Category: Snacks

slow cooker chicken buffalo dip

Slow-cooker Chicken Buffalo Dip

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: easy
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Scrumptious party food and easy to make!


Ingredients

  • 16 ounces cream cheese cut into small pieces
  • 2 cups shredded white meat chicken
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup hot sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanthum gum
  • 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 cup parsley leaves, chopped
  • 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese (optional)
  • Celery and carrot sticks for serving

Directions

  1. Put the cream cheese, chicken, cheddar cheese, buttermilk, hot sauce, xanthum gum, worcestershire sauce, cayenne, garlic powder and onion powder in a slow cooker, and stir to roughly combine.
  2. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours; the mixture should be bubbling and the cheddar melted. Stir until smooth and combined. Sprinkle with the parsley and blue cheese, reduce the heat to warm and serve with celery and carrot sticks.

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Keto Jalapeno Poppers

Keto Jalepeno Poppers

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Cheesy crowd pleaser has just 3 grams of carbs per serving.


Ingredients

  • 4-1/2 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1/3 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • 1 scallion, finely chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 6 jalapenos, halved and seeded
  • 6 slices bacon, halved

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 400F.
  2. Combine first 5 ingredients and spread evenly into jalepenos.
  3. Wrap each jalapeno with bacon and place on a wire rack inside a sheet pan.
  4. Bake until bacon crisps and cheese melts, 15-20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes.

Recipe Courtesy of Rocco DeSpirito

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keto cheddar cheese and bacon balls

Keto Cheddar Cheese and Bacon Balls

  • Servings: 24
  • Difficulty: Easy
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These cheese and bacon balls aren't just fantastic, they are ketotastic


Ingredients

  • 5 oz bacon
  • 5 oz cream cheese
  • 5 oz cheddar cheese
  • 1 oz butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes (optional)

Directions

  1. Fry the bacon until golden brown. Remove from the pan, and let cool completely on paper towels.
  2. Crumble or chop the bacon into small pieces and place in a medium-sized bowl.
  3. In a bigger bowl, mix the grease left over from frying the bacon (I used about 1 Tablespoon) with all the remaining ingredients by hand, or with an electric hand mixer.
  4. Place the big bowl in the fridge for 15 minutes to set.
  5. Make 24 walnut-sized balls, using two spoons. Roll them in the crumbled bacon and serve.

Recipe Courtesy of the Diet Dr.

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Crispy Radish Chips – tastes like Potato Chips

Crispy Radish Chips

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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If you miss potato chips then this is a no-brainer for you


Ingredients

  • 10-15 large radishes
  • nonstick cooking spray
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Slice radishes into very thin chips and spread on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
  3. Lightly mist radish slices with cooking spray and then sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste (If using other seasonings, now is the time to add them.)
  4. Bake for 10 minutes, flip, and bake for another 5-10 minutes or until crisp. Time may vary so watch these after flipping.

Recipe Courtesy of Food.com

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SNACKS? Do you buy them? Top 5 Low Carb Keto Lifestyle Choices!

I just finished reading an article on how to melt pounds faster. One of the tips that it gives is to “Munch on more produce by paying with cash”. LOL

The philosophy behind it is if you are paying with cash you are much more careful of what you put into your cart. If you’re like me you know how much money you have to spend on groceries each week. If you spend it on cookies, or tempting stuff that isn’t in your lifestyle then you will overspend on junk instead of high fiber veggies, or nuts or avocados or healthy ingredients to make some of our low carb keto lifestyle snack choices below.

A study in the Journal of Consumer Research found this reins in impulse junk-food purchases, helping you stock up on significantly more healthy foods than if you paid with a credit card.

I have compiled 5 of my top choices to make from veggies and protein and helathy ingredients. You can make ahead and store in a plastic bag or container and have snacks all week.

  1. Unreal Faux-Tatoes Chips that are keto, paleo and low carb. Can you believe these are radish chips. Get the recipe at Food.com
  2. Low Carb Tortilla Chips – No lifestyle is complete without chips and guacamole. Try them you will love them. Get the recipe at gnom-gnom.
  3. Garlic Cheddar Cheese Crisps only require two ingredients – cheddar cheese and garlic powder or you can use whatever cheese you have and whatever spices you want. Get the recipe at 730SageStreet
  4. Pepperoni chips – so simple to make if you love pepperoni. Get the recipe at WholesomeYum
  5. Salt & Vinegar Cucumber Chips are made easy with a dehydrator baking overnight so you have fresh chips in the morning. Get the recipe at LowCarbYum

So the next time you go to the grocery store and want some snacks – take cash and buy some ingredients for the above items. You won’t regret it.

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