Light Meal: Portabella Pizza

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My portabella pizza, just before going into the oven (and eventually into my belly). Now that’s how you make a pizza!

After rushing out the door to pick up one dog from the beauty parlor, coming home to find a mess left by my cat, and another dog demanding his walk, I decided to deviate from last night’s scheduled pulled pork fest. I opted for something off the cuff, quick and light. I saw the portabella mushroom caps next to my yellow tomato sauce and inspiration hit – portabella pizzas!

A couple of weeks ago I decided to try my grocery store’s pepperoni.  Not the stuff that comes in the little red bag and loaded with chemicals. Nope, I’m talking real pepperoni sausage. I had to try it and I love it!

I used my homemade tomato sauce for this concoction! The recipe is below. However I’m sure something from the store is fine, but just watch those carbs.  Read More

Chicken Breast Sautéed in Clarified Butter

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The perfect meal: 4 ounces of chicken sauteed in clarified butter and 4 ounces of fresh, steamed green beans topped with some grass-fed butter. Yum!

The perfect meal: 4 ounces of chicken sautéed in clarified butter and 4 ounces of fresh, steamed green beans topped with some grass-fed butter. Yum!

Tried another fantastic Julia Child recipe last night – skinless chicken breast sautéed in clarified butter (or ghee). The flavors were incredible and with just a half a cup of fresh green beans, one of our most filling and satisfying dinners.

The Julia Child style of cooking always intimidated me. Besides the fear of using so much fat (boy was I wrong!), I think the mystique of French food frightened me off.

Turns out these recipes are so simple I can kick myself for not cooking this way sooner.

I did make one change to this recipe to cut down the carbs. Rather than using 1 cup of flour, I opted for 4 tbsp. of almond flour (one for each breast). That cut the total recipe carbs from 13g to 2g without sacrificing taste. Read More