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Enchilada sauce is something that is quite easy to make and you can control how spicy it is as well. I have always been going to the store to buy enchilada sauce, but once I found out how to make it, I quit going. The nice thing is that you can also freeze it if you want to make a large batch of it at one time. I have only frozen small amounts of it so far. If you make your own stock, this can be as low sodium as you want it as well, then you dont have to buy gluten free chicken stock if you dont want to, as it can be a bit expensive.

This recipe is not only low carb, but it is gluten free and keto friendly

If you use your own chicken stock, then there is the possibility of little pieces of "floating meat" as there is in mine, which is completley harmless.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of chicken stock
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup of chili powder
• 3 tsp of cumin
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup of paprika  (this is used to give a bit of smoky flavor and to help give it a deep red color in place of tomato paste)
• 2 tbsp of butter
• 1 tsp chipotle chili powder

1. Place all the ingredients into a medium to large pot on medium heat.
2. Stir occasionally until the sauce has reduced to about half, or it gets to the thickness that you want.
3. Feel free to adjust the spices above to your liking or remove spices if it is too spicy for you.

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This entry was posted on January 13, 2017 at 3:00 PM and has received 1088 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a very easy recipe to make some Keto Friendly, low carb, gluten free fake mashed potatoes. I am not a big fan of cauliflower, but this recipe I really do like and this is my go-to when ever we need mashed potatoes for something. This is very easy to make gluten free as well.

Ingredients.

• I head of cauliflower
• 1 8 ounce package of cream cheese
• 2-3 Tbsp of butter
• garlic powder for taste

Directions:

1. Cut the cauliflower up into 4 or 5 large pieces and add it into a large pot
2. Add enough water to fully cover the cauliflower and boil unitl the cauliflower is tender.
3. Drain the cauliflower into a colander
4. Once the pot is drained and you have shaken all the excess water from the cauliflower, add the cauliflower back to the pot and turn the stove onto a low setting.
5. Add the cream cheese and butter into the pot.
6. Using a hand blender / immersion blender, blend up the cauliflower until it matches the texture of mashed potatoes.
7. Add in any garlic that you may want for seasoning and or any more butter.

This entry was posted on January 12, 2017 at 9:29 PM and has received 908 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Some may say "The smell of bacon cooking does not make the house stink, it enhances the aroma of the house!", while I do agree with that my wife does not. She does not like the smell of the bacon frying and the grease burning in the pan, so if you do not like the smell or want to cut down on the smoke from frying bacon here are a few other ways that you can cook bacon.

I will usually cook bacon in the oven especially if the recipe that I am making calls for cooked bacon. There are a few benefits to doing this. 

1. You are free to work on other things while the bacon is cooking in the oven. It will take about 15-20 minutes for the bacon to cook. 
2. You have free time to do other prep while the oven is pre-heating. 
3. The oven is already hot, especailly if you need to use the oven when you are done cooking it. 
4. The grease drains nicely from a cookie sheet to where you can easily pour it into a glass container to use for other purposes. 

Cooking bacon is not just limited to the oven or the frying pan. You can also cook bacon in your grill, to which I will do when it is really hot outside and I dont want the air conditioner to be working harder than it should be. It's already hot outside, so just cooking the bacon on a sheet of tinfoil works.

• One way is to cook it in the microwave. I don't like to do this as it gets your microwave all greasy, but there are people who like to do it this way?
• Cook it in the oven. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees, take a cookie sheet or a rimmed baking sheet and line it with aluminum foil. Line the baking sheet with the bacon and cook for about 20 or so minutes until the bacon is as done as you want it. You can then save the bacon grease in your fridge for later use
• Cook it on the grill, which this I will do most often. Take some aluminum foil and make a sort of rimmed baking sheet with it and place the bacon on this. If you make it with rims, the bacon grease will not drip into the fire causing flare ups. Cook on a medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until the bacon is cooked the way you like it. You can also save the grease from this
• You can even cook bacon in a Power cooker (pressure cooker)

Below I have a video that I did of going over the process that I do for cooking bacon in the oven. I was making another dish at the time and needed some bacon cooked, so I thought what better time to do a short video than now. 

There are just a few ways that you can cook bacon without "stinking up the house". If you have any other ways that you like to cook bacon, comment below

This entry was posted on January 12, 2017 at 6:04 AM and has received 4547 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Reuben pizza has to be one of my favorite pizza's to make as I like reuben's and it seems to be easier to make this shortly after St.Patricks day as there is a chance that you may have some extra corned beef left. The best part about this is that it is low carb, gluten free and keto friendly.
Even if you do not have any corned beef left over, this is a good excuse to make some corned beef so you can either make a few pizza's or you can make other dishes that use corned beef for another night.
If you do not have any corned beef in the fridge that is cooked, you can buy a cooks corned beef briskets and cook it in your slow cooker for about 8 hours on low. If you want to make this gluten free, do not use the spice packet that comes with the brisket. Instead of cooking this in beer, you will want to cook it in just water only
After the corned beef is cooked, let it cool and either shred it into small pieces or cut it up into small pieces.
Ingredients:

• Either make the Cream Cheese Pizza Crust or make another one that is Keto friendly or one that is Gluten Free
• Make some Thousand Island Dressing
• 8 ounces of shredded Swiss cheese
• 8 or so ounces of shredded mozzarella cheese
• 12 ounces of Franks Sauerkraut or some other gluten free Sauerkraut, drained

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees
Once you have the pizza crust of choice, spread the thousand island dressing on the pizza crust for the sauce. Add a few ounces of swiss cheese and then a bit of mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce. Add 2 - 3 cups of the shredded or cut up corned beef to the pizza, spread out. Add the sauerkraut to the top of the pizza and then add the rest of the Swiss cheese and add any more mozzarella cheese that you see fit.
Cook in the oven for about 20 minutes or so.

This entry was posted on January 11, 2017 at 4:59 PM and has received 1057 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a recipe for Thousand Island dressing that is not only Gluten Free, low carb but it is also Keto Friendly. This works as a great substitution to buying store bought as you have some more control as to what goes into this and you also do not have to worry about the possibility of getting sick off of it if you have celiac disease.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Mayo
• 1/3 cup sour cream (Daisy sour cream is Gluten Free)
• ¼ cup walden Farms Ketchup or some other gluten free, sugar free ketchup
• 2 tablespoons sugar-free relish
• 1/4 tsp black pepper

Directions:
In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients and mix with a wire wisk

This entry was posted on January 11, 2017 at 3:54 PM and has received 2492 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a cake that is not only Gluten Free (as long as you get the Gluten Free ingredients of course) but it is also low carb and keto friendly.
I dont have any photos or a video of this yet, but I will be making a video of this soon, and it is very easy to make. It does not rise like a traditional cake will as there is no yeast in this, but it is still good. I am not a big coconut fan at all, and I have no problem eating this

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup coconut flour (may want to sift it)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 5 eggs, save 3 whites on the side
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup Splenda, sucralose, stevia or Erythritol
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Directions In a bowl , mix the coconut flour, salt, baking soda, and splenda (sucralose or stevia). Mix until no clumps are left. Combine the olive oil, vanilla extract, butter, 3 eggs yolks and 2 eggs until well blended. Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.
Beat the remaining egg whites with a Kitchen Aid Mixer or a handheld mixer into soft peaks and gently blend them into the batter.
Grease an 8 inch cake pan
Place a piece of parchment paper in the bottom
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 to 30 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes before taking it out of the pan. Let it cool for 1 hour before frosting it.

Frosting : 

• 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream chilled
• 8 oz. neufchatel cheese softened
• 1/2 cup Splenda, sucralose or stevia
• 3 tsp vanilla extract

Whip the cream until stiff. In a separate bowl, beat the cream cheese until very smooth, then beat in the Splenda and vanilla. Combine and mix lightly.

This entry was posted on January 10, 2017 at 10:20 AM and has received 1321 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a pretty generic all purpose flour recipe that is gluten free that you can use.
The part that surprises me the most with this recipe, that just does not seem to fit in, but actually makes the recipe work the best is the dry milk. I would have never imagined that dry milk would either make or break a flour recipe, but this proved me wrong, especially with a recipe that I have for biscuits, to which the dry milk completely makes the recipe

• 4 ½ cups plus 1/3 cup white rice flour
• 1 2/3 cups brown rice flour
• 1 1/3 cups potato starch (NOT potato flour!)
• ¾ cuptapioca starch
• ¼ cupnonfat dry milk
• 1 tsp xantham gum

Using a wire wisk all ingredients in mixing bowl until combined. Transfer to air tight container and refrigerate for up to 3 months.

This entry was posted on January 10, 2017 at 5:11 AM and has received 3377 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a  low carb, keto friendly, gluten free alfredo sauce.
If you are a recent celiac, you may want to take a lactaid tablet before you use this as some people who have celiac find out that they are temporarily lactose intolerant
This does not take too long to make, just takes a bit of patience and need to make sure that the cream does not burn

Ingredients:

• 4-5 cloves of garlic
• 5 cups of heavy whipping cream
• 8 ounces of cream cheese
• 1 cup of grated Parmesean Cheese
• 1 Tbsp of butter

In a medium pan melt the butter and mince the garlic and add to the pan.Cook over medium heat for just a little bit as you dont want to burn the garlic. Once the aroma of the garlic starts to come out (will be about a minute), add the cream to the pan. Cook the cream on medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, making sure that the cream does not boil. Add the cream cheese and the Parmesan cheese to the pan and you can either use a handheld mixer , a wire wisk or a hand blender / immersion blender to blend the ingredients together. If it is not the consistency that you want, let it simmer for 20 minutes or so, stirring the cream every few minutes.

This works great with either gluten free noodles, or if you do not want the carbs you can use this as a sauce with cooked chicken.

 Watch this video on Daily Motion - http://dai.ly/x6hliwe

This entry was posted on January 9, 2017 at 8:40 PM and has received 1427 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a recipe for Almond Flour bread, which is Low carb, Keto friendly and if you use the correct ingredients it can also be Gluten Free bread as well.
In this recipe, I used blanched almond flour and the blanched almond flour is a lot better than the un-blanched flour.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups Almond Flour
• 6 eggs seperated
• 1/4 - 1/2 tsp Cream of tartar
• 3-4 tsp Baking Powder
• 4 or so Tbsp of butter

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
• Oil a 8x4 inch loaf pan
• Take the almond flour and put it into a Ninja blender or a food processor
• Then add the Baking Powder and the butter.
• Blend for a bit until it becomes well combined.
• add the Cream of tartar to the egg whites
• Using a Kitchen Aid Mixer or a handheld mixer beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
• Add 1/4 to 1/3 of the egg whites to the dough and mix for a while.
• Remove the dough into a mixing bowl using a rubber spatula
• Fold the remainder of the egg whites into the bread dough using the rubber spatula
• Add the dough mixture to the greased 8x4 inch loaf pan and put into the oven for 30 minutes
• Take the bread out of the oven and use a toothpick to the center to make sure that it is done (by verifying that it comes out dry).
• Let cool for a few minutes then remove from the loaf pan and cut.

Here is a video of all of this:

This entry was posted on January 8, 2017 at 7:15 PM and has received 1269 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a recipe for Almond Flour bread, which is low carb, Keto friendly and if you use the correct ingredients it can also be Gluten Free bread as well.
In this recipe, I used un-blanched almond flour and the un-blanched almond flour almost had a bitterness to it that I really did not like, but those that like to use un-blanched almond flour may really like this recipe

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups Almond Flour
• 6 eggs seperated
• 1/4 - 1/2 tsp Cream of tartar
• 3-4 tsp Baking Powder
• 4 or so Tbsp of butter

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
• Oil a 8x4 inch loaf pan
• Take the almond flour and put it into a Ninja blender or a food processor
• Then add the Baking Powder and the butter.
• Blend for a bit until it becomes well combined.
• add the Cream of tartar to the egg whites
• Using a Kitchen Aid Mixer or a handheld mixer beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
• Add 1/4 to 1/3 of the egg whites to the dough and mix for a while.
• Remove the dough into a mixing bowl using a rubber spatula
• Fold the remainder of the egg whites into the bread dough using the rubber spatula
• Add the dough mixture to the greased 8x4 inch loaf pan and put into the oven for 30 minutes
• Take the bread out of the oven and use a toothpick to the center to make sure that it is done (by verifying that it comes out dry).
• Let cool for a few minutes then remove from the loaf pan and cut.

Here is a video of all of this:

I do have an updated version of this that uses Blanched almond flour, and in my opinion it is much better

See Almond Flour Bread 2

This entry was posted on January 8, 2017 at 7:00 PM and has received 948 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.