Modified Low Carb Enchilada Casserole

While the original recipe for this is good, it was still a bit high in carbs, even for a low carb meal.  I have made a few modifications to it, which brought the carb count down to 4 carbs per serving.  Below are my modifications.  I hope you enjoy!

• Crust:
• 2 oz · cream cheese
• 2 · eggs
• 1 cup · grated cheddar cheese
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• For the enchilada filling:
• 2 pound ·grass fed ground beef 
• 8 oz · can diced tomatoes, no sugar
• 1 package Frontera Red Chile Enchilada Sauce with Roasted Tomato and Garlic
• 1 cup · grated cheddar cheese
• salt and garlic powder to taste

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• 1 preheat oven to 350°
• 2 Mix crust ingredients together and pour into a 9x13 dish sprayed with nonstick spray.  Sprinkle with Himalayan sea salt and garlic powder per your taste.
• 3 bake crust for 30-35 minutes until golden brown
• 4 brown hamburger meat and add all remaining enchilada filings except cheese.
• 5 pour enchilada filling over baked crust.
• 6 top with remaining cheese
• 7 bake for an additional 20 minutes put until bubbly.

Fauxtato Salad #LCHF #WheatFree

Can't wait to try this one, too.  H/T to Kayla from my LCHF group.

·        1 large head cauliflower, cleaned
6 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped
2 stalks celery, finely diced
1lb bacon chopped and cooked
3 stalks green onion
1 cup mayonnaise
½ teaspoon yellow table mustard
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1⁄8 teaspoon garlic powder
Paprika, for garnish
Fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish

1. Chop the cauliflower into small pieces (should make about 4 cups).

2. Set a large pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil.

3. Cook the cauliflower pieces in the boiling water for about 5 minutes, until tender.

4. Drain cauliflower and immerse in an ice water bath to stop the cooking process.

5. Drain cauliflower well and then pat dry between several layers of paper towels.

6. Place the cauliflower in a bowl with all of the remaining ingredients, except the garnishes, and fold together.

7. Sprinkle with the paprika and parsley, and chill for at least 1 hour before serving

Steak, Alzheimer's and Craps

I've been on this new WOE  (way of eating) since February now.  I'm down over 30 pounds and 3 pant sizes.  So very happy with the progress I'm making.  My parents came to visit at the beginning of June and stayed for 2 weeks.  We really had a wonderful time.  There was a lot of eating out, though.  I prefer to try to eat clean for most meals, but that wasn't going to happen.  I did at least manage to continue to eat LCHF.

I knew my protein was too high for those couple of weeks, but as we were in Black Hawk and eating at the buffets, meat and veggies was about all I could eat, and I'm certainly not complaining about having steak every night!).  I still managed to lose 2 pounds over the 2 weeks they were here, but that's definitely not as fast as I had been losing.

They've left for home on Tuesday, and I'm already down 1.2 lbs in those 2 days.

In other exciting, related news, I did awesome in Black Hawk!  My dad has stage 3 Alzheimer's, but he does pretty well for himself.  It's just the most recent things he can't remember.  So he can sit down at a black jack table and kick some butt.  But he decided he wanted to try to play some Craps with me.  I tried to explain, but there is so much going on, that he would forget what I had told him 5 minutes ago.  So I said, just do what I do!  We had so much fun together, and we won, which made it even better.  Mom didn't do so well, but we more than made up for it.  It was still a great time.

Low Carb Pancakes #LCHF #WheatFree #WheatBelly

I think I'll try these this weekend!

1 cup coconut flour. 

1/2cup almond flour. 

6 eggs. 

3 Tbl of sweetner. 

1/2 tsp salt. 

1 tsp baking powder. 

1/2 cup of hwc. 

2 Tbl of cream cheese.

1 tsp vanilla.

Dash of cinnamon. 

Cooked on med heat with butter. 

Each side about 5 min.

Jalapenos w/ Cream Cheese #WheatBelly #WheatFree #LCHF

I cannot wait to try these!  H/T to Kristen in my LCHF group.  Thanks!

2-8oz blocks of cream cheese
1 cup of shredded cheddar
1 t of sea salt
1 tbsp. garlic powder
Blend together---add 
3 strips of Bacon -crumbled 

Cut 18 jalapeños in half and remove the seeds (for the love of God and your eyes and other sensitive body parts, wear rubber gloves!) 
Use a spoon to scoop the
Mix and add into the 
Jalapeños. 
Bake on 425* for 30 minutes.

Sugar Free Yellow Cake Donuts with Chocolate Icing #Wheatfree #WheatBelly

H/T to Penny from my LCHF group

Makes: 12 Donuts

Ingredients:
2 cups Almond Flour
1/2 cup Swerve
2 dropper fulls of liquid stevia
3 1/2 tsp aluminum free baking powder
1 tsp Celtic sea salt
1/8 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 cups unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 large eggs

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line donut or cupcake pans with paper liners or you may also grease donut or cupcake pans. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Mix at low speed for 30 seconds while scraping bowl. Mix at high speed for 3 minutes, scraping bowl every minute. Spoon batter into greased donut pan until they are 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans then move to wire rack to cool completely. Frost your donuts with chocolate icing.

CHOCOLATE ICING:
6 TBS unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup Swerve and 1 dropper full of liquid stevia
1/4 cup vanilla almond milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

To make the frosting, make Swerve into a powder in a food processor. Melt together the 6 tablespoons of cocoa and butter; set aside to cool. In a medium bowl, blend together the sweetener, almond milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in the cocoa mixture. Spread over cooled donuts and enjoy!

LCHF Gravy for Biscuits #wheatbelly #wheatfree #lchf

Serves 10

Ingredients
Cream Cheese, Plain, 1 container (8 oz ea.)
Organic Beef Broth, 1.5 cups
Organic Heavy Whipping Cream, 1/2  cup
Drippings - Bacon Grease, 3 tsp

In warm bacon drippings, add beef broth and  cream cheese, stirring until cream cheese is melted.  Add heavy whipping cream.   Salt and pepper to taste.  Whisk constantly until ready to serve.  

Per Serving:
Calories   166
Carbs      1
Fat           17
Protein     2
Sugar       0