Almond Chocolate Swirl Cake, Chicken Avacado Bacon Salad & Caprese Meatball Snackers

This Week's Gluten Free - Low Carb Recipes

• Almond Chocolate Swirl Cake
• Chicken Avocado Bacon Salad
• Caprese Meatball Snackers

Chocolate Almond Swirl Cake

Makes 16 Servings, 7 Net Carbs Per Serving

 

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 1/2 cup almond flour
• 4 tbsp erythritol
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup whole milk ricotta
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 20 drops stevia extract

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325F and grease loaf pan.
2. In a medium bowl melt butter. Stir in cocoa powder until smooth. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together almond flour, erythritol, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 
4. In a larger bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer until frothy. Beat in ricotta, almond extract and stevia until smooth. Add dry ingredients and beat until thoroughly combined. 
5. Move half of batter into chocolate mixture and mix until thoroughly combined.
6. Alternating between light and dark mixtures, spoon dabs of batter into prepared pan  
7. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until top is set and a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Chicken Avocado Bacon Salad

Depending on how you serve and the mayonnaise & dressing you use carbs will vary, but Ultra Low Carb

 Ingredients

• 3 chicken breasts, grilled, cooled and cubed
• 6 Scallions, diced
• 1 package bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 2 avocados, cubed
• 1/4 cup of Mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup of Ranch Dressing
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl
2. Enjoy cool or warmed up.  You can add Salsa or Shredded Mexican Cheese Blend for Variety

Caprese Meatball Snackers

Makes 16 Meatballs - 1/2 a Carb Each

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup almond flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 cup shredded whole milk mozzarella
• 1/4 cup roasted red peppers finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp basil
• 2 Tbsp olive oil for frying

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients except the olive oil in a medium bowl and mix thoroughly.
2.  Form into 16 meatballs.
3.  Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick saute pan.
4. Add the meatballs to the hot oil and cook over low/medium heat until cooked through.
5. Serve alone ... or, like I did, serve on a toothpick with some fresh mozzarella and tomato.

This Week's Egg Muffin

The 4th picture is of this week's egg muffin

See October 5th blog for general recipe.  This week I used egg, scallions, bacon and cheddar cheese.