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Keto Cheeseballs

Before Keto, my husband frequently ordered cheese curds (nuggets, balls, whatever you want to call them – they are just cheesy deliciousness!). Well, the breading or batter is NOT Keto friendly and since my husband decided to do Keto with me, I thought it only fair that I figured out how to make one of his favorite sides at home.

Instead of a traditional cheese curds where you take premade cheese cheese curds (or mozz sticks, cheese cubes, etc) you basically make a dough and fry it up.

Here’s what you need:
Cheeseball ingredients

Only 5 ingredients will lead you to cheese heaven! And you can swap out the cheeses for whatever you like. I know it’s a Keto no-no to buy pre-shredded cheese due to the starch or whatever else they might put on it to keep it from sticking, but I don’t have time to shred all my cheese, so I go with pre-shredded. What little starches might be on it haven’t knocked me out of Ketosis yet.

Take all ingredients and mix together in a bowl until everything is well mixed.

Preheat your oil of choice on the stove or in a deep fryer. I used a small cookie scoop (I have this same exact one and LOVE it!) to scoop out a little dough and drop it in the fryer. These do puff out, so you want to make sure they are small.

Frying cheeseballs

They don’t take too long to cook up, just a minute or so. Keep an eye on them and remove from oil and drain on paper towel when golden brown.
Bowl of cheeseballs

This makes a BIG batch and they are SO good reheated in the air fryer. We dipped them in ranch and they were so good! For my husband they had a little too much parmesan cheese, so I’ll back off on that next time. It makes 6 generous servings and they are only 2 net carbs per serving! I found these to be very filling, so I got a lot more servings.

Let me know what you think and if you try it with any other cheeses!

PRINTABLE RECIPE

Keto Cheese Balls

Prep: 5 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 6
Net Carbs: 2 per serving

2 1/2 cups shredded cheese – can be either one kind or different ones mixed
3/4 c grated or shredded parmesan cheese
2 eggs
1/4 c almond flour
1 tsp baking powder

Take all ingredients and mix together in a bowl until everything is well mixed.

Preheat your oil of choice on the stove or in a deep fryer. I used a small cookie scoop (I have this same exact one and LOVE it!) to scoop out a little dough and drop it in the fryer. These do puff out, so you want to make sure they are small.

They don’t take too long to cook up, just a minute or so. Keep an eye on them and remove from oil and drain on paper towel when golden brown.

Cheeseball Nutrition

*Disclaimer: I am NOT a certified nutritionist and your nutritional information may vary depending on exact ingredients you use. I highly recommend you calculate your own and just use this as a guideline. The links for products are affiliate links so I may earn a very small commission if you purchase through them – but it doesn’t cost you anything additional!

Keto Cheez-its

These cheez-its are so simple you can’t really call it a ‘recipe’. It’s cheese. And seasonings. That’s it. And did I mention SO tasty and carb free? It’s a perfect Keto friendly, inexpensive snack. You can make as little or as many as you’d like.

Start by getting your favorite sliced cheese. I used sharp cheddar, but I’ve also used regular cheddar, provolone, pepperjack, etc. Preheat your oven to 300 before you start cutting your cheese so it’s ready to go when your cheese squares are ready.

I highly recommend using Silicone Baking Mats  on your cookie sheet. Much more cost effective than parchment paper. Line your cookie sheets with the mat or parchment paper.

Cookie sheets ready

Cut your cheese into 9 squares. Put on cookie sheet, about an inch or so apart. If you put them too close, they melt together.
Cheese cut

Sprinkle with your favorite seasonings. My favorites are garlic powder or taco seasoning. Bake for approx 10 minutes (keep an eye on them or they’ll get dark – the darker they get, the crunchier they will be!). I liked mine crunchier so I baked mine about 4 minutes longer than my husbands. Can you tell whose are whose??

Cheese done

I removed them from the silicone mat and put on paper towels to drain off the excess grease. Once cool, store in an air tight container. Don’t expect them to last too long though, they are addictive! (Especially the crunchy ones!)

cheese its

*Disclaimer: I am NOT a certified nutritionist and your nutritional information may vary depending on exact ingredients you use. I highly recommend you calculate your own and just use this as a guideline. The links for products are affiliate links so I may earn a very small commission if you purchase through them – but it doesn’t cost you anything additional!

Quick & Filling 3 Carb Dinner

There are some days when I just don’t know what to eat. Those are the days that I stand in front of the refrigerator with the door open, browsing through what’s in there. Be it cheese that got shoved into the back of the drawer and was now starting to mold, my husbands Hamburger Helper leftovers that I can’t eat anyways, or a multitude of other things that I just don’t know what to do with and have of which I can’t even have.

So what do I do? Find some low carb foods and put them together! When it happened this weekend, this is what I ended up with:
burger.jpg

We will just call it the Breakfast Bacon Avocado Cheeseburger (BBAC for short – because that name is a bigger mouthful than the burger was). Compliments of my fridge and freezer and only 3 net carbs! Plus, it was SO filling, I could only eat 3/4 of it. Sometimes the mish-mash of things you throw together end up being the best and this was no exception.

So here’s what I used for my BBAC –

  • Frozen Ballpark burger
  • Crystal Farms sliced cheddar cheese
  • Hormel Microwave bacon
  • One Fried Egg (Runny yolk of course)
  • Heinz mustard
  • Hellmans Mayo
  • Sliced Avocado
  • Salt and pepper

Not bad considering I stood in front of the fridge for 10 minutes mentally going through every item to see what I can/can’t have and how to make a meal out of it.

Here was my nutrition for this:
burger nutrition

As good as this was, it’s so much easier when I have my meals all planned out! This week I’m hoping to make sausage, peppers, and onion in the crockpot as well as butter chicken and green beans w/ mushrooms, plus avocado brownies for dessert. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

What are you meal plans for this week??

Filling 1 Carb Breakfast – Food & Drink Included!

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE breakfast food. I could eat breakfast food any time of the day – morning, afternoon, night, middle of the night – ANYTIME! But if you aren’t careful, you can easily eat well over 100 carbs for this one meal. As much as I love pancakes and waffles, I steer clear as much as I can, even from the Keto versions because they still have plenty of carbs. I use those as a rare treat.

So my go-to breakfast is full of protein and fat to fill me up and keep me full all morning. In fact, this breakfast has 32 grams of protein and 24 grams of fat – which is a good start to the day! You don’t have to eat loads of food to get that either. All I eat is some scrambled eggs w/ bacon and cheese and and iced coffee with HWC (heavy whipping cream). See- simple! But you can have all that for only 1 carb! And if you shred your own cheese (which you really should do if you are doing strict Keto because they may add some sort of flour/corn starch to keep cheese from sticking together) you would be able to eat all this for ZERO carbs. That’s right, ZERO! And there is nothing fancy about this meal either!

For the bacon, here is what I use for my scrambles:

Bacon

I get this at Sam’s Club and it’s so convenient. You can use it on salads, in scrambles, or any recipe that calls for cooked, crumbled bacon. I like my bacon to be on the crispy side, so when I use it for scrambles, I like to start the bacon in the frying pan first and fry it up til it’s crispy. A small pan like this one works great for a single serving – 5 1/2 in frying pan

Once I get the bacon to where I want it, I pour in my eggs. I use 2 scrambled eggs.

Adding eggs in

Cook until almost done, then add in your cheese.

Adding cheese

I finish cooking until eggs are done and cheese is melted. That’s it! Super easy breakfast, and only 1 carb.

It wouldn’t be breakfast without my coffee though. For a ZERO carb coffee, I brew up whatever coffee I want (I use my Java Momma coffee which you can get here: www.javamomma.com/sbourquin). With the fall season, I love to break out my pumpkin spice coffee. I brew mine over ice, add in a tablespoon of HWC and a couple pumps of Jordan’s Skinny Syrups – Sugar-Free Pumpkin Spice (no carbs).

So this ENTIRE breakfast is only 1 carb. It also has 25g protein and 32g fat. A good way to start the day and fuel your body. (If you love all things pumpkin spice, go here —->  https://javamomma.com/order/Coffee?pg=1&items=99999&search=pumpkin ).

When I really don’t have time to cook anything for breakfast and I want more of a ‘grab and go’, I throw a few pieces of microwave bacon in for about 30 seconds to get it nice and crispy and out the door I go. Poptarts used to be my go-to, but those definitely have way too much sugar and too many carbs for me to eat now.

What is your go-to low carb breakfast? Comment below!