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One thing about doing a Low Carb or Keto diet especially when you need to be gluten free is that you do not get to enjoy things that you used to such as pies. 

To help combat that, here is a easy to make recipe that is Keto Friendly, Low Carb and it is also Gluten Free. Thisis an almond flour style pie crust and it almost resembles a graham cracker style pie crust in the way that it crumbles. 

Ingredients: 

• 1.5 cups of Blanched Almond Flour
• 1/3 cup of Splenda, sucralose, stevia or Erythritol
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 4 tbsp softened butter
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease a pie plate
3. add all the dry ingredients into a bowl
4. Add the butter and either use a biscuit cutter or mix it until it looks like crumbs
5. add in the vanilla extract and mix well with a handheld mixer
6. add the egg and mix until it resembles dough. 
7. place the dough into your pie plate and cover it with some saran wrap and press out the dough until it covers the pie plate. 
8. prick some holes in the bottom so that the crust does not form large bubbles
9. bake in the oven for about 10 - 15 minutes. 

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This entry was posted on February 19, 2017 at 4:17 PM and has received 2320 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Jalepeno poppers, bacon, cream cheese..   does it get any better than that? 

How about grilling, Jalepeno, Bacon, Cream Cheese, Low Carb, Keto and Gluten Free?   That sounds better. 

These are great and they

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This entry was posted on February 19, 2017 at 1:43 PM and has received 1430 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is another recipe for almond flour style pizza crust. 

This one is different, yet good. It also makes this the 4th or 5th pizza crust recipe that I have on this site, which makes for some nice alternatives when you are wanting to not only do gluten free, but keto friendly / low carb as well. 

The setup for this is quite easy and it backes quite nice also. My wife likes this one probably the best next to the cream cheese pizza crust and my daughter seems to like it also. They both say that this one is not nearly as greasy as the other ones

This is one of the crusts that you will want to par bake first, and you will for sure want to bake it onto a sheet of parchment paper on your pizza pan to prevent it from sticking. In this bake, I ran out of parchment paper and used tin-foil but the crust still stuck even though that I fully greased the tin-foil first. 

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups shredded cheese
• 3/4 cup almonnd flour
• 2 Tbsp cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 - 4 tsp garlic powder
• 2-4 tsp italian seasoning

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 to 375 degrees
2. Add all the ingredients into a bowl.
3. Using a handheld mixer mix up the ingredients until it starts to resemble dough. 
4. Get out a 14 or 16 inch pizza pan and line it with parchment paper
5. Place the dough on top of the parchment paper and then place some clear plastic wrap on top to prevent sticking
6. Press out the dough using your hands with the clear plastic wrap on top of the dough still
7. Once the dough is in the shape that you want it to be in, remove the clear plastic wrap and bake it in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes  or so. 
8. Use your favorite pizza sauce and make your pizza. My favorite sauce is ranch dressing. 

This entry was posted on February 17, 2017 at 12:58 PM and has received 1506 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a farily easy recipe to make for a Gluten Free, Keto Friendly, Low Carb Barbeque sauce. For Keto Friendly and Low Carb you will want to use this sparingly because tomatoes doe have sugar in them, so it could kick you out of ketosis or set you back a bit if you use too much. 

I would rather make my own sauces if I can, just because I know what goes into them and I have control over how they taste. 

If I want something spicy, I can make it that way and it has a definate bite to it even if I leave out the hot sauce. 

For the barbeque sauce

Ingredients:

• I can of diet cola
• 1 cup of reduced sugar ketchup (If you use Heinz, that is also Gluten Free)
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 tsp yellow mustard
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp chili powder

Directions:

1. In a medium pot  add all the ingredients and stir well to mix. 
2. Put on medium to high heat until it starts to boil, then turn down the heat to a simmer. 
3. Simmer , while stirring every few minutes until this reduces by half. 

This entry was posted on February 17, 2017 at 9:29 AM and has received 1345 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a super easy recipe for a chicken enchilada casserole. 

Ingredients:

• 2.5 cups cooked chicken cut into small pieces
• 16 ounces of Sour Cream
• 1 1/2 cup of shredded mexican style cheese
• 1/3 cup chopped onion
• 1 1/2 cup salsa (use less if the carb count is too high)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. In a bowl mix the chicken, sour cream, onion and 3/4 cup of the shredded cheese
3. Spread into a 9x13 pan
4. sprinkle the rest of the shredded cheese on top
5. Add the salsa on top (can omit if you want it to be very low carb)
6. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes. 

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This entry was posted on February 10, 2017 at 7:26 PM and has received 1410 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a great recipe for some Gluten Free, Keto Friendly, Low Carb Buffalo Chicken Casserole. 

This is not too spicy, it worked great for my 6 year old the other night and she loved it. I was not sure how it was going to turn out, but the casserole did not last long! The nice thing is that you can add more buffalo sauce if you need to, so you dont make it too hot for everyone else (after you serve your self up some)

Ingredients:

• 1 head of cauliflower
• 1 - 1.5 packages of cream cheese (8 - 12 ounces)
• 1/2 cup of ranch dressing
• 1/3 cup of Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce
• a bit of olive oil (can omit if you want)
• handful of diced green onions 
• 1-2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 or so cups of shredded cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup of bleu cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Direcitons:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. Cut up the cauliflower into florets and add them into a 9x13 pan
3. Drizzle some of the olive oil on the cauliflower (not needed) for a bit of extra flavor
4. Cook in the oven for about 15 - 20 minutes. 
5. While the cauliflower is cookingin a bowl add the ranch dressing, the Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce, garlic powder and cream cheese. 
6. Using a handheld mixer, mix until well combined. 
7. Once the cauliflower is done cooking, reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and take the cauliflower out of the oven. 
8. Add the cauliflower, chicken into the cream sauce and mix well. 
9. Pour the mixture back into the 9x13 pan
10. bake for 15 - 20 minutes, or until the cheese is all melted. 
11. At this point you can add the green onions if you want. 

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This entry was posted on February 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM and has received 1520 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

The other day when I was making some pound cake with my daughter, I wanted to frost the cake but wanted a keto friendly and gluten free option. One thing that I have done in the past is used a cream cheese frosting, which this is super easy to make. 

Ingredients:

• 1 package of cream cheese
• 1 stick or 1/2 cup of softended butter
• 8 Tbsp of Splenda, sucralose, stevia or Erythritol
• 2 - 4 tsp vanilla extract (McCormicks is gluten free)
• 1/2 cup of Heavy Cream. 

Directions: 

1. In a bowl mix all the ingredients with a handheld mixer or a kitchen aid mixer until well combined and creamed.

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This entry was posted on February 7, 2017 at 10:28 AM and has received 2483 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

The other day my daughter wanted a cake (she is celiac) and I wanted one too, but I wanted one that was low carb to fit on my keto diet and also needed to be gluten free as well. 

Here is what I wound up making that actually worked out quite well for the both of us. She was happy as she got to help out in the process with making the cake, and she also got to eat a good amount which she liked as well. 

Ingredients:

• 2.5 cups of Blanched Almond Flour
• 1 stick or 1/2 cup of softened butter
• 1.5 Cups of Splenda, sucralose, stevia or Erythritol
• 8 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract (McCormicks is gluten free)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 8 ounces of cream cheese
• 2 tsp baking powder

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease a loaf pan
3. In a bowl mix the cream cheese, Splenda, sucralose or stevia and the butter together with a handheld mixer or a kitchen aid mixer until well combined and creamed. 
4. Add the eggs and the vanilla extract and mix well until well combined. 
5. Lastly add the Blanched Almond Flour and the baking powder and mix until there are no more lumps and again, well combined. 
6. Pour into a greased loaf pan
7. Bake in the oven for about 1 - 2 hours. Check it after 1 hour and using a toothpick or knife check the center to make sure that the toothpick or knife comes out clean. 
8. Cool and if you want to, you can glaze it or add a cream cheese frosting to the top. 
9. Enjoy. 
10. If you want to frost this with some Cream Cheese Frosting, here is a recipe

See the video below for full details on how to do this. 

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And when it is all done!

Using Splenda

Using Erythritol

This entry was posted on February 7, 2017 at 9:55 AM and has received 3551 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Need buttermilk but do not want to run to the store?

Need buttermilk, but there is none where you are at?

Did you kno that you can make mock buttermilk?

Buttermilk is the liquid left over after making butter, so it is somewhat of a curdled high fat milk product. 

All you need to make it is just a few ingredients. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup of heavy cream (if you want to use a lower fat milk you can, but then it will not be keto friendly)
• 1 Tbsp of vinegar or 1 Tbsp of Lemon Juice. 

Directions:

1. Mix the cream and the vinegar or the lemon juice together for a few seconds and then let it sit for about a minute or so. It should thicken up a bit and now you have buttermilk that you can use without having to run to the store

This entry was posted on February 4, 2017 at 7:25 PM and has received 1176 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a super easy way to make a cauliflower pizza crust that are not only gluten free but they are also keto friendly (low carb)

Ingredients:

• I head of cauliflower
• 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cups shredded cheese
• 1/8 cup italian seasoning

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Trim the cauliflower and place into a ninja or food processor
3. Once the cauliflower is a rice like consistnency, take out and place into a large bowl
4. Add the italian seasoning, eggs, parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese and mix well.
5. Line a large pizza pan with parchment paper
6. Dump the cauliflower mixture on top of the parchment paper and press out until it either fills the pan or is the size that you want.
7. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or so, or until the top starts to get a bit golden brown.
8. I usually will use a pizza peel and slide the crust off of the pan with the parchment paper, take the pizza pan and put it on top of the pizza crust and then flip it so that the bottom of the pizza crust is now the top and bake it for a bit longer.

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