I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned that my husband has embarked on a Keto Diet plan which pretty much means I either make something Keto friendly just for him or find keto friendly recipes for the whole family to enjoy. Since I’m not particularly fond of playing short order cook it is so much easier to make something that we can all have for dinner. And so I’ve come up with this Keto friendly Butter Steak Cubes.
Butter Steak Cubes are real easy to make and they are really delish! Everyone loves them! I serve them with a tossed salad for hubby and sides like mashed potatoes, corn, and veggies for the rest of us. My husband likes them so much I sometimes double the recipe so he can have leftovers for the next couple of days.
One thing though, if you want leftovers for lunch or whatever don’t over cook the steak. In fact I usually cook them just until they turn slightly pink in the middle. That way they can be reheated later. If you over cook the meat they end up like jerky when reheated. You definitely don’t want that!
Ingredients
4 NY Strip Steaks cut into 1″ cubes
1/2 Tbs. Cayenne Red Pepper
1 Tbs. Garlic Powder
1 Tbs. Onion Powder
1 Tsp. Sea Salt
1 Tsp. Ground Black Pepper
1/2 Tbs. Lemon Pepper
1 Tsp. Oregano
1 Stick Butter
3 Tbs. Olive Oil
1/4 Cup Fresh Parley Chopped
Directions
Combine Spices in a small bowl and mix well
Melt Butter in Olive Oil over med high heat
Add cubed meat and sprinkle spices over it
Toss meat in frying pan and cook until it almost reaches your desired “doneness”
My husband recently embarked on a Keto Diet which means I either have to make him something keto friendly or find keto friendly recipes that the whole family will enjoy. Keto friendly meals aren’t really that hard to come up with, basically you just have to limit or replace the carbs. So that means pastas are out unless you use edemame spaghetti or other flourless pasta substitutes. But any way one of our favorites turned out to be this Chicken & Asparagus dish that my husband can eat with a small salad and the rest of the family can eat with pasta or even rice.
My grandkids and even my husband were not big asparagus fans, but after tasting this Chicken & Asparagus dish they decided it was pretty good. One of the best things about this Chicken & Asparagus dish is that it’s super easy to make, it’s really just a stir fry and can be ready in about a half and hour!
Chicken & Asparagus – A Keto Friendly Dish!
2 Servings
Ingredients
4 Pieces Boneless/Skinless Chicken Thighs cut into chunks
7-8 Stalks Asparagus cut into thirds
2 Tbs. Olive Oil
1 Tbs. Minced Garlic
1 Tsp. Lemon Pepper
1 Tsp. Rosemary
1/2 Tsp. Thyme
1/2 Tsp. Sea Salt
1/2 Tsp. Ground Black Pepper
1 Tsp. Parsley
1/2 Cup Chicken Stock
Directions
Combine dry seasonings in a small bowl (not the garlic)
Heat Olive Oil in a wok or deep frying pan
Saute Garlic until it starts to turn brown
Add chicken and seasoning mixture
Cook until chicken is done
Remove chicken from pan and set aside
Add asparagus to pan and cover with chicken stock
Cook until asparagus is tender
Return chicken to pan and toss with asparagus
Turn heat up and cook until liquid is mostly gone – keep stirring so it won’t burn
Last Christmas one of my daughters gifted me an Instant Pot Lux80. (There it is in the box.) I have to admit it looked intimidating; took me almost a month before I took it out of the box, and only after watching videos and reading lots of internet articles. Now what exactly is an Instant Pot you may ask. The best answer would be that it’s a crockpot on steroids. It can do just about everything a crockpot does but it does it faster. That’s why it takes only 35 minutes to make Instant Pot Beef Stew!
35 minutes to make tender falling apart beef stew! Yes I kid you not the actual cooking time for Instant Pot Beef Stew is 35 minutes! And yes the meat, you can use even the least expensive cuts, are literally falling apart! Ok, the actual time I spent making Instant Pot Beef Stew was closer to an hour, that included chopping, browning, AND cooking and venting. So really dinner was ready in about an hour. Sure beats cooking stew in your crockpot all day!
Can you tell yet what I first made in my handy dandy new gadget? Yup, you got it I made Instant Pot Beef Stew! And the best part is it doesn’t take a lot of planning.
When I made beef stew in my old crockpot I had to thaw out the beef the night before then get up early to chop veggies and brown the beef on the stove top. I had to do all that before I could toss it all in the crockpot and press cook. Now it wasn’t that big a deal, that is until I realized what my new Instant Pot could do! I didn’t have to thaw meat the night before, I could actually toss semi-frozen meat in the pot if I wanted to!
Did I mention that my Instant Pot Beef Stew turned out amazing? My family raved about it! In fact I had made a big pot – the model I have is 8 quarts – and we had the left overs for dinner the next day! So without further ado here’s my recipe! Hope you love it as much as we do!
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Ingredients:
3 Lbs. Beef Cut into 1″ cubes – you can use any cut of beef you want, I usually use a chuck roast
2 Tbs. Olive Oil
1 Tbs. Italian Seasoning
1/4 Cup Worcestershire Sauce
2 Tbs. Minced Garlic
1 Large Onion Cut in large pieces
2 Cups Baby Carrots
2 Cups Baby Potato Medley
2 Cups Celery Cut in large pieces
3 Cups Beef Broth
1 Cup Tomato Sauce
Salt & Pepper to taste
1/4 Cup Corn Starch
1/4 Cup water
Directions:
Prep ingredients – Cut all the meat & veggies to size
Separate Beef from the veggies as you will be using it first and you don’t want the veggies sitting in raw beef juices
Add olive oil to Instant Pot and set on Sauté
When pot is hot enough place cubed beef into pot
Brown all the sides of the beef
Add Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, garlic, worcestershire sauce, and mix well
Switch pot off and add veggies, beef broth, and tomato sauce
Stir well making sure to scrape off any meat or seasoning at the bottom of the pot
Set Instant Pot on Manual and adjust time to 35 minutes
Secure lid making sure the valve is on the sealing position
When pot beeps wait 10 minutes then set the valve to venting to release remaining pressure
Meanwhile dissolve cornstarch in water
When pressure has been completely released remove pot lid
Stir in cornstarch water to get desired thickness. If you want thicker sauce add more dissolved cornstarch slowly until you get the thickness you want.
Serve with steamed rice or some nice crusty bread to sop up all that meaty goodness!
Left overs can be stored in the fridge for a day or so, stew always tastes better the next day! Or for longer storage place stew in freezer safe containers, label with date, and freeze until needed. It will keep in the freezer for about 2-3 months. Reheat in the microwave or stove top.
Prep ingredients - Cut all the meat & veggies to size
Separate Beef from the veggies as you will be using it first and you don't want the veggies sitting in raw beef juices
Add olive oil to Instant Pot and set on Sauté
When pot is hot enough place cubed beef into pot
Brown all the sides of the beef
Add Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, garlic, worcestershire sauce, and mix well
Switch pot off and add veggies, beef broth, and tomato sauce
Stir well making sure to scrape off any meat or seasoning at the bottom of the pot
Set Instant Pot on Manual and adjust time to 35 minutes
Secure lid making sure the valve is on the sealing position
When pot beeps wait 10 minutes then set the valve to venting to release remaining pressure
Meanwhile dissolve cornstarch in water
When pressure has been completely released remove pot lid
Stir in cornstarch water to get desired thickness. If you want thicker sauce add more dissolved cornstarch slowly until you get the thickness you want.
Serve with steamed rice or some nice crusty bread to sop up all that meaty goodness!
Keto Diets, they seem to be really popular right now. And with the new year many of us have vowed to start eating healthier and loose some weight. So in my house we’re pretty much re-starting our “keto diets”. One of the things I miss most when on a keto diet (which in really simple terms means less, much less, carbs and more fat and protein) is bread. I crave bread (along with rice and other carbs, I am after all a carb eater)! So when I discovered this Keto Friendly Cloud Bread I was pretty happy.
What you may ask is Keto Friendly Cloud Bread and what makes it keto friendly. Keto Friendly Cloud Bread is simply carbless bread rounds. Yup, I said carbless! It’s not made with any kind of flour at all! And it’s pretty yummy!
You can whip up s batch of Keto Friendly Cloud Bread to use as bread for your sandwich anytime of day. Top it with a fried egg and the meat of your choice for a delicious breakfast sandwich or you can snack on it. It’s that yummy!
Best of all Cloud Bread requires just 3 ingredients and can be made in about an hour! So not only is it yummy it’s super easy to make! My family loves them, even those that aren’t on a keto diet!
Here’s my recipe for Keto Friendly Cloud Bread, whip up at least a batch or two and watch them disappear! Or if you can manage freeze some for future use.
Ingredients:
6 Eggs at room temperature
1/4 cups + 2 Tbs Softened Cream Cheese
1/2 Tsp Cream of Tartar
Proceedure:
Pre-heat oven to 300° F.
Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
Separate eggs – place yolks in a medium mixing bowl and whites in a different medium bowl
Add softened cream cheese to the egg yolks and mix together until smooth and completely blended.
Set aside.
Beat egg whites at medium speed until frothy and covered in bubbles. Add cream of tartar and beat at high speed until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold egg whites into the yolk mixture, be careful not to over mix and deflating the egg whites.
Pre-heat oven to 300° F.
Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
Separate eggs - place yolks in a medium mixing bowl and whites in a different medium bowl
Add softened cream cheese to the egg yolks and mix together until smooth and completely blended.
Set aside.
Beat egg whites at medium speed until frothy and covered in bubbles. Add cream of tartar and beat at high speed until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold egg whites into the yolk mixture, be careful not to over mix and deflating the egg whites.
Drop a spoonful onto prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 20-30 minutes.
Cool on wire racks and use immediately or freeze.
We’ve recently started eating healthier again, that’s after a summer of long vacations that at times made healthy eating difficult. It’s so easy to slip back into bad eating habits like fast food burgers and fries, easy to grab bags of chips, and other junk food.
But at our age and with our recent test results and recently diagnosed conditions we really must stop eating like teenagers! I mean I love my burgers and fries, pizza, sodas, candies, and other sweets, but they don’t seem to love me as much as they used to. I had always bragged that I could eat everything I loved without gaining an ounce of weight. This may have been true 10 or more years ago, but not any more. Besides now I have to deal with Eczema and other issues, my “normal” diet was just not going to cut it. My husband is in the same boat. So we’re each trying different changes to deal with our specific issues.
Right now my husband has been following a Keto Diet. For him it’s really not too much of a hardship. He’s pretty disciplined and usually does low carb diets when he needs to drop a few pounds. So I’ve been modifying some old favorites to be keto friendly. Remember Keto diets are low carb, medium protein, and high fat. (I don’t follow this diet as I’m dealing with other issues and too much fat is not something I can tolerate.)
Anyway one of the challenges when someone in the family is on some sort of a special diet is to make meals that everyone can eat. In short I am not a short order cook who will make a different meal for each family member. This has actually proven to be somewhat simple, specially when I’m modifying family favorites. One of my biggest successes is this Creamy Tuscan Chicken Casserole.
My Creamy Tuscan Chicken Casserole is very Keto Friendly, low in carb (1 gram per 1/2 cup serving), good protein, and high in fat. Not to mention it is divine! Everyone loves it! The kids and anyone not on a keto diet eats it with pasta, my husband has it with a small salad.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:
2 Pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cubed
1/4 Cup Butter
1 Tbs. Minced Garlic
1 Tbs. Italian Seasoning
1 Cup Heavy Cream or Half & Half
1 Cup Cream Cheese, room temp
1 Cup Sour Cream
2 Cups Fresh Spinach leaves
1 Cup Sun Dried Tomato Strips in Olive Oil
1/2 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Procedure:
Melt Butter in an oven safe frying pan – cast iron pans work great
Sauté garlic
Add chicken cubes & Italian Seasoning and cook until done, stir constantly
Add milk and cream cheese, stir until all the cream cheese has melted and the sauce looks creamy – stir constantly to avoid burning the sauce
Add spinach and cook until leaves have wilted, stir constantly
Add sun dried tomato strips and the oil it’s soaked in, stir to combine well
Remove from heat and stir in sour cream
Sprinkle with shredded cheese
Bake in 350° oven for 15 minutes or until cheese melts
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned that my husband has embarked on a Keto Diet plan which pretty much means I either make something Keto friendly just for him or find keto friendly recipes for the whole family to enjoy. Since I’m not particularly fond of playing short order cook it is so much easier to make something that we can all have for dinner. And so I’ve come up with this Keto friendly Butter Steak Cubes.
My husband recently embarked on a Keto Diet which means I either have to make him something keto friendly or find keto friendly recipes that the whole family will enjoy. Keto friendly meals aren’t really that hard to come up with, basically you just have to limit or replace the carbs. So that means pastas are out unless you use edemame spaghetti or other flourless pasta substitutes. But any way one of our favorites turned out to be this Chicken & Asparagus dish that my husband can eat with a small salad and the rest of the family can eat with pasta or even rice.
Prep ingredients – Cut all the meat & veggies to size
Brown all the sides of the beef
Keto Diets, they seem to be really popular right now. And with the new year many of us have vowed to start eating healthier and loose some weight. So in my house we’re pretty much re-starting our “keto diets”. One of the things I miss most when on a keto diet (which in really simple terms means less, much less, carbs and more fat and protein) is bread. I crave bread (along with rice and other carbs, I am after all a carb eater)! So when I discovered this Keto Friendly Cloud Bread I was pretty happy.
Here’s my recipe for Keto Friendly Cloud Bread, whip up at least a batch or two and watch them disappear! Or if you can manage freeze some for future use.
We’ve recently started eating healthier again, that’s after a summer of long vacations that at times made healthy eating difficult. It’s so easy to slip back into bad eating habits like fast food burgers and fries, easy to grab bags of chips, and other junk food.
