Dejah

Parmesan Chicken brushed with mayo, coated with grated Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs made from the crusts of a low-carb bread. I had salad with Southwest dressing and hubby had corn-on-the-cob.

All looks fabulous! The salad of bitter greens really caught my attention. Must go shopping tomorrow

Supper tonight was a version of Kung Pao - using lots of bits and pieces of veg from the weekend. Also made cauliflower fried rice with onion and egg. Both satisfying!

Sorry I didn't make it clear, the shirataki noodles I buy are made with konjac flour AND tofu...softer without the rubber band texture.

Put together the base ingredients for Hot'n'Sour soup last night. Today, added shrimp, chicken, tofu, and slivered leftover siu yook. Tangy with just the right amount of heat. Hubby always adds a dollop of rice in his bowl.

Paul Bacino: Does boiling the shirataki noodles and marinating therm in your tomato change the texture at all? I've been buying the shirataki noodles with tofu and they are not as "crunchy" as the plain ones.

We were busy celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary eating out and BBQ for the whole Sept. long weekend. Kids and grandkids have all gone home to start their school years. I am trying to get back on the low-carb way of eating, hard after eating cake and other treats all summer! Tonight, I did a saddle of lamb, mashed cauliflower and sauteed zucchini and mini peppers. Dessert was Ziplock Bag Ice-cream made with almond milk, cream, artificial sweetener (Swerve), vanilla, fresh strawberries

S-i-l brought me a lovely piece of pork belly with skin on! Made my first siu yook a la TP's method. TP is a member (from Malaysia) of this forum but hasn't been posting either? Her method was simple: dry the meat well, poke holes on the ski, rub with baking soda, and roast in the oven. Broil for a few minutes at the end, and voila! Next time, I need to lower the roasting temp and increase the roasting time. It would have produced a more tender pork, but overall, VERY happy! For dessert, I made Ziplock Bag Ice-Cream with fresh strawberries/ Added salted almonds 'cos I love salty, sweet, and crunchy together.

It's been quite some time since I participated in this thread! Been travelling but finally happily back in my own kitchen! Meals lately have been dictated by former customers at our restaurant, from which we retired in 2002! #31, Soo's Boneless Almond Chicken Next was #110 Soo's Crispy Ginger Beef And # 101. Beef with Green Peppers & Black Bean Garlic Sauce Dessert - not your typical Chinese dessert but a family favourite: banana cream pie! I cheated on the crust as this was one made with Crisco vegetable shortening. I don't do well with vegetable shortening anymore, not since I started making my crust with lard and butter in the food processor. Our friends are Muslim, thus the Crisco crust.

Your masala sauce looks perfect, Anna N. Papadum or naan would have been great with the lamb we had, but the kohlrabi with cumin worked well as substitute. You should try the Nirvana Meatballs. Great over "pasta". We love the Orange Chicken, so I made it again, with chicken thighs. They turned out the BEST - just like fried chicken! Daughter came home from Boston for the holidays. She wanted beef, so it was fajitas with low-carb tortillas and all the trimmings. But we cheated a bit for dessert: a small piece of New Zealand Birdseed bar that I am making as gifts for friends. VERY addictive!

Slow roast saddle of lamb with whole grain mustard and fresh rosemary. Eaten with roasted cauliflower steaks, fresh mint sauce, and salad Hot & Sour soup base - just needs some tofu...not thickened...

Modified Moussaka: No Bechamel sauce but this was pretty good - cream, Parmesan cheese, eggs. Mashed Creamy Cauliflower : Microwaved 1 head of chopped cauliflower with 2 tbsp cream and 2 oz. of cheddar cheese. Malaysian Beef Rendang Lamb Tikka Masala with cumin kohlrabi Beef Tendon Shirataki Noodle Soup Leftovers for next week!

Hi ElsieD: We've been eating the Tofu Shirataki noodles for a couple of years and like them. I wish our store would get the macaroni shape ones again.This Keto diet is better as there's more variety in meats...and THE CHEESE! The tofu noodles do have a fishy smell when you open the packages, but rinsed under hot water then use for whatever is fine with my nose;-) Usually, we have them in soup: chicken stock, Romaine or whatever greenery and protein on hand.No smell once "cooked". Right now, we are also using a product made from the same konyaku tuber - ordered thru' a low carb supplier in Ontario: NuPasta. The texture is a little less "bouncy" and less of the fishy smell. We like it but it's more expensive. We've really enjoyed the meals posted above. There's no reason for food to taste blah when on a diet. I have modified some of my own recipes, use resources on line and in a Keto cookbook I bought. My boss is very happy with his "personal chef"... and I am earning a little extra $ for Christmas. Besides, he won't want to lose my from his staff!

Another recipe Chicken a la King without bell peppers over a bed of Nu Pasta Konjac Fettuccini Cheesy Spaghetti Squash And make-shift Beef stroganoff : leftover roast beef, mushrooms, and gravy over Tofu Shirataki Noodles

Playing catch-up with Keto cooking. My boss is also on this diet. He's divorced and doesn't cook, so I've been making extra portions and delivering to him: Lamb Tikka Masala with sauteed kohlrabin with cumin seeds Orange Chicken and Sesame Cabbage Moussaka and Spaghetti Squash Grilled Sirloin Tip and Zuchinni Tots

Butter Chicken from scratch, sauteed Chinese cabbage, low-carb pita (purchased). Thank goodness for butter and cream! Cut a whole chicken into 4 parts, rubbed with spices, sour cream and tomato sauce. Placed under broiler to char, then finished off on top of stove with cream.

Finally getting back to trying out more "recipes" for Keto diet. Fried up some pork chops dusted with Montreal Steak Spice - finished off in the oven. Made a sauce with fresh mushrooms, 2 tbsp sour cream, and a splash of cream to thin it out. Supper for 4 with roasted cauliflower "steaks" seasoned with Slap Ya Mama... Tonight: Orange Chicken: chunks of chicken breast coated with crushed pork rinds and almond flour. These were browned in coconut oil and topped with a tangy, salty sauce with a touch of sweetness (orange juice, orange zest, no-suagr ketsup, rice vinegar, fish sauce, soy sauce, a few drops of Stevia, 1/4 tsp xanthum gum) Ate this with sauteed bok choy. Really good!

Been busy with teaching and playing a role (Chinese restauranteur) in "A Christmas Story - the Musical", so it was easy to throw a roast in the oven. Did not calculate carbs but I think fairly on track. Sides were Cheesy Broccoli and a few stir-fried soybean sprouts. Tonight, I had a break, so made Asian Style Meatballs with Chili-Lime sauce. The recipe called for 1 lb ground pork. I used 1/3 lb pork and 2/3 lb ground beef for 18 meatballs. They were baked in the oven.The texture reminded me of the beef meatballs at dim sum restaurants - light and bouncy The sauce was sugar-free ketsup, lime juice, soy sauce, chili paste, and sesame oil. Lovely and tangy with a bit of heat. For 6 meatballs, 424.3 calories, 3.8 net carbs.

Productive cooking weekend! I needed to stockpile breakfast foods so I am not just eating eggs every morning. Altho' I love eggs in various forms, it wouldn't do to get sick of 'em. Made Frittara Muffins with eggs, bacon, cream, cheddar cheese, red bell pepper: 171.2 Calories and 1.6 g net carbs. I doubled the recipe and made 12 "muffins" 11 Maple Pecan Muffins with almond flour, flaxseed meal, pecans, erythitol,coconut oil, eggs: 208 Calories, 1.5 net carbs, 1 loaf (12 slices) Vanilla Butter Pound Cake with butter, almond flour, eggs, erythitol, vanilla: 223.8 Calories, 1.4 net carbs 15 Blueberry Sour Cream Muffins: almond flour, erythitol, sour cream, eggs, butter, blueberries: 147 calories, 3 net carbs. Haven't tried the Maple Pecan Muffins or the Blueberry ones, but the frittata and the pound cake are great! For supper, I made the NIrvana Meatballs (don't know why "nirvana") from my new Ketogenic Cookbook by Jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich. They were an equal mix of ground pork and ground chicken, with cream cheese, diced celery, egg, and freshly grated Parmesan (as I didn't have blue cheese on hand). They were REALLY good! Instead of buffalo sauce or whatever choice, I made a "sauce" with sauteed mushrooms with sour cream and a dash of cream. Have leftovers for the freezer .

SLB: Thank you for your comments...just in time to give me a boost. Got side-tracked this week due to a dinner and brunch out. The dinner was at a fundraiser. Even tho' the bread basket was fabulous, I could only eat half a dinner roll (good for me!), but the potato flan was a little harder. Next day, the family all went out for dim sum, along with some Shanghai noodles. Yup...I caved, but with moderation. Now, I'm trying to get back to a routine. Just got my Ketogenic Cookbook by Jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich. Lots of great recipes for me to try. Tonight, I made Chicken Parmasan, a recipe from Cooking by the Ruled. Chicken thighs dipped in egg, coated with flaxseed meal and grated Parmasan cheese. These were pan-fried, then topped with tomato sauce and Mozz / cheddar cheese and broiled until the cheese melted. Eaten with pan-fried tofu.

kayb: Glad to see your rouladen. It's perfect for keto-friendly meal, so I will be making them this weekend with some of the sirloin tip slices I picked up. The recipe I have puts diced bacon and pickles inside but njot the brats. THAT would be even better... Shelby: Venison would be the way my s-i-l would make this. Steve Irby: That spinach crespelle would be good for my Keto-cooking...Thanks! All the meals are delicious! Looking at this forum is the only time I miss bread (especially Ann_T's) and rice!

Supper last night was a piece of sirloin tip roast on sale for $4.98 / lb. For $25.00, I got 8 x 1.5 inch slabs for the freezer, enough for 8 meals. Kept one out for last night's supper. It was an end piece, slightly thicker. It was good for the two of us plus some for our lunch salad today. Eaten with stir-fried baby bak choy. Also made an 8 x 8 casserole of Cauliflower Mac'n'Cheese. High in calories 358 g and 31 g fats (cream, cream cheese, cheddar cheese) but low in carbs = 6 g per serving. I made sure we each had only ONE serving.other than my licking the spoon. I asked about using light cream cheese, etc, but no...keep the fat as the body needs it, but definitely keep the portions down to check calorie over-load.

WOW! That's really high price for calf liver. Luckily, it's cheap here whereas lamb livers are available only from an abattoir. If I order a whole lamb, quite often I'd get several from others who do not want the live or kidneys...Can't imagine! Just looked up carbs for kasha, if that's what you meant. It's pretty high. One serving is 33 gm carbs with 5 gm fibre. That's net carbs of 28 gms. I am trying to limit to 20 gms a day, so, that option is out. Mushrooms, on the other hand...GREAT!

Keto-friendly 10 minute Chili: The recipe is actually for a casserole, layered with chili, sour cream, cooked spaghetti squash, etc, but I just made the chili, used konjac fettuccini from a commercial source with alfredo sauce, and shredded habanero cheese on top. Good chili! Bowl was enough for two with some for another lunch portion. Beef Shortribs on sale at local supermarket. Cooked up 7 chunks and have enough for 3 more meals in the freezer. Meat was browned in ghee. Added 2 small chunked kohlrabi and some celery. Eaten with pan fried tofu. Need to learn to use xanthum gum or something else as thickener. I used 1 tsp. cornstarch in stock as thickener this time. That's pretty minimal for a big pot of stew.

Trying a few more dishes. Took Duvel's suggestion of deep fried tofu squares and had braised chicken thighs with rehydrated Chinese mushrooms, canned waterchestnuts for crunch, and ginger. Steamed fresh & salted eggs with ground pork Dessert: High fibre Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins