Low Carb or Keto
Lamb Burgers and Southern Greens
The photo is a bit blurry and my plate is a bit messy, but the taste was amazing! Pre-seasoned lamb burgers cooked in the air fryer. I added a spoonful of chimichurri sauce for some extra punch. Accompanied by Southern greens made with ham and bacon. I bought the package of four lamb burgers at…
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 MoreBreakfast with Friends
Breakfast with friends at a local restaurant chain called White Spot. The original owner was called Nat Bailey. I had the “Nat’s Hearty Breakfast,” one of my favourite meals here. You can choose bacon, back bacon or sausages to go with your eggs. I chose the sausages… and poached eggs. I didn’t order the toast…
Read MoreSteak Makes Me So Happy!
What can I say?! I love steak! End of story.
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 MoreSteak 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!
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…
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