Epic Pork Rinds

Epic pork rinds are... well... Epic!




Way better than typical store bought brands. Available at Dierbergs (in St. Louis), Whole Foods and on Amazon. 

Pork rinds are a nice 0 carb snacks and high in protein, BUT the amino acids that make up the protein are not the highest quality due to processing, so it's best not to count it towards protein goals.

Spear - downtown LA

Lobster, crab legs, oysters, and mussels at Spear in downtown LA during a business trip.

Cheesy Garlic Rolls

Easy cheesy, buttery, garlic rolls... what could be better?  If you just have almond flour, no problem, make them using just that. I make them both ways. Sunflower seeds are totally optional.

Right after pulling them out of the oven, brush liberally with butter and sprinkle with course salt.

Cheddar Herb Flatbread/Biscuits

These are great as a simple side with butter or use to make lunch meat sandwiches.  One of our favorites is to use them to make sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches.

Double the basil and garlic and bake in a muffin pan (with liners) and these taste very similar the the cheddar garlic biscuits at Red Lobster!

Grilled chicken legs

Brine chicken over night in a salt water solution to keep it moist. I like to season with Stubbs BBQ seasoning (see my Favorite Store-bought Foods tag for a pic of the seasoning).

Stubbs BBQ Rub

Good on just about all meats. 
Sprinkle on plain pork rinds.
Add it to cream cheese to make cream cheese stuffed peppers.

Hardee's (Carl's Jr.)

LC fast food when in a rush. Hardee's (Carl's Jr.) will make any burger as a lettuce wrap. We do thick burgers with cheese, no onions, no ketchup.

Birthday Cake with Butter Cream Icing

This cake recipe is fast, simple, and super moist.  I use the icing to make the each cake unique.  I use a standard icing kit and a Russian icing kit for the more elaborate flowers, but they're really pretty easy.

Quest Protein Chips

At select Wal-marts... in the protein powder section near the pharmacy.... not the chip aisle.

Also at some local grocery stores, GNC and on Amazon.

 

Lily's Chocolate Bars

Sweetened with erythritol and stevia, each serving (half a bar) only has 2 net carbs.  We only eat a few squares at at time so we get about 12 servings per bar.  Can be found at some local grocery stores, Whole Foods, Fresh Thyme and Amazon.

Swerve Sweetener

Erythritol sweetener.  Can be found locally, some Whole Foods, and on Amazon.

Fried tilapia, eggs, broccoli topped with cheddar

Super Fast and simple supper. Only about 2 net carbs.

Blueberry Cheesecakes

I modified this recipe a bit... I used blueberries instead of raspberries and made a walnut meal/butter crust to make little cheesecakes.

http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/recipes/raspberry-cheesecake-fat-blasters/

Nuts at Costco

Yay for Costco!

 

Simple Girl BBQ Sauce

Can be found at some local stores and on Amazon.  Stevia sweetened.

 

Almondmilk Creamer

Found at Whole Foods.

Shortbread Cookies

This is a very simple, versatile dough.  On it's own it's a bit bland and the dough is undersweetened because more flavor and sweetness will come from your icing/jam/topping of choice.  

If you wanted these to be a plain un-icing'd cookie, just increase the sweetener (maybe another 3-4 Tbsp) and add a bit more extract.

Zollipops

Can be found at some Wal-Mart's (in the toothpaste aisle!) and Amazon.  Sweetened with stevia, birch xylitol and erythritol.

Note: this company also makes taffy called Zaffi Taffi, however it is made with malitol syrup which is very spikey to most diabetics.  I don't recommend these.

 

Kids birthday parties!

This party had a "make your own pizza" theme. I made LC crusts and brought our LC sauce, cheese without added starches, and Pepperoni without added sugar. My kiddos got to make pizzas just like everyone else.

Cupcakes

Easy, peasy cupcake recipe. You can make regular or mini-sized.

 

You can even bake them in a LC, gluten free ice cream cone!

Cheesecake brownie

Really delicious!  We like it with some homemade LC ice cream.

http://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/sugar-free-cheesecake-brownies-gluten-free-and-low-carb/

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