Lowcarb Cookbook

Grilled Sammich on Coconut Flax Bread Recipe

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:00:00 -0600

Sliced meat (pictured: turkey, ham)
Cheese
Coconut Flax Bread

Grease pan (we used butter). Put down slice of bread, cheese, meat, another slice of cheese, another slice of bread. Fry the sammich until the cheese melts, flipping midway through.

Note: Picture came out weird, bread wasn’t nearly that dark.

Coconut Flax Bread Recipe

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:11:00 -0600

1 cup Coconut Butter
1/2 cup flax seed meal
1 tablespoon guar gum
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
4 eggs

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a loaf pan — standard, not super-huge; the opening on mine is 8 1/2” x 4 1/2”.

In your food processor, with the S-blade in place, combine the coconut butter, flax seed meal, guar gum, baking soda, and salt. Pulse the processor to combine everything evenly — scrape down the sides and pulse a little more; you want a very even mixture.

In a glass measuring cup, combine the water and the vinegar. Have this standing by the food processor.

Add the eggs to the food processor, and pulse to combine. Scrape down the sides again!

Now turn the processor on, and pour the water and vinegar mixture in through the feed tube. Run till it’s a smooth batter — again, you may want to scrape down the sides.

Pour/scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to cool.

Caveman Crunch Recipe

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:59:24 -0600

Forgive the picture :)

The great thing about this recipe is that it’s infinitely customizeable.

Nuts (pictured: almonds, walnuts, pecans)
Cinnamon [optional]
Dried fruit* (pictured: dehydrated strawberries and blueberries)
Cream (or Almond Milk or Coconut Milk)

Tada! Simple breakfast. The kids love apple chunks in theirs.

* Note: Be careful with the dehydrated fruit as there can be a lot of carbs.

Chicken Salad Recipe

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:43:03 -0500

Ingredients:

Chicken, pre-cooked or canned
Mayonnaise, to taste
Pickle Relish, dill or splenda-sweetened, to taste
Hard-boiled eggs

Cut up hard boiled eggs.

Put everything into a bowl and mix.

Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Kielbasa Recipe

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:46:00 -0500

Ingredients:

Kielbasa
Bacon
Cheese slices
Mayonnaise
BBQ sauce
Toothpicks

First cut the kielbasa in half so you have two more or less straight pieces. Cut a line down the center of each piece but don’t quite cut through either end (it’ll help it to seal back up.

Fold the cheese slices into small strips. Stuff the opening of the kielbasa with strips of cheese, BBQ and mayo. There won’t be room for much.

Wrap each piece of kielbasa in bacon. Secure with toothpicks.

Cook until bacon is desired level of done. On Foreman grill at 350 degrees it generally takes 10-20 minutes with the kielbasa rotated once for even cooking.

Chicken Skins Recipe

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:13:00 -0500

Ingredients:

Chicken skins
Salt

Place chicken skins in a pan and cook at 350 degrees until desired crispiness (thighs ~45 minutes, legs ~30 minutes). Sprinkle salt to taste.

The cheapest chicken around is often the bone-in skin-on type but the skin often doesn’t add much mixed into the meal. These have a great taste and a good crunch and are very chip-like.

Chocolate Bomb Bars

Mon, 28 May 2012 13:49:00 -0500

Chocolate Bomb Bars

“Scotch Eggs”

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:42:11 -0500

“Scotch Eggs”

“Sugar Free Mint Ice Cream”

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:12:54 -0600

“Sugar Free Mint Ice Cream”

“Peanut Cream Cheese Pancakes”

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:28:23 -0600

“Peanut Cream Cheese Pancakes”

“Steak Recipe: Turning Cheap ‘Choice’ Steak...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:52:37 -0600

“Steak Recipe: Turning Cheap ‘Choice’ Steak into Gucci ‘Prime’ Steak”

We’ve been using this trick for years now. It’s awesome and I appreciate the explanation on the blog post of why it works(click the picture to be taken to the source).

A couple times the end result tasted a little too salty but I believe it’s related to the cut of steak though I never figured out which one. Perhaps it didn’t like the round? 95% of the steaks I’ve used this on have turned out great.

“Frozen Seared Steak”

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:24:38 -0600

“Frozen Seared Steak”

“Low Carb Red Velvet Crepe Cake”

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:14 -0600

“Low Carb Red Velvet Crepe Cake”

Cheesy Ham and Egg Cups Recipe

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:25:53 -0600

Ingredients:

Ham
Eggs
Shredded cheese

Put single slice of ham into each slot in a muffin tin.

Crack an egg inside the ham.

Sprinkle cheese on top.

Add other ingredients as as you see fit. There’s generally not a lot of extra space so if you try to fit too much in the egg will overflow (at least with large eggs).

3 yr old suggestion: “Next time you make this can you add raisins?” Suggestion as of yet untested :)

Fauxtatoes Recipe

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:43:00 -0600

This is an old standby in any lowcarb rotation. It also goes by many different names. Fauxtatoes, cauliflower mashed potatoes, etc.

Ingredients:

1 bag frozen cauliflower
2 1/2 Tbsp butter
1/3 C heavy cream
1 C shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 C sour cream
1 chicken bullion cube [optional]
1 tsp salt
Pepper, to taste

Cook cauliflower until fork tender and drain.

Place all ingredients into a food processor and run on high until it reaches desired consistency.

Creamy Garlic Chicken Recipe

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:01:00 -0600

This has been sitting in the recipe book for a long time and we’ve never had it before. It was dinner tonight and it has vaulted up the list to being one of my favorite chicken recipes.

Ingredients:

2 pounds chicken tenders [or cut up chicken]
2 Tbsp garlic, minced
1+ Tbsp olive oil [or coconut oil]
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 C cream
Salt and pepper, to taste

Brown chicken in oil for five minutes.

Add garlic and cook until no longer pink.

Add cream cheese.

Cover skillet and set aside for 5-10 minutes until cream cheese is soft.

Stir cream cheese into chicken.

Add salt and pepper.

1000 Island Dressing Recipe

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:55:00 -0600

Just mixed up a batch of this in less than 5 minutes. First taste was delicious.

Ingredients:

1/2 C mayo
2 Tbsp lowcarb ketchup
3 Tbsp relish*

Mix all ingredients together. Tada.

* I used the store brand splenda sweetened sweet relish. You should also be able to use dill relish.

Ketchup Recipe

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:58:00 -0600

Ingredients:

2-6oz cans tomato paste
3 C water
1/16 tsp ground cloves
1/16 tsp ground cinnamon
1/16 tsp ground allspice
1/16 tsp ground ginger
2 Tbsp celery, finely chopped
1/4 C onion, finely diced
8 tsp splenda [Optional] *
5 tsp white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp salt

Mix all ingredients in a large pot.

Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.

Boil hard for 3 minutes. [Pro tip: Use a splatter guard to prevent mess.]

Remove from the heat and cool completely.

Strain through a sieve, pressing on the solids.

Discard the solids and store in the refrigerator.

Freeze any that won’t be used in the next couple weeks.

* We generally skip the splenda. It seems the allspice gives it plenty of sweet taste to the point that sometimes I try to convince my wife 1/16 tsp may be too much :)

Cream Cheese Pancakes Recipe

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:36:00 -0600

This is a semi-frequent “breakfast for dinner” recipe. These have gone over quite well with our carbonated brethren ;) because everyone loves cream cheese, right?

Ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese
4 eggs
2 Tbsp ground flaxseed
Cinnamon, to taste

Get cream cheese to room temperature so that it is soft enough to mix. It doesn’t matter if you set out the cream cheese early or microwave it for a short time.

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.

Pour onto griddle in desired size, flip to get it fully cooked. Serve with butter and sugar-free syrup.

Leftovers can be heated up or enjoyed cold with peanut butter spread on top.

Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:22:00 -0600

See source link for inspiration.

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp Coconut Oil
2 Tbsp Onion, minced
1 clove Garlic
6 oz Tomato Paste
1 can sugar free Soda, Splenda sweetened preferred *
1/4 cup lowcarb Ketchup
3 Tbsp Mustard
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 pinch Cloves
1/2 cup Water
3 tsp Liquid Smoke

Place coconut oil in a large pot with onion over medium heat for 3-5 minutes until softened.

Add garlic and stir for 1 minute.

Add remaining ingredients, except liquid smoke, and stir well.

Simmer for 20-30 minutes to allow the mixture to cook down and the flavors to combine.

Add liquid smoke and continue to simmer for another 3 minutes.

[Optional] Strain sauce if you don’t want onion chunks in your BBQ sauce.

* Splenda sweetened soda is suggested because the sweetness will hold up better to the heat whereas aspartame will break down.