Showing posts with label economy recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy recipe. Show all posts
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Day 28 weigh in wednesday (Busted mic)
Busted Mic or not, I'm keeping track on Weigh-in-Wednesdays! Due to technical difficulties my new videos are delaying but they are coming!
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Eating pizza again after 8 mos!!!!
I have not had pizza in 8 months, because I was low carbing. One day while browsing, I came across this recipe
http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/italian/no-dough-pizza.html
My pizza came out looking more like a casserole than an actual pizza
oops, I put WAY too much toppings on it. My take on it, its very very cheesey. It wasnt hard where you could just pick it up with your hands, but you have to use a fork to eat it. It tasted really good, and I didnt miss the high carb pizza.
I used chicken and peppers for the topping
http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/italian/no-dough-pizza.html
My pizza came out looking more like a casserole than an actual pizza
oops, I put WAY too much toppings on it. My take on it, its very very cheesey. It wasnt hard where you could just pick it up with your hands, but you have to use a fork to eat it. It tasted really good, and I didnt miss the high carb pizza.
I used chicken and peppers for the topping
Ingredients
| CRUST | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1-8 oz. | full fat cream cheese, room temperature | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 large | eggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/4 tsp | ground black pepper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 tsp | garlic powder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/4 c | grated parmesan cheese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPPINGS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/2 c | pizza sauce | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 1/2 c | shredded mozzarella cheese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| toppings - pepperoni, ham, sausage, mushrooms, peppers or any toppings of your choice | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| garlic powder | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Zero carb movie snack #2 ! Fast and simple!
Watch the video here!
Step 1 :
Get pork fat (or beef fat) from the butcher, I find pork fat so that's what i'm working with.
Step 2 :
Cut in pieces the fat. You can cut it in squares for chips or in strips for a replacement of bread sticks for dipping!
Step 3 :
Start rendering the fat in a pot or pan (i'm using a pot) at half the maximum heat your stove allows you. I was told to take out half the fat each time in order to avoid 'burning it'. Not sure what that means but it works anyhow!
Keep the rendered fat in a porcelain container of choice. I'm using a baking pan and then I transfer that in to a jar and keep it in the fridge.
Step 4 :
Season at will and enjoy your movie snack!!
Step 1 :
Get pork fat (or beef fat) from the butcher, I find pork fat so that's what i'm working with.
Step 2 :
Cut in pieces the fat. You can cut it in squares for chips or in strips for a replacement of bread sticks for dipping!
Step 3 :
Start rendering the fat in a pot or pan (i'm using a pot) at half the maximum heat your stove allows you. I was told to take out half the fat each time in order to avoid 'burning it'. Not sure what that means but it works anyhow!
Keep the rendered fat in a porcelain container of choice. I'm using a baking pan and then I transfer that in to a jar and keep it in the fridge.
Step 4 :
Season at will and enjoy your movie snack!!
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Breakfast on a budget
Want to start your day with A LOT of fat?
how about eggs, bacon and avacado?
Really simple, just dry everything in butter.
Its a great way to limit your carbs by having less for breakfast and you also don't spike your insulin levels much
Great for budget eating. Eggs are cheap, one dozen for $2. 30 cents for 2 eggs. Bacon is a couple of dollars an avacado is $2. less than 1/4 was used so that is 50 cents. 1 pound of bacon is about 3.00 at 20 slices so that is 1 cents each, an comes to 30 cents. Sometimes you can find the pack on sale for 1.29.
Total cost for breakfast is: 1.10
Budget breakfast, big amount of fat and protein!
Beef heart on a bed of vegetables! (cheap recipe)
So, as you can imagine, money is quite low.. So sometimes I need a cheap plan.
This is one of them!
- Half a beef heart
- Half a red bell pepper
- Half a green bell pepper
- Half a tomato
Feeds: 1 hungry low carber!
Estimated cost : 1.80 euros.
Step 1 :
Put the beef heart in a clay pot with spices of choice. If your butcher has cleared the heart from the extra fat, just add butter. Put the lid on and let it roast for 2-4 hours at 150-200 oC.
I generally let it roast for 2 hours at 200 oC then set it to 150 oC for the rest.
Keep the fat!
Step 2 :
Chop up the bell peppers and tomato and place on your dish (or in a bowl) and season to taste.
Enjoy!!
This is one of them!
- Half a beef heart
- Half a red bell pepper
- Half a green bell pepper
- Half a tomato
Feeds: 1 hungry low carber!
Estimated cost : 1.80 euros.
Step 1 :
Put the beef heart in a clay pot with spices of choice. If your butcher has cleared the heart from the extra fat, just add butter. Put the lid on and let it roast for 2-4 hours at 150-200 oC.
I generally let it roast for 2 hours at 200 oC then set it to 150 oC for the rest.
Keep the fat!
Step 2 :
Chop up the bell peppers and tomato and place on your dish (or in a bowl) and season to taste.
Enjoy!!
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Low carb movie snack!! (0 carbs)
Video of this recipe! Click here!
We all want that crunchy-snacky food feeling when we're watching a movie..
Here's one that you'll absolutely adore!!
Pork Cracklings!
Ask for Pork Skin from your butcher. He may or maynot give you skin with a layer of fat. Whatever he gives, we can work with it. Some butchers just give em out for free, some sell them.
Ask for your butcher to cut the skin in 1 cm width ribbons or do it at home. In order to do it fast, roll it up like a napkin and slice through.
Step 1 (if your pork skin has no fat, skip this step)
- Boil the pork skin ribbons for about 20 minutes. Drain.
Step 2
- Bake the pork skin ribbons for about 30 minutes. Drain (keep the fat)
Step 3
- Deep fry the pork skin for about 30 seconds to a minute in lard or butter. I tried with olive oil but the taste was too heavy. Drain and enjoy!!
Optional*
Season what spices you desire. Make it spicy or savoury to taste! Your call!
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Cold tuna/ Hot tuna ! (emergency dish!)
So one of my 'things' is to be able to scrap up a fast dish.
I rarely go by recipe, I'm more of a 'what's in the fridge' type of cook.
Here are 2 dishes with canned-tuna-in-brine that you can do if you don't have much time.
Hot dish :
-Butter
- Drained tuna
- Mushrooms of choice (i use the small white ones)
- Heavy cream
- Nutmeg
-Fresh ground pepper
- Optional: coconut flour (1 tablespoon)
Execution:
Put a sauce pot on the stove.
Set heat to 3 (out of 6)
Put in a few slices of butter, depending on how 'buttery' you want the sauce to be.
Dice the mushrooms and chuck them in!
Let simmer for a few minutes, the butter will first get absorbed, don't add more, it will return to the pot in a bit.
When the mushrooms are cooked and the sauce looks thicker, if it's not thick enough, chuck in the coconut flour and leave it simmer for a minute more.
Put the drained tuna in a bowl, add the sauce.
Voila!! It's a hot dish!!
Cold dish :
- Drained tuna
- Half a tomato
- Half a green bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon of mustard.
Optional choices :
-Dill
-Homemade mayo
- Chopped boiled egg
- raw olive oil
Execution:
Just chop up everything, add all in a bowl, salad style.
Add the mustard in the end and mix it with the salad.
Enjoy a cool dish!!
I rarely go by recipe, I'm more of a 'what's in the fridge' type of cook.
Here are 2 dishes with canned-tuna-in-brine that you can do if you don't have much time.
Hot dish :
-Butter
- Drained tuna
- Mushrooms of choice (i use the small white ones)
- Heavy cream
- Nutmeg
-Fresh ground pepper
- Optional: coconut flour (1 tablespoon)
Execution:
Put a sauce pot on the stove.
Set heat to 3 (out of 6)
Put in a few slices of butter, depending on how 'buttery' you want the sauce to be.
Dice the mushrooms and chuck them in!
Let simmer for a few minutes, the butter will first get absorbed, don't add more, it will return to the pot in a bit.
When the mushrooms are cooked and the sauce looks thicker, if it's not thick enough, chuck in the coconut flour and leave it simmer for a minute more.
Put the drained tuna in a bowl, add the sauce.
Voila!! It's a hot dish!!
Cold dish :
- Drained tuna
- Half a tomato
- Half a green bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon of mustard.
Optional choices :
-Dill
-Homemade mayo
- Chopped boiled egg
- raw olive oil
Execution:
Just chop up everything, add all in a bowl, salad style.
Add the mustard in the end and mix it with the salad.
Enjoy a cool dish!!
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Homemade Chocolate Candy
In the low carb world, we call candy Fat bombs. The reason is if you need some more fat, you can just eat a couple of these. Or if you are still hungry after a meal, have 1 or 2. These are also great to take with you to a party so you have some fats to munch on or healthy desert so to speak. Every party I have been to always had a lot of sugar laden deserts with a lot of gluten in it. This is a guilt free desert full of fat!
Here is what you need-
In a sauce pan, melt the coconut oil. Then remove from heat. Add all of your other ingredients and whisk until mixed evenly. It does not take very long.
Pour into silicone molds and put in the fridge. It should be hardened into candy within the hour.
Here is what you need-
- 1/2 cup coconut oil (solid at room temp)
- 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder
- 2 Tbsp any sweetener you desire. I used liquid stevia in this. You can add more or less depending on how sweet you like this.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract(gives it a nice vanilla flavor)
- 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream
In a sauce pan, melt the coconut oil. Then remove from heat. Add all of your other ingredients and whisk until mixed evenly. It does not take very long.
Pour into silicone molds and put in the fridge. It should be hardened into candy within the hour.
Stuffed Pepper Recipe
Today's Recipe is Stuffed Pepper.
Its really EASY to make. You can make a lot of them, cook them and keep them in the fridge until you are ready to eat. These are GREAT to take with you to a party as a low carb dish so you have something to eat. They make great appetizers as well as an actual meal.
What you will need
butter
bell pepper (use any color you want, I used green)
ground beef
spices (i used onion power, cayenne pepper, ginger powder, garlic powder. You can add salt if you desire, i do not)
1 egg
In a frying pan, cook the ground beef until it becomes brown. Mix in the desired spices while cooking. You don't need to add any fats when you cook this because it can cook in its own fat.
Cut a bell pepper in half. Clean out the inside. Put your cooked beef inside the bell pepper and fill it to the top. Preheat your over to 350 degrees. Grease a pan with some butter and put your pepper inside. Cook for 15-20 minutes. Check up on it to make sure it is done
In a frying pan, cook an egg with butter.
Once your pepper is done, take it out of the oven and put your egg on top of the pepper.
Its really easy takes less than 5 minutes of prep time. The oven does most of the work for you so you don't have to do much.
Its really EASY to make. You can make a lot of them, cook them and keep them in the fridge until you are ready to eat. These are GREAT to take with you to a party as a low carb dish so you have something to eat. They make great appetizers as well as an actual meal.
What you will need
butter
bell pepper (use any color you want, I used green)
ground beef
spices (i used onion power, cayenne pepper, ginger powder, garlic powder. You can add salt if you desire, i do not)
1 egg
In a frying pan, cook the ground beef until it becomes brown. Mix in the desired spices while cooking. You don't need to add any fats when you cook this because it can cook in its own fat.
Cut a bell pepper in half. Clean out the inside. Put your cooked beef inside the bell pepper and fill it to the top. Preheat your over to 350 degrees. Grease a pan with some butter and put your pepper inside. Cook for 15-20 minutes. Check up on it to make sure it is done
In a frying pan, cook an egg with butter.
Once your pepper is done, take it out of the oven and put your egg on top of the pepper.
Its really easy takes less than 5 minutes of prep time. The oven does most of the work for you so you don't have to do much.
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