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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 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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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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Keto Marinated Greek Ribeye Steak

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Keto Marinated Greek Ribeye SteakKeto Marinated Greek Ribeye SteakKeto Marinated Greek Ribeye Steak. Long ago and far away I worked in a seafood house in Virginia owned by of all people a Greek.  The restaurant was known far and wide for it’s seafood but I actually thought the best thing on Saki’s menu was a Keto Marinated Greek Ribeye Steak and I mean it was to die for.  I ate it every time I went in there and it absolutely never disappointed.  This is my rendition and it is exactly as I remember it…and we know how memories can fade and change sometimes.  Sadly, the restaurant burned to the ground in 2013, never to be resurrected which is sad because the food was that good.  This is also the same restaurant that I based my Tartar Sauce recipe on and you can see why the recipe was so large.  Now of course Saki was marinating scores of steaks at any given time but this recipe is for only 4 steaks and I see another seriously cut-down recipe in the works.  Saki used to stack his steaks in several deep bus-tubs at a time and allow them to marinate for several days.  You can do this too-if you can wait that long.  This marinade can also be used with pork & chicken so it’s quite versatile.  The little adjunct vegetable doesn’t have a recipe, it’s just a fried Japanese eggplant with a few seared tomatoes.

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Marinated Greek Rib Eye Steak
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Ingredients
  1. Six 8 Oz Ribeye Steaks (Boneless Is Best)
  2. ½ C Olive Oil
  3. 2 T Dried Oregano
  4. 2 T Worcestershire Sauce
  5. 2 T Sugar Free Rice Wine Vinegar
  6. 2 T Lemon Juice
  7. 4 t Garlic Paste
  8. ½ t Ground Rosemary
  9. ½ t Salt
  10. ½ t Pepper
Instructions
  1. Whisk all ingredients together.
  2. Add marinade to a one gallon plastic bag and add 6 boneless rib eye steaks.
  3. Massage the marinade into the steaks and refrigerate.
  4. Take steaks out of the fridge 2-3 hours before preparing on your grill on in a pan.
  5. Serves 6
  6. 787 Calories, 54.g Protein, 50.5g Fat, 2.0g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 2.0g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Nutritionals do include an 8 oz. ribeye steak.
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Low Carb Chicken Fricassee

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Low Carb Chicken FricasseeLow Carb Chicken FricasseeLow Carb Chicken Fricassee. I don’t know exactly how many dishes I have based on French peasant food but I know it is more than a few and both Pulled Pork Butter Rillettes  & Ratatouille comes to mind first.  The French seem to always have been able to take nearly nothing by adding wine, butter & herbs and make something out of it, and this is not much different.  Now, they would have probably taken a skinny scrawny old rooster or hen that was long past its prime eating and by braising it, bringing the thing back to life…with taste galore.  Today we have bred the crap out of chickens and ended up with monsters.  Yes, there is low carb chicken fricassee and a chicken thigh under all those creamed mushrooms & wine sauce.

I spatchcocked and roasted a duck not long ago and from that duck, not only did I get two glorious meals, I also got two cups of duck fat. (In the sour cream tub in the upper right next to the wine).  Now sometimes a lot of duck fat can be used in the blink of an eye but when you use it for sautéing this & that, it easily lasts a very long time.  The flavor of duck has no comparable; It is a flavor unto itself.  I also cut off the skin from the backbone and roasted it too.  When finished it is like eating candy which for low carbers is the best thing ever, ever.

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Chicken Fricassee
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Large Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
  2. 2 T Duck Fat Or Schmaltz If You Have Them Otherwise Fat Of Choice (Butter Works)
  3. Salt & Pepper
  4. 2 Shallots Thinly Sliced
  5. ½ T Duck Fat Or Schmaltz If You Have Them Otherwise Fat Of Choice (Butter Works)
  6. 1 Lb Sliced Mixed Mushrooms
  7. 2 T Duck Fat Or Schmaltz If You Have Them Otherwise Fat Of Choice (Butter Works)
  8. ½ C White Wine
  9. 1 C Water + More As Needed
  10. ⅓ C Heavy Cream
  11. 1½ t Chicken Base
  12. 2 t Dried Tarragon Leaves
  13. Freshly Ground Pepper
Instructions
  1. Heat 2 T fat to medium high.
  2. Pound room temperature thighs to even thickness.
  3. Season thighs with salt & pepper, add to the skillet, sautéing over moderately high heat, turning once until browned-about 3 minutes per side. Set aside.
  4. Add ½ T fat to pan and gently cook shallots. Set aside.
  5. Add last 2 T fat and sauté mushrooms. Set aside.
  6. Add wine, water, heavy cream, tarragon, & chicken base to pan and simmering, reduce to about ¾ original.
  7. Add back chicken, shallots, & mushrooms and simmer until warmed and chicken is finished cooking.
  8. 4 Servings
  9. 379 Calories, 27.8g Protein, 23.2g Fat, 5.8g Carbs, 1.3g Fiber, 4.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. The reasons I love duck fat for sautéing are as noted above 1.) the flavor and 2.) it will not burn under high heat the way butter can. Now I do eat a lot of browned butter but just not for this.
  2. This is a pretty intensely filling meal but if you can eat two of them-I could not-so be it. It will not break any carb banks.
  3. Absolutely not needed but I put a bed of spinach under my Fricassee and it was delicious.
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Low Carb Cajun Cauliflower Rice Hash

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Low Carb Cajun Cauliflower Rice HashLow Carb Cajun Cauliflower Rice Hash. There are days (many of them) that after I go to the grocery, I have purchased way too many vegetables.  As I am an avid carnivore I end up kind of eating vegetables as an afterthought and adjunct to my meat.  I do love Ginger Curry Sweetened Cauliflower Rice and oops, I bought too large a cauliflower and I had a little less than 2 cups left over.  Riced cauliflower will last quite awhile in the fridge but there comes a time to either use it or lose it and trust me, I am not into losing food (of any kind).  Hence this recipe for Cajun Cauliflower Rice Hash.  When training, and working in any kitchen, the one thing that is pounded into you everyday is NEVER EVER WASTE FOOD.  At the time something goes into the garbage, it has become 100% food cost and it is NOT cool.  Not for the owner of the restaurant and if you’re the owner…NOT cool for you.

Cooking, for me, is second nature.  I don’t much think about it and probably miss many opportunities  to make a recipe post because of it.  I just throw this and that together and come up with something.  No recipe, no nothing.  After I made this, I decided to take a couple of pictures and do this post.  It is so simple it’s ridiculous but if you don’t know to do it, you’ll never taste it and…  Since I ended up prepping so much food today and knowing I wouldn’t be eating it for several more days I wanted an easy dinner with maybe some eggs and sausage and this is just what I came up with. So when you need an easy fix..try this.  I happened to top it mine with eggs but it is also an easy side dish to almost anything.

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Cajun Cauliflower Rice Hash
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Ingredients
  1. 3 C Riced Cauliflower
  2. 3 T Butter (Divided)
  3. 1 T Olive Oil
  4. ½ C Slivered Onion
  5. ½ C Slivered Red Pepper (Cut In Half)
  6. Cajun or Blackening Spice
  7. Salt & Pepper
Instructions
  1. Put 1 T butter in pan, add onions & peppers and sauté until tender. Set aside.
  2. Add rest of butter and olive oil to hot pan add riced cauliflower and sauté until brown.
  3. Add back onions & peppers, sprinkle with salt, pepper. & Cajun seasoning.
  4. 2 Servings
  5. 260 Calories, 4.0g Protein, 23.1g Fat, 12.1g Carbs, 4.5g Fiber, 7.6g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. This makes a great side dish but I think its highest and best use is under a couple of eggs.
  2. Cheddar cheese between the hash & eggs is good and I would have done it...but I forgot.
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Low Carb Kokkari Dressing

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Low Carb Kokkari DressingLow Carb Kokkari DressingLow Carb Kokkari DressingLow Carb Kokkari Dressing.  I was on the internet looking for some other sauce to go with all the rack of lamb I eat, other than my own Mint Sauce, and came across this Kokkari Dressing which sounded pretty good.  I would never be without lamb in some form so I decided to try it as I found it.  It was as good as it sounded.  I also eat, from time to time, a ½ lb. ground lamb patty and it was fabulous on it too.  I did tweak a couple things from the original Kokkari Dresssing recipe and you can (compare the two). Since the recipe seems a bit  obscure I thought I would put it out there for you.  Oops, I did change a couple things since I have never used, and didn’t even know what it was, and that’s the wild Greek oregano-I just used regular ole oregano. Added a bit of dried mint because…I think mint and lamb are a match made in heaven. Apparently, this dressing not only sets off lamb, but also beef, chicken and fish.  I think I would call this a kind of a do everything sauce and I’m sure I will eventually try it on all the above mentioned and when I do I’ll try to put up pictures.  There is certainly no doubt that a small side of Greek Tzatziki would be a great accompaniment.

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Kokkari Dressing
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Ingredients
  1. 6 T Olive Oil
  2. 2 T Lemon Juice
  3. 1 T Minced Capers
  4. 1 T Minced Shallot
  5. 2 t Dried Crushed Mint
  6. 2 t Crushed Garlic
  7. 1 t Parsley (I would Call This Optional)
  8. 1 t Dried Crushed Oregano (+More To Taste Cause More is Mostly Always Better)
  9. ½ t Salt
  10. ¼ t Pepper
Instructions
  1. Whisk all ingredients together and serve over lamb, chicken or fish.
  2. 4 Servings
  3. 65 Calories, 0.1g Protein, 6.8g Fat, 1.7g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 1.7g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. I would urge you to leave this on the counter for more than several hours, letting all the flavors marry & mellow.
  2. Add a little red wine vinegar and you'll have a really good salad dressing.
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Low Carb Butter Fried Squid

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Low Carb Butter Fried SquidLow Carb Butter Fried SquidLow Carb Butter Fried Squid (Calamari) tastes a whole lot better than it might sound.  It is infused with garlic, ginger, oyster sauce, rice vinegar, and gobs of butter.  My husband and his brothers, forever made a game of trying to find the best fried calamari in the country.  There is a Thai Restaurant up around the corner from me on Fremont by the name of Tuk Tuk that in my opinion, serves the best calamari I have ever had.  On their menu it is called Salt & Pepper Calamari and it is served with lots of fresh green onion tops.  The problem now of course is that I would no longer eat breaded anything let alone calamari soooo…this is my go-to calamari dish now.  I personally happen to like the tentacles and my grocery store happens to sell them separately, but any combination of body/tentacles is fine.

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Butter Fried Squid (Calamari)
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Lb Cleaned Squid Tentacles & Body Parts (Do Not Wash And Make Sure They Are Dry)
  2. 4 T Butter
  3. 1 C Green Onion Tops Cut about 2-2½" long
  4. 2 t Oyster Sauce (You Can Also Use Fish Sauce Or A Combination-I Happen To Have Oyster)
  5. 2 t Crushed Garlic
  6. 1 t Rice Vinegar
  7. ¾ t Powdered Ginger
  8. Salt & Pepper Only If Wanted/Needed
Instructions
  1. In hot pan melt butter adding garlic, vinegar & ginger, and sauté for 1 minute.
  2. Add squid & green onions and sauté, stirring constantly, for no more than 1-2 minutes. You DO NOT want to overcook them.
  3. 4 Servings
  4. 215 Calories, 18.2g Protein, 13.1g Fat, 4.9g Carbs, .8g Fiber, 4.1g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. No matter how dry and no matter the heat, the squid is going to give up it's liquid (liquor) and to take advantage of this it is best served in a bowl so you can get every last bit of it. Don't ever throw away any flavor.
  2. If you can get whole clean squid tubes you can cut them yourself into about ¾" pieces.
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Low Carb Simple Greek Salad

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Low Carb Simple Greek SaladLow Carb Simple Greek SaladLow Carb Simple Greek Salad. For those of you who might love a Simple Greek Salad this one is as simple and easy as it gets.  The secret:  Shallots instead of purple onions.  It is said that the taste of shallots is a subtle combination of garlic and onion and people ask then why not just combine the two.  My answer is: because the combination of garlic and onion DO NOT taste like a shallot and not by a long shot.  Shallots have their own delicate taste.

I pretty much always have  the ingredients for this salad so for me it’s no sweat.  Notice the HUGE 1 gallon jug of Kalamata olives.  No I don’t go through it in a week or two but I do  probably buy 3-4 of them a year and the Puttanesca Sauce is another great recipe that uses them.  Now if you like a little more complex salad then you might like to try the Greek Salad With A Creamy Feta Dressing.  My personal preference is pretty much a peeled & seeded cucumber and this is up to you.  It has to do with the toughness of the skin which can some times accompany them and…I just don’t like it.

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Simple Greek Salad
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Dressing
  1. ½ C Olive Oil
  2. ¼ C Red Wine Vinegar
  3. 3 T Lemon Juice
  4. 2 t Crushed Garlic
  5. ½ t Dried Mint
  6. ½ t Dried Oregano
  7. ¼ t Dried Dill
  8. ¼ t Salt
  9. ¼ t Pepper
  10. 1 Drop Liquid Sucralose Or Not (To Offset The Acid In The Vinegar & Tomatoes)
Salad Guts
  1. 2 Thinly Sliced Shallots
  2. 2 C Quartered Cherry Tomatoes
  3. 1 C Halved Kalamata Olives
  4. 1 Chopped Peeled & Seeded Cucumber
  5. 2 Very Thinly Sliced Shallots
  6. 6 Oz Feta Cheese
Instructions
  1. Put all salad ingredients in a medium bowl.
  2. Put all dressing ingredients in a smaller bowl, whisking briskly.
  3. Drizzle dressing into salad blending well.
  4. 6 Servings
  5. 301 Calories, 4.6g Protein, 27.9g Fat, 7.8g Carbs, 1.3g Fiber, 6.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Completed salad can be made and refrigerated for more than several days.
  2. Best served in a small bowl as you can then contain a bit of the dressing & juices with each bite.
  3. Adding a soft lettuce like bibb or butterhead will extend the number of people you can serve with this but my advice is to eat it as stated because the flavors are far more intense.
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Low Carb Dijon Rosemary Garlic Glaze

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Low Carb Dijon Rosemary Garlic GlazeLow Carb Dijon Rosemary Garlic GlazeLow Carb Dijon Rosemary Garlic GlazeLow Carb Dijon Rosemary Garlic GlazeLow Carb Dijon Rosemary Garlic Glaze is a match made in heaven and is perfect with pork tenderloin or a big fat chop. It takes about one minute to make and has one of the most powerful punched flavors we know…garlic.  Cooked inside a tenderloin, it loses a bit of its power but used this way, as a topping the garlic loses nothing.  If you prefer it cooked then please do try the Pork Tenderloin/Dijon Garlic Rosemary Glaze, it is divine.  You are going to have to get past the glaze’s homely looks cause it’s not the looks that taste good.  The final plate?  Ooh la la.

That beautiful little tenderloin?  I get them three at a time from the Old Salt Market butcher shop just down the street from me and yes, this is the way they come trimmed; I don’t have to do a thing.  They do three half pigs every week and all I need to do is order all three tenderloins a couple of days in advance and yes, they do know me.  They are so good and so tender I just pound them a bit, and flash fry them dry, in a pan, add browned butter, and top with the glaze.  Yes, I do eat my pork medium rare and you will cook yours the way you like them.

Yes, I am going to again serve it with a tenderloin but with the sauce dabbed on the top as I really do like raw garlic…sometimes.

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Dijon Rosemary Garlic Glaze
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Ingredients
  1. ¼ C Dijon Mustard
  2. 2 T Just Like Sugar
  3. 2 t Crushed Garlic
  4. ½ t Dried Crushed Rosemary
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients well and let sit for an hour or so to allow the flavors to "marry".
  2. 2 Servings
  3. 36 Calories, .2g Protein, 0.1g Fat, 1.2g Carbs, 0.2g Fiber, 1.0g Net Carbs
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Keto Vinegar Pie Custard

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Low Carb Vinegar Pie CustardLow Carb Vinegar Pie CustardKeto Vinegar Pie Custard. The first time I heard the term Vinegar Pie I just about choked.  Say what pie?  Well, I decided to try making a keto vinegar pie custard since I don’t eat floured pie crust and would ya believe…it’s delicious, and I mean delicious.  I only made two of them because I was pretty sure I would not like it.  Well, well, well we can all be wrong and…I was.  I did taste it without vanilla and then, since I was testing, I added it at the end.  Wrong, it was much better without it so you won’t see it in the recipe.  If you decide to top it with whipped cream I would suggest leaving out the vanilla.

Apparently there are recipes on the internet for this pie and one story goes, that when you are poor as a church mouse you can make a pie from vinegar and water.  It was also a favorite in boarding houses and we pretty well know that men will eat just about anything.  Of course back then, since most people farmed for a living, they all had butter, sugar & flour. If you had a lemon you could add that and eventually this pie became the forerunner of lemon meringue pie.  Interestingly enough, even without lemon-it tastes quite lemony.  Who’d a thunk it.  Since most people had access to water, vinegar, sugar, butter and flour this pie came out of it and poor or not it is seriously good.  That’s my story & I’m sticking to it.  So I dare you to try this custard and tell me it is not good.  Strange-Yes.  Terrific-Yup.  The best part is that it is nearly zero carb.  The ramekins shown hold ¼ C , same as a traditional round one.

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Vinegar Pie Custard
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Egg Yolks
  2. ¼ C Apple Cider Vinegar
  3. 24 Drops Liquid Sucralose (Or 1 Cup Sweetener Of Choice)
  4. 1 C Cold Water
  5. 2 t Knox Gelatin Powder
  6. 4 T Chilled Butter
Instructions
  1. Beat yokes with vinegar & sweetener.
  2. Sprinkle gelatin on water and let sit a minute.
  3. Over high heat boil water & gelatin, immediately add to egg mixture & and allow to cool 3-4 min. Beat in butter 1 T at a time until completely incorporated.
  4. Put into ½ C ramekins and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
  5. 4 Servings
  6. 163 Calories, 4.3g Protein, 16.0g Fat, 0.6g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 0.6g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Very tasty with a dollop of heavy whipped cream (with no vanilla). If you opt for whipped cream what do you do with you egg whites? Why make some crackers of course.
  2. If you whip the egg whites to top it, then preheat oven to 400° and bake for 8-10 minutes. They will need to be served immediately as meringue begins to "weep" very quickly.
  3. As I said above, it has the taste & tang of lemon and if you didn't tell anyone-they wouldn't know.
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