Buttery cabbage noodles are slightly sweet, low in carbs and calories, and the perfect low carb keto noodle substitute. THIS POST INCLUDES AFFILIATE LINKS TO SHARE THE THINGS I LOVE. [I just want to say that I’m not trying to pull anything on you. This is just fried cabbage, but it does make a great…
Vegetables
Delicious Southern Green Beans!
Make delicious southern style green beans with bacon, ham, smoked turkey, pulled pork, or sausage. Cooked in broth until tender, they are a comfort food staple! Want to know how to make the best green beans ever? Make southern green beans! It’s as easy as simmering fresh cut green beans in broth with bacon and…
Mediterranean Cucumber Salad (tomato cucumber salad recipe)
An easy Mediterranean cucumber salad featuring crunchy cucumbers, sweet tomatoes, briny olives, fresh herbs, and tangy feta cheese. Naturally low carb! I look forward to fresh summer produce every year. Yes, the magic of hot houses and refrigerated shipping affords us access to tomatoes and cucumbers year round, but they don’t taste the same. By…
Sweet Bell Pepper Salad
Make this refreshing sweet bell pepper salad as an easy weeknight side. With onions, fennel, and feta cheese, eating the rainbow never tasted so good! THIS POST USES AFFILIATE LINKS TO SHARE THE THINGS I LOVE. I’m a big fan of salads that don’t actually have lettuce. Fresh tender vegetables with a…
Roasted Eggplant Dip – Baba Ganoush
Roasted Eggplant Dip or Baba Ganoush, flavored with tahini, garlic, cumin and olive oil, is a tasty low carb accompaniment to grilled meats and vegetables. Eggplant isn’t just for eggplant lasagna or rollatini. It’s also great sauteed, fried crispy, or grilled. But, one of my favorite ways to enjoy eggplant is as a flavorful dip…
Traditional Greek Salad with Greek Vinaigrette
This traditional Greek salad of crisp lettuce, sweet tomato and cucumber, briny olives, salty feta cheese, and lemony Greek vinaigrette is an upstate NY favorite. Anyone who dined in a Greek restaurant in upstate NY during the 1980’s and 90’s will recognize this refreshing salad. Crunchy greens, salad veggies, briny olives, and salty cheese dressed…
Italian Sausage, Peppers and Onions with Sauce
Sweet Italian sausage cooked with colorful bell peppers and onions with Marinara sauce is great with eggs, on sandwiches, or as is! A tasty and easy 30 minute skillet meal or an even easier sheet pan meal! No respectable Italian-American home would be without a version of sausage, peppers and onions. My mom cooked Italian…
Spinach Artichoke Pizza (keto, low carb)
Spinach artichoke pizza is absolutely delicious. Put it on a an easy keto fathead pizza crust and you have a fabulous low carb meal. Low carb and Keto diets are very popular this year. If you haven’t tried a fathead pizza crust you’re in for a treat. This easy low carb pizza crust can be…
Broccoli Cheddar Quiche With Bacon (Crustless)
This broccoli cheddar quiche is a tasty crustless quiche made even better with bacon! It’s a great low carb breakfast for keto diets. One thing I was happy to add back to the menu after choosing a low carb keto lifestyle was eggs. Eggs are one of nature’s most perfect foods – containing all of…
Spinach and Mushroom Quiche – Vegetable Quiche
A flavorful spinach and mushroom quiche makes a perfect protein packed vegetarian breakfast or lunch. A low carb crust makes it the perfect keto meal. Breakfast was always a take-it-or-leave-it meal for me. A couple cups of coffee and I was good to go. By mid-morning, I was ravenous and ready to eat any sugary…