Meal Prep
Egg Bites, Bacon, Roasted Red Pepper Soup
Homemade egg bites (really nice!), bacon and the last of the delicious roasted red pepper soup. This is the egg bite maker that I used.
Read MoreKielbasa Sausage with Onions, Peppers and Sauerkraut (Recipe)
250g (more is fine) Kielbasa/Kolbasa sausage, sliced; 1/2 onion, sliced; 2 peppers, chunked; ~750ml jar sauerkraut (drained); 1/3 cup sauerkraut juice; 2 bay leaves in the Instant Pot. 10 minutes on high pressure. Add some baby tomatoes after the pressure cooking is finished; sauté the mixture for a few minutes to soften the tomatoes. Add…
Read MoreMake Your Own Green Curry Paste
This is a Brian Lagerstrom recipe. He used it to make curried black cod, but I thought that this green curry paste should be in all our recipe folders. This recipe is very clean; no nasty seed oils, sugar or additives. GREEN CURRY PASTE (220g/~1c total) Fresh ingredients 30g ginger (one 2-3” knob or 1/3…
Read MoreRoasted Red Pepper Soup
Basically this is Indigo Nili’s “Creamy Air Fryer Red Pepper Soup with Basil.” Ingredients For making the roasted red peppers: 3 large red bell peppers, cored and roughly chopped 2 tbsp olive oil salt and pepper, to taste For the soup: 1 tsp olive or avocado oil 1 small onion, roughly chopped 3 cups chicken…
Read MoreElements of a Creamy Soup
Slightly adapted from: Brian Lagerstrom’s Rules for Creating Creamy Soups This recipe makes a lot of soup. Feel free to halve ingredients. 1. SWEAT THE AROMATICS AND GARLIC 300 g or 3 cups aromatics (onion, leek, fennel, and/or celery), roughly chopped – to keep carbs low, definitely use celery for part of the aromatics, but…
Read MoreKeto Ranch Dressing (Recipe)
Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup sour cream 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream 2 tablespoons dried parsley 1/2 teaspoondried dill 1/2 teaspoon garlic granules 1/2 teaspoon onion powder (or 1 T finely diced/grated onion) 1/4 teaspoon basil 1/4 teaspoon pepper Directions Combine all ingredients and blend, whisk or shake well until smooth and creamy. Source: https://www.ruled.me/keto-approved-ranch-dressing/
Read MoreChimichurri Sauce (Recipe)
A simple easy sauce that goes great on eggs, chicken (see photo), pork, steak and low-carb pasta, for a start! Ingredients 1 cup packed fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley 4 cloves garlic, peeled 1/2 cup olive oil 1 T red wine vinegar 1 T Balsamic vinegar 1 tsp seasoned salt 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp…
Read MoreSouthern-style Green Beans and Chinese Broccoli (Recipe)
Tried a recipe for Southern-style greens. They are cooked for a really long time and end up soft, silky and slightly sweet. I made mine with green beans (one of my least favourite vegetables), gai lan (Chinese broccoli), onion, red wine vinegar, baked ham and lardons (for the smokey flavour), as well as English sausages…
Read MoreDelicious Cooked-to-death Vegetables
When I was growing up my mum always over-cooked vegetables like broccoli and Brussels sprouts, turning them into sulfurous mush. So I thought the solution was to cook them to barely tender or even crisp-tender. Unfortunately, I don’t really like some vegetables cooked until just tender, like kale, collard greens and green beans. But the…
Read MoreElements of a Green Salad
Build the base of your salad with: Mild Lettuce Romaine/Cos Baby Gem/Little Gem Butter/Boston/Bibb Oakleaf Loose Leaf/Green Leaf/Red Leaf Mâche/Lamb’s Lettuce (expensive, but so delicious if you can get it) Escarole (use the tender heart not the tougher leaf ends) Other Mild Greens (Mix with Mild Lettuce or Use as a Base) Baby Beet Greens…
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