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Low Carb Pizza Crust!

May 16, 2017Bread, Main Dishes, Tasty Tuesdaycheese, keto, low carbLife of Joy

Hallelujah!!! Real hold-in-your-hand pizza! This is a great alternative for that carb-laden delight of the past.

Fathead pizza is all over the internet. I’m so glad I came late to the keto diet because people have figured out things like pizza crust, bagels, donuts, and muffins, not to mention cakes and cookies. Pizza is one of my favorite meals. My mother taught me to make pizza the way her mother taught her. It has been a staple in our family for a VERY long time.

I, like many others, have tried all kinds of pizza crusts: cauliflower, chicken, corn thins (during the Let’s Do Lunch diet), tapioca (good for paleo diets), and even egg based crusts. This one is a winner though. The others were an okay substitute for a while but eventually I would really crave that regular bread dough crust.

I had stayed away from this one while on other diets and even in the beginning of this way of eating because of the large amounts of cheese in the crust. You see, I didn’t know how it would work to have so much cheese IN the crust and then ON the crust too but I finally gave it a try and I love it!

Another reason I avoided this one was because every recipe I’d seen melted the cheese with the cream cheese in the microwave and I don’t like to use the microwave. Actually, for a long time I had my microwave put away. Then I learned that it works just as well on the stovetop.

Here’s how easy it is to make . . .

Put 1½ cups shredded mozzarella (I use part-skim because I was told it works better than full fat for this recipe) and 2 tablespoons of cream cheese in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. As it begins to melt combine the two and stir occasionally, until it is all melted.

Then add 1/3 cup of almond flour, 1/3 cup oat fiber 500, 1 teaspoon garlic salt, and a teaspoon dried oregano.

When partially combined and cool enough that it won’t cook the egg on contact, add the egg.

Combine thoroughly.

Spread out thinly on parchment paper on a pizza pan or cookie sheet.

Bake at 350º for 10-12 minutes, lightly browned.

Low Carb Pizza Crust!

Ingredients

1½ cups shredded mozzarella (6 ounces)
2 tablespoons cream cheese (1 ounce)
1/3 cup almond flour
1/3 cup oat fiber 500 (brand does make a difference)
1 egg
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon oregano

Instructions

Melt mozzarella and cream cheese over medium heat in a heavy saucepan.
Thoroughly combine the two cheeses.
When melted, add almond flour, oat fiber, and seasonings.
Add egg and combine thoroughly.
Flatten out onto parchment paper on a pizza pan or baking sheet.
Bake at 350º for 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned.

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Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit

May 9, 2017Breakfasts, Sausage, Tasty Tuesdaycheese, keto, low carbLife of Joy

This is so simple, it is hardly a recipe but maybe a menu idea instead. The delicious combination of sausage, egg, and cheese on a light biscuit.

I have recently been making this wonderful breakfast sandwich using Belle’s Biscuits, which a recipe in Kristie Sullivan’s new Keto Cookbook and on her youtube channel here. It is an easy mixer recipe, that whips up rather quickly. I have also made this with Mug Bread, which I shared here.

So here is how to do this simple breakfast. Start with a biscuit or mug bread, sausage, an egg, and some cheese; I used some mild cheddar.

Cut the biscuit in half and toast it or just heat it up.

Form a patty out of some bulk sausage and cook. Cook an egg. Tiffany doesn’t like egg whites, so we scramble up her egg for this sandwich.

I like to add butter or mayo to my biscuit/sandwich.

Flip the sausage and egg and cook to desired doneness.

Place the egg on the bottom half of the biscuit. (I overcooked my egg today but it was still delicious.)

Next comes the sausage.

And now add some cheese.

And then put the top half of the biscuit or bread on top.

It really doesn’t matter that there is some overhang of delicious food. I just eat those bites first or with just a little nibble of the bottom part of the ‘bread’.

This is definitely one of my favorite breakfasts!

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken

April 25, 2017Chicken, Main Dishes, Tasty Tuesdayketo, low carbLife of Joy

Chicken with cheese, wrapped up in bacon! Yummo!

This deliciousness is excellent for those on a keto or low-carb diet but it is not great for those on a calorie-restricted diet. I found it when I was on phase three of the hCg diet. However, when I decided I needed to watch my calories, this meal became taboo. But since being on the ketogenic diet, I have revived this awesome recipe.

I see on my print recipe copy that I got it from this website. She has lots of ideas for other ‘fillings’ in this chicken that I may yet have to try.

Here’s what I did. I started with a generous one pound chicken breast and sliced it about half both horizontally and vertically to get individual portions. Next lay down about three slices of bacon, side-by-side in one direction and then two in the other direction.

Place your chicken on top of the intersection of the bacon.

Add some slices of cream cheese.

Then sprinkle with garlic salt and any other seasonings of your choice.

Now add some cheese of your choice. I used mild cheddar.Now fold in the two slices, overlapping if possible.

Then wrap/roll the three slices around the chicken.

Place seam-side down on your baking pan.

Bake at 400º for 45 minutes. Check it around 30 minutes and turn over to brown/crisp the bottom side.

This really is delicious! Give it a try.

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken

Ingredients

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast
1 pound thin bacon, about 5 slices per serving, about 20 total
garlic salt
cream cheese
cheddar cheese

Instructions

Cut cut your breast into 4 pieces and pound a little, between parchment paper or such to thin it evenly.
Lay down three thin strips of bacon side by side and then two slices in the other direction.
Lay the chicken on top.
Add a little cream cheese, garlic salt, and cheddar cheese.
Fold over the two strips.
Then fold/roll the chicken on the three strips of bacon.
Place seam side down on baking sheet.
Bake 400º for 45 minutes. Flip chicken when top is crispy to crispy the bottom bacon.

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I hope you enjoy this one, if you try it.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

Taco Salad

March 21, 2017Ground Meat, Main Dishes, Salad, Tasty Tuesdaycheese, keto, low carbLife of Joy

Versatile hearty salad made with meat, cheese, lettuce and whatever else you like.

It is the middle of March and ridiculously hot already here in Oklahoma. Okay, maybe it isn’t quite that hot but our air conditioner is in need of help, a.k.a. it isn’t cooling. At any rate, it is too hot to make something in the oven for dinner tonight, so I’m changing up my menu and having Taco Salad instead. It’s good to be flexible.

This salad can be fixed in a variety of ways to meet your dietary needs. I’ll be making it TWO ways today! Yep, two ways. Since Sean, Tiffany, and I are doing keto we need high fat, so I’ll be using 73% ground beef. Currently Michael cannot eat beef or he breaks out in a rash and has difficulty breathing, so I’ll fix his with ground turkey. The only other difference will be in what ‘chips’ we use. Michael will use plain tortilla chips and the rest of us will use pork rinds.

So, let’s get started.

Brown the ground meat.

When it is about half done, I like to season it with salt and pepper.

Now add remaining seasonings. This depends on your tastes. You can simply add a package of taco seasoning or a mix of seasonings like I do. Tiffany doesn’t like purchased taco seasoning, so I’ll use some onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, and chili powder.

Prepare your lettuce. Wash it if it is dirty. We like green leaf lettuce; it has nutrition unlike iceberg.

I put each ingredient in a separate bowl so that each individual can put on the toppings of their choosing. Since this meal was not on my menu when I shopped last week, I don’t have an avocado; thus, we’ll use some sour cream (which I don’t need if we have avocado).

We have tomato, refried beans (for Michael), sour cream, and CHEESE tonight.

Tiffany put a little carrot, green pepper, broccoli, and zucchini in the salad. Seriously, a little of each, like a tablespoon or two. Most times it is just plain lettuce. At dinner, everyone will build their salad to their liking. This is mine. Mmmm, mmmm!

Serve with nacho tortilla chips, plain tortilla chips, or to keep it keto use pork rinds.

I crushed up a few in my salad.

Taco Salad

Ingredients

1-1½ pounds ground meat
¼ teaspoon each cumin and garlic powder
heaping ¼ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon each paprika and onion powder
salt and pepper to taste
lettuce
cheese, your preferred variety
various veggies on hand, like tomato, onion, green pepper, zucchini, broccoli, carrot, avocado, etc.
sour cream, optional

Instructions

Brown the ground meat.
Season with the listed seasonings.
Tear washed lettuce leaves into bowl and add in variety of veggies or none at all.
Serve salad with meat, cheese, sour cream, and tortilla chips or pork rinds, as desired.

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Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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Crock-Pot Pork Loin Roast

March 7, 2017Main Dishes, Tasty Tuesdayeasy, keto, low carb, porkLife of Joy

This meat is tender, full of flavor, and yes, delicious.

I have never made pork roasts prior to the last several months. I mean, seriously, never. Then I started the ketogenics diet and things are very different around here.

About a month ago, I noticed that Aldi was having a pork roast on sale for $1.49 a pound, so I put it on my menu and grocery list. When I got there, the only one I saw was this but it was $1.69 a pound.

I bought it anyway because it was on my menu and I didn’t want to have to think up something else to eat to substitute and other meats are more per pound. (Turns out that I had looked at the following week’s flyer instead of the current week’s flyer, online.)

When I cooked it, I just put it in the crock-pot and seasoned it with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. That’s it! Seriously! And it was scrumptious.

So today I am sharing my super easy “recipe” with you.

Buy roast. Remove roast from packaging. Place fat side up, in a crock-pot.

Sprinkle with a little salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and freshly ground black pepper.

Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Now I have to say that this one wasn’t as good as the last one because it was mostly white meat. So look for one that has the darker pink rather than the lighter pink, because the darker is much better.

Eat!

Crock-Pot Pork Roast

Ingredients

pork roast
about 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
about 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
about 1/4-1/2 teaspoon salt (I used Kosher salt today)
about 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Instructions

Put roast in the crock-pot, fat side on top.
Sprinkle with seasonings.
Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.

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Garlic Parmesan Wings

February 28, 2017Chicken, Main Dishes, Tasty Tuesdayappetizer, keto, low carbLife of Joy

Quick to prep, easy, and delicious slow-cooked chicken wings.

I had been watching some keto recipes on youtube, not too long ago where a couple of the vloggers talked about this easy recipe for chicken wings and said they were delicious. I’m not much of a wing fan but easy and delicious sounded good to me. So I bought a bag of wings to give it a try.

A four pound bag of chicken wings were about $8.99 at our local Aldi. Since I hadn’t bought wings before, I didn’t think that was a very good price until I checked them at another store or two. I decided it was an okay price after all.

Michael, Tiffany, and I can eat a four pound bag easily. When Sean is eating them with us for a dinner, I make two bags but have some leftover for another time. Of course, if we had anything else with them them, one bag would probably be enough but I didn’t feel like making a salad and the kids don’t generally feel like eating a salad.

I like to thaw the wings first but you can just cook them a bit longer if you are cooking from frozen.

Begin by covering a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil or I guess parchment paper would work if you are opposed to foil.

Spread the wings out in a single layer on the sheet. Place a thin slice of cold butter on each wing. Then sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.This was a picture from the first time I made them seasoned this way and I used some jarred minced garlic, which got a bit dark having been roasted for so long. So the next time I made them I just sprinkled them with a little garlic powder and onion powder, which tasted just as good.

Put them in the oven on 250º. Yes that is right, 250º. Slow cook them for about 2 hours. Then crank up the heat to 350º-400º depending on how impatient you are to eat. This takes around 20 minutes or so. You want them to be browned and for a lot of the liquid in the pan to be evaporated.

I used less butter on future pans because there was so much left in the pan when they were finished; so my thin slices of butter got even thinner.

Sprinkle them with Parmesan cheese before eating. I think the next time I make them, I make sprinkle them as soon as I remove them from the oven or even pop it back in for a minute or two to melt that lovely cheese.

Garlic Parmesan Wings

Ingredients

1/2-3/4 stick of butter
4 pound bag of chicken wings (preferably thawed)
salt, pepper
onion powder (optional)
garlic powder or about 1-2 tablespoons of minced garlic

Instructions

Cover a rimmed baking/cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
Spread wings on pan in a single layer.
Put a small slice of butter on each wing.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder (if desired).
Bake at 250º for about 2 hours.
Increase heat to 350º-400º and bake for another 20 minutes or so, until they are nicely browned, and most of the pan liquids are evaporated (unless you use too much butter like I did the first time, as in the picture)
Sprinkle with shredded Parmesan cheese (or shaker Parmesan, if you prefer).

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I hope you enjoy these too. I’ll be sharing another wing recipe in the next few weeks that is even easier.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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Chicken Sausage Mushroom Casserole

February 21, 2017Chicken, Sausage, Tasty Tuesday, Veggiescasserole, cheese, keto, low carbLife of Joy

The combination of chicken, turkey sausage, mushroom, cauliflower and cheeses is like chicken and dressing without those carbs.

This is yet another wonderful recipe from Linda’s Low Carb Menus and Recipes. I don’t know why I don’t make this more often. We really like it and it is tasty. It tastes almost like chicken and dressing, at least when I make it with turkey sausage; I don’t think I’ve ever made it with pork sausage.

It is another of the recipes that I found when I did the hCg diet and was on phase 3. However when I was watching calories, I tried making it with less cheese and it just wasn’t creamy enough. But when you include all sixteen ounces of cheese and your cauliflower is nicely cooked, it is just delicious!

So let’s get to it.

Dice the celery and onion. I do it finely, because we do not like chunky crunchy veggies in our casseroles.

I start by sautéing them in a little coconut oil; I use refined coconut oil so there is no coconut flavor. Tiffany went a little overboard on the onion this day. It was still delicious.

Add in the diced mushrooms. We don’t use the entire package, only about four ounces worth because Sean does not care for them. This is also why they are diced into small pieces rather than simply sliced.

I like to lightly salt these because salt helps them release water and thus, speeds the cooking process.

When these veggies are well on their way to losing their crunch, I add the sausage to brown.

While that is browning, I steam my cauliflower, unless of course, I have forgotten about it and need it quickly. In which case, I steam it in the microwave. Then give it a course chop. It’s already cooked and has lost it crunch so I don’t have to chop this too finely.

After the sausage is browned, add in the softened cream cheese and blend it in well. Add in the cooked chicken, cheddar, salt, and pepper. Spread into a greased 9×13 baking dish.

Bake at 350º for about 40 minutes, until the top is nicely browned. We accidentally left ours in a little longer this time. (I have no idea why this picture has a green hue.)

This is a hearty dish and there will be leftovers, even when I serve it to four hungry adults with no side dishes.

Chicken Sausage Mushroom Casserole

Ingredients

3-4 cups cooked chicken, chopped (1-1½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breast or the meat from a small-3½ pound-rotisserie chicken)
1 pound sausage
1 stalk celery, diced
1 tablespoon onion, diced
¼-½ pound mushrooms, diced
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
16 ounces cauliflower, steamed
8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
salt
pepper

Instructions

Sauté onions, celery, and mushrooms, lightly salted
Add sausage and brown.
Stir in softened cream cheese, until well blended
Add coarsely chopped cooked cauliflower and the rest of the ingredients.
Spread into a greased 9x13 baking dish.
Bake at 350º about 40 minutes until the cheese is completely melted and top slightly browned.

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I hope you enjoy this.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

Meaty Casserole

February 14, 2017Ground Meat, Main Dishes, Sausage, Tasty Tuesdaycheese, keto, low carbLife of Joy

Very meaty bowls of deliciousness with lots of cheese!

This is a recipe I found years ago, shortly after I’d started my first low-carb diet. I copied it out of a book from the library but have been tempted to call it pizza bowls because it has all the things I love on pizza. It’s just that it doesn’t have enough sauce to really be a pizza bowl and of course, there’s nothing replacing the dough/crust. In the end, I opted to just leave it as meaty casserole.

So this is pretty simple and doesn’t take very long to accomplish either. It is made in individual serving bowls, so can be made to order. Thus, the kids and I use ground beef and Michael gets ground turkey.

So begin by browning the ground meat.

Season it with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.

(This pan already had some grease from cooking some bacon or steakumms on it earlier. I didn’t bother to get rid of it but probably should’ve since my meat is a fatty one. )

Add diced tomatoes, which I choose to puree with a stick blender.

(I add a tiny bit of baking soda so that there is less chance of heartburn later.)

Meanwhile, make sixteen meatballs out of the Sweet Italian Sausage links. I don’t know how large the links are generally but these are rather large. I ended up only using one and a half.

I think I’ll make twice as many but half as big, next time, since it is difficult to cut them when eating them. Smaller would definitely be better. Who knows, maybe there are only supposed to be four that size.

Next add additional ‘toppings’. I add canned mushrooms and diced green pepper to Michael’s and mine. Sean and Tiffany do not care for those items. Next comes pepperoni, which I cut into quarters, so it’s more bite-sized.

Top with the ground meat, after the tomatoes have thickened. (About 5-8 minutes)

I like to put some pepperoni before and some after the ground meat.

Then top with cheese.

I like to put them all on a rimmed baking sheet so that it is easier to move them.

Bake at 400º for 15-20 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.

It’s supposed to have the shredded parmesan cheese added before baking but I always forget until just about the time I go to put it in the oven and then I’m in too big of a hurry, and decide to just wait until later.

Meaty Casserole

Ingredients

1/2 pound ground meat
1 can diced tomatoes
4 ounce can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 teaspoon oregano or Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon crushed garlic or a sprinkling of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion salt or a bit less onion powder
salt and pepper, to taste
6 ounces pepperoni slices
2 links Italian sausage
1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
2 cups shredded cheese of choice
4 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400º.
Brown ground beef over medium heat, drain, if desired. 😉
Add tomatoes, which I purée first.
Add 1/8 teaspoon or less of baking soda along with the other spices, salt and pepper.
Cook until sauce thickens, about 5-8 minutes.
Remove casing from Italian sausage and form into 16 small balls.
Divide sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, and mushrooms between individual dishes.
Add beef mixture to each.
Top with 1/2 cup shredded cheese and 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese.
Bake 15-20 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.

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I hope you enjoy these. We have.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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Chicken and Garlic Cream Sauce

February 7, 2017Chicken, Main Dishes, Tasty Tuesdaycreamy, keto, low carbLife of Joy

This is a satisfying creamy, easy to make entrée. It is good served over raw spinach or with broccoli.

I got this one from a menu-planning service YEARS ago. I think it was the first one of its kind-actually, I think she invented the whole concept. At any rate, I had been given a small gift from my aunt for Christmas and had been wanting to try out this service. As it turned out, they were having a special that week, so I paid for something like a six-month subscription and got three months free. It was a great help to me since I was on the Atkins diet at the time. Oh! she had two versions: regular and low-carb. As you can probably surmise by now, I got the low-carb one.

The original recipe, and the one we tried first, used pork chops, so feel free to substitute the meat. However, I was going through my recipes for something different to eat and happened upon this one. I realized that I could substitute chicken for the pork, and we could enjoy this recipe once again, since Michael couldn’t eat pork because of a reaction he gets when doing so.

I like to buy chicken breasts on sale and they are usually family packages. Well the breasts in those packages are nearly a pound each, so I try to find packages that have five breasts and weigh as close to five pounds as possible. In this way I can freeze each individual breast in a freezer bag and thaw one for dinner, since about one pound of meat is appropriate for a family of four. Unfortunately my family was extra hungry tonight and I should have had an extra half pound of meat. (It’s okay thought; they ate dessert.)

A one pound breast is rather large. So I cut it in half horizontally and vertically, creating four smaller pieces weighing about a quarter pound each. Salt and pepper each piece.

Melt some butter, olive or coconut oil in a skillet and sauté the chicken a few minutes on each side.

Remove from pan and keep warm.

Add the butter to the pan and melt, over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for a minute or so. Be careful not to burn it or you’ll need to start over.

Add the cream cheese and milk, stirring until it is thick, scraping any brown bits from the cooked meat into the creamy sauce.

Serve on a bed of raw spinach. The meat and sauce will perfectly wilt the spinach.

When I serve broccoli with this meal, I double the sauce because we like to add it to the broccoli.

In order for the spinach to wilt properly, it has to be under the hot food, chicken and/or sauce.

Chicken and Garlic Cream Sauce

Ingredients

1 pound boneless, skinless meat
1 tablespoon olive or coconut oil
salt and pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 ounces cream cheese
1/3 cup milk
Raw Spinach

Instructions

In a skillet, heat oil (or substitute butter) over medium high heat.
If using chicken breast, cut it into four cutlets.
Brown the meat on both sides.
Remove from pan and keep warm.
Melt butter over medium heat.
Add garlic and sauté for a minute or so, careful not to let it burn.
Add cream cheese and milk.stirring until thick, incorporating the browned bits from the bottom of the pan, left from cooking the meat.
Serve on raw spinach.

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I hope you enjoy this recipe.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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Ground Meat and Green Bean Casserole

January 31, 2017Ground Meat, Main Dishes, Tasty Tuesdaycheese, keto, low carbLife of Joy

This is a cheesey, low-carb, complete meal in one pan, and is quick to throw together but should have some time to bake.

This week’s recipe is so quick and easy that I forget that it needs to go into the oven and bake for 40 minutes. Yes! 40 minutes. However, when I forget that one little thing and need it to be done sooner, I just finish it off on the stove, which is what I did when I made it the other day and took pictures to share with you today.

Brown your ground meat with the diced onions, celery, and mushrooms. Once again I used ground turkey instead of ground beef. Since I’m on keto diet, I add a little coconut oil to up my fat content a little.

Now, I made the mistake of just dumping in the drained canned mushrooms. I knew better when immediately after doing it but it was too late. My kids, even though they are grown, do not like big pieces of sliced mushrooms-I should have diced them too.

If you are following a low-fat diet, then drain your meat. If not, drain off whatever is excessive to you. As I mentioned already, I added a bit of coconut oil to mine since I’m following a keto diet.

Add in the remaining ingredients and combine.

It is at this point that you put it in the oven to bake until it’s nice and bubbly. SO, if you put it in a 2-2.5 quart greased casserole dish, it will take about 40 minutes. WHEN I remember to allow enough time to bake it, I prep it in my cast iron skillet and just put the skillet into the oven. My skillet has more surface area than my 2.5 quart casserole dish, so it takes a little less time for it to bake and get all bubbly.

However, as I mentioned earlier, when I forget to allow enough time to bake it, I simply lower the heat on my burner, put a lid on the skillet, and cook until it is bubbly.

Serve!

Those nice browned bits are because I cooked it on the stovetop and it got a bit stuck but oh so yummy.

Ground Meat and Green Bean Casserole

Ingredients

1 pound ground meat
2 14-ounce cans French cut green beans, well-drained
4 ounce can mushrooms, diced
1 small onion, diced (about 2.5 ounces)
2 stalks of celery, diced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

Brown the meat with the onion, celery, and mushrooms. (Drain the fat if desired.)
Combine all ingredients.
Transfer to a 2-2.5 quart greased casserole dish, if not using an oven safe skillet.
Bake uncovered at 350º for 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly and the cheese is melted.
Original recipe said it serves 6. This serves the 4 of us adults with a little left over.

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I got this recipe from the awesome website www.genaw.com when I was on phase 3 of the hCg diet.

I hope you like this one.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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Tag Archives: keto

Low Carb Pizza Crust!

Hallelujah!!! Real hold-in-your-hand pizza! This is a great alternative for that carb-laden delight of the past.

Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit

This is so simple, it is hardly a recipe but maybe a menu idea instead. The delicious combination of sausage, egg, and cheese on a light biscuit.

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken

Chicken with cheese, wrapped up in bacon! Yummo!

Taco Salad

Versatile hearty salad made with meat, cheese, lettuce and whatever else you like.

Crock-Pot Pork Loin Roast

This meat is tender, full of flavor, and yes, delicious.

Garlic Parmesan Wings

Quick to prep, easy, and delicious slow-cooked chicken wings.

Chicken Sausage Mushroom Casserole

The combination of chicken, turkey sausage, mushroom, cauliflower and cheeses is like chicken and dressing without those carbs.

Meaty Casserole

Very meaty bowls of deliciousness with lots of cheese!

Chicken and Garlic Cream Sauce

This is a satisfying creamy, easy to make entrée. It is good served over raw spinach or with broccoli.

Ground Meat and Green Bean Casserole

This is a cheesey, low-carb, complete meal in one pan, and is quick to throw together but should have some time to bake.