Recipes

Instant Pot Beef Stew (Recipe Link)

Instant Pot beef stew with onions, celery and carrots. I’m on maintenance and experimenting occasionally with a few extra carbs, hence the carrots. This is a lovely stew! You can leave out the carrots and use mushrooms or other low carb veggies instead. Original recipe is from Amy and Jacky. They do a lot of…

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Tabbouleh Salad with Hemp Hearts (Recipe Link)

This tabbouleh (tabouli) salad is made with hemp hearts instead of bulgur wheat, so it’s pretty low in carbs and also grain free. Note: I added a little Balsamic vinegar to the original recipe. The original recipe is here. Variations: Add chicken (in the salad or on the side), feta cheese, goat cheese crumbles, avocado…

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Marinating Steak Know-how from CanadaBeef.ca

Today I bought a package of two Inside Round Marinating Steaks that were discounted at Walmart. I was a little nervous about cooking these guys, because I knew they would not be tender if I cooked them like a ribeye. Nevertheless, I also knew that thinly-sliced, quick-cooking, tougher cuts of beef like flank steak are…

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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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