Authentic Low Carb Flavor at Home! We've recently started going out more for dinner, which is great! Whether it's for birthdays or because of a lack of groceries, we find ourselves sampling more great restaurants in NYC! We noticed we've really been leaning more towards Asian cuisines, as they're so full of flavor and color. [...]
Easy Low Carb Dinner for Two! One of our go-to meals for busy weeknights is a simple Pan Seared Salmon with sauteed veggies. This week, we just happened to have lots of mushrooms and spinach on hand and decided to create a simple dish out of them. These veggies would pair perfectly with our favorite [...]
Fresh is Best! For the holidays, we got a small rosemary plant as a gift and didn't hesitate to take a knife to it right away and cook up some low carb rosemary dishes! One of the recipes we came up with was this keto rosemary apple pork chops recipe! It's a simple recipe that used a basic, [...]
Keto Cake Batter Cookies? Happy Birthday To Us! With both our birthdays coming up (we're December babies, 6th and 16th) we decided it's time to experiment with cake batter flavored desserts! After our Blueberry Lemon Shortbread Cookies became so popular, we tweaked the recipe a few times to get these delicious cake batter cookies. We even [...]
Nice & Crispy! If we were to ever rename our blog, it'd probably be Spiceaholics. We absolutely love spicy foods. We love the burn and the flavor hot peppers bring to dishes like omelettes, fish, and even chocolate pudding! We also love eating the peppers themselves- stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon, of [...]
Keto Pumpkin Pecan Tart Treats! November is almost over (where is time flying?!) so we felt that it was our last chance to make another pumpkin-themed dessert! So just in time for Thanksgiving this year, we came up with a lovely dessert option for your get-together. These keto pumpkin pecan tarts are so light and [...]
Snackpot! One of the most difficult things to do when starting a low carb diet is finding good products! A trip to your grocery store can be frustrating as you start to pay attention to nutrition labels. Even the most inconspicuous of deli meats can be packed with added sugar! Everything seems to be claiming [...]
These low carb cookies are a gold mine! It took us a few times to get the recipe just right, but we're glad we did because these keto blueberry lemon shortbread cookies are amazing! They are the perfect combination of sweet, light, crumbly and moist - what else could you ask for in a cookie? We [...]
Quick Low Carb Blender Pancakes for Any Day of the Week! Every now and then we get a craving for pancakes. Who can resist their light delicate texture paired with butter and syrup? We give in to our cravings pretty frequently since whipping up a batch of low carb pancakes is always fun and rewarding. [...]
A Quick One-Pan Sausage Dinner for Two! We're all busy people, but that doesn't mean you have to settle for a boring dinner. Ever! One-pan dinners are great because you throw all your ingredients in and let it all cook and intertwine with each others' flavors. Tonight we decided to combine the robust flavors of [...]
Low Carb, Paleo & Gluten-free! Chicken Kiev, or kotleta po kievski as we say in Russian, is something we used to love as children. Imagine chicken breast but dripping in butter and seasoned to perfection. The chicken breast you think you know is a lie! When prepared right, it's mouthwateringly juicy and moist. As kids, we [...]
Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips in a Pinch! Ever find yourself itching to make a recipe that calls for chocolate chips only to find you've run out? Or maybe you are in the grocery store looking for keto chocolate chips and you just can't find any- this happens to me all the time! It always seems to [...]
Pumpkin Spice is in the Air! To be honest, I've never enjoyed the Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks. I've got my Uggs on as soon as the weather's chilly but you'll never see a latte in my hand. In fact, I think McDonald's has the best tasting coffee of all the fast food places in [...]
Low Carb Shakshuka! This dish comes to us from Tunisia and can be seen enjoyed all throughout the Middle East. It's essentially eggs poached in a sauce made of tomatoes and chili peppers. At first, you may be intimidated by how exotic it sounds, but it is actually a very approachable dish, based around sauce [...]
Sweet Without the Sugar! There's nothing wrong with a little coleslaw, especially in the summer! It's a fresh, crisp and refreshing side dish served at BBQ's, restaurants and parties. Unfortunately, many coleslaws will have added sugars to make it the sweet, creamy side dish everybody loves. It's the combination of all these carbs and fats [...]
Low Carb Chocolate Avocado Pudding - Where Chocolate Meets Spicy! Why not have both in a delicious Keto Mexican Hot Chocolate Avocado Pudding? Mexican hot chocolate is traditionally a hot beverage made with milk (in some form - condensed, evaporated, cream, etc.), cocoa powder or chocolate and cayenne pepper! The result is a deliciously creamy and warm [...]
A Low Carb Dinner to last for Days! Whether you're eating alone, feeding a family or meal prepping for the week, keto casseroles are a great option! You can create hundreds of different flavor combinations from the things already in your refrigerator. Casseroles are usually best when smothered in some kind of cheese and any [...]
Pumpkin Muffins for Pumpkin Season! It's fall in NY and that means pumpkin everything. Pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin frosting, pumpkin pumpkins littering our home as fall-inspired decor. Multiple cans of pumpkin puree were bought to experiment with and while this is our first pumpkin recipe this season, it definitely isn't our last. We [...]
Who Needs Cereal? Working from home is great, but it wreaks havoc on your sleep schedule! With the freedom to wake up when you choose and working past normal hours, you start going to sleep later and later. Lately, we've been trying to get our sleep schedules back on track to wake up earlier, and [...]
Sugar-free Sweetness! We're lucky, us low carbers. There are a ton of mouth-watering, cream-based desserts from around the world just waiting to be keto-fied. Take the French creme brulee and substitute all the sugar for erythritol and you've got a low carb, high-fat dessert to end all desserts. The erythritol even caramelizes in the broiler! [...]
