Instant Pot

Instant Pot Turkey and Wild Rice Soup (Not Low Carb)

This Instant Pot turkey and wild rice soup is very good. However, the wild rice takes very centre stage and it’s not a taste I’m overly fond of. I guess I thought that the wild rice would take a back stage to the other ingredients in the recipe. Therefore, in the future, I think I…

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Pasta and Sausages (Not Low Carb)

Decided to buy a pound of penne pasta in order to use some baby tomatoes that were languishing on the counter and some discounted spinach from Walmart. I air-fried some English Banger Sausages from Save-on-Foods and made a pasta dish that is definitely NOT low-carb or probably even maintenance. So we will see what the…

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English Banger Sausages with Cabbage

More Instant Pot cabbage. This time with a can of diced tomatoes with garlic and olive oil, as well as chicken stock, garlic, ghee, thyme, salt. Served with my favourite English Banger Sausages (from my local Save-on-Foods). Wow, I really enjoyed this!

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Steak and Cabbage (Recipe Link)

This meal is great for weight loss or maintenance. Steak (on sale at Walmart) seared in ghee. Cabbage pressure cooked for 6 minutes in the Instant Pot with ghee, chicken stock, garlic, thyme, salt. Such an easy, simple and lovely meal! I don’t often eat cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables because they tend not to…

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Can I Eat Rice on a Low-carb Diet? (Chicken Congee Recipe)

You can eat anything you want on a low-carb diet, as long as you keep the DAILY TOTAL carbs at 20 grams or less. But most people completely stop eating sweets, grains (including rice), potatoes, pasta, etc. because you can’t eat much of those foods before you reach 20gm of total carbs. However, 1/2 a…

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