Feb 21, 2012

My Favorite Easy Low-Carb Eggless Baked Meatball Recipe + 12 Meatball Ideas From Pinterest!

Feb
21
2012
Tuesday

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Since I started South Beach back on January 1st (still going strong, btw, even though I have had a few cheating days) I’ve tried to find as many great low-carb recipes as possible that can be adapted to have carbs for the rest of the fam.

One of my favorite things to do is make homemade meatballs! They are SO easy, are packed full of protein, and if you bake them instead of fry them then they will hold together really well even without the eggs and breadcrumbs (we just found out that our youngest is allergies to eggs, but hopefully he will grow out of it!)

So… here is my absolute favorite and EASY Homemade Low-Carb Baked Meatball recipe!! And it’s pretty versatile too. You can add or substitue any of the seasonings if you want to, or you can add some tomato sauce or ketchup or even parmesan cheese if you want those flavors instead!

Easy Low Carb Egg-Free Baked Meatballs With Spinach!
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Recipe type: Entree
Author: Rachel @ Surviving The Stores
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Super easy low-carb baked meatballs recipe!
What You Need:
  • 1 – 1.5 lbs. Ground Beef
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. pepper
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder (or you can used 1 Tbsp. minced fresh garlic)
  • 1 Tbsp. onion powder (or about 1/4 cup of chopped onions)
  • 1 Tbsp. Dried Italian Seasoning
  • 1/4 cup Garbanzo Bean Flour (I grind up dried garbazo beans in the food processor)
  • A few squirts of mustard
  • 3 cups of fresh spinach lightly cooked and then chopped, or a small package of frozen spinach chopped
What You Do:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  2. Mix all of the ingredients together (see, I said it was easy!)
  3. Form into 1 – 1 1/2 inch balls and put onto a greased baking sheet.
  4. Bake until full cooked (around 25 minutes)

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So what all can you make with meatballs? The possibilities are nearly endless!!

Here are some fun meatball ideas that I found on none other than Pinterest!! :)

Just click on the picture below to go to that page on Pinterest (from there you can like it or repin it) and then click on the recipe AGAIN to go to the blog that posted that recipe!

Of course first, there’s the traditional Spaghetti & Meatballs:

 

Then you can change it up some to really be low carb with Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs:

 

Mmm… Pesto goes great on just about anything!

 

So do pineapple and red bell peppers!

 

You just can’t beat meat smothered in BBQ Sauce!

 

And then we have all of the Ethnic variations like:

Swedish Meatballs

 

Greek Meatballs

 

Curried Meatballs

 

Moroccan Meatballs

 

Vietnamese Meatballs

 

and Spanikikopita Meatballs (what?? But they look awesome!)

 

And be sure to Follow Me on Pinterest to see all of the other fun things I find!

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Feb 17, 2012

FREE Recipe Ebook From Dr. Mercola – 149 HEALTHY recipes!

Feb
17
2012
Friday

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Mercola.com If there’s anyone who knows nutrition it’s Dr. Mercola! I’ve been signed up for his newsletter for years and always really enjoy his articles (even the ones that I might not agree with!)

Dr. Mercola is a BIG proponent of believing that what we eat has a huge effect on the way our bodies work and that changes in our diets can really have an enormous impact on our quality of life now and in years to come.

So I was super excited to see that he is offering a FREE recipe Ebook for download!

Here are a few details about the book from his website:

  • Enjoy delightful new tastes in salads, soups, veggies, grains, red meat, poultry, seafood/fish, egg dishes, legumes, sandwiches, baked goods, snacks (healthy ones!), desserts (also healthy), and even raw and fermented foods. Plus a special section on unusual ingredients – what they are and where to find them.
  • Every recipe includes information about calories, fats, carbs, and protein counts – specific to each Nutritional Type.
  • From ‘Super-Boost Power Smoothie’, to ‘Coconut-Macadamia Nut Crusted Halibut’, to ‘Chocolate Cake’ – and more – you’re sure to find new favorites in this cookbook dedicated to your healthy living.

Just head over to his website here to grab it:  Mercola FREE Recipe Ebook Download

More great Freebies & Samples!

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Feb 13, 2012

FREE How-To Make Handmade Chocolate Truffles Class Online!

Feb
13
2012
Monday

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Have you signed up for Craftsy yet?  It’s completely FREE to sign up and I’ve been seeing some awesome freebies there recently!

One of them is their FREE online quilting class that’s going on all year that I’ve post about previously.

Then I just saw today that they are having another FREE online class for learning how to make homemade chocolate truffles!  YUM!!

Just head over here to sign up for Craftsy (it’s free), and then scroll down on their homepage to see the class for how to make chocolate truffles!

(Thanks, Kosher On Budget!) 

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Feb 13, 2012

FREE Subscription To Food On My Table FOR LIFE! (Still Available!)

Feb
13
2012
Monday

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Just a reminder that you can get a completely FREE subscription for LIFE to Food On My Table when you sign up right now!

Food On My Table is a resource that normally costs $5 per month, but they are offering their basic plan completely free for LIFE!  Yes, you read that right!  Free for LIFE if you sign up by the end of Feb!!

There are a ton of great recipes on this site, and they actually match up the recipes with the meat and veggie deals that are on sale at the stores in your area. It’s a pretty awesome concept.

Here’s how to get your free membership:

1. Head over to Food On My Table.

2. Enter your email address in the top right corner, and then right underneath that enter the promo code “FEBFREE”

3. Then go through and add your local stores and they will give you several recipes that you can make with what’s on sale!

Keep in mind that they are very likely going to try to upsell you on their Premium membership, but you can just stick with this one if you don’t want to pay anything.

More great Freebies & Samples!

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Feb 1, 2012

FREE Valentine’s Day Desserts eCookbook!

Feb
1
2012
Wednesday

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Right now you can download a FREE Valentine’s Day Desserts Cookbook (<– click the link to download it)!  Too bad I can’t eat pretty much any of it!  MAYBE a modified version of the flourless cake.  Maybe.

Just remember that with ALL freebies, be sure to use your “deals only” email address so that your inbox doesn’t get overloaded with emails. :)

More great Freebies & Samples!

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Jan 23, 2012

Low-Carb Falafel Wraps Recipe!

Jan
23
2012
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Okay, so this might be going a *tad* overboard on the garbanzo beans.  But when you’re going through phase 1 of South Beach (or any other low-carb diet) then anything that even MIGHT resemble flour is a treat!  So a ton of hummus + falafels is awesome, even though it’s a little heavy on the garbanzo beans, lol.

This was one of my favorite recipes during the “extremely low carb phase” (Phase 1 of South Beach) and I will definitely continue making it!

Homemade Falafel Recipe {Low-Carb!}
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Recipe type: Main
Author: Rachel @ SurvivingTheStores.com
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 20 mins
Serves: 3-4
What You Need:
  • 1 cup of garbanzo bean flour (around $3.24 for the bag which is 5 cups so 65¢ per cup)
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • a handfull of chopped parsley
  • 1/2 tsp ground Cumin
  • 1/4 tsp ground Coriander
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp Onion powder
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • Olive Oil for frying it (around 3 Tbsp)
What You Do:
  1. Mix all of the dry ingredients together well.
  2. Add the lemon juice and hot water and mix until just combined.
  3. Let the mixture sit for around 10 minutes.
  4. Shape into small balls and then somewhat flatten (around 1/2 inch thick or so).
  5. Fry each falafel in the olive oil on both sides until golden brown.
  6. Enjoy plain, with hummus, or in a hummus lettuce wrap!

You can eat Falafels by themselves, in a lettuce wrap, or in a pita wrap if you’re not on a low-carb diet!

This post is also linked up to Tasty Tuesday!

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Dec 11, 2011

Freezing Buttermilk + Spiced Buttermilk Pie Recipe!

Dec
11
2011
Sunday

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For those of you following STS on Facebook, you likely saw that last week Ryan was kind enough to go to the store for me to grab some buttermilk so that I could make some homemade Tea Cake Cookies (the best EVER, in my opinion).  :)

(For those in a pinch, you can use a Tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar per cup of regular milk to make something that will work like Buttermilk… but for Tea Cake cookies, I want the real thing!!)

Well, I forgot to tell him that I only needed 3 Tablespoons of Buttermilk for this recipe, so this is what he brought home.

So I asked you guys… what in the world do I do with a half gallon of buttermilk?!?

I got a ton of suggestions from y’all… homemade fried chicken (YUM!), freezing the buttermilk, biscuits, waffles, pancakes, and BUTTERMILK PIE!

Buttermilk Pie??

Well, I guess there’s a first time for everything, right?

I ended up freezing most of the buttermilk in 1/2 cup and .8 ounce portions (by the way, freezing in silicone works MUCH better than metal!) and then I saved 1 cup of Buttermilk to try out buttermilk pie.

And since it’s the holidays I decided to add some spice to it too!  :)

I think this might be my new favorite recipe.  It’s INCREDIBLE!!!  And I didn’t make a crust for it so it’s not *quite* as high in carbs as it would be otherwise.

Spiced Buttermilk Pie Recipe

(Adapted from Olivia’s Buttermilk Pie Recipe)

Here’s what you need:

1 cup of Sugar (you can add more if you like it sweeter, but this was perfect for us)
1/3 cup of Butter (5 1/3 Tablespoons), Softened
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Baking Mix (like Bisquick or Hodgson Mill Baking Mix)
1 cup of Buttermilk
3 pinches of ground Cloves (about 1/8 tsp.)
1 tsp of ground Cinnamon
1/3 tsp of ground Ginger
(you can totally play around with the spices and add Nutmeg instead or omit a spice… I just used what I usually use for Pumpkin Pie)

Here’s what you do:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and grease a 9 inch pie plate.

2. Put all of the ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a wire wisk. Pour the mixture into the pie plate.

3. Bake for around 45 – 50 minutes until a knife inserts in the center comes out clean.

4. Let cool for a few minutes and top with homemade whipped cream!

It was AMAZING!! I will definitely be making this more often. THANK YOU to those of you who suggested I try it! :)

And please feel free to leave a comment if you use a different recipe!  I’d love to try this amazingness in other ways too!

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Dec 6, 2011

Homemade Gingerbread Cookies Recipe!

Dec
6
2011
Tuesday

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Okay, fair warning. You *might* be seeing a ton of recipes here over the next couple of weeks! :)

I tend to do a pretty hefty amount of baking around this time of year (not to mention that I’m just completely in love with my new commercial Kitchen Aid), so I thought it would be fun to share my baking traditions with you guys starting with…

Homemade Gingerbread Cookies!

One of the things that I love about this recipe is that it’s not too sweet at all. In fact, it’s almost like a gingerbread sweet bread, and then rolling it in sugar just adds the little bit of extra sweetness that you need.

If you’d like it sweeter, you can also just add a little extra sugar to the recipe!

Homemade Gingerbread Cookies Recipe:

Here’s what you need:

  • 3/4 Cup of Salted Butter
  • 3/4 Cup (packed) Brown Sugar or Sucanat
  • 1/2 Cup Molasses
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups of Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1 cup of Whole Grain White Flour (Feel free to use 3 cups of regular flour, but I feel better about eating 10 cookies if it has whole wheat in them, lol!) ;)
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons Ground Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon of salt (if you used salted butter), or 1/4 teaspoon salt if you used unsalted butter
  • Around 1/4 of a cup of Organic Cane Sugar (or just regular sugar)

Here’s what you do:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. Cream the butter and brown sugar in a large mixer.

3. Once the butter and sugar are mixed together well, then add all of the other “wet” ingredients including the molasses, egg, and vanilla.

4. Mix the flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl and then add SLOWLY to the wet ingredients.

5. Mix everything together well.

6. Roll the dough into little balls about 1 1/2 inches thick. Roll each dough ball in the granulated sugar and place on the cookie sheet that was lined with parchment paper.

7. Bake for around 10 minutes, take the cookies out of the oven, and then let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for another 5-10 minutes or so to firm up some more.

8. Cool the cookies on a wire rack and enjoy!!

This post is also linked up to Tasty Tuesday!

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