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Low Carb German Red Cabbage

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Low Carb German Red CabbageLow Carb German Red CabbageLow Carb German Red CabbageLow Carb German Red Cabbage.  When I was a kid my mom made German red cabbage for us every once in a while because it went so well with schnitzels like pork and veal but somewhere along the line the veal (baby cows) police got a hold of the market and it is almost impossible to find veal anymore-hence calves liver which we had a lot of too.  I hated liver as a kid but certainly learned to love it and still do if I can get it.  As far as I’m concerned, a German meal of low carb Veal/Pork/Chicken/ Schnitzel ala Holstein, Beef Rouladen, or Pork Schnitzel coupled with Spaetzle & this low carb German red cabbage recipe is one of those perfect low carb meals, and you can get all the recipes on this site.  Happy German Eating.

You know, sometimes you coulda had a V-8 but this time I caught it in time.  Not only do I eat raw jicama as a side snack to dinner, I use it in all kinds of other things.  It is terrific as any dip partner Creamy Smooth Guacamole and fabulous in salads like Brussels Sprouts Jicama Salad and Jicama Strawberry Cucumber Salad. and even Saucy Crunchy Peanut Salad.  It is one of the best crudité veggies for dips that I know. I pretty much always either have one on the counter or cut up in the fridge so…while I bought the apple specifically to make this cabbage dish I scrapped it after seeing the jicama sitting there.  I already had the group picture and just added the jicama pics.  A couple of the wonderful things regarding jicama are; they have the texture of apples, a slight sweetness of their own, about ⅓ the carbs of an apple, and enough fiber to choke a dog  if that’s what you want.  Bottom line: I scratched the apple in the picture, put it in some Cranberry Orange Relish, and used my jicama instead and…now you know.

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German Red Cabbage
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Ingredients
  1. 1¼ -1½ Lbs Red Cabbage Very Thinly Sliced
  2. 4 C Grated Jicama (Or Daikon Radish)
  3. 1 Medium Onion (Julienned Or Chopped)
  4. ¼ C Butter
  5. ½-¾ Cup Water
  6. ⅓ C Red Wine Vinegar
  7. 3 T Allulose (Or To Taste)
  8. 1½ t Chicken Base
  9. 1 t Salt
  10. ¼ t Ground Clove Powder
  11. 6 Smashed Juniper Berries
Instructions
  1. You are going to need a large pot to begin with so if you have a Dutch oven it’s perfect. The cabbage will cook down but until it does…
  2. Melt butter and cook onions 6-8 minutes until just beginning to color yellow.
  3. Turn to low, add rest of ingredients except cabbage & mix well.
  4. Add cabbage, stir as best you can, cover and simmer, stirring every once in a while for about an hour or until cabbage is tender.
  5. Taste and correct any seasoning.
  6. 8 Servings
  7. 90 Calories, 1.5g Protein, 5.9g Fat, 9.2g Carbs, 3.3g Fiber, 5.9g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. I absolutely guarantee no one will never know you subbed jicama or daikon radish for apple.
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Low Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za’atar

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Low Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za'atarLow Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za'atarLow Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za'atarZa'atar Aleppo SyrianLow Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za’atar. Or its Arabic name, Musakhan. This dish, when fixed properly, is a sign of great love and respect for relatives and special friends.  It shows that not only did the woman spend time preparing the meal but also that her husband provided money for the pine nuts that top the dish and alas yes, pine nuts are expensive worldwide.  I am hoping  this looks well worth your effort and that you get your hands on some sumac and za’atar to make it.  They are both spices used extensively in Middle Eastern cuisine and staples in every home with many families making their own za’atar from scratch.  Sumac by itself in quite piquant and lemony so the addition of more lemon is really only an esthetic one and for decoration only. I have both these spices/herbs because I cook Middle Eastern foods like Cauliflower Tabbouleh,  Tzatziki,  Lemon Thyme Cauliflower Quinoa,  Lemon Mint Tahini Salad Dressing,  Tahini Dip,  Baba Ganoush, and more since I have family in Dubai.  The dish is usually made with crispy pita bread under the chicken and with more pita served to the side but for obvious reasons and to keep it low carb…

Low carb chicken with sumac and za’atar may also be done with whole spatchcocked roasted chicken and should go with lots of other side dishes because in the Mid-East people tend to have larger families which include parents and grandparents and since we here in the US tend not to eat so communally, I just did thighs instead.  Not much of a secret that I like dark meat chicken as a lot of my recipes reflect it.  FYI Middle Eastern chickens are much, and I do mean much smaller than the over-sized monstrosities we breed here.  We would call theirs a small Cornish game hen.  The emphasis of the meal is not necessarily meat-centric but is only a part of the aggregate so, if you are eating 3, or 4 other smaller items with your meal, one large thigh should be plenty enough and anyway, two thighs is not many carbs.

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Chicken With Sumac And Za'atar
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Ingredients
  1. 8 Large Chicken Thighs Bone-In Skin On
  2. 2 Large Onions Thinly Sliced (Julienned)
  3. 2 T Sumac
  4. 1 T Crushed Garlic
  5. ⅓ C Olive Oil + More For Drizzle
  6. 1½ t All Spice
  7. 1½ t Cinnamon
  8. 1¼ C Water
  9. 2 t Chicken Base
  10. 1½ t Salt
  11. 1 t Pepper
  12. 3 T Za’atar+More If Wanted
  13. ½ T Butter
  14. ⅓ C Pine Nuts
  15. 1 Lemon Thinly Sliced Into 8
Instructions
  1. Mix and divide in half and put everything into two large resealable plastic bag except the onions, za’atar, butter, and pine nuts and refrigerate for at least several hours and overnight is great.
  2. Bring chicken to room temperature before attempting to cook it.
  3. Preheat oven to 425°
  4. Scatter onions in pan and arrange chicken skin side up along with marinade arranged around the chicken in a large 9"x13" baking pan.
  5. Roast for 40-45 minutes or until chicken skin is cooked, crispy, and darkened.
  6. Meanwhile, melt butter over medium heat, add pine nuts and stirring almost constantly, sauté until golden brown. Be careful not to burn them. Remove from pan and set aside.
  7. Sprinkle chicken liberally with za'atar, top with onions, then with pine nuts. If desired, use more sumac & za’atar. It’s pretty hard to overdo either one of them.
  8. Put a slice of lemon to the side as garnish. (I forgot mine).
  9. Let anyone who wants to drizzle additional olive oil, to do so.
  10. 8 Servings
  11. 555 Calories, 33.3g Protein, 44.0g Fat, 5.6g Carbs, .9g Fiber, 4.7g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Traditionally za’atar, sumac, & olive oil once used by the cook, would also be served in their own small dishes for people to pinch, drizzle, or dip pita bread into.
  2. I personally would serve this on a platter and let people serve themselves but that’s just me.
  3. The sumac in the left picture is the bright red and the za'atar is the greenish brown mixture with pine nuts spread all over the chicken and plate.
  4. To add complexity and tradition, the onions would be caramelized but for ease of the recipe I baked mine with the chicken which worked really well.
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Keto Guacamole

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Low Carb GuacamoleLow Carb GuacamoleLow Carb GuacamoleKeto Guacamole. I have long wanted to make this post and it seemed kind of dumb with only 4 measly ingredients.  There are probably hundreds of recipes for guacamole on the internet and what would make my keto carb guacamore anything special? Actually, I think there are two thing that set mine apart.  That it tastes the way should.  I have always though of guacamole as a side salad/condiment and not necessarily a dip.  Do I use it as such? Yes I do, and I also use it to go with other things like Cheese Tortilla Fajitas, Mexican Cheese Taco Salad, or Fish Tostadas On Cheese Crisps. The second thing that sets mine apart is the creaminess of the avocado itself. Yeah, it has the traditional green onions and diced tomatoes but the avocado is as smooth as a baby’s butt which gives the mouth feel the consistency of soft butter. How do I get the avocado to that consistency?  With an immersion blender plain and simple.  No smashing with a fork or potato masher which will not give you much of anything but chunky and no processor to clean.

I don’t use any extraneous ingredients in keto guacamole;  just avocado, green onions, tomatoes, & salt.  It isn’t suppose to blast you with heat or flavors that don’t go together, it is a palate cleanser and cooling agent after eating spicier foods. How often do I make guacamole?  More than I like to think about which is probably once every 1-2 weeks. And the good news? It’s healthy.

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Creamy Smooth Guacamole
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Medium To Large Avocado
  2. ⅓ C Small Cut Green Onion Tops
  3. ⅓ C Diced Tomato (About ½ A Medium Tomato)
  4. ¼ t Salt+More To Taste If Necessary
Instructions
  1. Dice tomato.
  2. Cut green onions.
  3. Cut avocado into smallish chunks and add to small bowl.
  4. With your immersion blender push down into the avocado and pulse. Continue the up and down until all chunks have been drawn down and thru the head of the blender.
  5. Turn off blender and try to get as much mashed avocado out of it as possible.
  6. Sprinkle in salt, add onions and tomatoes and with a large spoon, blend until mixed.
  7. Eat immediately.
  8. 2 Servings
  9. 173 Calories, 2.6g Protein, 14.2g Fat, 10.8g Carbs, 7.9g Fiber, 2.9g Net Carbs
  10. 4 Servings
  11. 85 Calories, 1.3g Protein, 7.3g Fat, 5.4g Carbs, 3.9g Fiber, 1.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Let's get real here. It would probably be impossible for one person to eat all this but shared by two people, watching a game-oh-yeah. Unless you have small kids, 4 servings is out of the question.
  2. My bowl was too big but my two smaller metal bowl were in the fridge with something or another in them.
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Keto Korean Ginger BBQ Sauce

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Keto Korean Ginger BBQ SauceKeto Korean Ginger BBQ SauceKeto Korean Ginger BBQ SauceLow Carb Korean Ginger BBQ SauceKeto Korean Ginger BBQ Sauce. This sauce was first featured as Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger Sauce but it is so good I ate it the following night with a beef tenderloin and a little steamed Bok Choy and the next night with plain old sprouts as a salad.  Seems this stuff is so terrific I can’t stop eating it.  I’m betting Keto Korean Ginger BBQ Sauce will become staple in my house to put on lots more things…etc. etc. etc.  The rack of lamb was so good I just decided to make this a stand-alone recipe.  Hope you enjoy it.

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Korean Ginger BBQ Sauce
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Ingredients
  1. ⅓ C Finely Cut Green Onion Tops
  2. ¼ C Olive Oil
  3. ¼ C Minced Shallots
  4. 3 T Minced Cilantro
  5. 3 T Oyster Sauce
  6. 2 T Tamari
  7. 2 T Water
  8. 2-3 T Allulose*** (Or To Taste)
  9. 2 t Crushed Garlic***
  10. 2 t Powdered Ginger
  11. Pinch Red Pepper Flakes + More If Heat Is Wanted
Instructions
  1. In small saucepan combine all ingredients and heat gently for about 5-8 minutes or until thickened just a little.
  2. It's now ready to serve with anything hot and if you want to use it as a dressing for a salad refrigerate for at least several hours.
  3. 4 Servings
  4. 94 Calories, 1.1g Protein, 9.4g Fat, 3.0g Carbs, .3g Fiber, 2.7g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. You can either serve sauce directly on meat or vegetables or in a small condiment dish to the side. A little goes a long way.
  2. The green onions and red peppers in the second picture are things I always have and they were so good with the lamb I repeated myself with the steak. They are certainly not called for every time you use the sauce.
  3. If you want this a bit spicier add a bit more red pepper flakes to taste.
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Low Carb Stir Fried Snow Peas

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Low Carb Stir Fried Snow PeasLow Carb Stir Fried Snow PeasLow Carb Stir Fried Snow PeasLow Carb Stir Fried Snow PeasLow Carb Stir Fried Snow Peas.  Super, super easy peazy. I didn’t decide to make this recipe, I was just looking for something to go with my Thai sausages and Asian Oyster Sauce. I had the peas in the fridge and just grabbed some, along with a few pine nuts I had in my freezer and went with the flow.  I think one of the biggest misconceptions about snow peas is they are so easily confused with snap peas or (sugar) snap peas. Fresh snow peas should be small and very flat whereas snap peas actually have small peas inside them and…not to be confused with green peas which to my mind are pretty high carby.

Peas, peas, peas, peas.  I say eat the lower carb ones and eat the ones you like.  Me, I just happen to love snow peas because you can do more things with them and in many cases they can be a part of a crudité.  They do have invisible strings on the sides of them and if they drive you nuts then they are easy to pull off.  I find if I am able to get the smaller snow peas the strings just kind of go away in your mouth and are not to be noticed-especially when cooked.  I am now going to an Asian market to buy most of my veggies and the quality is so much better than what’s available in a regular grocery it’s not even funny.  But I’ll tell you what is funny.  Have you ever listened to an angry Asian woman?  You do not need to understand the language to know they are angry about one of two things. Either the price or the quality and it can get to both. Probably best to carry really good produce at good prices.  I am sure we sound the same way to them and we have all done it at one time or another but when it is in a language you don’t understand…it magnifies.

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Stir Fried Snow Peas
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Ingredients
  1. 4 C Snow Peas
  2. 2 T Olive Oil
  3. 2 T Pine Nuts
  4. 2 t Sesame Seeds
  5. 1 t Salt
Instructions
  1. Toast nuts in 350° oven until beginning to brown.
  2. Heat oil to medium high and add peas. They will cook quickly so you need to keep tossing them.
  3. Add pine nuts, sesame seeds, and salt and give a couple final stirs.
  4. 4 Servings
  5. 59 Calories, 2.7 Protein, 3.5g Fat, 5.7g Carbs, 2.2g Fiber, 3.5g Net Carbs
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Low Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la Holstein

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Low Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la HolsteinLow Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la HolsteinLow Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la Holstein. Whew doggie is this ever easy assuming you have Pork Dust Rind Breadcrumbs, eggs, capers, and salt & pepper. I used thigh meat because I much prefer it to drier white meat although, the pork rinds keep just about anything quite moist. I fry most (no, not all) of my foods in duck fat which I did here but olive oil works just great and I know most of you will use olive oil anyway.  When I need more duck fat I just buy a fat-rat duck, get 2 cups of fat and…have duck dinner for two.  For me, the taste of duck fat is incomparable. I had most of the fat left in the pan so I spooned it around the chicken thigh but if you are not into fat the way I am then please, leave it in the pan. A lot of that fat went into the eggplant served with it and it made it terrific too.

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Chicken Schnitzel
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Small Chicken Thighs-Pounded To A Thin Even Thickness
  2. 5 Eggs
  3. 4 t Butter
  4. 2 C Ground Pork Rinds
  5. ¼ C Capers
  6. Salt & Pepper
  7. ¼ C Olive Oil
Instructions
  1. If you have the ground pork rinds great, otherwise grind what you need. I actually keep a bag of ground rinds because I use so much of it.
  2. Beat 1 egg for dredging into.
  3. Heat oil to medium-medium high.
  4. Salt & pepper each side of chicken.
  5. Dredge into egg and then into pork rinds.
  6. Carefully put chicken into sizzling oil, fry until crunchy on bottom, turn and finish.
  7. In a separate smaller pan heat 1 t butter, fry eggs to over easy and top chicken.
  8. Top with capers, and more fat is wanted.
  9. 4 Servings
  10. 623 Calories, 52.9 Protein, 46.3g Fat 0.5 g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 0.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. As you can see I ate two eggs with mine and of course you can eat as many eggs as you want.
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Keto Icelandic Cod Fillets

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Keto Icelandic Cod FilletsLow Carb Icelandic Cod FilletsKeto Icelandic Cod Fillets.  Whew, you would think I might be a little embarrassed by putting up this recipe, but I am not.  It is so ridiculously easy, let alone good, that I couldn’t help myself.  I was originally going to use Pili Nuts as my topping and I will at some point but while I was making it, I decided to use pork rind dust and never looked back.  I had it the first week and it was so good I got another piece of it yesterday and just had it again today. I don’t know if you use or eat pili nuts or not as they are not only the best nut health-wise for you, they are very expensive too. I don’t eat them so often but I do every once in a while toast some and eat them.

The reason I say I’m embarrassed by the post is the ease of this keto Icelandic cod fillets. I guess everybody and their brother uses and makes this although maybe not with pork dust or pili nuts.  Awhile ago I bit the dust and ordered Duke’s Mayo and have never looked back.  As I know it, Duke’s is the only sugar-free mayonnaise made, yes with seed oil, and with that said, it is also the best tasting mayo ever.  I do have to order it from the company in South Carolina, but as I said, it is well worth it.  If you live in the South then you can buy it anywhere.  This Low Carb Icelandic Cod Fillets recipe is for one of those days when you are bone-dog tired and want dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes.  So easy even a caveman could make it and no wonder it is such a popular dish.

In case you’re wondering that gorgeous spinach veggie on the plate with the cod? is called Spinach Bhaji which is also a new recipe.

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Icelandic Cod Fillets
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Ingredients
  1. 6-8 Oz Room Temp. Cod Per Person (I Used An 8 Oz Piece)
  2. 1½ T Room Temp. Butter
  3. 1½- 2 T Mayo
  4. 2 T Pork Rind Dust***
  5. Salt & Pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Spread butter on the bottom of baking dish.
  3. Place fish on butter and add salt & pepper.
  4. Spread mayo over fish.
  5. Sprinkle with pork dust.
  6. Bake 8-10 minutes and put under broiler until pork dust gets really crispy.
  7. 1 Serving 96% Fat
  8. 433 Calories, 9.1g Protein, 46.3g Fat, 0.0g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 0.0g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. One of the nicer things about this fish is its tendency to release a bit of liquid which when mixed with the butter & mayo makes it quite moist while continuing to eat it.
  2. If you end up with the flatter portions of the tail of the cod they tend to overcook.
  3. I did get the large ends both times but the second time I ask for a flatter large end. The first time I made it, as soon as I put it under the broiler my mayo slide off so the second time I ask for a flatter large end and had pretty good success.
  4. If you add 1 T lemon juice it will add 1g carb or...and I do...add it.
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Low Carb Spinach Bhaji

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Low Carb Spinach BhajiLow Carb Spinach BhajiLow Carb Spinach BhajiLow Carb Spinach Bhaji.  Bhaji is a vegetable East Indian concoction and can be make with all kinds of various low carb vegetables, even mixing and matching 5 or 6 different veggies but the common theme is mostly garlic, cumin and garam marsala with the additional use of curry sometimes.  I chose fresh spinach because of the ease of using it but you can also successfully use eggplant which only takes a tiny bit longer time to cook.  It is not as pretty to look at but oh boy, eggplant sure is good too. Enjoy as this is not only easy, it is also very piquant.  I served it with a mayo pork rind encrusted piece of Islandic Cod Fillet which had lots of lemon juice on it & which when mixed into the Bhaji and was divine.

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Spinach Bhaji
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Ingredients
  1. 10-12 Oz Fresh Raw Spinach
  2. 1 Small Julienned Onion
  3. 3 T Butter Divided
  4. 1 t Crushed Garlic
  5. 1 t Ground Cumin
  6. 1 t Garam Marsala
Instructions
  1. Add 1 T Butter to large pan on low heat. Add dry spinach, sprinkle with 2 T water, toss, cover & heat until spinach is just barely wilted-set aside. At this point you do not want any water in the spinach.
  2. Add 2 T butter to pan and barely saute onion-only until limp.
  3. To onions add garlic and cook a minute or two.
  4. Add cumin & garam marsala and saute another minute or so.
  5. Add back spinach and mix well.
  6. 4 Servings
  7. 99 Calories, 1.4g Protein, 8.7g Fat, 4.1g Carbs,1.5g Fiber, 2.6g Net Carbs
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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 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 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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