When somebody gifts you half of a head (yes I said a head) of some of Alberta’s finest pork do you say no because you don’t know what to do with it, or do you blindly and enthusiastically say yes(!) and figure out what exactly to do with it later? If you are me, you…
Flourless Chocolate Cake
It was my birthday this week. I spent a fun evening with my friend Karen at the Kananaskis Nordic Spa enjoying the hot pools and enduring the cold ones. At -24° C it was an interesting experience, and a purportedly healthy one too. Cold immersion is reported to help convert white fat to brown fat,…
Keto Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
It has been a while since I’ve felt motivated and inspired to add something new, like these delicious crab stuffed mushrooms, to the Daily Dish. It’s certainly not because I haven’t been cooking, as that is my daily reality, cooking fresh, real food meals for my family every day. It’s really more that I, like…
Skirt Steak with Romesco Sauce and Cherry Tomato Relish
Skirt steak, or just skirt, is cut from the plate area of cattle. It is similar to flank steak in that it is very highly grained and is similarly cooked, and sliced. It is the cut most often associated with fajitas. Coming from the diaphragm area this is a lean and hard working muscle…
Seriously Awesome Low Carb Crackers
One of the things about an LCHF/ketogenic lifestyle that really works for me, though it admittedly doesn’t work for everybody as it stalls weight loss for some, is my ability to eat cheese. I love cheese. If I could healthily exist on red wine and cheese I probably would and when I was eating a…
Low Carb Jambalaya – a quick and easy weekend dinner
This quick and easy low carb jambalaya was today’s solution to satisfying Steve’s craving for some spicy southern food. It also was a great way to whip up a tasty dinner in a hurry after an already busy day in the kitchen. We enjoy making fermented sausages like salami and chorizo and after spending a…
Low Carb Cheddar and Broccoli Soup
We are soooo in that weird place where our grown kids are leaving, coming back again, and leaving again. It’s a tough world out there and our kids are definitely feeling it. For me, having adults coming and going as they please but still wanting to offer good, home made food means having to plan,…
Low Carb Lemon Ricotta Cake
Oh yeah, let them eat cake! Delicious low carb cake (not to mention gluten and grain free) that is! Yummy, coffee cake like Italian ricotta cake. Mmmmm. My enthusiasm for trying new things and my general thought that not much beyond rocket science is actually rocket science (you shouldn’t mess with that stuff – IMO) can…
Low Carb Saskatoon ‘tarts’
I seriously did not know exactly what to call this quick and easy dessert. It’s not a crumble, a grunt, a pandowdy or a buckle and it isn’t really a pie either, though that is what it was standing in for when I made it. Steve loves, loves, loves Saskatoon pie. It is really the…
Chilean Roasted Pork Belly
I am a sucker, a sucker I say, for pretty food! That is how I ended up with this beautiful, completely too big and entirely not needed, braided pork belly from Regina’s Fine Meats at the Crossroads Market here in Calgary. It was just sitting there at the meat counter, being all innocent but glorious…
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