Easiest Ever Low Carb Tomato Soup

Tomato soup takes me right back to my childhood in NE Ohio full of snowy winter days and hours of ice skating with my little sister.  Canned tomato soup was a "go to" meal that my mother often made after a long Saturday of sled riding and ice skating.  The most popular canned tomato soup then and probably still is now, that we all grew up with, is unfortunately loaded with high fructose corn syrup and wheat flour.  And as an added bonus comes in at 20 grams of total carbs per serving.  Let's face it, has anyone ever made a batch of homemade tomato soup and actually added wheat flour and high fructose corn syrup?  
As many of us know, the price of convenience food these days often comes with added ingredients that we do not want to eat as a part of our ketogenic lifestyle le…

Low Carb Holiday Ham

This ham not only feeds a crowd for any holiday get together, but it won't take you off of your low carb/keto plan.  It's deliciously sweet and salty.  Just like any yummy traditional ham.  Plus, the sweet dijon gravy will leave you licking your fingers while you are cutting the ham into slices. 
In the past, for may years, my holidays were filled with not only a ton of carbs that left me sleepy at the end of the meal but many times included a ham made from Dr. Pepper and lots of brown sugar.  Most of us have had one of those hams at one time or another.  Fortunately, with just a few adjustments, it's just as easy to give that old syrupy carb loaded ham a low carb, but oh so delicious twist.  And believe me when I say that any and all carbivores sitting around your holiday ta…

Low Carb Sheet Pan Spatchcock Chicken & Asparagus

There are so many things to love about sheet pan meals.  After all, what's not to love about placing a bunch of delicious low carb ketogenic food onto one pan, seasoning it simply, and then just waiting to smell all of the mouthwatering food as the chicken skin crisps in the oven into something special.  
The most effort you'll have to put forth is to spatchcock the chicken.  Just cut the backbone out the chicken with a sharp pair of kitchen scissors, flip the chicken breast side up so that it's laying flat, then placing your hands right in the middle of the breast bone, apply pressure pushing down until you hear a "crack".  That will allow the chicken to lay flat as possible for even roasting.  And if you don't want to "spatchcock" the chicken yoursel…

"Family Favorite" Low Carb Pizza

My family and I have tried all of the many different low carb/keto friendly pizza crusts over the years.  And we like all of them for different reasons.  After all, one of the best strategies I have found to make this lifestyle a sustainable one is finding tasty low carb replacements for my favorite carby foods.  And one of the foods that people are convinced they'll never be able to find an acceptable replacement for when doing a carb conscious lifestyle is pizza.  So, I say, "try them all"!  It's the only way that you'll find out which one that your family likes the best.  And this one is my husbands favorite.  So easy that he can whip up the crust in just a few minutes.  Oh, and a quick tip.  If you want to lower the carb count even further you can use Alfredo sa…

Keto Pan Fried Chicken for 2

Over the many years that I have been, "low carbin' it", one thing is for certain.  Having a few really quick, really yummy chicken dishes in my recipe stockpile is crucial.  Those dishes that are so easy that you are able to recall them immediately.  Dishes so convenient that many times you have all of the ingredients on hand at any given time.  For me, this dish is one of those.


Yield: 2 servings
Author: Janet Rosenberry Print Keto Pan Fried Chicken for 2 Pan fried Chicken Breasts topped with sautéed grape tomatoes and feta. ingredients:2 TBLS Butter2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts 1/2 c Grape Tomatoes1/3 c. No Sugar added Italian Dressing2 oz. Feta, crumbledSeasoning Salt instructions:Begin by pounding  out chicken with a meat mallet so it is all the same thickness.Season…

Steak and Cauliflower Bowls

It doesn't get much simpler or more delicious than sliced steak served over sauteed riced cauliflower gobbled up in a bowl.  Meals like this are extremely easy to plan and cook.  And what makes this time friendly?  I use prepackaged riced cauliflower along with my favorite store bought no sugar added salsa.  A low carb dinner for 2 in no time at all. 

Yield: 2 Author: LowCarberista-Janet RosenberryPrint Recipe Steak and Cauliflower Bowl Sliced steak served on top of a bed of sauteed riced cauliflower ingredients:3  TBLS Butter or Ghee7 oz (about 210g) Strip Steak1 12 oz. bag of riced cauliflower 2 TBLS Scallions, top and bottom, thinly sliced4 TBLS No Sugar added SalsaSeasoning SaltPepper instructions:Remove steak from fridge and let it come up to room temp. About 30 minutes.Liberally…

Shamrock Egg & Ham Brunch

A perfectly cooked egg inside a thick slice of green pepper nestled on top of sauteed cabbage and ham made a perfect low carb St. Paddy's Day brunch celebration this weekend.  And it's really easy to make several servings at once.  Shhhh.... no one ever knows when I take a little shortcut and use the pre-chopped bags of cabbage from the produce section of my local grocery store.  
Yield: 1 servingAuthor: LowCarberista-Janet RosenberryPrint Recipe Shamrock Egg & Ham The perfect low carb/keto St. Patrick's Day Brunch idea.  Egg cooked in a thick slice of green pepper with cabbage and ham. ingredients:1 TBLS. Butter or Ghee1/2 inch (33 g) slice of Green Bell Pepper-white ribs and seeds removed1 c. chopped Cabbage2 TBLS sliced Green Onions, top and bottom1/4 c.  diced Ham1 lar…

Porterhouse for 2 with Onion Mustard sauce

What sets a ho-hum steak apart from an "Out of this World" steak?  Seasoning!  And of course, not over cooking it.  Porterhouse is one of our faves because it's perfect for 2.  My husband eats the larger strip side and I eat the smaller filet side.  A Porterhouse steak is a beautiful YET pricey piece of meat so you don't want to ruin it by not properly cooking it.  I have found the meat thermometer from OXO to be the best and the most user friendly.  It has just enough bells and whistles to be useful but not too many to be confusing.  I also love it's long compact shape because it fits perfectly at the front of any kitchen drawer and the long cord wraps around the device and the probe tucks neatly inside. 
Being on a keto/low carb diet not only allows but encourages…