Maintenance
Cheeseburgers and Kale Salad Kit
Two homemade 6 oz. cheeseburgers (air-fried) and 1/3 of a big chopped salad kit (both on sale at Walmart). Also a Diet Pepsi (rare treat!).
Read MoreQuick, Easy, Fool-proof Hollandaise Sauce (Recipe)
This recipe is from Serious Eats. Hollandaise sauce is 100% low-carb using butter, egg yolks and a little lemon juice. Tip: people commenting on this recipe recommend using TWO egg yolks, so I have used two eggs yolks in the recipe below. Quick Immersion Blender Hollandaise Recipe (seriouseats.com) Ingredients 2 egg yolks (about 70g) 1…
Read MoreHot Dogs, Fried Eggs and Potato
Beef hot dogs, three fried eggs, a small potato, butter. I am on maintenance hence the occasional higher carbs (~46 total grams; hot dogs + potato). Note: A cooked, cooled potato has resistant starch which feeds the friendly bacteria in your intestine and increases the production of short-chain fatty acids like butyrate. Butyrate feeds the…
Read MoreInstant Pot Beef Stew (Recipe Link)
Instant Pot beef stew with onions, celery and carrots. I’m on maintenance and experimenting occasionally with a few extra carbs, hence the carrots. This is a lovely stew! You can leave out the carrots and use mushrooms or other low carb veggies instead. Original recipe is from Amy and Jacky. They do a lot of…
Read MorePotato and Sardine Hash
Sardine and potato hash, with three boiled eggs for extra protein. For those of you who need a lower carb count, I make something imilar with Konjak noodles which is really delicious, but much lower in carbs.
Read MoreTabbouleh Salad with Hemp Hearts, Feta Cheese, Pork and Chicken
Yesterday’s tabbouleh salad with cubed feta cheese, diced olives and cubed leftover pork and chicken. Also added some Balsamic vinegar. Original Recipe Here.
Read MoreBrisling Sardines (Sprats) and Potato Hash
Brisling sardine hash with green onions, a small potato (I’m on maintenance and can afford a few extra carbs), ginger/garlic/chili paste, salt; Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red peppers and salsa mayo. Delicious! However, this meal was low in protein (only 16 gm in the fishies), so I will likely need to eat something…
Read MoreSteak Salad with Balsamic and Fig Goat Cheese
“Inside Round Marinating Steak” (on sale at Walmart) marinated in Balsamic Salad Dressing and pan fried to medium-rare; Romaine lettuce salad with baby tomatoes, red onions, olives, “Woolwich Fig and Balsamic Goat Cheese” (5 gm carbs per 2 T, so a little carby, but you don’t need much to make a salad taste so delicious!).…
Read MoreChicken Livers, Bacon, Potato, Shallot
Pan-fried chicken livers, bacon, fried shallots, half a small fried potato, ghee for frying. Scrumptious!
Read MorePork Shoulder, Roast Chicken, Mashed Parsnips, Gravy
Instant Pot pork shoulder, oven-roasted chicken breast, mashed parsnips, pork gravy. DELICIOUS!
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