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Hemp Parmesan Meatballs

Many have asked lately about Pimp My Salad toppers. Mainly about alternate recipes use other than for their salad.

With the Parmesan series, I used them quite often in my cooking as it is conveniently perfect to use for binding foods where breadcrumbs/flour is normally used, it tastes great and is nutritious for you!

As a mother of 2 young boys whilst running a business, I want to make sure everyone still get the best nutrition in their meals despite my hectic schedule. The use of Pimp My Salad series is definitely recommended if you want a quick and nutritious dish!

Ingredients:

500g minced beef

1 whole brown onion, minced

1 carrot, chopped finely

3 heap tablespoon Pimp My Salad Hemp Parmesan

2 Tablespoon Bragg All Purpose Seasoning

1/2 teaspoon Cracked Pepper

1 heap tablespoon of Curry Powder

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C (Fan-forced 180°C)

2. In a pan, brown onion and carrot, set aside

3. In a large bowl, mix minced beef, onion and carrot and all other ingredients well.

4. Roll them in meatballs to desire size, make sure their size are as similar as possible (so they can cook evenly) on a tray lined with baking paper

5. Place in oven for 30 mins or till it's brown and cooked through (Mine are about 50c large. Adjust time if your meatball are a different size)

6. Serve with veggies of your choice

Posted on February 01, 2019

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Keto Mocha Cheesecake Fudge

No bake and easy to follow instructions, turned your drink into these delicious snack!

Ingredients

450 gcream cheese full fat - softened

1 cup butter salted - softened

1/3 cup Naturally Sweet erythritol

2 tbsp cocoa powder

3 tbsp cold brew coffee

2 tbsp Melrose kick start MCT oil

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine butter, stevia and cream cheese. Blend until smooth using a hand mixer.

Take 1 cup of the butter and cream cheese mixture and pour it into a small bowl.

In the small bowl, add cocoa powder and stir until combined.

In the large bowl, add cold brew coffee, mct oil and stir until combined.

Put the contents of the small bowl (cocoa powder mixture) with a small spoon into the bottom of a silicone icecube tray. You can just spread in a small baking tin lined with baking paper if icecube tray unavailable

Put the contents of the large bowl (cold brew coffee mixture) on top of the cocoa layer and spread across the icecube tray evenly.

Chill in the fridge or freezer (4 hours in the freezer, longer in the fridge).

Store in the fridge/freezer.

Original recipe from https://www.730sagestreet.com/keto-fudge/ with amendments from us.

Hope you enjoy!

Posted on December 20, 2018

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Swirl Waterdrop Blueberries Cheesecake

Who like cheesecake? I have always been a big fan of cheesecake and I am glad I still get to enjoy it on a Keto/LCHF way of eating! The crust and filling taste very close to the real thing to be honest! Got to give credit to all amazing Keto/LCHF chefs who spent their time on creating these yummy treats! I freeze the extra ones and put in microwave for 20 seconds(each square) and Viola!

Originally we found the recipe on https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/easy-keto-blueberry-cheesecake-bars-low-carb/. The chef has made some amendments to the recipe below.

INGREDIENTS

For the crust:

6 tablespoons butter, melted

2 cups almond meal

1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

1/4 cup granulated xylitol sweetener

For the cheesecake filling:

500g full fat cream cheese

2 large eggs

1/2 cup granulated xylitol sweetener

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon berry water drop

For the blueberry swirl:

1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

1 tablespoon lemon juice

INSTRUCTIONS

For the crust:

Preheat the oven to 175°C.

Combine the melted butter, almond meal, sweetener and lemon zest in a medium sized bowl and mix well.

Transfer the crust dough to a 9 x 9 pan lined with baking paper or foil (this will make removing the bars much easier.

Press the crust firmly into the bottom of the pan.

Bake the crust for 8 minutes.

Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.

For the cheesecake filling:

Combine the cream cheese, eggs, sweetener and lemon juice in a blender and blend until smooth.

Pour over the par baked crust and spread out evenly in the pan.

For the blueberry swirl:

Combine the blueberries and lemon juice in a small blender cup and blend until mostly smooth.

Drop spoonfuls over the top of the cheesecake mixture.

Gently swirl through the circles of blueberry with a knife to distribute, but don’t over mix.

Bake the cheesecake bars at 175°C for 40 minutes, or until set.

Remove from the oven and cool.

Chill for at least 2 hours, preferably longer before cutting into squares to serve.

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.

Posted on November 27, 2018

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Keto Cheese and Bacon Bread

Cheese and Bacon Bread

Ingredients

1¼ cups almond meal

5 tbsp ground psyllium husk

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp sea salt

2 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 cup boiling water

3 egg whites

1 cup of tasty cheese (can use cheddar)

1/cup of chopped bacon

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

2. Bring the water to a boil and add it with the vinegar and egg whites to the bowl, while mixing with a hand mixer for about 30 seconds until combined.

3. Moisten hands and make 3 rolls to the shape you desire (can make up to 6 mini rolls). Place on baking paper.

4. Sprinkle cheese and add bacon on top. Make sure you don't overload the top, as it will become soggy and slide off.

4. Bake on lowest rack in the oven for 50–60 minutes, depending on the size of your bread. They're done when you hear a hollow sound when tapping the bottom of the bun.

5. Best eaten whilst warm/hot.

Optional

We've tried the cheese and bacon bread with Keto Kitchen Corner Relish and also, the Strawberry Chia seed Jam. Surprisingly good.

Posted on November 19, 2018

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"Not Potato Salad"

Ingredients-

1 large head cauliflower
1/3 cup Vitawerx Classic mayonnaise
1/4 cup chopped red onion
6 slices fried bacon diced
2 hard boiled eggs peeled and diced
1 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup grated cheddar/tasty (optional)

Method-

1. Chop the cauliflower into bite-sized pieces and place in a steamer basket.

2. Steam for 3-5 minutes or until tender-crisp.

3. Add the cauliflower to a large mixing bowl and place in the fridge to chill for 1-2 hour or until cooled.

4. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl of cauliflower and stir well to combine.

5. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Posted on November 08, 2018

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Apam Balik (Indonesian Pancakes/ Mee Chiang Kueh)

Apam Balik is an old-fashioned breakfast food and snack that is very popular among South East Asian countries.

Below is a recipe that I found in a Keto group:

Ingredients:

(Wet)

50g Cream Cheese

2 Eggs

½ Tsp Vanilla Essence

15 g Melted butter

(Dry)

3 tbsp almond flour

1 tsp baking powder

(Filling)

5 g butter

Peanut butter spread

Crushed Almond or peanut

Powdered Xylitol

Coconut Desiccate

Optional: Dark Chocolate, whipped cream etc

Method:

Mix all wet ingredients in one bowl

Mix all dry ingredients in another bowl

Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients

Heat up non-stick frypan (with lid) for a short while. Pour the batter and swirl the pan to create a crispy skin at the sides. Wait for bubbles to appear (Use low heat)

Cover with kid when bubbles appear until the top is cooked and skin turns golden brown and crispy.

Add your favourite toppings and fold the pancake in half. I used no-sugar peanut butter, crushed toasted almonds, powdered xylitol and coconut desiccate. You can even add cream cheese and mozzarella for a savoury style, be creative!

Posted on November 02, 2018

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🐟 Basa Flax seed Fishcakes 🐟

Having a versatile Keto menu will always help you enjoy and stick to the Keto/ LCHF lifestyle!

Try this out!

🐟Basa Flax Seed Fishcakes🐟

Ingredients-

- 200g Basa Fillets
- 1 whole glove of garlic, peeled skin, crushed
- 2 tablespoons Nuts about Life almond meal
- 2 tablespoons flax seed
- 1 tablespoon Nuts About Life Psysillum Husk
- 2 tablespoon Every Bit Organic Macadamia oil

Seasoning-
- 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
- 1 teaspoon Nuts About Life Himalayan Salt
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Dipping sauce-
Keto Corner Kitchen Capsicum Relish Chilli

Methods:
1. Put Basa fillet, garlic, and seasoning in a food processor, blend until all combined
2. Heat up frypan on medium heat with Macadamia Oil
3 . Mixed flaxseed, Psysillum husk and almond meal use as a coating
4. Shaped fish paste into cake or desire shape, use a spoon sprinkle coating mixture
5. Cook in frypan until cooked and golden brown
6. Served with Keto Kitchen Corner Capsicum Relish chilli

Posted on October 20, 2018

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🍓Keto Strawberry and Chia Jam Drops🍓

We always taste what we sell, this time we are trying our new arrival -
Keto Kitchen Corner Strawberry and Chia Seed Jam from @ketocornerkitchen.

When I first saw these jam drops come out of the oven I got super excited. Because they brought back childhood biscuit memories! Now I'm extra excited as they are Keto/ LCHF friendly.

A crumbling biscuit with a delicious strawberry chia jam, it is absolutely delightful.

Methods:

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients

50g full fat cream cheese

50g unsalted butter softened

4 tbsp Naturally Sweet Xylitol

1 tsp vanilla extract (vanilla essence is fine too)

1 egg medium

1 1/2 cup / 150g Nuts About Life Almond Meal
70g Keto Kitchen Corner Strawberry and Chia Seed Jam

Instructions
1. Heat your oven to 180 Celsius / 356 Fahrenheit.
2. Mix the cream cheese, softened butter, vanilla extract and Xylitol in a food processor or with a hand blender until smooth
3. Add the egg and mix.
4. Add the almond flour and mix
5. If your dough feels too soft to handle, simply form a ball, wrap it in clingfilm and cool it in the fridge for 20 minutes (or in the freezer for 10)
6. Form small balls in your hands and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
7. Shape them with cookie cutter
8. Fill each indentation with the Strawberry and Chia Seed Jam
9. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned

Recipe Notes
The cookies are VERY SOFT when they come out of the oven. Let them cool down completely and they will firm up

Recipe originally from https://sugarfreelondoner.com/low-carb-raspberry-thumbprint-cookies/ with slight amendments.

Posted on October 17, 2018

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Malaysian Laksa Curry Noodle

Coming from an Indonesian / Chinese backgroud, curry laksa are one of our staple dishes on the dining table. There are plenty of premixes you can buy from store, but with sugars and oils not suitable. It is rewarding to make it from scratch to suit the Keto/ LCHF lifestyle. The following measurement of ingredients are flexible to suit individual taste buds, like in many asian cusines, taste test along the way and adjust. I hope you will enjoy!

Malaysian Style Laksa Curry Beef

Recipe:

4-6 serves

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Every Bit Organic Raw Macadamia oil

5 Broth Me Naked Beef Bone Broth Tbags in 1.25 Litres of boiled water

(Please follow instructions on how to infuse broth from the box)

2 tsp sweetener (I used Xylitol)

450g Meat of your choice(I used blade steak ,diced )

2 cups of coconut milk

300g cabbage chopped or low carb vegetable of your choice

200g beansprout

2 packs of 400g Zero Slim Noodle

Optional: Fried Asian shallots ( Can be bought from asian grocery store)

Laksa paste:

8 small dried red chillies chopped

2tbsp dried shirmp finely chopped

5 red shallots, chopped

3 garlic cloves, chopped

2 large lemongrass stalks trimmed, chopped

2 tsp ground dried coriander seeds

1tsp ground cumin

1tsp chilli powder( extra spoon if you like spicy)

1 tsp Pure Food Essentials Tumeric Paste

Salt to taste

Instructions:

1. To make laksa paste, place chillies and shrimp in two separate bowls and cover both with enough boiling water to cover. Leave for 20 mins until softened.Drain well, then blend with remaining ingrediednts in a food processor to a smooth paste.

2. Heat oil in a large frypan over high heat, cook steak till well done, put aside let it rest, diced them into bite size.

3. Heat oil in a large frypan over medium heat. Add laksa paste and cook, stirring for 2 mins or until fragrant. Add bone broth stock and xylitol. Stir to combine, then bring to a simmer. Add Beef, return to simmer and cook for 4 mins. Add in vegetables.

4. Add coconut milk and beansprouts stir gently to combine.

5. Drain Zero Noodles and rinse under tap water for a min, slightly cook them in boiling water. Place noodle in the bowl and pour curry laska on, now it's time to enjoy!

Posted on October 08, 2018

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Matcha Walnut Cookies

🍵Matcha walnut cookies🍪

What is matcha?

Have you try matcha before? It is with a subtle taste plus tons of nutritious value behind it.

Matcha is an excellent source of antioxidants, especially epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), which is a catechin that may help fight the negative effects of free radicals to protect your cells and tissues against damage .Matcha contains high amounts of L-theanine, an amino acid that may help improve your memory and concentration by increasing the production of serotonin and dopamine in the brain.

Hope you will enjoy them as much as I do!

Ingredients-

3/4 cup almond flour sifted

1/4 cup coconut flour sifted

1/2 cup butter softened

2 tablespoona of Kintra Matcha Chai powder(Available in store)

dash salt

1/4 cup monk fruit sweetener (for sugar free/keto)

1/4 cup walnut chopped (optional)

Instructions

1.Pre-heat the oven to 350°. Put the softened butter (should be room temperature, not melted) in a bowl and whip with a hand mixer. Add the monk fruit sweetener to the butter and whip together with the hand mixer.

2.Sift the almond flour and coconut flour.

3.Add the almond flour, coconut flour, matcha and salt and mix with the hand mixer until fully blended together.

4.Chop walnut into pieces and fold them into the dough. Form bits of the dough into small cookies and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

5.Bake at 350° for about 8-11 minutes or until the bottom edges start to turn golden brown. IMPORTANT: Be sure to let the cookies cool on the existing baking sheet after removing them from the oven for at least 15-20 minutes or more before you try to move the cookies. They need to settle after baking to harden and crisp up. If you try to move them directly after baking they will crumble.

Posted on October 03, 2018

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Crispy Cheddar Cheese Crackers

One of the things I missed after I start LCHF is the Shapes: Cheese and Bacon crackers, until I found this recipe!

Super easy to make and believe me they are unreal! Perfect snack for a movie, picnic, snackbox or anything really!

The only modification we have done is leaving out the yeast as we ran out😆 However, the texture and taste came out still fantastic!

If you prefer it a bit more crispy, you can put it on lower temperature for little longer to dry even further.

Enjoy!

https://www.lowcarbmaven.com/low-carb-cheddar-cheese-crackers

Posted on September 28, 2018

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Keto Chocolate Rapsberries Cake

When it comes to special occasions, some people may think if you are on a Keto/ LCHF lifestyle you will miss out on all the special foods in life. The truth is NO! Living with a KETO/ LCHF lifestyle doesn't mean you have to give up special treat! You just need to find the right recipe to enjoy those special moments and food!

Special thanks to the talented husband who made this amazingly delicious Keto raspberry chocolate cake!

The recipe is from www.gnom-gnom.com/paleo-keto-chocolate-cake/

The taste, texture and looks are absolutely to my liking and if you didn't tell me I would not know this is a keto cake!

Check out the recipe and hope you will enjoy as well!

We have used the nuts about life almond and little zebra chai and hemp seed chocolate for this cake🙋

**Amendments:

-Added Raspberries

-Changed Stevia into Xylitol

-Doubled recipe to make 2 layers

Posted on September 23, 2018

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