Low Carb Diets

2011-02-06T14:45:00.000-08:00

May I introduce you to
The fabulous Baconcado!
A low carb tornado of bacon and avocado!
Easy, tasty, healthy and very unusual.

This morning I became aware of a very special recipe.
This "baconcado" as it is called, sounds so incredibly exciting and I bought the necessary ingredients so that I could have this for lunch today.

Ingredients:
1 avocado per serving
Optional cheese for filling.
Bacon for wrapping

Cut the avocado in half and removed the shell and stone. Instead of a regular tiny piece of cheese, I used gorgonzola (which I think is so good) mixed with bits of crunchy bacon. You can use any cheese you like.

Put the two avocado halves together again. Then wrap bacon all around it. It shall look like this:

Roast in the oven -175 degrees for 30 min. I had to have it a little longer to get the bacon fried on the outside.
I served the low carb Baconcado with a dash of sour cream.

The low carb breakfast, lunch or dinner Baconcado is really very good and I will definitely repeat it.
I also want to try other cheeses as filling. Here is my Baconcado with the Gorgonzola filling:

Bon apetit!

Low carb cream cheese burgers

2011-02-01T15:28:00.000-08:00

Low carb cream cheese burgers

Picture: Low carb burgers served with a plain salad, sour cream dressing and baked celery root with chili.

This low carb recipe makes 4 low carb burgers

Ingredients:
500 g ground beef
1/2 finely chopped onion
1 grated garlic clove
3/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

50 g Philadephia
Finely chopped jalapeno

Procedure:
In a bowl, mix together ground beef, onion, garlic, chili powder, salt and pepper.
Divide into 8 equal subjects. Rinse hands in cold water and form round, flat burgers.

In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese and a little finely chopped jalapeno. Spread the mixture in the middle of 4 of the burgers.
Add the four other burgers on top and seal edges.

In a frying pan, fry the burgers a few minutes on each side by excessive heat, so they get a brown cooking surface.

Place them onto a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 200 degrees.

Your low carb cream cheese burgers are now ready to serve!

Approximate nutritional content per burger:
Protein: 22.2 g - 32%
Carbohydrate: 1.3 g - 2%
Fat: 20.5 g - 66%
Kcal: 281

Enjoy your low carb cream cheese burgers. Bon apetit!

Low carb breakfast egg and bacon muffins

2011-02-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

Low carb breakfast egg and bacon muffins

Makes approximately 6-8 pieces

5 eggs
½ cup whipping cream
1 cup shredded cheese
1 packet bacon
Freshly ground black pepper

Mix eggs, cream and cheese. Cut bacon into small pieces and fry.
Stir the bacon into the egg mixture.
Add pepper (and other spices if you like).

Pour batter into large muffin cups.

Bake the low carb breakfast muffins in the oven at about 175 degrees for about 20 minutes, until they are golden.

You can vary the filling. For example, salami, olives and feta cheese or bacon and mushrooms. I had 100 g feta cheese instead of grated cheese. Seasoning can also of course vary.

I had two egg muffins along with a sausage. Good! Perfect low carb lunchbox food for work or picnic.
Low carb breakfast egg and bacon muffins tastes equally good hot or cold.

Delicious low carb scones with cheese and nuts

2011-01-27T14:30:00.000-08:00

I got this easy scones recipe at work today. I would like to share it with you as these scones was very good. Perfect for your low carb breakfast! Serve it with ham and mayonnaise, sugarfree low carb jam, cream cheese, scrambled egg and bacon or your favorite low carb sandwich topping.

Low carb breakfast scones with cheese and nuts

80 grams butter
120 grams grated cheese
4 large eggs
120 grams ground almonds
120 grams ground walnuts
1 teaspoon baking powder

Melt the butter, shred the cheese and whip the eggs lightly together.
Ground almonds and walnuts in a grinder or food processor.
Add butter, cheese, almonds/walnuts and baking powder into the egg mixture.

If mixture becomes too dry, you may add a little water.

Pour batter into muffin forms.
The recipe says 8 to 12 pieces, but my collegue at work baked 15-16 pieces, so it depends on the size of the muffin forms.

Bake at 180 degrees for about 15 min.
Cool before removing from the muffin tray/forms.

Variation: Fried bacon, cooked ham, chorizo or shrimps and different spices/herbs can be added to the mixture.
The low carb scones are kept in a close box in the refrigerator for 2 days. Can also be frozen.

Hope you enjoy your freshly baked low carb breakfast scones.
Bon Appetit!

Low carb dark chocolate cake

2011-01-06T15:29:00.000-08:00

Low carb dark chocolate cake

"Black Magic" is the name of this wonderful low carb dark chocolate cake. A flourless low carb snack.

This chocolate cake is black as night, and made with strong coffee and dark chocolate of good quality.
The cake contains no flour, and therefore has an absolutely wonderful, rich and almost creamy consistency.
A dream of a chocolate cake for people who enjoy life!

Ingredients:
250 grams butter
250 grams low carb dark chocolate (preferably sugar free)
1 cup coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar (optional)
150 g Sukrin
4 eggs

Melt butter and chocolate with coffee in a saucepan over low heat. Stir the mixture smooth. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Beat eggs and Sukrin until fluffy and mix with chocolate.
Pour batter into a small, round shape (20 cm) tray with baking paper in the bottom.

Bake in the middle of the oven at 150 degrees for 1 hour. (Convection)

The long cooking time is necessary because the low carb cake contains no flour.
Cool the cake in the baking tray, and preferably in the fridge until the next day. Loosen the cake from the tray by cutting around the edge of the cake with a sharp knife, take the cake out of tray and remove the baking paper.
Place cake on a suitable plate and enjoy it!

If desired, you can add a layer of chocolate cream on top, a bit thin layer of melted chocolate mixed with butter. Cream is also excellent. The cake is best stored in the fridge, but tastes best room temperatured.

148 carbohydrates calculated with ordinary dark cooking chocolate. Less, with 70% or more cocoa content chocolates.

Enjoy your healthy, sweet low carb chocolate cake!
Bon apetit!