Let me start by saying this was so freaking delicious I feel like I went to a gourmet restaurant and I can't believe I am losing weight eating it!!!
I started by chopping up about half of a medium sized onion
I would normally add some fresh celery however I was out & lazy so I added some celery salt
I added some parsley, cilantro, black pepper, and sea salt as well
Next step is tossing all of this into a sauce pan with about a tbsp of butter
I just cooked this for about 7 minutes on low 3-4 because it is still going to bake so it does not need to cook thoroughly. While that it cooking I threw some bacon on the stove, because as you know, any low carb diet should consist of at least 50% bacon (I kid I kid...but seriously)
Note: I did not use all of this bacon, but I like to cook it all because I can still munch on it and use it for the boyfriends lunch tomorrow and so forth.
I cooked the bacon until it was close to crispy and then took it out and chopped it up. Next I mixed up the onions, seasonings, bacon, and a bar of Philadelphia cream cheese.
Once everything was mixed I rolled the mixture into the center of the tilapia filets and stuck a skewer through them to keep them secure.I put a little bit of butter on top of each one and squeezed a fresh lemon on top of them.
I baked them at 350 degrees for thirty minutes and they turned out PERFECT!!!!
Low carbing is getting easier and easier....
Breakfast time!!! I used to hate bacon (what is wrong with me right?) One thing you will learn about low carbing is that everything is way more delicious when you lay off carbs, I'm not sure if it is our brain giving us a break because we miss our beloved carb friends or because our taste buds are back because the carbs burned them all off, either way, bacon is delicious and when you are on a low carb diet you can eat as much as you want!
This morning I made a heaping pile of BACON! I like to cook my bacon on low heat because I am terrified of starting a grease fire and I hate the popping so I keep my stove on a 3-4, it takes a little longer but still comes out delicious!
The boyfriend would be perfectly fine with nothing but bacon for breakfast but I like variety so I also hard boiled some eggs to go along with it. There are many ways to hard boil eggs, I set them on high in cold water for 20 minutes and they are perfect for me!
No carb breakfast is served! Yummm!!
My new years resolution is to lose 20 lbs so I am taking the low carb approach, last time I did the low carb diet I lost 8 lbs in the first 5 days but I gave up quickly because I was tired of eating nothing but eggs and cheese! This time I am going to cook every meal so I can get some variety and mix things up... Tonight I made SHRIMP and mmm mmm was it yummy yummy in my tummy tummy!!!
- I De-shelled and De-veined the little guys
- I chopped up some fresh garlic and fresh green onions
- I tossed the green onions and garlic in about 2-3 tbsps of butter (I never measure)
- I cut a lemon in half & squeezed the whole lemon in with the butter, onion and garlic
- Once everything started to smell really delicious I threw the shrimp in
- I added in some garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt, and black pepper
- I let it simmer on medium heat for about 7 minutes adding about 1extra tbsp butter
I placed the shrimp on a bed of baked cabbage (recipe in a previous blog post) This was one of the most delicious low carb meals I have ever had!
Note: I also have a hungry boyfriend to feed and he is not so interested in being low carb, for him I threw some angel hair pasta in a tablespoon of butter with a pinch of sea salt and and threw the shrimp on top! He loved it!!
I absolutely love cabbage it has been my savior through many late night snack attacks! I have been seeing a bunch of recipes for baked cabbage floating around Pinterest so I figured I'd give it a go and create my own baked cabbage creation and it turned out AMAZING!!!!
- I took a head of cabbage, cut it into 5 slices (approximately 1 inch thick)
- Laid the 5 slices in two baking dishes
- Drizzled each slice with olive oil
- Sprinkled fresh black pepper, sea salt, garlic powder, and onion powder over each one
- ISet the timer for 35 minutes
- twenty minutes into baking I added a little bit of butter on top of each slice
- I baked the cabbage at 400 degrees
If you want them to be even more crispy you could probably leave them in for at least another 10 minutes.
You could also leave out the butter if you are going for low fat. I am personally going for low carb so I pile on as much butter as I can get!
