients
  1. 1 T Butter
  2. 24 Large Peeled Shrimp
  3. 1½ C Heavy Cream
  4. 1½ t Chicken Base
  5. ¼ t Chipotle Powder (More To Taste)
  6. 1 T Butter
  7. ½ C Sautéed & Caramelized Slivered Shallots
  8. 2 T Butter
  9. 4 Oz Sliced Sautéed Mushrooms
  10. 2 Oz Tasso (Or Good Dry Ham)
  11. 2 T Lemon Juice
Instructions
  1. In hot skillet sauté shrimp in butter and set aside.
  2. Sauté mushrooms in butter and set aside.
  3. Sauté tasso and set aside.
  4. Slowly caramelized slivered shallots in butter and set aside.
  5. Put heavy cream, chicken base, and chipotle powder together and reduce slightly.
  6. Add lemon juice.
  7. Add back all ingredients including any juices and heat well.
  8. Season to taste only if necessary.
  9. 6 Servings
  10. 575 Calories, 12.1g Protein, 55.1g Fat, 7.6g Carbs, .2g Fiber, 7.4 Net Carbs
Notes
  1. This is terrific served just all by itself or with another vegetable & salad.
  2. If using cauliflower double the heavy cream and don’t have a cow. Remember LCHF?
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Keto Mocha Zucchini Brownies

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Keto Mocha Zucchini BrowniesKeto Mocha Zucchini Brownies. Food Mistakes. OK, so everybody likes zucchini cake and there are a million recipes out there and that is what I started out to make. Suddenly things changed…for the way better. Since I like to mess around with my own ingredients, the “cake” turned out very moist & dense, did not rise much, and is seriously a brownie and definitely not cake. Decided to top it with a mocha ganache instead of frosting and good grief they are fabulous. Keto Mocha Zucchini Brownies.

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Mocha Zucchini Brownies/Mocha Ganache
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Brownies
  1. 2 C Finely Shredded Zucchini
  2. ½ C Coconut Flour
  3. ½ Cup Cocoa Powder
  4. 1 C Allulose***
  5. 12 Drops EZ Sweetz***
  6. 2 T Hot Water
  7. ¼ C Instant Espresso Powder
  8. 2 t Baking Powder
  9. ¼ C Melted Butter
  10. ¼ C Melted Coconut Oil
  11. 4 Eggs
  12. 2 t Vanilla
  13. ¼ C Sour Cream
Ganache
  1. ½ C Heavy Cream
  2. ½ C Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
  3. 2 T Allulose
  4. 2 T Room Temperature Butter
  5. 1 t Espresso Powder
Instructions
  1. Brownies
  2. Preheat oven to 340°.
  3. Dissolve coffee in water.
  4. Mix coconut flour, cocoa, and baking powder.
  5. Beat eggs, sour cream, coconut oil, and butter.
  6. Beat in Allulose, liquid Sucralose, vanilla, and coffee/water, mix until well blended then blend into dry ingredients.
  7. Stir in zucchini. Pour into a buttered 9”x9” pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. As with all brownies-do not over cook.
  8. Ganache
  9. Heat heavy cream to just under a boil. Take off heat, add last teaspoon espresso powder, Allulose, & chocolate chips. Mix until chocolate is totally incorporated.
  10. Add butter when cool.
  11. Spread cooled brownies with ganache.
  12. 9 Servings
  13. 202 Calories, 6.0g Protein, 16.3g Fat, 7.9g Carbs, 4.0g Fiber, 3.9g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Since I started out making a cake and ended up with brownies I did not put any nuts in them and I can assure you I would add ½ cup of walnuts.
  2. If you do not have a fine grater for the zucchini you can process it a bit after grating.
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Keto Guacamole Egg Bombs

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Keto Guacamole Egg BombsKeto Guacamole Egg Bombs. I have made these pretty little gems many times with bacon but never this way. We had non-pork eating friends for dinner the other night so I left out the bacon and topped them with green onions and tomato and they really do taste like little Guacamole Egg Bombs…so here they are…for your vegetarian friends. Keto Guacamole Egg Bombs make a nice little dinner starter.

This is one of a trio of recipes for a terrific low carb picnic winter/summer indoors or out.  The other two companion recipes are Southern Deep Fried Chicken & Macaroni Salad. Now you can have a complete guilt-free meal with a measly 10g net carbs. Not to shabby for a totally fill yourself up meal.

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Guacamole Egg Bombs
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Ingredients
  1. 12 Hard Boiled Eggs
  2. 1 Large Ripe Haas Avocado
  3. ½ C Mayonnaise (More If Needed)
  4. 2 T Yellow Mustard
  5. ¼ C Green Onion Tops
  6. ½ t Spike© Seasoning (Or Salt)
  7. ⅛ t Chipotle Powder (Or More To Taste)
  8. ½ C Small Diced Tomatoes
  9. ¼ C Green Onion Tops (Yes More)
Instructions
  1. Cut eggs in half, take out yolks and put in processor along with cubed avocado, mayo, mustard, green onions and Spike©.
  2. Process until very smooth and pipe or spoon into egg halves.
  3. In small bowl mix the tomatoes, green onions, and chipotle powder then take about one t and embed in top of each egg.
  4. 8 Servings
  5. 249 Calories, 10.5g Protein, 20.9g Fat, 4.7g Carbs, 2.3g Fiber, 2.4g Net Carbs
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Low Carb Southern Fried Chicken

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Low Carb Southern Fried ChickenLow Carb Southern Fried ChickenLow Carb Southern Fried Chicken. This is a take on the way a great aunt of mine made Southern Fried Chicken. As a kid in the early 50’s my family traveled by car to Florida every December and my Aunt Evelyn fried several chickens for us to eat on the journey. This is that recipe minus flour.  Just look at all that crisp golden brown deliciousness and not a fleck of flour to be seen.

Enhanced Chicken

Please, please, please make sure you use chicken that has not been injected or “enhanced” with some chemically-saltwater concoction because the crap they inject into chicken is one of the dirty little secrets the poultry industry uses to up the weight of chicken. (and yes, by as much as 15%) When moisture hits hot grease it spatters like crazy. This practice is called ‘enhancing’ or ‘plumping’. Enhanced-Plumped? The only thing being enhanced and plumped are the pocketbooks of the chicken producers.  I don’t think I want my chicken ‘enhanced’ in any way, shape, or form. I do not even rinse my chicken. Because it is cooked, there is no reason to rinse it. Ever notice all the liquid in packaged chicken? It has its own name-purge…and yuck…I hate it. Cut chicken pieces have that soak-up liner at the bottom? It soaks up the purge so you won’t notice it. A real non-injected chicken has virtually no purge and this is what you are looking for. And the term “All Natural”? Means absolutely nothing and don’t fall for it.  Chicken is a subject very near and dear to my heart. And if you wanted saltwater? Uh, it’s easy to make your own and way less expensive than whatever the prevailing price of chicken. Yes, you can have a good keto low carb southern fried chicken.

Purdue?-No. Foster Farms?-No. Pilgrims Pride?-No. Sanderson Farms?-No. Tyson?-Hell No. If you can, please, get to know your chicken farmer. It’s that important.

This is one of a trio (now 4) of recipes for a terrific low carb picnic winter/summer indoors or out.  The other two companion recipes are Guacamole Egg Bombs & Macaroni Salad. I have now added a terrific Radish Potato Salad which of course is always perfect with any picnic.

Now you can have a complete guilt-free meal with a measly 10g net carbs. Not too shabby for a totally fill yourself up meal.

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Southern Fried Chicken
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Ingredients
  1. 8 Bone-In Chicken Thighs
  2. ½ Cup Peanut Flour
  3. Garlic Salt
  4. Salt
  5. Pepper
  6. Oil For Frying (I Use My Own Lard Or Tallow)
Instructions
  1. Put oil in pan about ½” deep and heat to 365°-375°.
  2. Lay on paper towels making absolutely sure chicken is room temperature and pretty dry.
  3. Sprinkle liberally with all spices on both sides.
  4. Put peanut flour in one of your stored filched grocery store vegetable bags, add 4 pieces of chicken and shake, shake, shake your booty. Let it rest a minute and shake your booty again.
  5. Put chicken into oil skin side up and fry about 15 minutes or until golden brown on bottom, turn, and fry again making sure the skins are crispy.
  6. Let chicken rest 10 minutes and serve.
  7. 4 Servings
  8. 350 Calories, 25.6g Protein, 25.9g Fat, 3.5g Carbs, 1.5g Fiber, 2.0g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. The peanut flour gives the chicken an absolutely beautiful dark golden brown color.
  2. I have added in calories for a little oil and if you are frying correctly and oil is hot enough, virtually no oil is absorbed.
  3. If you have never had fried chicken in lard you are in for a treat if you use it and you can always mix a little bacon fat in too.
  4. Any leftover chicken is absolutely divine when served cold.
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Low Carb Macaroni Salad

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Low Carb Macaroni SaladMacaroni SaladLow Carb Macaroni Salad. This is one of a trio of recipes for a terrific low carb picnic winter/summer indoors or out.  The other two companion recipes are Southern Deep Fried Chicken & Guacamole Egg Bombs.  I have now added a terrific Radish Potato Salad which of course is perfect with any picnic. Now you can have a complete guilt-free meal with a measly 10g net carbs. Not to shabby for a totally fill yourself up meal. You will need a recipe of Spaetzle.  See that dry mustard in the pic?  Not an ingredient, I was just kidding.  Use the French’s style mustard.

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Macaroni Salad
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Recipe Spaetzle Noodles
  2. 1 Hard Boiled Egg (Or Two If You Want More)
  3. ½ C Small Diced Celery
  4. ¼ C Small Diced Red Peppers
  5. ¼ C Small Diced Red Onion
  6. ¼ C Green Onion Tops
  7. 1 Small Diced Medium Dill Pickle
  8. ⅓ C Mayonnaise (More If Needed)
  9. 2 T Yellow Mustard
  10. ¼ t Spike Spice (Or Salt)
  11. ¼ t Celery Seed
  12. ¼ t Pepper
  13. More Mayo If Needed
Instructions
  1. Mix cold spaetzle noodles with pickle & all vegetables.
  2. Mix Mayo, mustard & all spices.
  3. Dress vegetables with mayo mixture.
  4. Taste & correct seasonings.
  5. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  6. 6 Servings
  7. 192 Calories, 6.5g Protein, 14.4g Fat, 9.1g Carbs, 3.5g Fiber, 5.6g Net Carbs
  8. 8 Servings
  9. 144 Calories, 4.7g Protein, 10.8g Fat, 6.8g Carbs, 2.6g Fiber, 4.2g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. You could easily add some small diced zucchini, cucumber, kalamata or black olives, and/or ham/bacon for extra flavor, volume, and nutrition.
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Keto Swiss Cream Steak

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Low Carb Swiss Cream SteakLow Carb Swiss Cream SteakLow Carb Swiss Cream SteakKeto Swiss Cream Steak. The recipe for this is taken from the American Heritage Cookbook 1969 Edition and my husband actually introduced it to me. It was love at first bite. There are lots of recipes on the internet using (ugh) cream of mushroom soup with various other ingredients but this is (almost) the original in that all I did was cut out the dredging in flour part. I don’t think mushrooms would be a bad addition, but anything other than mushrooms or daikon radishes would not work for me. Keto swiss cream steak is great over mashed cauliflower, spaghetti squash (shown) or Cauliflower Grits. Super simple and needs no tending until ready to serve.

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Swiss Cream Steak
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Ingredients
  1. 2-2½ Lbs Boneless Chuck Roast
  2. 4 Small Onions Sliced Very Thinly (Think Mandolin ⅛”)
  3. 2 T Butter
  4. 1 T Olive Oil
  5. 1 C Hot Water
  6. Beef Base To Taste (Don’t Be Timid)
  7. ½ C Sour Cream
  8. ½ C Parmesan Cheese
  9. Dried Marjoram To Completely Cover Both Sides Meat
Instructions
  1. Sauté onions gently in butter & oil until pale yellow and put aside.
  2. Cover both sides of meat very generously with dried marjoram.
  3. Turn up heat and sear meat.
  4. Mix water with beef base, add sour cream and mix well, add parmesan cheese and mix again.
  5. Put onions on top of meat and gently pour liquid over onions.
  6. Turn heat to lowest setting, cover and cook until meat is falling apart tender-about 3-3½ hours.
  7. 6 Servings
  8. 503 Calories, 31.8g Protein, 40.7g Fat 4.3g Carbs, 1.0g Fiber, 3.3g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Gravy is fabulous but thin and goes very well with mashed cauliflower under the meat.
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