Low Carb Chronicles: Meat Lover Pizza Cups

I miss pizza (and spaghetti) while avoiding carbs. You will see this come out in later food blog posts of recipes I have tried.

I thought this might help curb my pizza craving.

I thought I got thin ham, but even thinner ham probably would have crisped up more.

I do not know what kind of muffin pan they were using, but I had a very hard time fitting all the ingredients into the cups. It was important to me to make sure the pan was not left with a residue of dropped toppings from constructing them. I had to do some clean up before baking.

The recipe states you can add additional toppings, and I would have loved to add bell peppers, mushrooms, or onions, but I had no room. The cups were already overflowing. Note: I did mess up the order of filling the cups and put bacon crumbles under the cheese instead of on top of the pepperoni, so that could have contributed to this problem. Pay attention to the layering ordering when making them.

These can be a bit messy to eat.

I did not find sugar free pizza sauce at the grocery store, so I just bought the regular kind. I am sure you could find it if you go to a superstore. I go to a more local, smaller grocery store.

Also, I got turkey pepperoni because I like it.

Check out the recipe here.  Only one more recipe until I start typing out the recipes here instead of using internet ones!

Low Carb Chronicles: Bacon Avocado Bombs

This tastes just as delicious as it sounds. It has three of my favorite ingredients.

It is super easy to make.

The prep time is actually fairly accurate on this one, maybe even less than it says.

The trickiest part is getting the avocados ripe, but that always seems to be the issue with them.

Also, your oven may be different than mine, but it took a lot longer than 5 minutes on each side to get the bacon cooked. Plan for a lot of extra time on this step.

10/10 highly recommend

Check out the recipe here, which even has an instruction video on the right hand side of the page.

Low Carb Chronicles: Spinach Stuffed Chicken

This is yet another variation of what to stuff a chicken with, and it is a great way to get some more greens in your diet.

There were two tricky parts to this recipe.

First, it is much easier to cut chicken when it is still a bit frozen than when it is defrosted. I confirmed this later in the week with another recipe. Jared was home when I was cooking this one and helped cut the chicken pockets to stuff.

Second, it was hard to keep the seasoning on the chicken. You first put the oil on the chicken, then the seasoning, and the seasoning had a hard time staying on the chicken.

Also, paprika is not my favorite seasoning, and I would probably  do a different seasoning mix next time with more of a kick. However, if you like paprika, keep it just the same.

Check out the recipe here. (It is all the way at the bottom of the page.)

As always, let me know what you think when you try this out.

Low Carb Chronicles: Cheesy Bacon Chicken

Well, if you look at this pan of chicken and think that it looks like a load of cheese in a pan, you would be correct.

If you love cheese, bacon, and then cream cheese on top of all that, then this is the recipe for you.

It is easy to prepare and quick.

The thing that takes the longest is cooking the bacon, letting it cool, and then chopping it.

I would cook it again, and it worked well for lunch leftovers the next day. It is also keto friendly.

10/10 would recommend

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!