Thursday, January 28, 2021

Hidden Veggie Sketty Sauce and Meatballs with make ahead Meatloaf

 Half a red bell pepper two 3/4 of a red bell pepper one yellow bell pepper one small onion two small zucchini three cloves of garlic probably chopped up there was half 3/4 of a cup of carrots pulse through the food processor quite fine. Half veggie mix is for the ground meat and half is for the sauce. Divide and with a little bit of olive oil sauteed the Blended mixture until most of the moisture is gone add an extra seasonings such as onion powder garlic powder Italian seasoning salt and pepper crushed red pepper flakes there's probably three quarters of a can of tomato paste (the small can) I used fresh tomato sauce from our garden probably two 32 oz jars worth roughly maybe one and a half 32 oz jars simmer on low for a few hours until thickened. I took the other half of the Blended vegetables mixed it into the ground beef to turn into a 1 lb batch of Meatballs and a 1 lb meatloaf for tomorrow


Meatballs/ meatloaf 

Ground beef vegetable puree a little bit of grated Parmesan salt pepper garlic and onion powder egg and breadcrumbs. I mixed all of that together in the two pounds of ground beef and then took out the meatballs with a cookie scoop baked at 350 20 min

 then with the remaining pound of ground beef I added in some Tapatio, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce extra bread crumbs because it was a little loose from the added moisture and then placed the meatloaf mixture into a meatloaf pan and covered with tin foil and set it in the fridge to set until dinner at the following day.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Favorite mashed cauliflower

These are seriously the best.
Ranch mashed cauliflower.

Riced cauliflower. Cook in the microwave until tender. Then dump in a pot and stir on medium until the water has evaporated. Add in a little salt and pepper. A little parmesan, cream cheese, sour cream, and the powdered ranch to taste. Mix mix mix.  Take out and pulse in your blender until smooth.
So easy. So good.

Friday, February 8, 2019

Keto Blueberry French Toast Muffins with Pecans

Blueberry French Toast Muffins with Pecans
Makes 16
cream cheese 8 to 9 oz room temp
8 eggs
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
Few splashes of sugar free blueberry toriani syrup
5 or 6 fresh blueberries for each muffin
Chopped pecans on top so 1/4-1/2 cup

Blend everything together but the pecans and fresh berries.  Pour in liberally greased muffin tin or foil liner. Fill 2/3 to 3/4 or so up. Add the berries and top with nuts. Bake preheated oven 400 degrees 18 min

Friday, December 14, 2018

Baked instant mashed potatoes

Somehow I ended up with a box of instant taters and I hate to waste noms so I was thinking how can I dress these up a bit??? My hubby and kids loved them. The inside was creamy and the top/ sides had a nice crisp all of which are so very important with mashed taters. If there's one thing I can't stand it's gluey or watery mashed potatoes!

I used a box serving of 4 which was about 1 and 1/3 cup of the flakes. Fyi.

2/3 or so block room temp cream cheese (I just used the left over from an already opened 8oz block)
Fresh or dried parsley
Garlic and onion powder
Salt
1 cup or so shredded cheese blend plus extra to broil off at the end
4 servings amount of the boxed Idaho tater flakes
1 cup 1 1/3 or so hot water
1 to 2 tbs butter
Pam

Mix your tater flakes, seasonings, and cheeses all together. Add your water.  I started with about a cup and mixed well and then added more if I needed it. Mix well.  You want the taters to just cone together a little on the stiff spreadable side because when you bake them the cream cheese will let off moisture.
In your Pam spayed casserole dish think 8x8 or 9x9? Spread it out evenly and bake 350 for 30 min.  They would have been good had I stopped here but it's Christmas time and I like to be a little extra so I topped them with a handful or 2 of shredded cheese baked 10 more minutes and then broiled off the top and let sit a few min before digging in!

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Keto tomato soup

Major hit with family

Keto avocado fudge

Super great...

Veggie cream cheese spread

Code red approved.  Made this for my mops group to go worth a veggie platter.

2 bricks cream cheese
Bacon crumbles
Ranch packet
Sprinkle extra dill
Couple TBS mayo

Was a hit