Beef is often a favorite ingredient for many main dishes that focus on low carb and keto diets.
This sweet and spicy blackberry sauce is a perfect pairing with a quick-cooking flank steak or skirt steak. The sauce is an easy blender sauce that can be kept in the fridge for a few days, and the flank steak is a cut that cooks very quickly (on the grill or in a skillet). In …
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Bacon cheeseburgers are one of the most popular burger combinations around. How about adding a homemade blueberry BBQ sauce to this iconic burger to “take it up a notch” as they say. It’s an easy addition and it adds the sweet-savory flavor that is so remarkable in food pairings. Perfect for 4th of July or …
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The Italians I know go all out for Winter holiday celebrations, and this show-stopping beef braciole (aka braciola) is often a centerpiece on the Southern Italian table. This Sicilian (Neapolitan) version includes pine nuts, prosciutto, parsley, garlic and cheese as the filling (raisins if you want the sweet flavor). It is served with high quality …
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Traditional birria tacos (tacos de birria) are made with braised goat or lamb meat, but it can also be made with beef. The meat is slow cooked in a richly seasoned broth until it is fall apart tender. At this point the birria can be enjoyed either as a stew or the meat can be …
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Birria de Res Con Consommé is a rich stew that is traditionally made with either goat or lamb, but beef is the meat most commonly associated with birria in the U.S. The meat is always slow cooked in a richly-flavored broth (consommé) until it is melt-in-your-mouth tender. When served as a stew it is simply …
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One pot dinners are easy to get on the table for a busy cook, and this loose meat sandwich (a Maid-Rite variation) is not only easy, but healthy and delicious. The recipe includes pickles and Georgia mustard (aka mustard-based BBQ sauce) to take it over the top in flavor. Jump to: RECIPE | What is …
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Chimichurri sauce only takes 5-10 minutes to make, and is often used to add a fresh, acidic tang to beef, chicken or fish. This recipe pairs chimichurri with a tender pan-seared skirt steak. A robustly flavored, low carb main dish to get on the table quickly. Jump to: RECIPE | What is Chimichurri? | Steps …
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Most authentic Pho dishes can take 3 days to make. This slow cooker (or crockpot) recipe makes a robustly flavored bone broth that will rival Pho dishes from Vietnamese restaurants. It can easily be modified to a low carb or keto recipe by using shirataki noodles instead of the typical rice noodles. Jump to: RECIPE …
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Pairing chutneys with cheese around the holidays is a classic, but they are also wonderful with savory dinner dishes. The recipe below pairs a cranberry chutney with a South African meat pie recipe known as bobotie. Traditional bobotie might use an apricot jam rather than a chutney, but bobotie is flexible enough to be made …
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