Low Carb or Keto

Cold Steak with Lots of Salt

Cold steak with lots of salt prior to donating blood (maybe… if I pass the height/weight test!). Going to try to donate blood today for the first time since I was in university in the 70s. It didn’t go well back then, but I feel confident I will be okay now.   However, they have…

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Oven Roasted Chicken

Home-cooked oven-roasted organic chicken. YUM! I ate the leg, the wing and a little of the breast before feeling stuffed. Oh, but I did eat all the skin off the breast! 🙂

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Chicken, Burger, Sausage, Carrots, Potato

One crispy chicken thigh, one English banger sausage, one 4 oz. beef patty; 100 gm. carrots (weighed raw), 1/2 small potato, 1 tsp butter. This meal was delicious! Also a bit high in carbs (26.5 gm) because of the carrots, but I’m on maintenance and can handle a few extra carbs now and then. Nevertheless, I…

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Konjac Noodles, Tuna and Eggs

Konjac noodles, Rio Mare tuna in olive oil, three boiled eggs, minced shallot (I prefer green onions, but I didn’t have any), chili flakes. About 9 gm carbs. One of my favourite meals… and my first meal of 2023!

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Low-carb Mayo Seasonings (Ideas)

These work as both dipping sauces and salad dressings! Take one tablespoon of avocado oil mayo (or mayo of your choice). Add any one of the following to suit your taste. Start with a little and work up. For example, for salsa mayo, I add equal parts mayo and salsa, but for horseradish mayo, I…

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Slow-cooked Bacon Purses

Ingredients 1 package (500 gm) Kirkland Signature Bacon (Canadian Costco product) Instructions Pre-heat oven to 250 F/120 C. Cover one regular-sized cookie sheet with tin foil. Place two racks on the foil-covered cookie sheet; overlap racks, if necessary. Try not to puncture foil. Fold slices of bacon in half, end-to-end, to make “purses.” Put folded…

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