Almonds, YUM!

I am a Wasabi and Soy sauce kinda girl normally, but I just discovered these. These are very yummy, and they only have 4 carbs/24(ish) almonds. They taste like Cinnamon Life cereal. Es gooood.

Wintery Drinks

I am bubbling over with fall festiveness as the weather begins to cool. though it's only a fraction of what I wish. I want to wear my booooots, and scarf, and hat. Though I am not looking forward to scraping ice off my car and sliding down hills while in my car. Anyway...I am getting my research done for that fateful day that is to come when I need to snuggle in a blanket and drink warm stuff. While in search, I came across this article about warm sugar-free drink ideas-since we must be low-carb to fit into our nice sweaters. This is the link.
Top 5 Low-carb beverages

The link above includes DaVinci syrups, of which I am well stocked in all my favorite flavors already (you can find them at World Market and often TJMaxx. However, it informed me that they also carry tea concentrates which I didn't know about.
The other thing that was cool was the Big Train Mocha No Sugar Added Blended Ice Coffee. It's a pack of 25 individually wrapped mocha blended iced coffee mix packets for $24.35 at Amazon.

Mike Cole's Jalapeno Brisket...es yuuummy.

-10lb-12lb brisket
- Jalapenos

-1 bottle Claude's BBQ Brisket Sauce

Using a sharp, thin knife, cut a pocket in the brisket from the thin side of the meat. Be careful not to pierce the 3 sides, the top or the bottom. stuff with seedless/stemless halved jalapenos. Hold brisket, pocket up and pour Claude's BBQ Brisket sauce (2 ounces per pound of meat). (Optional: Marinade in refrigerator overnight about 10 hours or longer in Claude's sauce. )

Place brisket in a roaster pan with the fat side up, and pour the sauce over it. Seal pan with foil or with tight lid.

Cook a 10-12 lb brisket in slow oven at 250 for 7-8 hrs (13-15lb at 250 10-12 hrs). Remove from oven and cool, cut off fat, slice or shred meat. The sauce can be used as a natural gravy, remove fat from sauce by cooling in refrigerator, fat will float to top and can be taken out easily.Serve sliced brisket with mashed potatoes and gravy, corn on the cob and a salad or vegetables. Brisket can be used for sandwiches or Brisket Salad.

Side note: Mike (Josh's stepdad) used John Henry's Texas Brisket Rub, but wasn't super impressed. So he said next time he was going back to Claude's sauce, because it's what he normally uses and likes better. I gave you links in the recipe to find both. I think they sell it at sams possibly, or you can order it, OR use your own that you know is good.

I created this as best I could with Mike's direction, and a couple online brisket recipes to find the right direction wording, so if Mike is reading this and feels he was misrepresented, he should email me corrections and I would be happy to oblige.

Bon Appetite!

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(Recommended)

Low Carb Pasta Salad, YUM!

It's that time of year again for my very most favorite meal!

Pasta Salad

1lb elbow macaroni (Dreamfields for low-carbers)

1/2lb genoa salami

1/3 of a small pkg of sliced pepperoni

1/2 bag spinach leaves

1 block feta cheese crumbled

1 small can black or green or both olives

some basil, oregano, parsley

s&p

Olive oil and Balsamic Vineagar to taste.

Sugar or splenda to balance out the vinegar.

That's my technically broken down opinion of this recipe. Good luck! It's good for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner.

Better than Spaghetti Sauce

Hearty Porky Pasta Sauce

While trying to come up with a way to employ ground pork in a meal, low carb style, I basically started with spaghetti sauce in mind, and kept adding stuff to make it more filling, so I would eat less pasta. I ended up ditching the ragu altogether, and just adding a can of diced tomatoes. It was scruptious.

1lb ground pork

1 green pepper

1 onion

1 small can olives (I used minced because it's what I had)

1 can diced tomatoes

1 pkg fresh mushrooms sliced

olive oil

Oregano, italian seasoning (either/or)

s&p

parmegean cheese

Dreamfields low carb pasta (optional)

Dice onion and bell pepper to your liking. Brown pepper and onion in olive oil. Add pork and brown. Then I added the mushrooms to give them a little time to soften before adding the diced tomatoes. Finish by adding the tomatoes and olives. Let it simmer for 5ish minutes to get all the flavors melded together. Quite yummy. Add s&p to taste, and serve with parmegean cheese on top and low carb noodles on bottom. An alternative to plain old spaghetti.