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Keto~LowCarb Salads & Dressings

Low Carb Greek Salad

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Low Carb Greek SaladLow Carb Greek SaladLow Carb Greek Salad. With a quick look at the list of ingredients, this is one terrific dish of flavor. Can easily be eaten for lunch or as a light dinner and if you don’t have or have access to Halloumi Cheese then Feta is a great substitute. This low carb Greek salad is a keeper and to enhance it even more, top it with pulled chicken.

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Greek Salad
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Yogurt Dressing
  1. ⅓ C Olive Oil
  2. ⅓ C Full Fat Plain Yogurt
  3. 3 T Red Wine Vinegar
  4. 2 t Garlic Paste***
  5. 2 t Oregano
  6. 1 t Crushed Red Pepper
  7. 1 t Dijon Mustard
  8. 1 t Black Pepper
  9. ½ t Salt
Salad
  1. 8-10 C Chopped Arugula
  2. 8-10 Oz Halloumi Cheese
  3. 2 T Butter
  4. 2 T Lemon Juice
  5. 1 Medium Cucumber
  6. ½ C Chopped Plain Artichoke Hearts (Not Marinated)
  7. ½ C Chopped Kalamata Olives
  8. 3 Red Radishes Sliced Paper Thin
  9. Fresh Cracked Pepper To Finish
Instructions
  1. Mix all dressing ingredient and refrigerate until ready to use.
  2. Thinly slice radishes, (with a mandoline) and put into small amount of salted water to soften.
  3. Cut Halloumi into ¾” slices and fry in butter about 2-3 minutes per side.
  4. Finely chop arugula and put into a large mixing bowl.
  5. Roughly Chop artichoke hearts & olives and add to lettuce.
  6. Peel, remove seeds, chop cucumber, and add to lettuce.
  7. Toss salad ingredients lightly, add dressing, and toss again.
  8. Cut fried halloumi into ¾” cubes.
  9. To serve plate tossed salad, scatter halloumi on top, drizzle with lemon juice & pile on the fresh pepper.
  10. 8-10 Servings
  11. 211 Calories, 10.1g Protein, 14.4g Fat, 13.0g Carbs, 5.8g Fiber, 7.2g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. I used Daikon Radish instead of red because that is primarily what I use and there is no difference in flavor. Red Radish will just give it a bit of color.
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Keto Middle Eastern Israeli Salad

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Keto Middle Eastern Israeli SaladKeto Middle Eastern Israeli SaladKeto Middle Eastern Israeli Salad is a light lemony side dish to any meal and the best news is that it can be made ahead of time, including adding the avocado because it has loads of lemon juice and olive oil. You can adjust your own amounts because this recipe is just a well-balanced guide. What makes this recipe “keto” you may ask? The reason is the fat amounts in not only the olive oil, but the copious amounts of fat in the avocados. Enjoy.

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Middle Eastern Israeli Salad
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Ingredients
  1. 1½ Lbs (2) Cucumbers Cut To Small Dice (About 2 Cups)
  2. 2 Tomatoes Cut To Small Dice (About 1 Cup)
  3. 1½ C Mixed Red, Yellow, & Orange Bell Peppers
  4. 2 Avocados Cut To Small Dice
  5. 2 t Dried Mint or
  6. 20-30 Leaves Fresh Finely Chopped Mint
  7. ¼ C Purple Onion Finely Diced
  8. ¼ C Fresh Lemon Juice or More To Taste
  9. 3 T Olive Oil
  10. 1 t Lemon Zest (If You Have It)
  11. ¾ t Salt or More To Taste
  12. ¼ C Cilantro Finely Cut (Optional) & Fabulous Mixed With The Mint
Instructions
  1. Peel (or not & I did) and seed cucumbers.
  2. Chop and dice all vegetables adding avocado last.
  3. Add mint, salt, lemon juice, & olive oil and gently stir to mix.
  4. Cover and refrigerate until ready to eat.
  5. Juices will form into a nice sauce.
  6. Toss well before serving.
  7. 8 Servings
  8. 174 Calories, 2.1g Protein, 15.3g Fat, 10.4g Carbs, 4.5g Fiber, 5.9g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. I actually used some dried mint, some fresh mint, and some cilantro and it was wonderful.
  2. Also used cherry tomatoes as I think they hold up better than others.
  3. Because there is so much lemon juice & olive oil the avocados WILL NOT turn brown.
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Keto Thousand Island Dressing

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Keto Thousand Island DressingKeto Thousand Island DressingKeto Thousand Island DressingKeto Thousand Island Dressing. I should have posted this keto thousand island dressing recipe a 1,000 years ago but you know how it is and better late than never.  I kind of messed up a little getting ahead of myself with pictures and kinda forgot to take a picture of the finished dressing and that’s why you see that puny little dish with only about ¼ cup in it. Oops.

Anyway, back at the ranch (on one of those 1,000 islands), this recipe has been around forever. Some will mix in a hard-boiled egg but I like the way a salad or most other things look with grated egg on top so that’s the way I do mine.  If you are going to top something like the Open-Faced Rueben then better to add your hard-boiled egg into the dressing or better yet, put the egg in the dressing and then more grated egg on top.

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1,000 Island Dressing
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Ingredients
  1. ½ C Mayonnaise
  2. 3 T Sugar Free Ketchup***
  3. 3 T Horseradish Cream
  4. 3 T Sugar Free Sweet Pickle Relish***
  5. 3 T Minced Purple Onion (Or Shallots)
  6. 1 T Lemon Juice
  7. 1 t Distilled Or Apple Cider Vinegar
  8. ½ t Crushed Garlic
  9. 1 Hard Boiled Egg
Instructions
  1. Grate cooled hard boiled egg.
  2. Mix all ingredients and refrigerate until ready to use.
  3. 12 Servings
  4. 84 Calories, .5g Protein, 9.2g Fat, 0.9g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 0.9g Net Carbs
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Keto Mediterranean Salad

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Keto Mediterranean SaladKeto Mediterranean Salad. Hoping you can not only tell from the pictures but also from the simple ingredients how good this keto Mediterranean salad really is. The emphasis is on the herbs and you can easily use more of one than the other. I like to make the dressing the day before using just to let the dried herbs soften and infuse into the oil. I have used Castelvetrano olives and I think Kalamata olives would be just as good and maybe you could mix & match them. The biggest difference is that the Castelvestranos don’t have quite as strong a flavor. I also used Labne which would be traditional but you will probably use a good thick yogurt with maybe a pinch of salt. The second picture is done in chunks with the addition of Kalamatas and purple onion instead of sliced shallots and both were terrific. The addition of fresh thyme leaves add another depth of flavor but if you don’t have them don’t fret.

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Mediterranean Salad
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Salad Guts
  1. 1 Cucumber Sliced Paper Thin
  2. 2-3 Roma Tomatoes Sliced Very Thinly
  3. 1 Shallot Or
  4. ¼ Purple Onion Sliced Very Thinly
  5. 25-30 Castelvetrano Olives
  6. 2 Small Avocados Cut Into Chunks
  7. ½ C Labne Or Full Fat Yogurt
  8. Additional Salt Sprinkled On Labne Or Yogurt
  9. Fresh Thyme Leaves As Garnish (Optional But Really Good)
Vinaigrette
  1. ⅓ C Olive Oil
  2. 2 T Red Wine Vinegar
  3. 1 T Lemon Juice
  4. ¾ t Dried Basil
  5. ¾ t Dried Oregano
  6. ½ t Salt
  7. ¼ t Pepper
Instructions
  1. Mix all dressing ingredients and allow to sit on the counter at least 4-6 hours and overnight is fine.
  2. Cut and arrange vegetables as you wish and chunks of them work quite well too.
  3. 6 Servings
Notes
  1. Notice there is no garlic in this vinaigrette dressing and if you might like some then add just a bit. I didn't because I wanted the flavors of the veggies to come through.
  2. All vegetables can also be cut into chunks and arranged to your liking.
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Keto Vegetable Dip

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Keto Vegetable DipKeto Vegetable DipKeto Vegetable Dip. It’s been a wild ride getting this into a recipe and here’s the story. I first made it just messing around in the kitchen but I liked it so much I made it again and knew it was a winner. Soooo first, as I made it several times I ran out of my frozen 3.5% Darigold Bulgarian Buttermilk cubes and needed to buy more. The grocery store where I had always gotten it was no longer carrying it. Ugh. OK and then, my computer had a rather large problem which took me about 3 weeks to finally get fixed. Lucky for me I have a dear friend who also happened to work for NASA as yes, a NASA scientist who fixed it quite handily. He works on the cheap for…guess what…FOOD. Meanwhile, I can’t find my old buttermilk anywhere. What to do? I PUNTED. I bought some dried buttermilk powder as seen in the picture above and began using that. Good grief, if you don’t have this stuff you should. At least for me it is kind of a miracle product and now I will use it for lots of stuff. My opinion: this keto vegetable dip will be the best thing you have tasted with…vegetables.

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Vegetable Dip
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Ingredients
  1. 2 T 40% Heavy Cream
  2. 1 T Powdered Buttermilk
  3. 1 T Water
  4. ¼ C Sour Cream (I Use Labne-Tastes Better And It’s Thicker)
  5. 2 T Mayonnaise
  6. 1 t Lemon Juice
  7. 1 t Distilled White Vinegar
  8. 2 T Fresh Chives (Or 1 T Dried)
  9. 1 t Nutritional Yeast (Torula) (This Is The Secret Ingredient)
  10. ½ t Oregano
  11. ½ t Dried Basil
  12. ¼ t Dried Dill
  13. ¼ t Garlic Powder
  14. ¼ t Onion Powder
  15. ¼ t Salt
  16. ¼ t Pepper
  17. ¼ t Maggi Seasoning (Optional But Terrific)
Instructions
  1. Mix water, heavy cream, and powdered buttermilk well and set aside for 5-10 minutes.
  2. Add rest of liquid ingredients and mix well.
  3. Add herbs & spices and mix well again.
  4. Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
  5. 8 Servings
  6. 60 Calories, 0.6g Protein, 6.1g Fat, 1.0g Carbs, 0.2g Fiber, 0.8g Net Carbs
  7. 6 Servings
  8. 79 Calories, 0.6g Protein, 8.1g Fat, 1.4g Carbs, 0.2g Fiber, 1.2g Net Carbs
  9. 4 Servings
  10. 120 Calories, 1.2g Protein, 12.2g Fat, 2.0g Carbs, 0.4g Fiber, 1.6g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. You may adjust any or all the of herbs to your own liking but before you change anything let it chill first.
  2. The dressing makes a fabulous dip for veggies and yes, I even dip bacon into it.
  3. I haven't made it but I think a spinach, bacon, & mushroom salad would be terrific. I mean wait until you try this dip, it will literally blow you away.
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Caprese Salad

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Caprese SaladCaprese SaladCaprese Salad. You know, I have zero idea why I have never posted a recipe for Caprese Salad before. Maybe because it is so simple and I assume people just know about it. It can literally be thrown together and on the table in a couple of minutes. I originally bought the ingredients because I was going to make myself a personal size lowcarb Cheese Pizza and then I was going to make heaping plate full of Chicken Parmesan over Sprouts and you know how it goes, life changes on a dime and many times so do my food plans. I did add a small chunked up avocado because all the flavors go so well together so…add some or not, your choice. I never did make that pizza but I did end up having Caprese Salad a couple times more. Oh Well.

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Caprese Salad
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Lb Any Color Small Tomatoes Halved (About 2 Cups)
  2. 8 Oz. Small Mozzarella Balls Halved (If You End Up With Pearls Leave Whole)
  3. ¼ C Fresh Slivered Basil
  4. 2 T Olive Oil
  5. Salt
  6. Freshly Ground Pepper
Instructions
  1. Arrange tomatoes and Mozzarella balls evenly.
  2. Sprinkle generously with salt & pepper, drizzle with olive oil and scatter basil over all.
  3. 4 Servings
  4. 144 Calories, 5.6g Protein, 12.2g Fat, 3.1g Carbs, 1.1g Fiber, 2.0g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. If you can't put 6 ingredients together, (including salt & pepper) in less than five minutes you are in serious trouble.
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Lime Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

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Lime Vinaigrette Salad DressingLime Vinaigrette Salad DressingLime Vinaigrette Salad Dressing. The first and probably only difference you notice in the two pictures above is a plain salad and a finished salad with freshly ground pepper and this is a really big deal. Most salad are enhanced by fresh pepper and this is no different.

Lime vinaigrette salad dressing is quite piquant with so much lime juice but/and…is ridiculously easy to make. What you put with it is your choice and I have picked what is in the pictures. Your choices may be different but this is a pretty good start.

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Lime Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
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Ingredients
  1. ⅓ C Olive Oil
  2. 1 Zested Lime (Save To Juice)
  3. ¼ C Lime Juice
  4. 2 T Heavy Cream
  5. 1 T Allulose
  6. 1 t Garlic Paste
  7. ¼ t Salt
  8. ¼ t Pepper
  9. More Freshly Ground Pepper
  10. Cilantro As Garnish
Instructions
  1. Put lime juice, garlic, salt, pepper and Allulose in small bowl and mix until salt & Allulose are dissolved.
  2. Mix in heavy cream.
  3. Add olive oil and mix until well combined. You should now have a creamy suspension dressing.
  4. Prepare salad guts on a plate and dress.
  5. Grind on lots of fresh pepper and garnish with a sprinkle of cilantro.
  6. 8 Servings
  7. 111 Calories, 0.0g Protein, 12.3g Fat, 0.9g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 0.9g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. The salad shown is spring greens, slivered red pepper, slivered shallots, and dressing. It is also quite good with slivered red onion or anything else you may wish to add. I haven’t done it yet but some grated daikon radish would add a bit of crunch as well.
  2. If you happen to like veggies dipped in a sauce this will fit that bill really well. It has just enough viscosity to adhere beautifully to most any vegetable and is particularly nice with jicama sticks because of the limey flavors and with jicama you can also add a sprinkle of chili powder. Tasty.
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Keto Cucumber Salsa

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Cucumber SalsaCucumber SalsaCucumber SalsaKeto Cucumber Salsa. This cucumber salsa is pathetically easy, can be ready in 10 minutes at most, and goes with just about any meal. I can’t imagine most of you have not had salsa in one form or another and this keto cucumber salsa is just a cool refreshing variation. The mint is optional but very good with all the other ingredients so, maybe give it a test with a bite or so and then make your decision to add it or not.

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Cucumber Salsa
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Ingredients
  1. ½ Large Cucumber
  2. 1 Large Or 2 Small Roma Tomatoes
  3. ¼ C Purple Onion
  4. ¼ C Chopped Cilantro
  5. 2 T Lime Juice
  6. 2 T Chopped Pickled Jalapeno Peppers
  7. 2 T Green Onion Tops
  8. 1 T Olive Oil
  9. ½ t Dried Mint (Optional But Good)
  10. ¼ t Garlic Paste
  11. ¼ t Salt + More To Taste
Instructions
  1. Peel and seed cucumber.
  2. Chop and blend all ingredients.
  3. Refrigerate until just cold.
  4. That’s all folks.
  5. 6 Servings
  6. 35 Calories, 0.6g Protein, 2.6g Fat, 2.6g Carbs, 1.0g Fiber, 1.6g Net Carbs
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Keto Avocado Cucumber Soup

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Keto Avocado Cucumber SoupKeto Avocado Cucumber Soup. This is an absolutely wonderfully flavored soup that will double as a salad dressing and it takes about 10-15 minutes (at most) to make. The nutritionals are for the soup and carbs would be nearly non-existent as a dressing. This keto avocado cucumber soup may remind you of a Mexican soup, and then again it may remind you of a Middle Eastern soup and it actually reminds me of both as it has all the components from each with no spices but salt to interfere with the lovely delicate main flavors.  In the background on the plate was cream cheese, lox, capers, and purple onion on a piece of my Lowcarb Carbalose Bread and what a dandy combination as a soup and sandwich.

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Avocado Cucumber Soup
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Ripe Avocado
  2. 1-1½ Cucumbers (About 2 Cups)
  3. 1 C Plain Yogurt
  4. 1 C Water
  5. 4 T Green Onion Tops (Divided) (Or 1 T Dried Chives)
  6. 1 T Pickled Jalapeno Pepper
  7. 1 T Pickled Jalapeno Juice
  8. 2 t Lemon Juice + Plus More To Taste
  9. ¾ t Salt + More To Taste If Necessary
Instructions
  1. Peel and chop up cucumber. (You can leave the seeds in or discard them, your choice).
  2. Put cubed avocado in a medium bowl and with a stick blender, purée until smooth.
  3. Add yogurt, mix again.
  4. Add cut cucumbers pieces, jalapenos & juice, lemon juice, salt and 3 T chopped green onions and purée again.
  5. Add water and give it one more good mixing. Add more water as/if necessary.
  6. Taste for seasoning, cover and refrigerate for at least several hours.
  7. This will also work well in a good upright blender.
  8. Garnish soup with last 1 T green onions and/or (cilantro).
  9. 6 Servings
  10. 134 Calories, 2.1g Protein, 12.6g Fat, 4.7g Carbs, 2.8g Fiber, 1.9g Net Carbs
  11. 4 Servings
  12. 201 Calories, 3.1g Protein, 18.9g Fat, 7.1g Carbs, 4.3g Fiber, 2.8g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Garnishes may include small chunks of tomato, cucumber, avocado, cilantro and maybe even some olive oil.
  2. Like any soup, this will improve with time in the fridge so do let it chill for several hours.
  3. You may use more or less water depending on the thickness of the yogurt you use, and I used a wonderfully thick yogurt but at least use a full fat yogurt.
  4. No, the avocado will not turn brown once it's in the soup and will last several days in the fridge.
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Keto Daikon Cucumber Salad

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Low CarbDaikon Cucumber SaladLow Carb Daikon Cucumber SaladLow Carb Daikon Cucumber SaladLow Carb Daikon Cucumber SaladKeto Daikon Cucumber Salad. This is probably one of the easier salads on the site and really all it takes is a little time to marinate three veggies while you go about the rest of your kitchen business. Recipe is for four and can be multiplied for more. This keto daikon cucumber salad was originally featured with Beef Tataki, it is so good, and I have fixed it so many times that I am making it a stand alone recipe. It has nearly zero calories but what makes it keto is the olive oil.

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Daikon Cucumber Salad
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Ingredients
  1. 7-8 Inches Peeled Daikon Radish Sliced Paper Thin
  2. ½ Large Cucumber
  3. ½ t Salt
  4. 2 Shallots
Dressing
  1. 1½ T Olive Oil
  2. 2 t Sugar-Free Rice Wine Vinegar
  3. 2 t Tamari
  4. 2 t Just Like Sugar Brown*** (Or Sweetener Of Choice)
  5. ¼ t Pepper
Instructions
  1. Slice daikon radish, rinse under cold water, put into a bowl, salt, and add cold water to just cover. (This will soften the radish). When ready, squeeze out water. You will know it’s ready when the radish becomes translucent and very pliable. At least an hour and more time is fine as you want them to kind of fold over themselves.
  2. Slice cucumber, put into bowl, (no water), lightly salt and toss well. (This will soften cucumber). You will have a little cucumber juice left and I just add it to the vinaigrette cause…it tastes so good.
  3. Make vinaigrette, thinly slice shallots and put into vinaigrette. (This will soften shallots).
  4. Place down radish, then cucumber, top with onions and spoon on vinaigrette.
  5. Top with freshly ground pepper.
  6. 4 Servings
  7. 65 Calories, 1.2g Protein, 5.3g Fat, 4.3g Carbs, 1.6g Fiber, 2.7g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. If you do not have a mandoline I would discourage making this salad as you will not be able to cut the vegetables thinly enough by hand.
  2. The idea here is to have about a ⅓ cucumber to ⅔ radish ratio. Not set in any stone and just an approximate. It just makes for a prettier plate.
  3. Don't assemble until ready to serve.
  4. If you really want to up the flavor profile, and you have them, you might sprinkle on some black seeds. No, not black sesame seeds but real black seeds. (Nigella Sativa)
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Keto Hazelnut Oil Vinaigrette

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Keto Hazelnut Oil VinaigretteKeto Hazelnut Oil VinaigretteKeto Hazelnut Oil VinaigretteKeto Hazelnut Oil Vinaigrette. People may think you’re crazy for putting a vinaigrette on chopped up hard boiled eggs but I can assure you this dressing is so good. It’s been nearly a year (my, my how time flies) since my friend Chef Taffiny Elrod came to visit me here in Portland and wow oh wow, have things changed since then. When we arrived at our destination restaurant for dinner I was given a goodie (swag) bag of stuff and included in that bag there was a bottle of hazelnut oil. Everything in my bag had long ago been consumed except for that danged hazelnut oil. I tasted it and promptly put in the refrigerator until… Now, I am embarrassed to say that though I live in Oregon which is the hazelnut capital of the country, and though I love hazelnuts, I had never had hazelnut oil. It has its’ own very distinct, delicious, lovely, and unusual flavor and for some reason it is really good as a salad dressing and especially with eggs.

So, if you do make keto hazelnut oil vinaigrette, you and your family are in for a super duper treat. I hope after you have tried it you will think it’s as good as I do. Almost goes without say that it makes one terrific salad dressing and, especially salads with hard boiled eggs on top.

Recipe will serve up to 10 so you may have some left for another day to serve it over wilted green onions with…what else…chopped up hard boiled eggs.

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Hazelnut Oil Vinaigrette
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Ingredients
  1. 3 T Hazelnut Oil
  2. 1 T Olive Oil
  3. ⅓ C Apple Cider Vinegar
  4. ⅓ C Dijon Mustard
  5. 6 T Heavy Cream
  6. ⅓ C Toasted & Chopped Hazelnuts (Garnish And Optional)
Instructions
  1. Put all ingredients (except nuts) in a small bowl and mix well.
  2. It will thicken quite quickly.
  3. Plate and sprinkle chopped nut on top.
  4. 10 Servings
  5. 104 Calories, 0.0g Protein, 10.9g Fat, 0.6g Carbs, 0.4g Fiber, 0.2g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Along with the chopped hazelnuts, bacon bits might be pretty good on this.
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Low Carb Creamy Cucumber Salad

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Low Carb Creamy Cucumber SaladLow Carb Creamy Cucumber Salad. I want you to know this is very cool and refreshing. It has been made for 100’s of years to the gustatory delight of many generations. Way back when, you know…when people grew their own vegetable gardens, milked their own cows to make their own dairy products, had chickens running around squawking their brains out, these were ingredients everyone had. So, low carb creamy cucumber salad was a natural thing to fix right out of the garden. And yes, vinegars were used prodigiously because when you didn’t have anything else for dessert, there was always Vinegar Pie Custard.

Please, do use a mandoline to do your slicing. It not only makes the vegetables easy to cut thinly, but they will also be uniform in size. Also, take a good look at the third picture as you want to draw out the excess liquid in the cucumber. If you don’t, you are going to end up with a soppy cucumber sour cream soup.

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Creamy Cucumber Salad
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Large Cucumber Washed, Halved, Seeded, & Sliced Paper Thin
  2. ¼ Red Onion Sliced Paper Thin
  3. 2 T Sour Cream
  4. 1 t White Vinegar
  5. ½ t Dried Dill Weed
  6. Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper
Instructions
  1. Slice cucumber and onion very thinly, put into mixing bowl, sprinkle lightly with salt, mix well and allow to sit for 45-60 minutes to draw out the liquids.
  2. Drain well and I mean DRAIN & SQUEEZE well.
  3. If you plan to eat this a couple of hours later then refrigerate, and drain again.
  4. Mix sour cream, vinegar, and dill.
  5. Now add to cucumber & onion, mix well, add pepper, and serve immediately.
  6. 2 Servings
  7. 50 Calories, 1.4g Protein, 2.7g Fat, 4.8g Carbs, 1.1g Fiber, 3.7g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. This recipe is enough for 2-3 generous servings and may easily be doubled or tripled etc.
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