An Easy, Delicious, and Impressive Low-Carb Dinner – Adobo Beef!

My friends Bart and Alfredo came over for dinner on Saturday night.  Since my fiancé left me in charge of dinner I did the only thing I know how to do – I called my mom:-)!  (She should be getting some kind of royalty on the recipes.)

I told my mom that I am REALLY busy, but want to make something that will:

A.  keep my lean and energized (not many carbs)

B.  taste great – good enough that my non health nut guests won’t be spitting their food into napkins when I’m not looking

C. be something I can do in 15-20min ‘cause I have several deadlines before my guests arrive and I am starting to panic!

(I’m not demanding or a pain right?)

Bless my mother’s heart, she delivered like always with this awesome recipe:

Low-Carb Adobo Beef

3lbs sirloin cubed            0g net carb

2 cloves minced garlic (yeah, I forgot that in the video my mom told me – it was still good without it)                        2g net carb

1 medium onion chopped                    6.5g net carb

¾ of small can tomato paste (no sugar added)        15.5g net carb

4-5 chipotle peppers chopped (take out seeds if you are sensitive to spicy, look for these in the “international” isle at your grocery store)        .5g net carb

1 cup water

1 tbsp Splenda                            1.5g net carb

Directions

1.  Preheat your oven to 300 and cube your meat

2. Sauté onions and garlic in olive oil until the onions are soft and the garlic starts to brown.

3.  Add in the tomato paste and the peppers.  Mix around and then add the water.

4.  Add beef and bring to a simmer on the stove top.  Place in oven for about 2 hours after it reaches a simmer.

5.  Check once or twice to make sure it doesn’t dry out (more of a problem with a gas stove, it actually stays too wet with an electric one).

6.  Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

Makes 6 servings with 4.5g net carb per serving

Cilantro and Lime Sauce

1 cup sour cream                        9.5g net carb

juice of ½ lime                        1.5g net carb

zest of ½ lime                            0g net

handful chopped cilantro                    0g net carbs

Directions

1.  Mix it all up

2.  Put on your food

Nutrition

Makes 6 servings with 2g net carb per serving

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Josef’s Quick and Easy Mock mashed Potatoes

After I dropped my 45 pounds of body fat I thought that mashed potatoes would be off-limits to me. And they are. BUT, I have found a really, really good substitute for them made of cauliflower. Before you turn up your nose, give them a try. You won’t believe how good they actually taste.

Ingredients

1 small head cauliflower, quartered & steamed	66 kcal
2 tbsp butter	204 kcal
3-5 cloves of garlic, chopped	20 kcal
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Steam cauliflower for 5-8min. While cauliflower is steaming, sauté the garlic.
2. Place everything into a food processor and process until all chunks have been removed. This may take some stirring.
3. Enjoy.

Nutrition Facts

Makes 4 servings at 73 kcal per serving