Easy sweet carrot tzimmis

Prep time- 5 minutes

Cooking time it depends

Feeds- as many as you want

Number of things that get dirty- 5

microwave safe bowl

carrot peeler

knife

cutting board

pot

spoon

Ingredients

carrots

dried apricots

raisins

apple juice

2 tbls corstarch dissolved in 1/2 c water

Peel and trim carrots.  Cut into bite sized pieces or smaller.

Microwave covered in water (remember to vent the top!) until carrots are mostly soft

Drain carrots

pour carrots and dried fruit into pot.  Ad just enough juice to cover.

Simmer until dried fruit expends

Add corn starch to thicken.  You can thin it out with water if you need to.

Almond Flour Cake/muffin base

This is a really bland and sort of heavy cake (or muffin) recipe that is terrible on it's own, but fantastic as a base for all sorts of lower carb desserts.  I add strawberries and cream to make a really easy strawberry shortcake, or just leave of the berries for cupcakes kids can decorate themselves.  You can also add all sorts of things to it like bananas and walnuts, chocolate chips, berries, or lemon juice and cranberry to turn it into fantastic low carb muffins that are great for quick snacks or even for breakfast.

Prep time- 5 minutes

Cooking time 15 minutes ish.  Longer for a cake

Feeds- 12 normal sized muffins or 30 mini muffins

Number of things that get dirty- 3

mixmaster

baking tray

spatula

Ingredients

2 cups almond flour

2 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1/2 cup melted margarine or butter

4 eggs

1/3 c water

1/4-1/2 C sweetener

1tsp vanilla

Combine and bake at 180*C for roughly 15 minutes.  Can be frozen really well and are awesome microwaved for a few seconds.

Egg Drop soup noodles

Any soup can be made into egg drop soup.  Egg drops take the place of noodles really well without upping the carb counts at all.  Just make your soup as you normally would, then in a separate bowl beat 3-6 eggs depending on how much "drop" you want in your soup.

Once you are done, make sure your soup is at a good boil  Stir your soup to get it spinning in the pot.  Very slowly, in a thin stream, pour the egg into the spinning soup.  The "drop" cooks pretty much instantly and you look like a very impressive chef!

Veggie "Fries"

Dying for a french fry but don't really want the calroeis that go with it?  Carrots, sweet potato, and green beans all make excellent substitutes.  Sure you can deep fry them if you really want to, but why?  Toss them so they are lightly coated in olive oil, lay them out in a single layer in a baking dish, sprinkle with salt (and maybe garlic for the green beans) and bake until toasty (tossing again after a few minutes).  An amazing snack that comes together fas,t is really colourful on the table, and had a great crunch.

Easy schnitzle

So easy my 6 year old does most of the work!

Prep time- 15 minutes

Cooking time it depends

Feeds- as many as you want

Number of things that get dirty- 2

2 plates

baking tray or pot

Ingredients

skinless boneless chicken cut into 2 bite pieces ish

bread crumbs OR almond flour (the taste is almost identical.  Bread crumbs are way cheaper, but almond flour makes it a really low carb recipe)

shwarma spice

low fat mayo

oil or cooking spray

Combine crumbs and swarma spice on a large, shallow plate

Coat chicken in as tin a layer of mayo as you can manage.  I find the easiest way to do it is to drop the chicken and the mayo into a ziplock bag and smush, but as ziplock bags in this country come at a premium we tend to just roll them on a plate.

Coat with crumbs

Either fry or bake.  If baking (which is what we generally do) lay out flat on a baking tray, spray liberally with cooking spray.  Bake at 200*C for 12-15 minutes.

Lemon Chicken

This is not a low patchke recipe, but it is easy and really great for a meal where you want to impress.  Here it is fried, but the batter can be baked as well.

Prep time- a while

Cooking time- a while

Feeds- 12

Number of things that get dirty- 5

bowl

fork

pot

mixer

small pot

Ingredients

As much boneless chicken as you feel like using.  I used enough for 12 people with the rest of the amounts as listed below

3 tbls soy sauce

pinch of salt

3 eggs

1/4 c corn starch 

1 tsp white pepper

1 tsp lemon juice

3/4 tsp baking powder
oil or cooking spray

Sauce

1/4 c sugar or alternative sweetner

2 tbls cornstarch

1 c chicken broth (from a mix is more than fine)

3 tbls lemon juice

3/4 tsp salt

yellow food colouring if desired

lemon slices if desired (I never bother.  Tastes the same and saves the cost)

Marinate the chicken in mixture of soy sauce and salt for 30 minutes

Combine eggs, cornstarch, white pepper, lemon juice, and baking powder into batter.  Coat the chicken i nthe batter and either bake or fry until chicken is cooked and coat is golden brown.  If you are baking it, spray liberally ith cooking spray before it goes in the oven or it will not crust up and turn golden.

In a small pot mix together sauce ingredients thoroughly (I use a handheld beater as I find I never get a good mix with a fork.  Simmer on the stove until the desired consistency is reached.  I like a fairly thick sauce, but remember that if you plan to reheat it the sauce will continue to thicken.  If this happens just add some hot water to thin it out again.

Peanut Sauce

Great on tofu, chicken, or in a stir fry

Prep time- 5 minutes
Cooking time 0
Feeds- quite a few

Number of things that get dirty- 2
bowl
fork

Ingredients
5 tbsp peanut butter
3 tbls warm water (or more depending on desired consistency- just add it slowly and thin it out to however you want it.
2 1/2 tbls chinese rice vinegar or red wine vinegar
3 tbls soy suce
2 tbls sugar or sweetner (more or less if you prefer)

Mix and use.