Side Dishes

Last weekend I had a few friends over for an early Friendsgiving.  If your not familiar, Friendsgiving is a made up holiday where you gather all of your friends together and eat Thanksgiving like food since you all might be spending actual Thanksgiving with relatives. …

We just got back from Jamaica and so I’ve been on a mission to recreate a good jerk chicken.  To go along with it I’ve been making scratch cole slaw which is surprisingly simple to make. Here is the finished product! Start by discarding the …

Getting enough greens is always an issue.  Even though keto is heavy on the fat and protein, you still need your vegetables!  So what’s the best way to prepare vegetables?  Drench them in fat and bacon of course! Here is the finished dish and let …

So the other day I was stuck eating at a chain Mexican restaurant. Not the most ideal for keto but I’ve gotten pretty good at adapting.  When reading the menu, I came upon Camarones Brochette!  The description was shrimp, stuffed with jalapenos and cheese, and …

So your friends have invited you to a BBQ and you need something to wow them onto our amazing diet; enter Kohlrabi Kraut!  This is an old family recipe for a delicious German sauerkraut style dish stuffed full of pork and vegetables.  Great to go …

Deviled eggs are a classic keto friendly food. So what better to do than add bacon! Here is the finished product! Start by carefully placing the eggs in cold water.  Make sure the water covers about 1 inch above the eggs. If you have your …

In my last post I was trying to recreate hash browns using Rutabagas. Today I will recreate the old standby, mashed potatoes.  Even though the Rutabaga is not quite as low carb as I thought it was, its still a decent vegetable for this process.  …

One of the items often missed by those on the keto diet are potatoes.  This starchy vegetable comes in so many different arrangements: fries, hash browns, tots, baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, etc. I made the standard cauliflower mashed potatoes but for me they were missing …

So I got a new kitchen gadget and I wanted to do something cool with it. That gadget? A potato ricer.  In my head, I thought that this device would squeeze out little bits of cauliflower and I would fry it into rice! Well, it …

I’m always looking for new ways to add vegetables to my diet.  This is a very simple recipe for creating a quick side for any main dish. Here are the finished sauteed mushrooms with some Parmesan on top and the BBQ Pot Roast. Chop up …