Tender, juicy smoked chicken leg quarters with a sweet and spicy dry rub are fall-outta-your-chair-good. Pellet grills make smoking easy to do in the backyard. (Thank you Traeger Grills for gifting me with a new pellet grill. All thoughts and opinions are my own.) Smoked chicken is a summer favorite. Moist, tender chicken with a…
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Perfect BBQ Dry Rub For Chicken or Pork
An insanely delicious dry rub for chicken or pork. Sweet with a little heat perfect for chicken wings, beer can chicken, pork chops and ribs! Great for keto BBQ! One of the pleasures of living in Southern California is being able to grill all year. With a little advance planning, grilling enables me to have…
Easy Thai Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce (low carb, sugar-free)
Baked or grilled, chicken satay with peanut sauce (chicken marinated in spices, skewered and grilled) abound on the internet. An easy peanut sauce makes it delicious! Grill season is in full swing in my part of the country. Last summer, my beloved patio grill died. It took me a year…
Homemade Indian Tikka Chicken Wings Recipe
These homemade Indian Tikka Chicken Wings are marinated in coconut milk and Indian spices, cooked on the grill and then served with a bright citrus-cilantro sauce. [This tasty recipe has been updated with new photos. Enjoy!] This Chicken Tikka Marinade is so easy and so delicious! You’ll have great flavor…
Beef Satay
An easy and authentic tasting Beef Satay recipe featuring beef in a Thai marinade and a tasty peanut sauce. Perfect served with a Thai cucumber salad. Low carb eating at it best! Wow! I can’t believe that my kids go back to school on Wednesday. I blinked and missed their…
Low Carb Blue Cheese Burgers (Keto Buns)
A low carb blue cheese burger so crazy amazing with flavor, you won’t miss the bun! This Summer I thought I’d try something fun — a series of low carb burgers. If you’re going to have a bunless burger, or even a lettuce wrapped burger, it ought to be super…
The Best Bunless Burger Recipe for Low Carb Burgers
The secret to the best bunless burger is the seasoning. Make your own juicy steakhouse burgers at home with a few simple ingredients and a burger press. To me, there’s nothing more mouthwatering than a great tasting bunless burger. I was born in Texas and I’m a bonafide beef lover…
10 Ways to Vary Your Healthy Low Carb Sides!
A basic combination of healthy mixed vegetables can be prepared many ways with a few basic tweaks. These 10 simple ways to vary your favorite veggies can help save you from low carb veggie boredom! Healthy low carb vegetable side dishes = LOVE at my house. Do you love your…
Low Carb Greek Lamb Burgers (Keto)
Well seasoned low carb Greek burgers with lamb bursting with Mediterranean flavors, served with a refreshing tomato, cucumber, & olive salad with feta cheese. Summertime is in full swing here in Southern California. We hit our first 100F of the year and it’s officially grill season — or maybe I…
Authentic Chicken Fajita Marinade
This authentic chicken fajita marinade recipe results in juicy and flavorful chicken and charred vegetables with minimal effort. Make it easy on yourself and buy the pico de gallo and guacamole from your favorite local taco shop to bring the whole meal together. I’m just going to say it. If you loved the traditional Texas recipe…