1. Appetizers

Appetizers.

  1. Artichoke dip
  2. baked bacon
  3. cheese crisps
  4. BLT boats
  5. Deviled eggs
  6. Guacamole
  7. Lemonade
  8. Little Smokies – 2 recipes
  9. Rosemary roasted walnuts or pecans
  10. spicy nuts
  11. Thyme Nuts – easy
  12. stuffed mushrooms
  1. Artichoke dip
  • 14-16 oz can artichoke hearts drained and chopped
  • ½-1 c mayonnaise (avocado mayonnaise is healthy)
  • 1 c parmesan cheese
  • Bake 40 min at 350 degrees.  Serve with sliced veggies, flax crackers or pork rinds
  1. Baked Bacon
  • preheat to 375 degrees
  • Put bacon on parchment paper,
  • Sprinkle bacon lightly with powdered stevia or monk fruit.
  • Bake until brown – turning once
  1. Cheese Chips
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grate 8 oz a good quality cheddar cheese like Dubliners in small piles on pan covered with parchment paper leaving ½” -1”between piles   Bake 8 min until cheese is melted and edges are  crispy. Let cool & store in refrigerator up to 5 days

4. BLT boats

  • 1 ¼ pound bacon- cooked
  • 8 leaves of romaine washed and dried
  • 2 medium tomatoes sliced thin
  • ½ c mayonnaise
  • Lay lettuce leaves in single layer on large platter. Tope ea with 2 sliced tomato :& then cooked bacon.  Drizzle 1 T mayo on each and serve immediately

5. Deviled eggs in instant pot   6 eggs & 1 c water in instant pot on trivet.  Cook  6 min and then 5 min on slow release.  Drop in ice cold water for a couple of minutes & then peel.  Mix ¼ c mayonnaise, 1 tsp mustard,1/2 tsp white vinegar.  Top w paprika.

6. Guacamole- make within a couple of hours of eating

  • 3 avocados peeled, pitted, mashed
    2 T lime juice (1 lime – this is secret to good Flavors)
    1 tsp minced garlic
    pinch Cayenne pepper
    1/4 c diced onion
    2 T salsa

7. Lemonade – state fair Lemonade

  • 6 fresh lemons washed very well – scrub with vegetable brush
  • Peel each of the lemons, add 1 ¼ c sugar substitute, stir & cover and leave 2-12 hours.   Boil 5 c water, pour over lemon rinds & leave 5 min.  Strain.  Let cool to room temp and squeeze lemon juice from lemons into the mixture. Chill and serve over ice.
  1. Little Smokies
  • 32 oz little smokies – simmer on low 30 min before mixing with the following so you do not have runny sauce.  Then put all in crock pot on low
  • 1/2 c low carb (sugar free) ketchup
  • 1/2 c Dijon mustard

 Little Smokies #2

  • 16 oz little smokies
  • 1 pound bacon

wrap little smokies with bacon & secure with toothpick. Lightly sprinkle with stevia or monk fruit.  Bake 20 min or until bacon is crisp

  1. Rosemary Roasted Pecans
  • 2 1/2T butter
  • 2 tsp rosemary
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 c pecan halves

Melt butter, mix with spices and pour over nuts to coat them.  Bake on cookie sheet lined with parchment for 10 min

  1. Spicy nuts
    3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • 3 teaspoons ground ginger
    • 3 teaspoons ground cumin
    • 3 teaspoons salt
    • 11/2 teaspoon cayenne
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
    • 3 large egg whites – whisk until foamy.
    • 3 cups pecan halves
    • 3 cups walnut halves and pieces
    • Optional: 1/4 cup stevia, or truvia or other brand (choose stevia with inulin so it is closer to being equivalent in volume to sugar.  Read side of stevia package)

Preparation
Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in center of oven; preheat to 225°F. Line 2 heavy large baking sheets with parchment paper. Stir first 7 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Whisk egg whites in large bowl until foamy. Whisk in spice mixture. Add pecan halves, walnut halves and pieces, and raw cashews; toss to coat completely. Sprinkle stevia over and toss to coat.
Divide nut mixture between prepared baking sheets; spread nut mixture in single layer. Bake until nuts are toasted and coating is dry, stirring every 20 minutes, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Sprinkle nuts with salt to taste.

 

 

  1. Thyme nuts – easy and addicting!
  • 2 c raw almonds
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 2T thyme
  • 1 tsp salt
  • spread on parchment paper, sprinkle with thyme and a little salt
  • bake 350 degrees 10 minutes
  1. Stuffed Mushrooms
  • 16-24 oz whole fresh mushrooms (wash & tear off stem then stuff with following:
  • cook 1/2 # pork sausage (like Jimmy Dean) and crumble
  • mix sausage with 2 oz cream cheese & 1/2 c cream
  • stuff mushroom & bake 10-15 min

 

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