Cold Cuts, Deli Meat, Cured Meat

Low Carb Snacks

If you typically eat one or two high-protein, low-carb meals a day, you probably don’t need to snack very often. Nevertheless, in my limited experience, snacking is almost inevitable. So, when you do choose to snack, what you choose to snack on becomes very important. Animal protein is your best choice: cold steak hard-boiled eggs…

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Kielbasa 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…

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Steak and Southern Greens

A quick and easy lunch! Steak took six minutes to sear nicely in my cast iron frying pan. Heated up leftover Southern greens in microwave for a couple of minutes. Done!

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Southern-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…

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Cold Cuts Make a Quick and Easy Meal

Cold cuts, buttery scrambled eggs, goat cheese, baby tomatoes, a sprinkle of green onion. Cold cuts can make a quick, easy low-carb meal, so don’t shy away from processed meat, it’s much better than ultra-processed carb-heavy, sugary junk food.

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Salad Kit with Egg, Bacon and Salami

“Everything” Salad Kit (on sale at Walmart). I threw away the mini-bagel croutons. I added two hard-boiled eggs, four slices of crispy bacon and seven thin slices of peppercorn salami. The salami made the salad a bit spicy, which was great. A delicious late lunch. I usually eat at noon, but it was about 2:15…

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