Month: July 2023

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Cranberry Orange Streusel Scones

NEW Creation: Cranberry Orange Streusel Scones!

Found some fresh cranberries that I froze after the holidays today in my garage freezer!!!

Nice to have them now since most access in the summer is just dried cranberries and they always have sugars added and can’t be used when avoiding carbs and sugar! Baked some fresh scones with this find! Created my very own recipe ratios (I am really getting the hang of baked good ratios and the chemistry of it…especially with specialty low carb flours and sugars!) for my nut flours (coconut and almond) with a touch of King Arthur Keto Flour and a great sugar sub mix of swerve, allulose and a dab of Splenda! Used 1/8 t of an orange koolaid packet so batter wasn’t effected by excess liquids and it has .5 net carbs as opposed to the high carbs in real orange juice and adds a good bang of tangy orange needed! Some other normal staple ingredients for scones and a sugar free pinch of a keto streusel blend I made on top! It worked great! Baked great! Tasted great! Froze half to bake later and baked 6 today! 2.6 net carbs per regular good size scone!

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Faux apples with peeled deseeded zucchini

Ever made faux apples with peeled deseeded zucchini? Sounds crazy but apples actually are loaded with carbs. As much as a bake potato! I usually stick with berries and a peach or nectarine on occasion.

I peeled and deseed 3 zucchini (take that seedy center out!) and sliced like apples. Added 3 T lemon juice, 1T sugar free maple syrup for a brown sugar feel and about a cup of my sugar subs (mostly allulose and swerve and a touch of Splenda granular-works well mixing for a real sugar type taste) and 1.5 t pure monk fruit liquid, cinnamon to taste (1/2T-1T) and last a whole packet of unsweet green apple koolaid powder! I got a six pack at Amazon really cheap because I couldn’t find that flavor in stock anywhere. I use it to make low carb sugar free hot apple cider in the winter too! Slow cooked covered that concoction for 1.5 hours. Thickened after they were fall apart tender but still held together with 2T butter, 1T King Arthur keto flour and 1/4t xanthan gum.

You CAN NOT tell it is not apples! Not in look or taste. They taste…the way I flavored…like a tart but sweet green apple pie filling. I couldn’t stop eating it! It’s a veggie though with mostly 0 calorie zero carb sugars so I can!

You can purée this as applesauce or add unflavored gelatin or sure gel to it puréed as well and turn it into apple butter jelly!

The only carbs come from the zucchini and 5 carbs for the whole batch adding in the koolaid packet. 3 large zucchini (about 8 cups peeled, de seeded and chopped). The whole recipe made 5 cups! Will freeze some!

Made a dessert with them for tonight!

Took 4 of my frozen homemade keto cinnamon rolls, cut them in thirds, placed in a 6 inch mini cake pan, topped with 1.5 cups of this faux zucchini apple concoction and some of my homemade keto cake mix I keep on hand and poured 1/2 a cup of that on top dry just like you would a dump cake, a few pecans and drizzled 2T melted butter on top and made a sort of dump cake apple cobbler sort of thing! Baked 30 minutes at 350F. Omg BEST cobbler EVER…even better then any made with real apples I have ever had! Already took two bites of it! Can’t wait to have it later heated up with some keto ice cream! 4 net carbs per serving! It’s high protein and a serving of veggies! lol! For dessert! Who’d a thought! Got picky kids who won’t eat a veggie but like applesauce? Try this and buy those reusable “suck” pouches, fill and freeze and thaw as needed and sneak in a veggie! They never know! My autistic grandson doesn’t!

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Keto-Friendly Ham Sandwiches

Homade Ham Sliders

Took some of my keto homemade King Arthur Low Carb keto flour rolls (added 2T of sugar sub to dough for a Hawaiian Roll feel) stuffed with carver board ham and Swiss! Then I chopped up a chive in some butter and added some spicy brown mustard to butter onion sauce and poured over each mini ham/cheese stuffed bun. Baked covered for 10 minutes and 5 uncovered at 350F. Placed on plate and drizzled butter in bottom of baking dish back over mini sands before serving!

They are SO good! 2.8 carbs per sandwich! These buns are slightly bigger then the hawiian rolls so two or three gets you pretty full! I had two for 5.4 carbs! Will eat some crispy baked fresh okra from my garden later to get a green in! I have a special dessert I am working on for later! Stay tuned! Sunday Funday!

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Keto Friendly – Cinnamon Apple Cake

Faux Cinnamon Apples
Faux Cinnamon Apples

Faux Cinnamon Apples

Keto, low carb, sugar free treats, snacks and healthy meals I have worked on this last year. Everyone of these snacks and sweets is under 1-4 nets carbs, sugar and white flour free and reduced in calories! Most my meals range from as little as 2 net to only as high as 8 net carbs! Very hard work and a LOT of money spent. In the comments of the “hard to know what it is” pics I put in comments what it actually is!

Wish I had pics of my faux cinnamon apples made from zucchini, more of my savory dishes and casseroles, all my savory snacks, my grain free oatmeal, cookies, my homemade pastas, gnocchi, ravioli, Mexican dishes, non potato made French fries, ice creams and faux mashers. Proud of my success!

Yes, we eat all the things shown here and so many more other healthy things I have created and have been able to keep weight off and maintain as well over the last three years. A lot of money, testing, blood, sweat and tears have went into these creations. Some recipes took over 10-20 tries to master changing out and exploring ingredients. A lot of reading and studying and even testing blood sugar levels! Still rediscovering and exploring!

My dream is to make some sort of business selling my goods to help people! Missed taking many pics of a TON of things as my phone is never charged to grab a pic…bahahahaha!

My husband Robbye Rob and two besties Judianne Frampton and Kristen DuBose have been my biggest cheerleaders on this low carb/sugar free/keto creating and cooking. Thank you for testing my products and cheerleading me on when I am sure you have been WORN OUT with my endless “low carb” talks!

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Tomato Basil Pizza – Keto Friendly

10 inch hand tossed pizza dough, serving 6 pieces. About 1.75 to 2 net carbs per slice!

Keto Fresh Tomato Basil Pizza! I think I may add some dollops of ricotta cheese next time to this. It was so good! This pizza is a good 10 inch pizza (used my 10 inch wrought iron skillet) and you get 6 large good size slices! The whole pizza was maybe 11 carbs including crust, veggies, cheese and glaze. No more then 1.75 to 2 net carbs per slice!

How I did it:

Crust:

King Arthur Keto Pizza Crust mix, 1/4 a box used at only 4 net carbs for this WHOLE crust with ingredients obviously adjusted to 1/4 a box. I let it rise for 1 hour with Saran covered in a warm moist area (I proof bread in my microwave with the door closed and a hot pan of water in there and bowl covered with Saran Wrap). After 1 hour rise. I punch down and rough dough ball paper thin between parchment. Make your round about 2 inches past the size of your pan (I use a big 10 inch cast iron skillet) as it shrinks when you pull off parchment and set in pan). Rested the rolled out dough for 15 minutes under Saran Wrap l, placed it carefully in my already hot lightly greased skillet (warm you pan while oven is preheating and rolled out dough is resting), brushed with a bit of butter and parm sprinkle and baked just 6-8 minutes in a preheated 475f oven until it lightly browns and bubbles up. Basically a “half crust bake”.

Toppings:

Took the totally cooled 1/2 baked crust and brushed with a touch more butter, 1/2 c mozzarella and a sprinkle of parm. Took a firm hot house tomato and peeled the skin only off with a veggie peeler (I don’t like cooked stringy tomatoes skins, lol) and thin sliced it and layed all over crust. Added another 1/4 cup of grated mozzarella. Topped with a 1/4 cup bowl mix of olive oil, fresh chopped garlic, fresh chopped basil right off my basil plant, lemon pepper and garlic powder heated till warm in my microwave to infuse the flavors a bit and then drizzled all over the top of my tomatoes and cheese on the pizza. Topped with a few sprigs of fresh Rosemary (not much) and a tiny sprinkle of more parm.

Baking and added touches:

Baked at 475f again another 10-12 minutes or until cheese starts bubbling and crust is darker brown. While pizza is baking do a half mix sauce of 1T basalmic vinegar (not the reduction…too many carbs, use the actual vinegar!) and 1T of Wholesome yum sugar free honey sub (you can also use a sugar free berry type jelly low carb sweet type sub or sugar free sweet low carb type maple syrup if you don’t have keto sugar free honey). This is how I make a sub now for that thicker balsamic reduction glaze you can buy or make that is totally loaded with too much sugar and carbs! It’s way less in carbs that way, works and taste great. When pizza comes out, do a little drizzle distributing evenly for every slice…not too much, just a little for a nice added tang to the savory pizza! It pairs so well with the fresh herbs, garlic, nutty parm and tomatoes. Try it!

Enjoy!