Portuguese Lentil Soup

Deliciously hearty for the chilly weather ahead, Portuguese Lentil Soup with a bit of cinnamon. The mild flavor of the pork meatballs allow the spices to shine through. The perfect comfort food for cold weather.

 

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Pumpkin Spice Rum Sandies

Sandies, Russian Tea Cakes and Mexican Wedding Cakes are pretty much the same cookie recipe. I love taking this family favorite cookie and tweaking it a bit to match the mood. Today I’m into pumpkins! It was easy to change this cookie into a Fall Pumpkin Spice Cookie. I switched out the vanilla extract with a bit of dark rum for that extra special Holiday Season treat. I hope you’ll enjoy this change-up!

 

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Mexican Style Scrambled Eggs

 

Deliciously simple scrambled eggs. Quick and easy with minimal ingredients. No meat or cheese but lots of flavor.

 

Chorizo and Eggs

Migas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Something a bit more? Try these!

 

 

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Portuguese Style Pot Roast

& Roasted Turnips

In time for Sunday Dinner. Delicious tasting roast with the minimum of prep. Instead of potatoes I’ve added turnips. Because turnips tend to cook up easily in moisture I prefer to roast them separately to get the full caramelized taste. All is then layered into a serving dish and the warm juices are poured over the top.

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Delicious Low Carb Soups

NEW

Only days to Fall 2018 and soups are on our menu … Maybe not the Cold Cucumber! These are Low Carb Soups but you don’t need to be on a Ketogenic Diet to appreciate how delicious they are. Start with this new soup recipe, Cream of Cauliflower, with thanks to Robert Wilson author of Kentogenic Diet who provided the basics for this recipe.

Albondigas Soup

Cold Cucumber Soup

Pizza Soup

Spicy Tomato Soup

 

 

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Cheesecake Bites

Not too sweet, rich and creamy dessert. There’s added sugar … less than 4 tablespoons for the entire 16 bars. Swerve (a sugar substitute) can easily be used in place of the two tablespoons of white sugar. It seems I can taste a sweetener no matter how good. (Yes, even in See’s Candies no sugar chocolates.) So, I opted in for the less than one teaspoon of real sugar per square instead. The recipe still remains an excellent ketogenic diet dessert. The crust is nuts! Walnuts to be exact but pecans work equally well. You have to like nuts to appreciate this recipe. Pistachios are another choice.

Great Grandma Gindes said my New York cheesecake was almost as good as hers! A compliment like that I’ll take any day! If she was here today I believe she’d say these are equally delicious.

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Keto Hamburger Cheese Bake

            With Spaghetti Squash

Just a terrifically tasty dish! Low carb, gluten free, ketogenic friendly. Nothing more needs to be said!

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Keto Friendly Brownies

Fudgy Brownies are a must for me now and then. Actually, more often! Once into the Ketogenic Diet I had to have Brownies and here they are. These are no sugar, no gluten, low carb. So, with that said I give this recipe a solid B (4 Star) when comparing it to this recipe with real sugar. That’s where the scale drops a bit. I used Swerve (Here’s a little information, Sweeteners.) Swerve is one of the newer sweeteners and claims are made it causes less stomach upset, tastes more like the real thing and can be used in baking like sugar 1:1. I found there isn’t an aftertaste as with other sweeteners but there is, I guess you’d call, a texture difference from the real thing. It’s hard to describe … like cold tiny bubbles of sweetness dissolving on your tongue. I thought pop rocks but that’s a little exaggerated.

With all this said the recipe is worth a try and you can decide for yourself if it’s a keeper. When using the best unsweetened baking chocolate not much else matters when it comes to brownies.

Next up this week-end is (Ketogenic) Hamburger Cheese Bake with Spaghetti Squash Noodles. 5 Star!

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Cauliflower Mac n Cheese

For the next posts I’m creating some delicious Ketogenic recipes. Not all meat! In fact, there are Vegetarian versions of this diet. Whether you’re into the Ketogenic Diet or not you’ll enjoy this version of Mac n Cheese. Roasted Cauliflower subs for the macaroni. No matter how much cheese or what spice you add this definitely tastes of cauliflower. My family loves roasted cauliflower … So, adding cheese was just a perfect addition for a main dish result.

About the Ketogenic Diet … I recently began following Keto recommendations with amazing success in losing weight but what peaked my interest most was the benefits to nerve and brain health. I’ve lived long enough to know, information today changes tomorrow … But what I’ve studied just makes sense. I’m sure this diet isn’t for everyone. I recommend contacting your physician before beginning any strict dietary regimen.

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Sour Cream Blueberry Scones

When you have company who isn’t into eggs and bacon, pancakes or waffles and just wants coffee you bake something that goes good with coffee. I’ve done coffee cakes, here and here. But this day I made these amazing scones. A little more moist that the usual scone with just a bit of sour cream tartness. I can always tell with this guest if it’s a success. He sneaks seconds! (Just like a kiddo.) I love it!

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