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Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole

Ingredients:

• 1 - 2 lbs of cauliflower florets (frozen cauliflower can most times be cheaper than buying a head of cauliflower)
• 1 lb of bacon (optional)
• 8 ounces of cream cheese
• 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup of mayo of your choice
• 1 packet of hidden valley ranch seasoning or 1 ounce of your own mixture of ranch dressing seasoning.(Some alternatives - Moms's or Walden Farms)
•  2 - 3 chicken breasts

Directions
Pre-Cook the chicken
Add the cauliflower florets into a 9x13 pan, drizzle with a little bit of olive oil or butter, and bake in the oven at 350 for 15 minutes if the cauliflower is thawed. If frozen, place in the oven for 30 minutes. While the cauliflower is cooking, this is a good time to cook the bacon in the oven as well.
While the cauliflower and bacon is cooking in a mixing bowl add the softened cream cheese, mayo, heavy whipping cream and ranch seasoning to the bowl and using an imersion blender or a hand blender mix well.
Cut the chicken into bite size pieces and place into another mixing bowl.
Add the bacon (if you want) and the cauliflower the bowl with the chicken.
Take the ranch dressing and add that to the bowl with the chicken mixture.
Mix well to coat.
Add to a 9x13 pan and cook in the oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Below is a video of this being done. 

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This entry was posted on December 5, 2017 at 10:45 AM and has received 1185 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

This 90 second bread stuff is very versatile as you can make many things with it just by adding in a few ingredients here and there. 

One afternoon I wondered if I could make a cinnamon roll for my daughter and myself for a nice little snack and it turned out ot be pretty good. It is not anywhere near the taste of a Cinnabon, but this will do good for the times that I crave a cinnamon roll and want to keep the carbs down. 

Ingredients:

• 1 Egg
• 1-2 Tbsp softened butter 
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 Tbsp blanched almond flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1-2 tsp cinnamon powder (can use less or more depending upon taste)
• 2 - 3 tsp Splenda, Stevia, Truvia, Xylitol, Sorbitol or Erythritol

Directions:

1. Soften the butter and add all the ingredients into a lightly greased  bowl of the shape that you want the cinnamon roll to be in
2. Place the bowl into the microwave and cook for 90 seconds
3. Take the cinnamon roll out of the bowl and let cool
4. If you want you can make some cream cheese frosting to go ont the top. 

Enjoy. 

This entry was posted on September 29, 2017 at 2:00 PM and has received 1212 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a great casserole to make that only takes a few ingredients and is excellent for the Sunday football games or on a day when you feel like a bit of spice, but not a whole lot. This is also a great warm comfort food to enjoy when it starts to get colder out as well. 

Chicken Bacon Ranch Jalepeno Popper Casserole. 

Ingredients
- Jalepeno Peppers (cut in half and gutted out)
- 16 ounces of Cream Cheese (or more if you want for the jalepenos)
- 1 lb Bacon (pre-cook it )
- 3 - 4 Chicken breasts (or more if you want) and cut them into bit size pieces.
- Shredded Cheese
- 1 cup of real Mayo or more if you want (I used 1.5 cups for a double batch in the video)
- 1/2 heavy whipping cream
- 1 packet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix, or you can make your own.

Directions
Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Cook the chicken until done and cut into bit size chunks.
Prep the jalepeno poppers and then wrap them in tin foil and place them into the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or so until they become tender.
Mix 8 ounces of cream cheese, Mayo and the heavy whipping cream into a bowl and then add the ranch dressing and mix well until combined.
Add in 1/2 to 1 cup of shredded cheese to the ranch dressing mixture and mix well.
Cut up the bacon that you had cooked into small chunks.
Add the bacon into the chicken and add in the ranch dressing mixture and mix well until combined.
Add the chicken mixture to a large casserole pan (9x13 works if you do not double the recipe) and then take jalepeno poppers and cut them in half, then place them on the top and sprinkle with some more cheese about a 1/2 to a cup of cheese.
If you have any bacon left over you can add some to the top for some garnish, or you can eat it while the casserole is cooking.
Place in the oven for about 20 minutes or untiil the cheese is melted and bubbly.

https://youtu.be/3V8XgKrSDmM

This entry was posted on September 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM and has received 1140 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Here is a recipe for a basic, low carb,gluten free, keto friendly cheesecake. This is a no-thrills cheesecake, not much to it and simple to make. You can modify this to have the different flavorings in it if you want such as chocolate, fruit, seasonings, etc..

Ingredients:

• 2 8 ounce packages of cream cheese
• 1/2 cup Splenda, sucralose, stevia or Erythritol 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sour cream.

Directions:

1. Grease a pie plate
2. preheat the oven to 350 degrees
3. In a bowl, add the cream cheese and cream them using a handheld mixer or a kitchenaid mixer until it has a nice creamy consitency. 
4. add the Splenda, sucralose, stevia or Erythritol , vanilla extract and continue to mix for a few more minutes. 
5. Add one egg at a time and mix for about a minute after adding each egg. 
6. Pour into the greased pie plate. 
7. bake for about 45 - 50 minutes. 
8. Let it cool and serve. Add toppings if you do not like the taste of plain cheesecake. 

This entry was posted on February 28, 2017 at 10:06 AM and has received 1944 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Making pizza crusts that are not only gluten free, but also keto friendly (low carb) can be tricky sometimes but once you find what works,you can tinker here and there to find different variations that definatly work. The almond flour crusts are no exception here as I have about 3 or 4 different variations of the almond flour crust and I have about 7 or 8 different pizza crusts that fit both diets. This latest one is one that the whole family for sure likes, and it like the rest will be one that is only requested once in a while once people get too much of it, but to have as many pizza crusts as I do for sure help. 

This one is different, yet good. The setup for this is quite easy and it bakes 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.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups melted shredded cheese
• 3/4 cup almonnd flour
• 3 Tbsp cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 - 4 tsp garlic powder (if you want)
• 2-4 tsp italian seasoning
• 2 Tbsp psyllium husk

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 to 375 degrees
2. Melt the cheese in a bowl for about 60 - 90 seconds. 
3. Add all the ingredients into a bowl.
4. Using a handheld mixer mix up the ingredients until it starts to resemble dough. 
5. Get out a 14 or 16 inch pizza pan and line it with parchment paper
6. Place the dough on top of the parchment paper and then place some clear plastic wrap on top to prevent sticking
7. Press out the dough using your hands with the clear plastic wrap on top of the dough still
8. 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. 
9. Use your favorite pizza sauce and make your pizza. My favorite sauce is ranch dressing. 

This entry was posted on February 26, 2017 at 10:50 PM and has received 1467 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

What's better than having chocolate and sweets while on a low carb diet. How about french silk pie while on a low carb, keto diet? What if I said that it could be Low Carb, Keto Friendly AND Gluten Free? 

How about I tell you about this awesome pie, the french silk pie. 

It has a bit of weight to it and it is sooooo good!

Just look how good that is!  The taste is out of this world and to have it work on the low carb / keto diet is just amazing. 

Looks amazing doesnt it? 

Ingredients:

• 1 gluten free, keto friendly, low carb pie crust
• 1 cup of low carb whipped cream
• 1/2 cup of Splenda, sucralose, stevia or Erythritol
• 16 ounces of cream cheese (2 8 ounce packages)
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1- 2 Tbsp vanilla extract

Directions

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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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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 1492 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. 

Watch this video on Daily Motion - http://dai.ly/x6hliwd

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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.

View the video below. 

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