THE Best Prime Rib

1 cup butter, softened

7 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, finely chopped

2 tablespoons fresh thyme, finely chopped

2 tablespoons salt

1 tablespoon pepper

5-7 pounds boneless ribeye roast, trimmed

2 tablespoons flour

2 cups beef stock

Preheat oven to 500°F

1. Mix together the butter, garlic, herbs, salt, and pepper in a bowl until evenly combined.
2. Rub the herb butter all over the rib roast, then place on a roasting tray with a rack.
3. Bake for 5 minutes per pound of meat — so a 5-pound roast would bake for 25 minutes and a 7-pound roast would bake for 35 minutes.
4. Turn off the heat and let the rib roast sit in the oven for 2 hours, making sure you do not open the oven door or else the residual heat will escape.
5. Once the 2 hours are up, remove the roast from the pan and pour the pan drippings into a saucepan over medium heat.
6. Add the flour, whisking until there are no lumps, then add the beef stock, stirring and bringing the sauce to a boil.
7. Remove from heat and strain the sauce into a gravy dish.
8. Carve the prime rib into ¾-inch slices, then serve with mashed potatoes, green beans, and sauce!
9. Enjoy!

Stuffed Peppers

6 large green bell peppers (cut in half from stem to bottom) and seeds removed

2 Tbsp vegetable oil

1 c finely chopped yellow onions

1/2 c finely chopped green bell peppers

1/2 lb ground beef

1/2 lb ground pork

1 Tbsp minced garlic

1/4 c finely chopped fresh parsley leaves

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1 pinch red pepper flakes

2 c cooked long or medium-grain white rice

8 oz tomato sauce

1 c mozzarella cheese

water (or chicken broth)

Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a large pot of boiling water, parboil the peppers until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and dry on paper towels.

In a large sauté pan or skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and chopped bell peppers and cook stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes Add the beef, pork, garlic, parsley, salt, black pepper, and pepper flakes. Cook until the meat is browned, stirring with a heavy wooden spoon to break up the lumps, about 6 minutes. Add the rice and tomato sauce and stir well. Remove from heat and adjust the seasoning, to taste.

Pour enough water (or chicken broth) into a baking dish just to cover the bottom, about 1/8-inch deep. Stuff the bell peppers with the rice mixture and place in the baking dish. Bake until the peppers are very tender and the filling in heated through, approximately 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and bake for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. Enjoy!

Chocolate Cloud Frosting

• 8oz quality dark chocolate (preferably 60% to 70% cocoa) chopped (can use 1/2 semisweet 1/2 100%)
• 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 large egg whites, at room temperature
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup butter (cut into tablespoon pieces), at cool room temperature
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Place the chocolate in a medium, microwave-safe bowl. Heat the chocolate in the microwave, stirring with a silicone spatula every 15 seconds, until almost completely melted. Remove the chocolate from the microwave and continue stirring until fully melted. Allow it to cool until it is no longer warm to the touch but is still fluid. Meanwhile, make the buttercream base.
2. Wipe the bowl and whisk attachment of an electric mixer with a paper towel dampened with a little lemon juice or vinegar to eliminate any traces of grease. Put the egg whites and a pinch of salt in the bowl, then set aside. Place 4 tablespoons of the sugar in a tiny bowl and keep near the bowl of egg whites.
3. Place the remaining sugar and water in a small saucepan and set over high heat. Do not stir. Cover the saucepan with its lid and allow to come to a boil, swirling the saucepan a few times to combine. (Covering the saucepan will cause condensation that will help wash away any sugar crystals that may have stuck to the sides). Once the sugar mixture has reached a boil, remove the lid and attach or hold a candy/food thermometer to the side of the saucepan and cook until the sugar mixture reaches 230F.
4. Once the syrup reaches about 230F/ 110C, immediately begin to whip the eggs whites on high speed until foamy. Gradually add in the reserved 2 tablespoons of sugar, and continue to whip until stiff, but not dry peaks form, about 30 more seconds.
5. Meanwhile, continue to cook the syrup until it reaches between 240F and 245F. Typically (and ideally), the syrup will reach this temperature by the time the whites are whipped.
6. Once the syrup reaches temperature, remove it from heat immediately and with the mixer still running on medium speed, pour the hot syrup into the egg whites in a thin, steady stream. Try to avoid getting the syrup on the sides of the bowl or beating it too fast (the syrup will splatter on the sides & make little shards of sugar)
7. Beat until the egg white mixture triples in volume, turns super white and glossy, hold stiff peaks and the bottom of the bowl has cooled. This is now basically marshmallow fluff or meringue frosting. It is very important to make sure that the meringue is at room temperature and not warm one bit at this point.
8. With the mixer running on high speed, add the butter one piece at a time. The buttercream will now deflate, curdle and lot like a disastrous soupy mess. Don't worry; its supposed to happen. Just keep the faith and continue whipping until the buttercream comes together and is thick and fluffy. It may take up to 5 minutes to reach this point. If that doesn't happen, then chances are that either the meringue was warm or the butter was too soft. It's not the end of the world! Just place the bowl in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes (do not get too cold), then rewhip. Add in the vanilla and continue whipping for another 3 minutes.
9. Make sure that the melted, cooled chocolate is completely fluid without any solid pieces or you'll end up with chocolate pieces throughout your frosting. Likewise, make sure that its not warm, or it will melt the frosting. Pour the melted chocolate over the buttercream and fold it in with a rubber spatula. Return the bowl to the mixer and beat until smooth and uniform in color; 1 to 2 minutes. Woohoooooo! Your chocolate cloud buttercream is now ready to use!

Raspberry Freezer jam

3 c crushed raspberries
6 c sugar

Stir together berries & sugar & let sit for 10 min

1 pkg pectin
3/4 c water
Bring to a boil in small saucepan & boil 1 min.

Pour into berry mixture & stir for 3 min. Ladle into sterile jars & let sit on the counter for 24 hrs. Freeze!

Cinnamon Roasted Nuts (sugar free)

1 egg white
1 ½ cups almonds
1 ½ cups pecans
⅔ cup Swerve, Granular
2 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp salt

Preheat the oven to 250F and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk the egg white until frothy. Add the nuts and toss to coat. Sprinkle with the Swerve, cinnamon and salt and toss well to combine so that the nuts are well coated with the spice mixture.
Spread out into a single layer on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about an hour, stirring every 20 minutes, until the nuts are golden brown. Remove and let cool completely. Store in an airtight container. 

Makes 12 servings

Keto pancakes

4 oz cream cheese
3 eggs
1 tbsp hwc
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp coconut flour

Blend well together
(I used hand mixer)

Cook in pan whatever size... on Med heat
Add whatever keto toppings
I used a no sugar maple flavored syrup

Keto Meatloaf

1lb hamburger
8oz cream cheese
1 egg
spices you want for taste (I always do salt-pepper-onion powder)
Vegetables you want (onions-green peppers-broccoli etc)
Mix all together and put in loaf pan - bake at 350 for 1 hr.

Sugar Free Cinnamon Gummies

1 cup water
2 tbsp THM gentle sweet
5-10 or more drops of cinnamon oil (to taste)
1-2 scoops of Better Stevia (or your favorite stevia), optional
3 tbsp gelatin (4 packets)
Food coloring (optional, I used a few drops of red)

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small pot and heat over low to medium heat until very warm. TASTE IT. You can add more cinnamon oil or more sweetener (or add stevia if you’d like it sweeter). Tailor it to your taste buds. Slowly whisk in the gelatin until dissolved. At this point I pour it through a mesh sieve to strain out any pieces of gelatin that didn’t dissolve. Pour into silicone molds and refrigerate until firm.

Tuna Melt Bites

2 cans tuna drained well
1/4 c mayo
1/4 c sour cream
2 eggs
1 1/2 c shredded cheese
Salt
pepper
green onion
8 cherry tomatoes, diced
Bake 45 min at 350 in greased muffin tin

Berry scones (low carb)

1 cup almond flour
1/3 cup swerve
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup berries.
Heat oven to 375. Mix dry ingredients, beat eggs until frothy. Add eggs and vanilla to dry ingredients,  mix well.  Fold in berries. Spoon onto parchment lined cookie sheet (makes 6 scones).  Bake about 15 minutes (will start to brown on top and bottom). Cool at least 10 minutes on cookie sheet.

About 170 cal, 5.5 total carbs, 2 fiber.

Keto Gnocchi

Melt 2 cups shredded mozzarella in the microwave
Add:

1 Tbsp Glucomannan Pwd
3 eggs
Mix it very well (you can't over mix) and then let the dough set up and come to room temp.
Pinch off small amounts and roll in a ball.
Plunge a few at a time into a low boil. First they sink, then they float. Let them float for 2-3 minutes before taking them out. They will be soft, put them on a plate. Once they cool down to a warm temp they "set up".
They will go from white to a golden pasta color as they set up.  Add your heated sauce.

**If you bite into one and it's still too soft, let it set up some more.  The closer they get to warm the better they are.  Then top with your piping hot pasta sauce and it's perfection.**

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fat bombs

4 Tbls Peanut Butter
2 Tbls Butter
2 Tbls Coconut Oil
3 tsp Cocoa Powder
1.5 Tbls Cream Cheese
3 pm Stevie (I use swerve- amt?)
1/4 c of Choc chips (sugar free)
Put it all in a microwaveable dish cook on high for 30 seconds.
Stir then cook for another 30 seconds.
Place in small molds or small muffin liners and place in fridge till hard

Sugar free Gummies

4 packs of jello
3 cups of water
9 packets of gelatine.
This will give you a WHOLE LOT of 1cm x 1cm x 1cm cubes when cut up. (Let them cure in the fridge overnight). These WILL stain your hands. If you like "sour" gummies, get some citric acid, and powder it with some artificial sweetener (like swerve) in a mortar and pestle until almost confectioner's sugar consistency. Coating the cubes with this will significantly reduce the staining on the hands, as well as give a very tart kick.
Can use a glass pan. you won't need any sort of parchment. After they solidify, they lift right out in a sheet that you can easily cut into cubes. Use  a large pyrex dish

Low Carb Toffee

2 cups butter
1 cup Pyure sweetener, blended into powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 T heavy cream

Melt the butter completely on med-low heat in heavy bottomed pot. Increase temp to medium heat & add all other ingredients. Stir occasionally until it comes to a steady boil. Increase temperature gradually and continue stirring frequently.  Heat to a temperature of 300⁰. It will be a darker amber color.  In the meantime prepare a cookie sheet by lining with foil or parchment paper. Spray with cooking spray. Sprinkle pecans (or other nut of your choosing) on the bottom of the sheet. Once temp is at 300⁰, immediately pour mixture into pan.

After the toffee has set, melt sugar free chocolate chips or 85% chocolate to spread over the top.  Add more nuts if you like or sprinkles for the kids :-)

Tips:  Make sure you are scraping the bottom of the pot while stirring so it doesn’t burn.  Don’t stir constantly as it can cause separation.  If it does separate, decrease temp, add hot water one tablespoon at a time, and stir back together.  I refrigerate overnight to set it then break it apart into pieces and store in an airtight container in the fridge. If you use salted butter just omit the salt.

Mama’s Best Pizza Dough

3 c. “warm water” (see tip below)
2 Tbs. yeast
2 Tbs. sugar
1 tsp. salt
6 – 7 c. flour

MEASURE THE “WARM WATER” INTO YOUR MIXER. TIP: THE YEAST NEEDS “WARM WATER” TO ACTIVATE. IF THE WATER IS TOO HOT, IT WILL KILL THE YEAST, AND IF IT IS TOO COOL, IT WON’T ALLOW THE YEAST TO GROW. SO LET’S DEFINE “WARM WATER”. MY MOM DIDN’T BREAK OUT A THERMOMETER EVERY TIME SHE MADE BREAD, NOR DID SHE TEACH ME THE OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE NEEDED TO ACTIVATE YEAST (IT HAPPENS TO BE BETWEEN 105 AND 110 F IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW). SHE TOLD ME IN PLAIN AND SIMPLE TERMS. ALL YOU DO IS RUN YOUR FINGER UNDER THE TAP. ADJUST THE TEMPERATURE SO THAT YOU ALMOST WANT TO TAKE YOUR FINGER OUT BECAUSE IT’S TOO HOT. ACTIVE DRY YEAST DOES NEED A BIT OF HEAT TO DISSOLVE AND GROW, BUT IF YOU CAN’T LEAVE YOUR FINGER UNDER THE WATER, IT’S TOO HOT FOR YOUR YEAST TOO. SO AS CONFUSING AS IT IS, WHEN A BREAD RECIPE CALLS FOR “WARM WATER” FOR YEAST, IT SHOULD REALLY SAY “ALMOST HOT WATER”. SOUNDS ARCHAIC, I KNOW, BUT IT’S ALWAYS WORKED FOR ME).

ADD THE YEAST TO THE WATER AND LET IT DISSOLVE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. It should form a froth on the surface.
NEXT, ADD THE SUGAR, SALT AND ABOUT 2 – 3 CUPS OF THE FLOUR AND WHISK TOGETHER. If you’re using a mixer, put it to no more than about speed 2.
At this point your mixture will be smooth and resemble somewhat of a batter more than a dough.
STIR IN THE REMAINING FLOUR. Change your whisk out for a large wooden spoon or the kneading attachment on your mixer. Start up your mixer or start up your muscles and mix. Continue to add flour to the dough “cleans” itself away from the side of the bowl. This is usually somewhere between 6 – 7 cups.
KNEAD THE DOUGH UNTIL SMOOTH AND ELASTIC. (ABOUT 6 MINUTES). You want a soft dough, but not sticky. If it sticks to your hand and stays there, add a bit more flour in small increments. If it sticks to your hand, but comes off clean, you’re good to go.
LET THE DOUGH REST FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. This allows the dough to relax and become malleable again to roll out for your pizza. Once you have rolled out your pizza, no need to wait for it to rise. Top it, and bake it. 400 for 16 -20 minutes depending on the thickness of your dough.

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