recipes from Adrienne Asher
When I’m busy, I like to be able to make a recipe stretch out for several meals. Here’s a recent example—Monday, I made a Bolognese sauce and served it over zero-carb shirataki noodles. On Tuesday, I added more veggies (about a 1-1/2 cups total of chopped and sautéed zucchini, mushrooms, and celery) and served it over cauliflower … Read more
After a Christmas rib roast created the need for a lot of creative beef recipes, I made this goulash. It’s a wonderful—and easy—dish if one has leftover beef. If you don’t have leftovers, I’ve added an InstaPot version for steak meat.
Beef Goulash with Smoked Paprika
Yield: 2 servings // 746 calories, 55g fat, 48g protein, 15g net carbs
2 … Read more
I like to keep various cuts of meat in the freezer so that cooking for workday dinners is simplified to protein+veggies. Fast, healthy, and always full of flavor, these lamb chops are good for a dinner with guests, too.
Rosemary Lamb Chops
Serves 2
4 lamb loin chops (3/4 inch thick)
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes … Read more
I lived in Taos, New Mexico for nearly a decade and various versions of this recipe were in heavy rotation, usually made with venison. It’s a warming, spicy, perfect chili for cold weather and will fill your home with savory scents.
New Mexico-Style Beef Chili
Yield: 6 servings = 530 calories, 10 net carbs
3/4 pound poblano peppers
2 teaspoons … Read more
Last week, it was pouring rain. A grey, cold, wet, spring day called out for something warming that would fill the house with savory scents and drive the blues away. My sweetie is an Irishman of surpassing skills in many things, not the least of which is his culinary magic. This is his brilliant—and easy—interpretation of a County Cork classic.… Read more
Low carb doesn’t have to mean “no pasta”. I use Kibon Foods’ “Healthy Noodles” for most of my pasta recipes, but you can also use various kinds of vegetable noodles. I am keenly aware that pasta only serves as a delivery system for glorious sauces, so I sometimes layer cooked eggplant for a version of lasagne that is very … Read more