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,…
Jalapeño Popper Chicken
Got a craving for jalapeño poppers but need something more substantial for dinner? That was me the other day and this recipe for Jalapeño Popper Chicken fit the bill perfectly. Checking off all of my boxes (simple, quick, keto or at least low carb, and delicious) isn’t always easy but this dish was – easy…
Keto Guacamole Egg Stacks
It’s early, my favourite time of the day in the summer. The sun is up, the birds are singing their variety of morning songs and I’ve already been out in the garden for an hour or so, hoping to beat the heat that is expected later in the day. But now I’m hungry! Since I…
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…
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…
Spicy Italian Keto Hot Pockets
These spicy Italian Keto Hot Pockets are a really easy to make, easy to pack, low carb breakfast or lunch option. Just like my Greens, Eggs and Ham Hot Pockets, they use a simple cheese and almond flour crust that is spiced up with some dried Italian herbs. They come together in about 15 minutes…
Greens, Eggs and Ham Breakfast Hot Pockets
Well, after watching me lose over 20 lbs on a low carb/ketogenic lifestyle, my hubby Steve has finally jumped on board. He has been eating low carb at home because, for the most part, that’s all I’m cooking. The only problem with that is that he has also still been eating higher carb lunches etc….
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