recipes from Adrienne Asher
Rich, thick, creamy, savory—try this sauce on Cauli Mac N Cheese, use it as a dip (add hot sauce for nachos), serve it over steamed broccoli, toss it with green beans and bake, pour it over Kibon Foods’ “Healthy Noodles”, or zucchini noodles…sky’s the limit!
Rich Cheddar Cheese Sauce
Yield: 2 cups
3/4 cup cream
4 ounces cream cheese… Read more
It’s the weekend and that means…waffles!! My crispy protein waffles are a dream, but we like something liquid on top. Enter this creamy berry breakfast sauce: wonderful on waffles and pancakes, but also wonderful over desserts, perhaps some whole-fat Greek yogurt, or even over low-carb ice cream.
Berry Sauce
Yield: 2 servings // 32 calories, 3 net carbs
1 cup … Read more
This smoked salmon dip is very quick to make but makes an elegant spread or hors d’oeuvres. It’s great as a stuffed for mushroom caps, dolloped into the tips of endive, in cucumber cups, on eggs, inside crepes, as the filling for little biscuit sliders, or…well your imagination’s the limit 🙂
Smoked Salmon Dip
Yield: 10 servings
4 ounces cream
Classic, easy, creamy, yummy. Check out my spinach-artichoke tart, if you’d like a different take on this flavor favorite. Not for vegans, but fine for vegetarians who have no qualms about fat 😉
Spinach-Artichoke Dip
Yield: 4.5 cups
2 cups Parmesan cheese
1 (10-ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 (14-ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1 … Read more
Sometimes all I eat for lunch is a half-avocado’s worth of guacamole on a crispy keto waffle or whole wheat toast. True story!
Guacamole
Yield: 2 servings
2 Haas avocados, scooped out of shell and mashed (Haas are the creamiest)
Celtic sea salt and freshly-ground pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon sugarless salsa
1/2 teaspoon onion powder /or/ microplaned onion (depends … Read more
Foregoing the usual garbanzo beans, this cauliflower version of hummus uses all the traditional seasonings to bring cauliflower’s neutral taste up to Middle Eastern standards.
Cauliflower “Hummus”
8 servings // Per serving: 141 calories, 12g fat, 3g net carbs, 3g protein
1 head cauliflower, broken into florets
4 cloves garlic, minced
1-1/2 teaspoons Celtic sea salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper… Read more