An Unmeasured Approach: The NYTimes’ Spinach Artichoke Dip

The NYTimes’ has a great low-carb, keto-friendly recipe for spinach artichoke dip. Hooray!

Unfortunately, in my hunger and excitement, I did not have the patience to measure out the ingredients. So, for this meal (Ben and I ate it for dinner – he with bread and potato chips, I with a lowcarb tortilla and strips of bacon), I kinda just eyeballed the amounts until I thought things looked (and tasted) good.

Find the recipe here. A couple more pics of how mine turned out, plus a couple of notes after the cut.

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Quickie Trick for Reheating Leftovers: Salami Cups

Not exactly a recipe, but here’s a little something I made for breakfast the other day – leftovers reheated in little cups made of salami. Just pop the salami in a muffin tin, fill with whatever low-carb, keto-friendly leftover you have on hand, top with cheese, and pop in the a 350 degree oven for ten minutes until the cheese has melted and the leftovers are reheated. More pics after the cut.

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Low-Carb Keto Green Chile Bake

Lately, I’ve been attempting more vegetarian dishes in the hopes of finding foods that Ben and I both can eat. Here’s a dish that has been a big hit with him. I’ve made it twice already and he seems to really enjoy it. 🙂

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Low-Carb Pumpkin Custards with Whipped Cream

Let’s not kid ourselves: the crust is the best part of the pumpkin pie. It’s typically the best part of any pie. But, if you’re going keto or low-carb or have thing for self-denial, here’s a pretty tasty alternative.

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In The Mushroom Kingdom

Mushrooms are delicious, but did you know they’re fucking beautiful? Look at these gorgeous motherfuckers from a recent visit to Far West Fungi at the SF Ferry Building. (FYI: This amount of cussing is proportional and appropriate to the beauty of the fungi. I found a chart online or something.)

Slideshow behind the cut.

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What to Do with Leftover Turkey: Keto Broccoli Mushroom Bake

Got leftover turkey? Here’s a quickie recipe to add some variety to the endless turkey-based meal slog that is the week after Thanksgiving.

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Easy Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup

I like mushrooms. I made soup.

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Foods I Hath Wrought

mashed cauliflower with olive oil and basil

Mashed roasted cauliflower with olive oil and fresh basil.

I haven’t posted a recipe in ages. Here’s why: I’ve been cheating on keto like a total jerk. Stuff happened. All kinds of stuff. There were cakes and chips and some champagne. There were bags of mini candies. One time, there was a pizza. Forgive me.

Still, plagued by intermittent guilty feelings and the desire to do anything other than look at a screen, I have managed to cook myself the occasional keto meal over the last few months, and do quickie posts to Instagram. I’ve found that this process provides a pretty satisfying illusion of keeping healthy. Isn’t that what the Internet has taught us: that it’s the illusion that matters? If you’ve got a different takeaway, I don’t know what Internet you’re looking at.

Anywho, how about some pics of some keto meals I made?

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Super Simple Sugar-Free No-Cook Keto Vegan Coconut Chocolate Pudding

Hey, Keto friends. Do you miss desserts? I miss desserts. I miss them so much. I wanna eat a great big bowl of rocky road ice cream on top of a pair of eclairs, topped with some profiteroles and, oh, I dunno… a tub of hot fudge. That sounds like a nice treat.

Anywho, to scratch that dessert itch, I’ve been experimenting with keto-friendly desserts. Here’s my attempt at a chocolate pudding. It’s super simple, super quick, and requires absolutely no cooking! Let me know what you think!

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Keto Spinach & Cheddar Soufflé

I love meat. I adore it. There is no time of day – sleeping, showering, jury duty – when I couldn’t go for a nice grass-fed ribeye. But, I acknowledge that there are folks out there who prefer their eats a little less “moo” and a lot more “imperceptible sound of plant growth.” In fact, one of those people has been my boyfriend for the past 17 years. (Life is weird sometimes. I’ve learned to stop asking questions.)

So, for him and several of my similarly meat-averse friends, I’ve decided to attempt some vegetarian keto cooking. This spinach soufflé was my first experiment. I thought it was damn delicious, frankly. That boyfriend guy liked it, too.

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