Low Carb Dinner Recipes
Low Carb Basil Cheese Torta with Red Bell Peppers and Pine Nuts
Ingredients:
1/2 pound cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup basil pesto
1/2 pound Provolone, thinly sliced
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
1 red bell pepper, roasted, peeled, seeded, and cut into 3" x 3/8" strips
1 small jar sun-dried tomatoes (packed in olive oil)
Fresh basil for garnish
Directions:
Mix cream cheese and butter with a fork; add pesto and mix well. Line a small (3-cup) loaf pan or bowl with plastic wrap, leaving several inches of overhang on each side. Make a thin layer of provolone slices on the bottom and partially up the sides. Spread 1/3 of the pesto mixture over the cheese; artistically arrange 2 or 3 sun-dried tomatoes, 4 to 6 bell pepper strips, and about 1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts over the pesto. Repeat layers until all ingredients are used (reserving some of the pine nuts to sprinkle on top), pressing down well between layers. Chill overnight or for several days. Serve at room temperature on a platter wreathed with fresh basil sprigs. Additional toasted pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes cut into flowers, red bell pepper strips, and fresh basil sprigs may be used as garnish.
NOTE: Torta may be presented inverted or not. Keeps several weeks refrigerated. Although best served at room temperature, it slices best chilled. I like to serve it on a platter adorned with grape leaves and small clusters of red and white grapes.
VARIATIONS: Use lemon pesto; substitute slivered toasted almonds for the pine nuts; omit the sun-dried tomatoes and add 1 teaspoon lemon zest to the cream cheese mixture.
Use purple pesto; omit the red pepper if desired and increase the sun-dried tomatoes.
Use cinnamon basil pesto; omit the sun-dried tomatoes and the red peppers if desired, and use pecans instead of pine nuts.
Per Serving: 120 Cal (87% from Fat, 7% from Protein, 6% from Carb); 2 g Protein; 12 g Tot Fat; 2 g Carb; 0 g Fiber; 18 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 95 mg Sodium; 31 mg Cholesterol
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Low Carb Sour Cream Pot Roast
Ingredients:
2 slices bacon, diced
3/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons flour
1 beef chuck pot roast
Directions:
Cook bacon until crisp. Drain. Reserve drippings in pan. Trim fat from roast. Brown in Dutch oven on all sides in drippings. (You may need to cut in half to fit in pot.) Transfer to slow cooker. Add onion, 1/4 cup of water and rest of above ingredients. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours. Remove roast, discard bay leaf, skim fat. Pour juices into saucepan. Return roast to crock pot. Serve.
Per Serving: 71 Cal (64% from Fat, 10% from Protein, 26% from Carb); 2 g Protein; 5 g Tot Fat; 5 g Carb; 0 g Fiber; 29 mg Calcium; 0 mg Iron; 438 mg Sodium; 10 mg Cholesterol
