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How to Cook Beef Heart in the Slow Cooker

I purchased a beef heart last spring during a local grassfed beef sale and had been intimidated by it ever since. Since it has the potential to be tough, I wanted to use long slow heat to cook it. It turned out great! It turns out that beef heart is delicious! What a pleasant surprise. …

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Hearty Hamburger Mushroom Bake

This hamburger (ground beef) casserole is delicious, hearty, warming, and easy to put together! It is made simply with ground beef, mushrooms, garlic, parsley, sea salt, bacon, cream cheese, cheddar cheese and eggs. The cream cheese/egg combination replace non-keto-friendly canned soup. Eggs hold the casserole together, negating the need for breadcrumbs or a cornstarch-thickened sauce. …

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Oven-Baked Tritip (just beef and salt)

Tritip is a popular large cut in the western US due to its inexpensive flavorful nature, forgiveness with cooking. This large steak-like roast is also known as ‘the California cut’ or ‘triangle cut’ and is available from ButcherBox as well as local grocery stores. Tritip is SO good! It has the tenderness of steak with …

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Low-Carb Meat and Cheese Platter

You’re sailing along on your keto diet, loving your high fat low carb way of life, when suddenly you’re asked to bring an appetizer to a party! Your previous go-tos were all carb-heavy, and always the hit of the party.. what’s a keto appetizer option that won’t take all day to make, and will be …

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Bacon-Wrapped Scallops

Bacon-wrapped scallops are the perfect appetizer for a dinner party, or a perfect treat dinner to shake things up! This Bacon-Wrapped Scallop recipe comes together in under 30 minutes, and is all done right in the oven. Don’t skip pre-baking the bacon, that’s what allows the bacon to become cooked through without overcooking the scallops. …

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Parmesan-Pork Meatballs (zero carb, carnivore, keto)

These meatballs are absolutely delicious when made out of heritage breed pork (it has more flavor) and freshly grated parmesan cheese. Eat these zero-carb meatballs as a finger food right out of the bowl, or mix in with spaghetti squash for a keto spaghetti, broth to make a soup, or top with more cheese as …

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Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole

“I LOVE casserole!” My 5-year-old exclaimed when he saw this come out of the oven last week. Not something uttered by many young children’s mouths, but this casserole is an exception! A staple all winter long, this Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole is loved by everyone in our house. Leftover Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole is delicious heated up …

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Smothered Mushroom Chicken with Parmesan and Bacon

This Garlic-Mushroom Keto Chicken has been a favorite chicken dish this winter. This flavorful chicken is delicious on its own, over rice, pasta, or over cauliflower florets to keep it lower in carbohydrates. It’s easy to make ahead of time to pop in the oven just before dinner, and leftovers are amazing the next day …

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Quick and Easy Egg Roll in a Bowl (Keto, GAPS)

This one-pan ‘egg roll in a bowl’ aka Crackslaw has everything you want for a delicious keto meal. It’s fast to make, packed with veggies and protein and fat, doesn’t make a ton of dirty dishes, and can be made a variety of ways. The fish sauce and coconut aminos or soy sauce give the …

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Chicken Enchilada Spaghetti Squash Bowls

These spaghetti squash enchilada bowls are simple to put together – the squash halves roast as you are whipping up the enchilada sauce and cooking the chicken. They are delicious too- with the slightly sweet taste and delicate texture of the spaghetti squash complementing the spicy-smokey enchilada sauce and hearty chicken. Any Mexican-style topping …

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How to Cook Spaghetti Squash – Instant Pot, Slow Cooker, and Oven Directions

Spaghetti squash is a delicious substitute for pasta. It’s a fun stringy veggie that children and adults all love! I had to have a friend show me how to make it the first time – it’s not the pulp that becomes the ‘spaghetti’ strands like I originally thought, but actually the flesh breaks into little …

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Keto Broccoli Chicken Casserole

The classic version of this casserole contains rice and cream of something soup,… we’ve removed the grains and the food additives, and remade this into a cheesy low-carb treat! Yes, you can double this recipe and tuck an extra keto broccoli chicken casserole in your freezer! The secret flavor is… Nutmeg! Nutmeg, like in our …

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