Pasta Fixes

Cheesesteak Manicotti (my tweak)

Ingredients

8 Steak-ums/minute steaks

Ricotta Cheese (15 oz Container)

1 egg

2 cups of Shredded Mozzarella cheese

1/3 cup of Parmesan grated cheese

1 Tablespoon Dried Parsley flakes

small pinch of Salt and pepper

1 Cup of Low carb Tomato Sauce

**Preheat oven to 350* Fry up the 8 minute steaks and let them drain on paper Towels.

1. In a medium bowl, combine: Ricotta Cheese, egg, Mozzarella Cheese, Parmesan Cheese, Parsley flakes and salt and pepper.

2. Lay one Steak-um flat. Place about 3 heaping tablespoons of the Filling mixture on one side of the Steak-um. Roll it up. Place it in a 8X8X2 Glass baking dish.

3. Repeat until all 8 Steak-Ums are filled and in the baking dish (you will have leftover filling).

4. Pour 1 Cup of Tomato Sauce on top of the Casserole.

5. Cover with Aluminum Foil and bake for about 25 Minutes.

6. Remove from Oven and let Sit for a few minutes (for the filling to set)

It's now ready to serve.

Chicken-Zucchini Version

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken thighs (pounded thin between sheets of waxed paper)

8 thin cut sirloin tip steaks (Also pounded thin)

Ricotta Cheese (15 oz Container, drained)

1 egg

2 cups of 6 cheese blend.

1/3 cup of Parmesan grated cheese

1 med. zucchini (shredded and squeezed dry)

small pinch of Salt and pepper

1 Jar of 4 cheese spaghetti sauce

I put the filling together subbing zucchini for parsley.

Then, sauté the steaks and thighs.

Spoon (carefully) filling into the steaks.

Put the the rest of the filling between chicken thighs and cover with the rest of the sauce.

Baked one hour. Cover with foil.

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Raven's Dirty “Cauli-Rice”

Ingredients:

2 large heads cauliflower

1 pound cooked ground turkey, lamb, beef, or ground pork or a combination of the ground meats + plus a couple of cooked chicken livers and/or chicken giblets, cooked and chopped fine

2 or 3 links nitrate free, sugar free Andouille sausage, chopped
2 stalks green onion
1 med stalk celery, chopped med
6-10 med crimini mushrooms, chopped fine
2 tablespoons butter
1 ½ teaspoons cajun seasoning
1/2 teaspoon Splenda
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon granulated garlic
olive oil


Here's what I did:

I grated the cauliflower in a cheese grater, then sauteed it in the olive oil and half the butter 'till tender. Then I added the other seasonings and ingredients and sauteed till everything was done. (Tender, tasty!)Add the second half of the butter last. Creamy and luscious.


By the way-- this is great with a handful of fresh crab, shrimp, crawdaddy, pine nuts or all of the above. For a real neat twist, add a handful of crushed pork cracklin's. Not Pork rinds-- *Cracklin's*. There's a difference. I like to bake up some chicken, drain the grease, and smother the chicken with the dirty "rice"-- and then bake it for about 30 minutes at 350. Serve hot.

“Elegant Chicken” , Raven's Version

This is my version of a recipe from Sharron Long's “Extreme Low Carb Cuisine”.

I used:

5 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken thighs
2 tablespoons Hungarian Paprika
2 tablespoons granulated garlic
a couple of pinches salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pound bacon cut into 2 inch pieces
1 pound sliced Colby Jack cheese
one medium Walla Walla onion, chopped fine
6-10 Crimini mushrooms coarsely chopped


Rinse chicken, and place into large baking dish (I used a roast pan) sprinkle with all seasonings, then lay bacon slices over all of the chicken. Take half the Colby Jack slices, cut in halves and layer over the bacon.

Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

In a med saucepan, heat butter until clarified, not frothy, and add chopped mushrooms and /or garlic and onions. When onions are starting to caramelize add ½ cup half and half or heavy cream. Bring to a very low boil, turn down heat and add the rest of the Colby jack cheese, slowly. Stir slowly over low heat till you have a sauce. Cover and simmer on very low heat, stirring occasionally.

Take chicken out of oven and drain grease out of pan. Ladle the sauce over the chicken, and return to the oven. Bake for another ½ hour. Serve hot.

YUM!

Recipe Review: Elegant Chicken

Book: Extreme Low-Carb Cuisine
(250 Fabulous Recipes With Virtually No Carbohydrates!)

Author: Sharron Long

Recipe: Elegant Chicken , page 202.
Serves 8, Carbohydrates 2 grams, Effective Carb Count 1 gram, Protein 23 grams, Fat 28 grams, calories 356

This is basically chicken topped with bacon slices, cheese and served with a mushroom /cheese sauce poured over it.

I made this recipe last night with a few differences: I used boneless/skinless chicken, and Colby Jack cheese instead of Swiss.

It's pretty easy to make, and the recipe can easily be doubled.

This was flipping YUMMY! My house-mates were wowed, and I don't think I'll have leftovers very long.

The one thing I'd say to watch out for is too much grease. I drained the chicken/bacon and then carefully ladled the cheese sauce over it. There was plenty of sauce, and the chicken was very rich. I served it with Cauliflower "Dirty Rice".

Really nice dinner. I'm taking some for lunch today!