Variation of the 3-minute Keto Bread

Variation of the 3-minute Keto Bread

I am always on the lookout for a good, low carb bread recipe. I've been missing sandwiches so much :D

People went on and on and on about how great "Oopsie bread" was. It was a total pain in the butt to make, and I hated the taste of it. Some people said not to eat it alone. Now I know why. But even then, with sauces and fillings, I was still not able to actually finish a single "Oopsie" sandwich :/ 

Now I've been hearing about the 3-minute bread. The ingredients are 2 tbsp. of almond flour, and 1 egg. Stir. Fill the bottom of a container, and microwave for 1.5 minutes. Cut it in half, fill it with cheese and ham/chicken/turkey. Butter the outside of the slices and cook it like a grilled cheese sandwich.  

So here is how I made some good "bready" bread from that :D 

Gio's Grilled Bread

 Ingredients:

1/4 cup almond flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. baking soda

1 large egg

3 tbsp. Heavy whipping cream

1 tsp. bacon fat, or melted butter

Preparation: 

Mix all the ingredients. 

Spread the batter into a microwavable dish.

Microwave on high for about 1.5 minutes (time may vary depending on your microwave).

Cut the "bun" in half to make 2 slices, and do as you wish with it! 

You can eat it hot (I did that last night with the first experiment), with butter spread on it. Really good! Or you can grill the slices with a tiny bit of butter or bacon fat, on both sides, before making your sandwich. I just put lettuce, tomato, and fried sausage patties on the one pictured above. I wanted to taste it without too may condiments. It was delicious :D Now I want to try a BLT with mayo.... A salami sandwich with mustard.... Brie and Avocado with sprouts..... Grilled Veggies and cheese....

Nutritional info: 

Per one "bun", not including fat for grilling. 

Carbs: 6g

Fiber: 3g

NET Carbs: 3g

Protein: 13g

Fat: 47g

I have added the nutritional info into MyFitnessPal. You can search it as Almond Bread - Gio's.  

Eggplant Lasagna - Low carb

Eggplant Lasagna

I have tried to make eggplant lasagna from recipes online before, only to end up with a puddle of vegetable liquid at the bottom of my pan. Not this time! This time I nailed it!!! lol  Here are my ingredients, and this is how I did it :) 

Eggplant Lasagna

Ingredients: 

• 1 large eggplant
• 1 jar low carb pasta sauce, or make your own. 
• 1 lb. of ground beef
• 2 -3 cups grated mozzarella
• 1 container of Ricotta cheese 
• 1 package sliced Portobello mushrooms (about 2 medium caps).
• Parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup chopped parsley
• Olive oil
• Himalayan sea salt
• Oregano
• Paprika
• Garlic powder
• Italian herb seasoning

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Slice eggplant lengthwise into ¼ or slightly thicker slices. Brush with olive oil, place in a foil-covered baking sheet, sprinkle with salt, and roast for about 15-20 mins
3. Remove from oven and set aside.  
4. Brown Portobello slices in olive oil. Set aside.
5. Brown meat in some olive oil (very little if any), with some salt, a pinch of oregano, and ½ tsp. paprika. Set aside.
6. In a bowl, place Ricotta, a couple pinches of Italian seasoning herbs, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ½ tsp. salt, ¼ cup chopped parsley. Mix well and set aside.
7. Preheat oven to 450F
8. Divide the eggplant into 3 layers, and the meat, ricotta and mushrooms into 2 portions each.
9. In an oven safe baking dish put ½ to 1 cup of pasta sauce, and layer as follows:      A layer of eggplant, a layer of ricotta, a layer of meat, a layer of Portobello, a layer of mozzarella, and spoon a little bit more sauce over that. Repeat the layers one more time. Finish with a third layer of eggplant, and top with a few more Tbsps. of sauce and the last of the grated mozzarella.
10. Bake in a preheated 450F oven, uncovered, until heated trough, and the liquids and sauce are bubbly around the edges and the top layer of cheese is melted. You can even wait till the top layer starts to brown a little bit. I was just hungry and couldn’t wait any longer :D hehe

I served mine with a Tbsp. of sauce on top and sprinkled with parmesan. You can also sprinkle some parsley on top. I put mine on the side. The slices were big enough that I didn’t need any sides with this.

Nutrition count to follow, since I wasn’t planning on posting this one, so I’ll have to work out my numbers before I can post an idea :D

Thanks! 

Best Low Carb Burger EVER!

Best Low Carb Burger EVER!

So one day, hubby wanted to make burgers. He knows quite a bit about carbs now, since my diabetes diagnosis, and since my attempts to cut carbs from my diet. So he knows breadcrumbs are a no-no for me. So he made my burgers without breadcrumbs that night. They were delicious, so I didn't miss the taste of the breadcrumbs, but burgers were a bit dense :) The good thing is that, since then, I realized you don't really need crumbs to make a beef patty that will hold together, so I started playing around a bit when I made burgers and meatballs.

One of the things you read most about is using grated Parmesan instead of flour or breadcrumbs in recipes, so I always use them with anything made with ground meat. This particular day I added the Parmesan, added 1 egg, and things got a bit too sloppy :) I didn't have any more Parmesan left, so I reached for the coconut flour. Hubby doesn't like coconut taste so I crossed my fingers that this wouldn't ruin all the meat for him.
Well. I have to say these were by far the nicest, most juicy and delicious burgers I've made so far, and hubby loved them, and didn't taste any coconut in them at all!  Plus, home-made burgers are super easy and you can make them as big as you want, and play around with them :D These were stuffed with cheddar, and topped with cream cheese, Garlic Piri Piri sauce, and hot peppers :D Then served with a lettuce wrap, accompanied by a True Black Brandywine Heirloom tomato picked fresh from my garden :D  Hubby had his without the hot peppers, and on a bun :P

Gio's Low Carb Burger

Ingredients:

• 1lb ground beef
• 1 large egg
• 1.5 Tbsp coconut flour
• 3 Tbsp grated Parmesan (I use Selections 100% Parmesan).
• 1/2 tsp Himalayan sea salt
• Herbs and spices to taste (I used 2 pinches of Italian seasoning herb mix, 1/4 tsp paprika, 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/8 tsp ground allspice, and 1/2 tsp garlic powder).
• 4 oz of cheddar (I used four 30g string cheese sticks). 

Preparation: 

1. Place all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix with your hands until well combined. 
3. Cut cheese or cheese sticks into pieces.
4. Divide meat into 4 equal portions.
5. Make an indentation in the center of each meat portion, and place the cheese in the center, wrap with the meat to encase the cheese, the form into a patty.
6. Pan fry the burgers over medium heat until done (Sorry I didn't time them).
7. Serve any way you like :D

I served mine with 2 leaves of romaine to wrap, along with a big slice of tomato, topped with cream cheese, Garlic Piri Pifi sauce, and a few rings of pickled hot pepper :D
The salad is lettuce and pieces of the same tomato, drizzled with a little bit of Bacon Cesar dressing :D
If I were to make these as a regular burger, but with only 1/2 a cup of breadcrumbs, they would be 9.1 carbs, plus the bun. The calculation for my particular ingredients for the recipe above, makes each of these quarter-pound burgers only 1.2 NET carbs each, plus sauces, and vegetables, and dressing, or whatever else you want to have with them :D