Low Carb Chronicles: Egg Roll in a Bowl

Egg rolls are delicious (except those frozen ones that taste only like mushed up vegetables when cooked). I had to try this recipe because I like Chinese food.

It did not taste exactly the way I imagined, but it was pretty close and quite delicious. This is a recipe we will definitely be using again.

It also makes a good amount, so you will probably have leftovers.

Jared said he wished it had more vegetables, but I put in the 14 ounces in the recipe and thought its vegetable ratio was fine.

I could not imagine what this would taste like with beef as the recipe states you can use. Pork is not my favorite, so I opted for ground Italian sausage that provided more flavor and masks the pork taste.

Spicy Italian sausage would have been great, but the selection at the grocery store was limited with only mild sausage.

Jared said he would have liked spicy mustard with his which he puts on his egg rolls normally. We found a recipe to make our own here since we were out that only uses 4 ingredients that we actually had.

I like to use duck sauce or sweet and sour sauce on my egg rolls, so I used some sweet chili sauce that we had. It was a great addition.

Here is the recipe for this bowl of deliciousness. This is a recipe that needs to be put on the meal rotation.

10/10 I highly recommend.

New Rule: Everyone Takes Out the Trash

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Low Carb Chronicles: P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wraps

This is a knock-off recipe for P.F. Chang's lettuce wraps, which I love. 

There is a weird ingredient in here - hoisin sauce, which you may have a hard time finding in the grocery store. I did the first time I looked for it.  Oddly enough, I already had this ingredient from a previous recipe. Check the international aisle for it. It is probably near the Asian food. You might also use it in a Middle Eastern dish sometime; that is when I first found it.

I really liked this. I would add more sriracha if you like things spicy because ours were not hot enough for our liking.

It calls for the water chestnuts to be sliced, but I would probably cut them smaller next time, even dice them.

They are not as good as the authentic wraps, so do not think they will be exactly as amazing. However, if you like the originals, you should give these a try. 

Also, we left the rice out. 

Here's the recipe. Enjoy!

Low Carb Chronicles: Meaty Sweet Peppers

I had some sweet peppers left over from a recipe and was on a mission to make some mini sweet pepper poppers (kind of like jalapeno poppers).

The internet is full of these recipes, but they mostly include rice, which we are avoiding, or beans.

The recipe said that overflow was fine, and we did have a lot of overflow. The peppers were a little buried.

I made the recipe 4 times what it called for to use a full pound of meat and make it more of a main dish than side dish or appetizer. There was also another small pan of poppers (not pictured) that did not fit in the big pan.

They were great, and they would make a good appetizer as well. There will not be a lot of popping in your mouth going on because you will need a fork.

These poppers were a great way to get my nephew to eat some colorful vegetables.

Check out the recipe here.

Low Carb Chronicles: Keto Stuffed Mushrooms

These mushrooms are delicious. We did not have any left over after dinner.

This is a perfect appetizer or side dish to add some yummy cheesiness in your life.

My only advice here is to use bigger mushrooms than I did. I had a hard time stuffing mine and then I had a lot of stuffing left over that I just baked and we ate anyway.  Had I had an extra bell or sweet pepper hanging around in the fridge, I would have stuffed it with the extra stuffing.

10/10 I recommend.

It is full of flavor and still low carb.

Check out the recipe here.

Low Carb Chronicles: Enchilada Meatballs

I saw this recipe and wanted it because I like beef, and meatballs are nice.

It tasted exactly how I imagined it would. It was like an enchilada with only the insides.

It made me want meatballs with spaghetti sauce, but that sauce would have wayyyy too much sugar for us.

It was good. If you like Mexican food, I highly recommend it.

I did not miss the outside of the enchiladas.

If you want a recipe to make your own taco seasoning, here you go. We added fresh veggies on the side.

Check out these enchilada meatballs here.

Low Carb Chronicles: Beef Hominy Chili

I admit that the hominy intrigued me, but the real reason I chose this recipe was because we had some beef chuck roast in the freezer that needed to be eaten. So I searched for "beef chuck roast recipes" and landed on this one.

It is made in a crock pot, so it frees up your evening. However, do not let that prep time fool you. It took me about an hour to get it ready in the morning. Granted, the meat was frozen so that took some extra time, but still - it was not 10 minutes prep time.

My nephew loved this chili and ate multiple servings. He said it was his favorite thing I had cooked for him.

It was pretty good.

Jared's response was, "Corn on corn?"

This was the first time I remember ever eating hominy, which is surprising because of where I am from, but this is what drew me to this recipe.

It is worth trying if you want to try a different style of chili. I admit that the corn was my favorite ingredient.

The recipe states that it would be good with tortilla chips or tortillas, but we are avoiding those and cannot verify.

I also added jalapeno because we spice up everything around here. Hardly any recipe is up to our spice level of happiness.

Check out the recipe here.