Bouillabaisse. Two types of fish, mussels, clams and shrimp.
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Bouillabaisse. Two types of fish, mussels, clams and shrimp.
I'm fixin' ta put 2 full racks of baby backs, seasoned up yesterday, into my smoker/roaster oven. Will try to remember pics later. Was GONNA cook 'em yesterday starting at 1 pm - power went out at 11:30 and didn't come back til 1:30! By then it was later than I wanted to start and I was out of the mood.
In the meanwhile - if you do keto/low carb - the latest craze is Chaffles which is a waffle made with nothing more than egg and cheese. They're pretty tasty. After experimenting around a bit yesterday, I came up with a chocolate version (no cheese but still a Chaffle - chocolate waffle!) and then turned it into an ice cream sandwich with homemade Keto ice cream. They're right tasty!
In the meanwhile - if you do keto/low carb - the latest craze is Chaffles which is a waffle made with nothing more than egg and cheese. They're pretty tasty. After experimenting around a bit yesterday, I came up with a chocolate version (no cheese but still a Chaffle - chocolate waffle!) and then turned it into an ice cream sandwich with homemade Keto ice cream. They're right tasty!
imasickboy
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Please share all the details...
T2's Chocolate Chaffle Recipe
Yield - 4 waffles
2 tablespoons Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder
2 tablespoons granulated sugar substitute - not Splenda, it doesn't play well with chocolate.
1 teaspoon coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder - make sure it's fresh, within 6 months of opening.
pinch salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon heavy cream
In a small bowl, mix together the dry ingredients til well blended and no lumps in the cocoa powder.
Mix the vanilla and cream into the beaten egg. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir til no dry ingredients remain visible.
Now preheat your waffle iron. I use the Dash mini waffle maker. Let the batter stand til the iron is good and hot. This helps the baking powder get a start on lifting the batter.
Once the waffle iron is preheated, add about a heaping tablespoon of batter (about 1/4 of the mixture) to the waffle iron, spreading it to just cover the bottom. The baking powder will make it start to puff up as soon as it hits the hot iron. Close the lid and don't peek for 6 minutes.
Carefully lift out - I pick up the edges with a fork then slide a silicone spatula under the chaffle. Move to a rack to cool.
Repeat 3 more times for a total of 4 chocolate chaffles.
Once cooled, you can fill with your choice of ice cream and wrap well in plastic wrap, then freeze til needed.
Per chocolate chaffle - 38 calories, .7 grams carbs, 3.2 grams fat, 1.9 grams protein (per my ingredients and figured with Stupid Simple Keto app - I don't count the sweetener in the totals)
Yield - 4 waffles
2 tablespoons Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder
2 tablespoons granulated sugar substitute - not Splenda, it doesn't play well with chocolate.
1 teaspoon coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder - make sure it's fresh, within 6 months of opening.
pinch salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon heavy cream
In a small bowl, mix together the dry ingredients til well blended and no lumps in the cocoa powder.
Mix the vanilla and cream into the beaten egg. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir til no dry ingredients remain visible.
Now preheat your waffle iron. I use the Dash mini waffle maker. Let the batter stand til the iron is good and hot. This helps the baking powder get a start on lifting the batter.
Once the waffle iron is preheated, add about a heaping tablespoon of batter (about 1/4 of the mixture) to the waffle iron, spreading it to just cover the bottom. The baking powder will make it start to puff up as soon as it hits the hot iron. Close the lid and don't peek for 6 minutes.
Carefully lift out - I pick up the edges with a fork then slide a silicone spatula under the chaffle. Move to a rack to cool.
Repeat 3 more times for a total of 4 chocolate chaffles.
Once cooled, you can fill with your choice of ice cream and wrap well in plastic wrap, then freeze til needed.
Per chocolate chaffle - 38 calories, .7 grams carbs, 3.2 grams fat, 1.9 grams protein (per my ingredients and figured with Stupid Simple Keto app - I don't count the sweetener in the totals)
imasickboy
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Nice! I have all of that already. Sounds fantastic. The wife will be very happy, especially if you share the ice cream details, also...
LOL!! OK!
T2's Keto Vanilla Ice Cream
1 cup Trader Joe's Cashew/Almond/Macadamia nut milk (or whatever you have similar)
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons vanilla
2/3 cup Bochasweet sugar substitute*
10 drops liquid Stevia or a quick squirt of Pyure sweetener
pinch sea salt
very small pinch xanthan gum, optional
Mix that all together very well. I use a tall 1 quart silicone measure and an immersion blender; you can just use a bowl and beaters, or a blender, or whatever you have. You just want to be sure that the sweeteners dissolve completely.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.
I use a Cuisinart ice cream maker, 1.5 quart, with the bowl that stays in the freezer til you're ready to use it. Get it running, then pour in the mix, set time for 26 minutes. When done, it will still be soft (like soft-serve ice cream). Scoop it into a freezer container and freeze a couple hours before serving.
*Bochasweet sweetener has a quality which keeps the ice cream soft enough to dig out of the container straight from the freezer. You can use other sweeteners instead but it freezes up pretty hard - just let it sit out about 15 to 20 minutes before you want to serve it. You can buy it directly from the company or on Amazon.
The xanthan gum helps with the texture a bit too but you literally want about 1/8 teaspoon or it will develop an "off" texture to it.
I've found that you can flavor this base up with SF jello powder! I LOVE the lemon one. Orange is good; have peach right now. It's pretty subtle, might use 2 packets next time. If you decide to use the jello blend it in JUST before adding the base to the freezer bowl.
I've made mint choco chip too, using mint extract and chopped Lilly's SF choco chips; peppermint stick using peppermint extract and crushed SF peppermint candies; coffee using instant coffee, about 2 tablespoons, dissolved in the almond milk first, then add the other ingredients; matcha green tea, same as the coffee. All kinds of possibilities!
To make the sandwiches, use two of the chocolate waffles and about 1/3 cup ice cream (I use a 1/3 cup ice cream scoop) - ice cream needs to be somewhat softened. Put the scoop of ice cream on the bottom waffle and gently smoosh it down with the top waffle; wrap in plastic wrap and freeze at least a couple hours. The waffle stays somewhat crispy and boy they are GOOD!
T2's Keto Vanilla Ice Cream
1 cup Trader Joe's Cashew/Almond/Macadamia nut milk (or whatever you have similar)
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons vanilla
2/3 cup Bochasweet sugar substitute*
10 drops liquid Stevia or a quick squirt of Pyure sweetener
pinch sea salt
very small pinch xanthan gum, optional
Mix that all together very well. I use a tall 1 quart silicone measure and an immersion blender; you can just use a bowl and beaters, or a blender, or whatever you have. You just want to be sure that the sweeteners dissolve completely.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.
I use a Cuisinart ice cream maker, 1.5 quart, with the bowl that stays in the freezer til you're ready to use it. Get it running, then pour in the mix, set time for 26 minutes. When done, it will still be soft (like soft-serve ice cream). Scoop it into a freezer container and freeze a couple hours before serving.
*Bochasweet sweetener has a quality which keeps the ice cream soft enough to dig out of the container straight from the freezer. You can use other sweeteners instead but it freezes up pretty hard - just let it sit out about 15 to 20 minutes before you want to serve it. You can buy it directly from the company or on Amazon.
The xanthan gum helps with the texture a bit too but you literally want about 1/8 teaspoon or it will develop an "off" texture to it.
I've found that you can flavor this base up with SF jello powder! I LOVE the lemon one. Orange is good; have peach right now. It's pretty subtle, might use 2 packets next time. If you decide to use the jello blend it in JUST before adding the base to the freezer bowl.
I've made mint choco chip too, using mint extract and chopped Lilly's SF choco chips; peppermint stick using peppermint extract and crushed SF peppermint candies; coffee using instant coffee, about 2 tablespoons, dissolved in the almond milk first, then add the other ingredients; matcha green tea, same as the coffee. All kinds of possibilities!
To make the sandwiches, use two of the chocolate waffles and about 1/3 cup ice cream (I use a 1/3 cup ice cream scoop) - ice cream needs to be somewhat softened. Put the scoop of ice cream on the bottom waffle and gently smoosh it down with the top waffle; wrap in plastic wrap and freeze at least a couple hours. The waffle stays somewhat crispy and boy they are GOOD!
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Middle school vegetable medley!
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Boneless pork steaks simmered in a green chile gravy of Big Jim Heritage, Zapotec jalapeno, onions and Tekne Dolmasi. One of the Big Jims was starting to turn. A little brown rice to help sop up the gravy.
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Just made this (+ a pound of Italian sausage)...
Using this... The sauce was awesome! I would try a different pasta next time, maybe shells.
LOL, not exactly these are organically grown frozen veggies. My school always used ****** canned mixed veg.
You’re very welcome. Glad to help out another keto convert!
BTW @imasickboy I completely get the "missing the beer and the hobby" part of this way of eating - we gave up alcoholic bevegages about 5 days into Keto - what we're now doing is turning the rest of our beer into malt vinegar! Boy it's good stuff too. So a new hobby was born! Also making apple cider vinegar 5 gallons at a time as we use the stuff in drinking water - good for your guts and all!
imasickboy
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I haven't given up alcohol, just beer. Mostly. I'll still have some beers when there's an event or something that I'm attending, or occasionally a one-off sometime when I'm out. I'm drinking more liquor than ever, though. I've dropped 40 pounds since the end of May, so it's been worthwhile.
I'd have no use for malt vinegar since I can't eat a floccing french fry!
Oh but - malt vinegar is so good on veggies, in salad dressing, on fish, to make a steak pan sauce with butter.... 
We gave up beer first and then went full-bore giving up alcohol because it stops ketosis til your bod has a chance to process it all out - however we DID drink one of our home-brewed brown ales last week to no ill effects. Will be few and far between though!
Good for you on the weight loss! My initial goal was to lose 12 pounds - I'm now down 18 plus. We started 1/22/19. Can't see any reason to stop! Besides we LOVE eating this way!
Speaking of - have a nice organic chicken going round and round in the Showtime Rotisserie. Should be good in about 30 more minutes. Sliced avocado with lime juice/sea salt will be tasty with it and some pico de Gallo too.
We gave up beer first and then went full-bore giving up alcohol because it stops ketosis til your bod has a chance to process it all out - however we DID drink one of our home-brewed brown ales last week to no ill effects. Will be few and far between though!
Good for you on the weight loss! My initial goal was to lose 12 pounds - I'm now down 18 plus. We started 1/22/19. Can't see any reason to stop! Besides we LOVE eating this way!
Speaking of - have a nice organic chicken going round and round in the Showtime Rotisserie. Should be good in about 30 more minutes. Sliced avocado with lime juice/sea salt will be tasty with it and some pico de Gallo too.
Fwiw it’s possible to brew very low carb tasty beers. I can’t see these being worse for Keto diet than spirits. Check out the brut ipa threads if you are interested. I started Keto last year and have mainly brewed these and seem to be doing fine on them.
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Steak Au Poivre with green chile and shallots. Side of lemon garlic asparagus. Totally keto friendly for what its worth.
TwistedGray
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Might have to Google this sauce
I bet that sauce would go great with a hot loaf of sourdough bread.
It's been 3 weeks now and I still don't taste any tartness. I'm wondering if I might have accidentally used the iodized salt and if that would inhibit fermentation...
I’ve read on several websites devoted to fermenting that iodized salt can inhibit the growth of the “good bacteria” so if you DID use it - that might be the problem. However, personally, with our kraut I prefer it to go a couple months to get the proper “sour” to it - we have a utility room that stays a constant 72* year-round and so that helps it ferment nicely.
I’d just let it go a few more weeks and see what you think then. You can always start over, making sure of your salt! We’ve been using canning salt lately because it dissolves so easily.
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Table salt usually has iodine and anti-caking agents. It should be avoided for ferments. I use Mortons canning salt but pink salt or good sea salt are excellent too. Korean sun dried sea salt is great but its also very expensive.
For simple practice try this
2 bags Dole slaw mix 28oz total
16 grams of canning salt or just a tiny bit less than a tbs
1)Mix that all up and let it set for an hour or two covered. Stir every 20min
2)PACK it tight in a jar. Pretty sure 2 bags of the slaw mix fits into a 1 quart Mason jar after weeping it.
3)Top off with a 2% water brine if needed. Glass fermenter weight and lid with airlock is preferred.
4)Leave it alone in a slightly warm dark place in the house for at least 5 days before seeing if it is sour. Probably gunna be 7-10 days before its sour and the "green" smell mellows a bit.
5)When it smells sour toss it in the fridge for a month or more. Its edible after a couple weeks but just kinda....hohum.
Never had this fail yet. Works every single time.
You can speed it up with 1 TBS Korean pepper flakes and 1 TBS of good fish sauce. Mix them in just before packing it in a jar. Not sure why it happens but it will smell sour in half the time. The kraut will only be mildly spicy and you wont taste the fish sauce in the final product.
For simple practice try this
2 bags Dole slaw mix 28oz total
16 grams of canning salt or just a tiny bit less than a tbs
1)Mix that all up and let it set for an hour or two covered. Stir every 20min
2)PACK it tight in a jar. Pretty sure 2 bags of the slaw mix fits into a 1 quart Mason jar after weeping it.
3)Top off with a 2% water brine if needed. Glass fermenter weight and lid with airlock is preferred.
4)Leave it alone in a slightly warm dark place in the house for at least 5 days before seeing if it is sour. Probably gunna be 7-10 days before its sour and the "green" smell mellows a bit.
5)When it smells sour toss it in the fridge for a month or more. Its edible after a couple weeks but just kinda....hohum.
Never had this fail yet. Works every single time.
You can speed it up with 1 TBS Korean pepper flakes and 1 TBS of good fish sauce. Mix them in just before packing it in a jar. Not sure why it happens but it will smell sour in half the time. The kraut will only be mildly spicy and you wont taste the fish sauce in the final product.
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TwistedGray
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Chorizo, turkey, and stuff
Beautiful weather for grilling tonight.
TwistedGray
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It'll hit 100° near the coast Friday - stoked!!
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TwistedGray
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Apples, walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, maple syrup, Moscato, Disaronno, and topped with some fresh granola. Simple / Yummy
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I told my wife the other night that I could make her some barf-a-roni. She said it didn't sound very appealing. This is what I had in mind (although I doubt it would have looked as good!).
TwistedGray
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I think we all threw this up as kids at some point.
Lol Twisted! Onions that will ultimately go on hot dogs!
