Brrr-rrr-rrr! Are you cold? I am freaking freezing! Therefore, I’ve been on a soup kick! I tried my hand at lightening up an oyster stew recipe, and I was very pleased with the result. Warmed my tummy, it did!
Ingredients
16 oz oysters shucked with liquor retained
4 cup fat free half & half
4 tablespoons margarine
salt, to [...]
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So, out come the recipes from last week’s Thanksgiving festivities. I promise, I will break this up with something healthier very soon. Having said that, these aren’t too bad for hors d’oeuvres. My mother loved making these, and I’ve been carrying on the tradition in her stead.
Ingredients
16 ounces artichoke hearts, drained and mashed
2 tablespoons olive [...]
Posted in Featured, Recipes Tags: Artichoke, Cheese, Eggs, Low Sugar, Sides, Thanksgiving, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs 8 Comments »Over the years, I’ve served a variety of cranberry sauces to the Thanksgiving revelers. Gourmet, homemade, zesty, spicy… name it. Invariably, more than one person will ask, “Isn’t there any can shaped stuff?” Gross. Ok, well, there was a time when I enjoyed the can shaped stuff myself. Maybe [...]
Posted in VickyCooks Tags: Autumn, Cranberries, Crock-Pot, Fall, Fiber, Fruit, Low Sugar, Reduced Sugar, Sauce, Sides, Thanksgiving, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs 5 Comments »Did you skip breakfast this morning? You know better than that! Skipping breakfast is the worst worst worst thing you can do. While you may think it’s wise just to not consume calories, since you’re not hungry anyway, skipping breakfast monkeys with your blood sugar for the rest of the day. It plummets… it peaks… [...]
Posted in Protein Recipes, Recipes Tags: Breakfast, Chocolate, Low Carb, Low Sugar, Protein, Reduced Sugar, Snacks, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs, Under 5 Carbs 6 Comments »Just a quick drive-by to share one of the easiest recipes I have in my recipe cache. This is truly one of my “go to” recipes, and it is very tasty for being so simple.
Ingredients
6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
2/3 c Miracle Whip Light
1 (10 3/4 oz) can Healthy Request Cream of Chicken Soup or store [...]
Posted in Protein Recipes, Recipes, Slow Cooker Tags: Chicken, Crock-Pot, Curry, Low Sugar, Poultry, Protein, Slow Cooker, Spicy, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs 1 Comment »Wegmans… how I adore you! You have a cooking station where you tantalize me with your fine smells. Then you tease me with a taste. Then you tempt me by putting all of the ingredients right there in front of me… along with the recipe. You had me at “Roasted Acorn Squash with Pumpkin Seed [...]
Posted in Recipes Tags: Autumn, Fall, Fiber, Low Sugar, Sides, Squash, Thanksgiving, Under 15 Carbs, Vegetables, Veggies 8 Comments »Whilst shopping at Wegmans… which is a topic worthy of its own post… I came across some bacon cheddar slider burgers made with 80% lean ground beef and ready to cook. Before this, I had never thought to make my own sliders before. This is probably because I had never seen the new Pepperidge Farm [...]
Posted in VickyCooks Tags: Beef, Low Carb, Low Sugar, Protein, Sugar Free, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs 1 Comment »What could be better than a spoonful of creamy pumpkin butter sprinkled with chopped pecans? The answer is, slow cooked pumpkin butter with no sugar added.
Once again, my slow cooker brings me great joy. I usually make pumpkin butter in a pan on the stove. This year I decided to give the slow cooker a [...]
Posted in VickyCooks Tags: Autumn, Crock-Pot, Fall, Low Sugar, Pumpkin, Slow Cooker, Thanksgiving, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs 16 Comments »This is one of those easy yet tasty recipes that people will think you worked hard at making.
Ingredients
1 pound turkey breast cutlets, boneless, skinless
3/4 c sugar free blackberry preserves (I use Polaner)
1/2 c reduced carb ketchup or regular ketchup
2 tbsp red wine vinegar (I use Pompeian)
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
2 tsp chipotle chili powder (I use [...]
Posted in Protein Recipes, Recipes Tags: Chicken, Low Carb, Low Sugar, Poultry, Protein, Spicy, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs No Comments »This is another super-chocolate recipe that is dense and filling. They’re not quite as heavenly as brownies, but if you want to cram your face full of chocolate and protein… this is a very suitable replacement, in my opinion. They’re not calorie cheap. However, they’re low in net carbs and sugar, and [...]
Posted in Protein Recipes, Recipes Tags: Chocolate, Flax, Low Sugar, Protein, Under 15 Carbs 1 Comment »
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