Pigs in a Blanket - Low Carb & Keto friendly Recipe

If you like beef and cheese these little guys are going to be your favorite! 

 Since they are bite size they are perfect for game day treats!

Pigs in a Blanket

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What You'll Need: 

1 1/4 Cup Mozzerella Cheese

7 Tbsp Almond Flour

1 Tsp Onion Powder

1/8 Tsp Garlic Powder

1/8 Tsp Ground Mustard

1 Egg

30 - 45 Nathan's Cocktail hot dogs

What You'll Do: 

1) Melt Mozzarella cheese in the microwave for 2 minutes at 30% power.

2) Combine almond flour, onion powder, garlic powder & ground mustard in a bowl. 

3) Add the flour mix and egg to the melted cheese. Mix well. 

4) Press and fold the dough with a spatula until most of the ingredients are combined. 

5) Reheat for another 10 seconds, then press and fold dough until its all mostly one color. 

6) Reheat mixture for another 10 seconds. 

7) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

8) On a piece of greased (I use a stick of butter here) parchment paper, roll or spread out the dough with a spatula into the shape of a large rectangle. 

8) With a pizza cutter cut about 1 inch by 2 inch rectangles into the dough..

9) Place a cocktail hot dog on the 1 inch edge of the small rectangle you just made. Roll the dough around the hot dog. Repeat until all the dough has been used. 

10) Place in the oven to bake for 15 - 17 minutes. You know when they are ready because the dough will be lightly browned. 

I served these as  a side with chili! 

This batch makes a bunch so there were a few to snack on later.

Low Carb Breakfast Pizza...

yes...it's REAL!

My husband loves the breakfast pizza from Casey's General Store in Iowa. Whenever we visit my mom makes sure to order at least one :) . After coming across an amazing low carb dough recipe from uplateanyways, I knew it was the perfect base to springboard from and make this pizza for my hubby. I'm kind of elated to report I put together a recipe that hit the spot for him and now its time to share it here with you. Alright, let's get to it!

Low Carb Breakfast Pizza

Serves 3 - 4
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What You Need: 

- Large Pan

- Parchment Paper

- Stick of Butter to grease parchment paper and glaze dough

- 1 1/2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

- 1/2 Cup Cheddar Cheese

- 7 Tablespoons Almond Flour

- 1 Teaspoon Onion Powder

- 1/8 Teaspoon Ground Mustard

- Dash Garlic Powder

- 4 oz Ground Turkey Sausage 

- 4 Eggs

- 1 Slice Bacon Chopped

- 1/2 Cup Cheddar Cheese

salt and pepper to taste

What You'll Do: 

1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2) Melt 1 1/4 cups mozzarella cheese in microwave for 2 minutes at 30% power. 

3) Combine almond flour, onion powder, ground mustard, garlic powder and 1 egg. Mix well.

4) Add the mix to the melted mozzarella and mix well. Folding the cheese over itself seems to really help work this batter up! Mix with your hands if you want here - get into it! :)

5) Once the mixture is combined, place mixture back in the microwave, reheat for 10 seconds. Mix again until the mix is mostly one color.

6) Size up a piece of parchment paper to fit the pan you'll be using. Take a stick of butter and grease the parchment paper. Set butter aside.

7) Roll dough out on parchment paper with your hands or spatula into a circle.

8) Place in oven for 7 minutes.

9) While the crust is baking, in a medium sized pan break up the sausage, put in bacon pieces to cook as well. Remove from heat once all pieces are browned.

10) Now whisk the 3 remaining eggs and scramble them over low medium heat in  a small pan. Pay close attention to the eggs so they stay fluffy. Remove from heat just before they are done.

11) After 7 minutes, pull crust from the oven, take the stick of butter and glaze the top. 

12) Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheddar cheese across the entirety of the crust. Now add the eggs and meat, spreading them sporadically across the crust. Add the remaining 1/4 cup cheddar cheese to the top, as well as the 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Salt and Pepper to taste.

13) Place back in the oven for 5 more minutes until the cheese has melted.

14) Slice and serve warm!

If you try this I would *love* to know! I'm very excited to share it as I've been hoping to for some time but wanted to get it "just right". I hope it paid off! Please feel free to leave comments below! 

Thank you and enjoy!

Easy Green Salad - Popeye approved! ;)

So you have a protein in your meal all planned out... be it a burger, a brat, bacon or chicken... but what to do for a side? Hmmm.... think, think, think!

*Mental Light Bulb On!*

If you have (at least!) these 3 ingredients on hand, you're going places!

Easy Green Salad

What you'll Need:
- Spinach
- Pickles
- Cucumbers
- Dressing of Choice

Optional to add:
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

What you Do:

1) Grab a handful or two of the nutritious green spinach and add that to your plate.
2) Rinse off that crunchy cucumber you got from the grocer and then cut at least 1/3 of that puppy up and add to the mountain of green spinach on your plate!
3) Find the jar of pickles in your fridge and chop up about 2 tiny ones (or 1/2 a large one) letting the pieces fall liberally on top of the spinach and cucumbers.
4) Add your dressing and enjoy that goodness!

See? Pretty easy right? ...and yummy! That's why I share it with you! ;) Enjoy!

NOTE: If you need a way to get more veggies in your picky eaters diet this should do the trick! I only say that because my husband is not a fan of veggies in the least but he'll eat this! 

Good luck! :)

Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Parmesan

I think you will like this recipe. Pretty sure it will be a go to recipe if you can get past handling chicken ;). This is a hands on recipe and being a crafter, anything hands on is fun for me!
Aside from being fun to make, these are really filling! 

Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Parmesan
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Because I was being super productive the other day, not only did I make a 9 x 13 pan of Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Parmesan BUT I made an additional 9 x 9 pan of these and set them in the freezer! I plan to pull them out some morning to let thaw and be cooked later!

Due to me functioning at high efficiency when I put this together, ;) you have options! It really all depends now on how many mouths you need to feed, or what size pan you have clean! :D

What You'll Need:

If you use a 9 x 9 casserole dish: 

Serves 4

4 - 6 Chicken Breasts
4 Tablespoons Parmesan Cheese
1 Tablespoon Black Pepper
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
2 Large Eggs Beaten
1 Packet of Bacon

1) Beat the eggs and put them in a shallow dish.
2) On a plate, mix the spices and cheese until combined.
3) Cut each chicken breast diagonally so it resembles a tenderloin size.
4) Wrap the chicken diagonally with the bacon. Dip the bacon wrapped chicken in the beaten egg and then take the whole mess and roll it in the spice mix.
5) Place bacon wrapped chicken in pan and line them up side by side in two rows or however you can get them in the dish.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until the chicken is done!

Or if you use a 9 x 13 casserole dish:

Serves 6

6 - 8 Chicken Breasts
6 Tablespoons Parmesan Cheese
1 1/2 Tablespoons Black Pepper
1 1/2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder
3 or 4 Large Eggs Beaten
1 packet of Bacon

Follow the directions as listed above on bake 375 for 35 - 40 minutes or until chicken is done!

As I was working this recipe up, one of the eggs I used was not like the others! 

I grabbed my phone and snapped a pic because I hadn't seen one this pointed before and thought you might thing it was cool too! ^-^

Low Carb Sausage Pinwheels - These Will Rock Your Socks

This is it my friends! The search for an amazing low carb dough recipe is OVER! Elizabeth Nimphius the creator/writer/chef/mastermind ;) of Uplateanyway.com  foodie blog has hit a gold mine coming up with this recipe (and a BUNCH of others as well I'm sure - check out her blog here!!)!!

I found her through a recipe post on pinterest for some Low Carb blueberry muffins O.O (shocking! amiright?! But they hold so much promise!;)) I'm very excited to make them for my family because the texture Elizabeth was able to bring to life in these sausage rolls without the usual use of white flour is amazing. And I stress... Ah-maze-zing! Mkay!? Since I didn't have the ingredients on hand for the blueberry goodness, I went with the next best thing for breakfast ;). Rest assured I will be making the blueberry muffins and sharing about here. :D

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Something worth noting is that Elizabeth tends to use the most economical way to make things. 

For example, she will use cheese over almond flour when she can. 

I have a few foodie friends who will appreciate this because almond flour is pricey!

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When I made Elizabeth's Sausage Roll Recipe I managed to miss some important points of the recipe, namely the part about kneading and heating the dough a bit. That's right I *completely* neglected to do that part - but guess what?!?! It was still delicious and the crust was flaky and chewy and delicious! Oh, I already said that, you get the point right? :) This leads me to believe, that had I slowed down and read the recipe and followed it completely, I would have been in for quite a treat!! Of course I will soon find out as I am destined to make this again!!!!! And again!! ^-^

Get the full amazing recipe HERE. P.S. Did I mention these are gluten free as well? Yes.... yes they ARE.

Here are the delicious bites!

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You'll notice I used aluminium foil to line my pan - DO NOT do this! 

I did not have parchment paper :( so I did what I could with what I had. 

The rolls did not come off the foil without a fight, don't let this happen to you ;). 

Sometimes I call them sausage pinwheels, I've seen them called many different things on pinterest... 

call them whatever you want, but at least make them for your family already and make sure to let Elizabeth from Uplateanyway.com know how good they are so she will make more amazing things! ;).

Enjoy!!!

Low Carb Sausage Tetrazzini - Gluten Free

It's been too long. I owe you a recipe.

I was snowed in today and while I had no aspirations for cooking dinner earlier in the day, I stumbled on Maria Mind Body's Turkey Tetrazzini recipe and my mental wheels got to turning. This recipe is different from hers in a lot of ways, I went with what I had on hand what sounded good to me. In the end, to what tasted good. Heck yes I'll share it with you here!

Low Carb Sausage Tetrazzini

What you'll need:

1 package (1lb) kelp noodles
1 lb ground pork
2 medium red peppers julienned
1 large onion julienned
1 tsp poultry seasoning
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1 c chicken broth
6 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 egg beaten
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 cups freshly shredded pepper jack cheese

What you'll do:

 Grease 9 x 13 pan with butter or bacon grease.  Preheat oven to 350

1) Rinse Kelp Noodles under running water for a few minutes, then pat them dry.
2) In a medium large pan brown the pork then toss in onions ands peppers.
3) Whisk together black pepper, garlic powder, salt & xanthan gum in chicken broth. Once spices are blended, pour mix over pork and vegetables. Cook until the vegetables are al dante, depending on location  you may want to put a lid over them and let them simmer stirring occasionally.
4) Once veggies are al dante, in this order add heavy cream, Parmesan cheese, cream cheese, beaten egg and shredded cheese to the pork and veggies. Stir constantly until all cheese is creamed. Take off heat and set aside.
5) Place kelp noodles in casserole dish, then cover evenly with cheesy pork and vegetable mix.
6) Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes.

Let sit 10 minutes before serving.

Served with Maria Mind Body's Protein Bread topped with garlic powder, butter and oregano.

And... for your viewing pleasure... chronological photos of the hot mess! :) Yes. Enjoy!

Welcome to Honest to Goodness Eats!

Welcome to Honest to Goodness Eats!

 Here I will be sharing recipes with you that I've tried at home and have been received well by my critics.;) My husband is a very picky eater, his taste buds do not appreciate many vegetables. He's a good sport though and knows I'm feeding him for his health because I want him around for a very... long... time... :). I want him to enjoy his time too the older he gets so I feel it's super important to feed my family what their bodies need to age with grace :). 

To start here is a list of recipes I've concocted in the past and shared on my crafty blog Lostsentiments.

Recipes with CP after the title stands for - Crock Pot. 

Breakfast:

Spanish Eggs - With Jalapeno, Cilantro & Sausage!

Fiesta Egg Bake

Side Dishes:

Tabasco Broccoli Recipe - Paleo, Low Carb & Healthified Friendly

Cheesy Breadsticks

Main Dishes: 

Chicken and Broccoli Cheesy Casserole - Low Carb

Spicy Goulash - Low Carb

Low Carb Green Bean Casserole with Chicken

Spicy Chicken Breasts - CP

Cauliflower Mac and Cheese with Ham Casserole - Low Carb

Low Carb Chicken Alfredo

Homemade Salsa Chicken - CP

Chicken Stir Fry

Garlic Chicken with Option of Crust

SOUPS:

Cheesy Broccoli Soup - Low Carb - CP

Spaghetti Squash Chicken Noodle Soup - Paleo - CP

Zesty Chicken Soup - CP

Burgers:

Chipotle Chicken or Turkey Burgers

Chicken and Cheese Ham Burgers

DESSERT:

Nutter Butter Sammiches

Rest assured there is more where all this came from ;).
I look forward to sharing more with you in the posts to come!
Best, Dawn