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  • Tuna Patties: recipe for low carb diet

    THIS is probably the best so far low carb recipe that I’ve tried!

    These tuna patties are very tasty and satisfying, and you don’t even have to buy fresh tuna fish. They taste amazing even with canned tuna. Tastes

    Ingredients:

    425 grams canned tuna, drained
    3 beaten eggs
    1/4 cup red onion, minced
    18 pcs pork rinds (chicharon), crushed
    4 cloves garlic, minced
    Italian seasoning (or combine dried rosemary, basil, oregano)
    red pepper flakes (optional)
    salt and pepper to taste
    Oil for frying

    Procedures:

    1. Drain tuna completely then place it in a big bowl
    2. Add to tuna: onion, pork rind, eggs, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, plus an amount salt and pepper that you think will suffice
    3. Mix well and refrigerate for 30 minutes
    4. Shape the mixture into 8 patties. It’s easier to just use your clean hands
    5. Caution: oil splatters when you fry these so be careful!
    6. Heat up the oil in a large pan then fry each side of tuna patty for 3-4 minutes per side
    7. Make sure to brown each side nicely, but not blacken it. The browning gives a nice crunch, and the crunch is what makes these patties really delicious.

    These tuna patties are very low in carb, very tasty that they’re not like food for a diet, and very simple to make… and so I’m surely gonna make these again!

    Recipe adapted from Tuna Cakes recipe from Butter is not a Carb.

    I’ll surely try this too: Mini Tuna Melt

  • Cheesy Mashed Cauliflower: recipe for low carb diet

    This is a low carb version of mashed potato. I adapted the “Better than Potatoes” Cheesy Cauliflower Puree recipe from ibreatheimhungry.com.

    Ingredients:
    1 head cauliflower (mine weighed 192 grams after cleaning and trimming)
    3 Tbsp heavy cream (I used Anchor brand)
    28 grams butter
    1.5 oz cheddar cheese
    salt and pepper to taste

    Procedures:
    Clean and trim cauliflower. Break into small pieces.
    Microwave it with cream and butter for 3 minutes then toss ingredients to coat cauliflower with liquid.
    Continue heating in microwave for another 3 minutes.
    Add cheddar cheese then microwave for 1 minute.
    Quickly transfer to blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.
    Microwave for 1 minute, add salt and pepper to taste, then mix well.
    Store in sealed container for up to 3 days in the fridge.

    The mashed cauliflower’s aroma can take some getting used to. I think I won’t be able to eat it without the cream and cheese mixed in. xD I think the carb content is not that low, (I try to target 20 grams of carbs per day, tops) that’s why I don’t want to make it often.

  • Catzie’s Creamy Carbonara Recipe

    Catzie’s Creamy Carbonara Recipe

    When it comes to pasta dishes, I like it when the sauce is thick and really clings to the pasta. And when eating white sauce pasta, I want it really creamy.

    I’ll share with you a creamy carbonara recipe, with sauce that’s thick and creamy, and doesn’t use flour or cornstarch to thicken.

    The recipe you’ll find here is not classic Italian spaghetti carbonara. The classic carbonara sauce has eggs and parmesan cheese, but my recipe uses cream, butter, and a local processed cheese.

    This recipe won’t tell you exactly how much salt or pepper to add — add as much as you need and taste the sauce as you do.

    Serves about 6 people.

    Ingredients

    • salt
    • pepper
    • 1/4 cup butter
    • 1 Tbsp olive oil
    • 1 medium red onion, minced
    • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
    • 1 large chicken breast half, sliced into cubes (or 2 small breast halves)
    • 1 cup canned sliced mushrooms
    • 1 cup all purpose cream
    • 1/4 cup water
    • 1/4 Eden cheese, grated
    • 250 grams bacon, cooked until crispy then cut to small pieces
    • about 250 grams spaghetti, prepared according to instructions

    Procedures

    1. Cook spaghetti pasta according to its instructions. Make sure not to cook too much or it might get soggy! We want it al dente
    2. Slice the chicken breast half into cubes, then season with salt and pepper
    3. In a medium or large sized frying pan, melt the butter then add olive oil.
    4. When the butter and oil mixture is hot and bubbly, add minced red onion and cook until a little translucent, then add garlic.
    5. Add the sliced chicken and stir fry.
    6. Add the mushrooms. Make sure to cook until the chicken slices are slightly browned.
    7. Pour the all purpose cream and water and mix well.
    8. Add grated cheese then mix well again
    9. Add as much salt and pepper as you like, but taste as you go to avoid a sauce that’s too salty.
    10. If the sauce is too thick, add a little more water and salt. If it’s too thin/runny, let it simmer until thick enough for your liking.
    11. Serve immediately with the spaghetti you cooked earlier. Add as much sauce as you like into the pasta.

    Enjoy! I hope it turns out well.

    Leftover creamy carbonara sauce?

    You can place leftover creamy carbonara sauce in an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat, then serve with pasta.

    I haven’t tried freezing this carbonara sauce so I’m not sure if it will reheat well after becoming frozen. But the sauce will last longer in the freezer — maybe for up to 2 weeks?

    You can also use the leftover sauce in your omelette or in your sandwich, or wherever you think it will go well. 😆

    My preferred brand of Spaghetti pasta

    royal-premium-spaghetti

    I like Royal Premium Spaghetti because based on my experience, the pasta doesn’t easily sog. It’s perfect for those who try to achieve “al dente” spaghetti! 😀

  • Easy Buttermilk Substitute / Alternative for Baking and Cooking

    Can’t wait to try this recipe, but then realize you ran out of buttermilk which it’s calling for? Or do you simply not know where to get buttermilk in your area? Try this simple trick to make a homemade buttermilk substitute:
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  • Inotia 3: Chaos Composition Recipe Quest – Transcendence Flower and Mana Crystal

    Warning: This blog may contain spoilers of the game (Inotia 3)!

    Here are some tips for Inotia 3 players in getting the transcendence flower and mana crystal for the quest Chaos Composition Recipe.

    You met a suspicious rat in the Suspicious Cave of the Red Wood Forest. In exchange for its incredible skill, the rat has asked you to bring 1 transcendence flower and 1 mana crystal.

    The transcendence flower and mana crystal are random drops by monsters in Inotia 3.

    Update: After a longer playtime I can say that Land Scar is a good place to farm for transcendence flower / mana crystal. Gotta kill a huge number of monsters though.

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  • Banana Cream Pie Recipe

    Banana Cream Pie Recipe

    This is one of the foods I enjoy making. Making desserts was one of the away-from-computer hobbies I developed during my internship as graphic designer / web developer. It was very stressful – difficult commute to the workplace plus work on the computer all day, that I needed stress-relieving hobbies during the weekends. Prior to internship I didn’t make any food at all.

    Catzie's Banana Cream Pie
    Catzie's Banana Cream Pie. Whipped cream is a bit messy, I know.

    I’m posting the recipe I use for this yummy banana cream pie. This pie has a crumb crust and creamy filling with bananas. A dessert that’s good for summer! 😉 It’s also easy to make.
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