SIDES, SAUCES & SNACKS

Snacks, Side Dishes, Sauces and small plates for the keto diet.

Broccoli Soup | Vitamix Recipes

Broccoli Soup

Today I’m going to make a delicious, creamy Broccoli soup, all cooked in the Vitamix! Cooking food in the Vitamix still amazes me.  How can a blender actually cook food? It turns out that the friction from extended blending heats the liquids to near boiling …

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Grilled Avocado

Grilled Avocado

In the latest installment of my Keto Grilling segment I’ll show you how to whip up an easy and delicious grilled avocado stuffed with salsa!  This is the perfect side to prepare if you’ve already got the grill fired up!!You want to start with an …

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Grilled Garlic

Grilled Garlic

I’ve always loved garlic, something about the smell and the flavor it adds to dishes lights up my senses. I’ve always had garlic as part of a dish and I’ve never actually bothered to cook it before.  Since I just pick up a new grill, …

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Parmesan Chips

Parmesan Chip Spread

Low carb friendly snacks are really starting to take off.  I’ve seen more flax crackers, low carb bars and Parmesan chips entering the market than I ever thought possible!  The only downside, you end up paying dearly for these specialty products with your wallet. I …

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Pesto Spirals

Pesto Spirals with Steak

Spiralizers are all the rage these days, and for good reason. These magic devices take most vegetables and convert them into strings that look like pasta.  Sure, you could just use a knife or a mandoline but you wouldn’t get the same effect.  First, the …

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Guacamole

Guacamole with Pork Rinds

Before I started keto I never even considered eating an Avocado. It was partially because we never ate them growing up and partially because I was scared to pick out the wrong one at the grocery store! Now, I love buying Avocados and their high …

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Fried Radish Hashbrowns

Fried Radish Hashbrowns

One of the things I really miss from back in my carb days is hashbrowns.  I’ve made them with turnips before so I figured, why not give Radishes a try? Just the other day I made a Radish Scramble and I figured I’d try to …

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Bacon Wrapped Scallops

Bacon Wrapped Scallops

Scallops are one of those dishes that seem really fancy but are surprisingly easy to make.  Since this is a keto blog, I also decided to wrap mine with bacon! I’ve been making an effort to eat more seafood since I mostly eat red meat …

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Fry-day: Beef and Bacon Rolls

Finished Bacon Wrapped Beef

If you couldn’t tell, I’m completely and utterly obsessed with deep frying everything in site.  So much so, that I’ve created a mini-series called Fry-day! Last time I deep fried some sausage wrapped in bacon.  This week I’m back with, guess what, more meat wrapped …

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Fry-day: Bacon Wrapped Sausages

Bacon Wrapped Sausages with a Ranch Dipping Sauce

For my birthday my sister got me a meat CSA from Stillman’s farm.  I actually had no idea such a thing existed! This week’s haul came with some Chicken Italian sausages.  I hadn’t broken out the fryer recently so I had an idea for the …

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