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Inside out hamburger

23 Friday Sep 2016

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Ingredients

  • 800g (28 Oz) Ground Beef (2 lbs)
  • 8 Slices Chopped Bacon
  • 1/4 Cup Cheddar Cheese
  • 1 Onion sliced and fried till caramelized
  • 2 tsp. minced Garlic or 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp. Black Pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp. Onion Powder
  • 1 tsp. Worcestershire

 Directions

  1. Cut up bacon before frying and fried until crisp
  2. Remove bacon and drain on paper towel
  3. Put onions into pan with bacon grease
  4. After frying pat off grease and dice onions
  5. Add bacon, onions and cheese to mixture
  6. Add remaining ingredients
  7. Form into patties
  8. Cook on BBQ 3 minutes each side turning 3 times total 9 minutes or until well cooked.

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Terry’s Beef Stir Fry

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup Water
  • 3 Tbsp Condensed Beef Broth (or substitute water and condensed beef broth for 1 cup of actual beef broth)
  • 3 Tbsp Soya Sauce
  • 3 Cloves of crushed garlic
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 Tbsp cornstarch (2 tsp of Xanthan Gum)
  • 1 tsp sesame seed oil
  • 1 tsp canola oil
  • Beef cut into thin strips
  • Vegetables of your choice

Directions

  1. Put water, beef broth, soya sauce, pepper flakes and cornstarch or xanthan gum (into a measuring cup)
  2. In a pan, add canola oil. bring up heat and fry beef strips until tender.
  3. Remove beef from pan
  4. Add vegetables and garlic and cook until tender add sesame seed oil
  5. Add beef to vegetables and pour in broth mixture
  6. Stir until broth thickens
  7. Coat mixture with thickened broth
  8. Cover on low until tender

If on a Keto diet, serve over “cauliflower rice”, spagetti squash
For standard diet, serve over rice or noodles

Enjoy

Pumpkin Maple Spice Muffins

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Pumpkin Muffins

Directions

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  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 2 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 2/3 cups canned pumpkin (unsweetened)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 cups cashew butter (or almond butter)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoon ginger powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple extract (optional)
  • 4 tablespoons Splenda (add another if you like it sweeter)
  • 3 tablespoons coconut oil or butter (melted)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 4-6 tablespoons heavy cream

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 350°. Line muffin pan with paper liners
  2. Mix together all ingredients and fill muffin liners
  3. If desired, top with chopped nuts
  4. Bake 15 minutes, rotate pan, and bake another 10 minutes for a total of 25 minutes
  5. Remove and allow to cool

Enjoy

Brown Butter Cream Sauce

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Ingredients

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  • 4 tbsp Butter salted
  • 1 clove Garlic minced
  • 1/4 cup Chicken broth
  • 1/3 cup Cream
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper

Instructions

  1. Brown the butter on a pan with swirling it around over medium heat
  2. Add garlic, chicken broth, cream, salt and pepper
  3. Stir until combined
  4. Lower heat down to simmer
  5. Stir occasionally until the sauce has thickened, about 5-10 minutes

Enjoy

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Chocolate, Strawberry Mousse

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Ingredients

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  • 1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 1 Tbsp Stevia
  • 3 Strawberries chopped
  • 1.5 Scoop Chocolate Whey Powder (Protein Powder)
  • 1 Tbsps unsweetened Cocoa

Instructions

  1. Combine Whipping Cream, Stevia and Whey powder in bowl
  2. With a hand blender or electric mixer whip until stiff peaks
  3. Fold in stawberries
  4. Put into serving dishes

Enjoy

Chicken Souvlaki

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Ingredients

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  • 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
  • 2 TBS Lemon Juice
  • 2 Cloves Garlic Minced
  • 1 or 1/2 tsp Dried Oregano
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Skinless & Boneless Chicken breasts
  1. Cut chicken into cubes
  2. Place all ingredients and chicken into a plastic bag to marinate for 2 hours in refrigerator
  3. Place onto skewers and put onto bbq, turning every 5 minutes on each side until done

Aunt Terry-Lynn’s Carrot/Pasta Salad

10 Saturday Sep 2016

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  • 1 lb sliced carrots
  • 1 onion cut into rings
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1/2 cup celery

Dressing

  • 1/2 cup vinegar
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 1 cup sugar or sugar substitute (Splenda)
  • 1 10 oz. can tomato soup
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 package of pasta twists
Cook carrots til tender. Slice onions into rings. Cut green pepper into pieces. Chop celery. Add vinegar, oil, sugar, tomato soup, salt and pepper to  cooked pasta twists

Terry’s Cheesy Cauliflower with Onion and Bacon Topping

10 Saturday Sep 2016

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cheesy-cauliflower

  • 1 head of cauliflower
  • 1/8 cup water
  • 2 Tablespoon heavy cream
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese (or cheese of your choice)
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1/2 large onion (cut in thin rings)
  • Oil
  • 1/8 cup Maple Syrup or Sugar Free Syrup
  • Cooked Bacon pieces

Chop cauliflower and put into microwave dish with lid. Add 1/8 cup of water and place in microwave with lid. Microwave according to your settings until tender (not overdone). When done remove from microwave and drain water completely. Use a hand blender to purée the cauliflower. Stir in heavy cream and butter, salt, pepper and cheese.

Place onion rings in fry pan with oil and cook until browned and caramelised add Maple Syrup or Sugar Free Syrup. Place cauliflower purée into a serving dish or individual ramekins and put onions and bacon pieces on top. Return to microwave when ready to serve and heat for a minute or two extra.

Variations:

  • Instead of onions on top, fry up some leeks add them to the cauliflower as you purée
  • Instead of cheddar cheese, add a 1/4 cup of vegetable cream cheese

Enjoy

 

Keto Key Lime Cheesecakes (Wrks4me Version)

07 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Recipe:
For the crust:
1 cup almond meal
4 Tablespoons Butter (1 /4 cup) (cold)
4 Teaspoons stevia or Sugar Substitute (Splenda)
1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon

For the filling:
2 packages of cream cheese (8oz each), softened
2 eggs (Optional. Not necessary)
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup stevia or Sugar Substitute (Splenda)
Juice and zest of 4 key limes or you can use 2 regular size limes

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine filling ingredients in a bowl and mix well. It should appear crumbly like shortbread. Divide among baking cups and use spoon to press into a crust.
Bake for 4 minutes.

While crusts are baking,
Combine filling ingredients and mix until well incorporated. Divide evenly between crusts.
Bake at 350 for 15-20 mins until crusts are slightly cracked but not brown.
Remove and cool overnight.

Serve with whipped cream and berries

The Keto Baker