Retired to Thrive
How to thrive not just survive in retirement
Recipes for people that follow a ketogenic or low carbohydrate diet. Kitchen equipment recommendations.
Have you ever wondered is chimichurri sauce keto friendly? Well, I can assure you that any chimichurri low carb steak marinade recipe will contain nothing but low carbohydrate ingredients. Chimichurri is a classic low carb sauce for meat from Argentina traditionally served with different types of grilled meat. It is a tangy steak sauce recipe…
Easy Low Carb Pepperoni Pizza Recipe This delicious cream cheese crust pepperoni keto pizza is a real melt-in-your-mouth treat. Perfect for anyone following a low carb keto diet. This recipe has all the incredible flavors of a normal bread dough pizza so you don’t need to miss out from your favorite treat. This versatile cream…
This Courgette Noodles with Arrabbiata Sauce recipe replaces traditional pasta with healthy and delicious courgette noodles, so you can indulge in it often without any guilt. All’arrabbiata is a spicy Italian red sauce made with red pepper flakes. It is traditionally served with rigatoni or penne noodles, but here it is paired with crisp-tender spaghetti-like…
Here is my Keto Chorizo Stuffed Pepper side dish recipe, that is a perfect accompaniment for grilled meat or fish. Personally, I hate raw peppers even though they are a great low carb salad vegetable. And I know others love them. I find however that cooking transforms a pepper into something quite different from the…
Spatchcocking is a useful and easy to learn chicken preparation technique. The end result is a chicken that has been opened out and made flatter. When the chicken is made flatter you have the advantage of the chicken cooking a great deal quicker than a whole bird would. This is a perfect technique for cooking…
Here is a quick and easy pork chop recipe that would be perfect for a weekday evening supper. This recipe is easy because the pork chops are cooked in the oven, freeing up time for other chores etc. The sauce is made in the skillet the chops were cooked in, making less washing up. If you…
Here are 4 recipe ideas for making delicious keto diet friendly grilled cheese sandwiches. You can either use your own homemade low carb bread, store bought or my own low carb bread substitute recipe. Plain Low Carb Grilled Cheese Sandwiche Recipe Ingredients 1/4 of my low carb cauliflower bread recipe (or other low carb bread) 50g of…
On another trip to the dentists and East Cowes, while waiting for my Husband to have his treatment I popped into Waitrose just to have a general look around. In the meat section, I saw beef shanks for sale. I’ve never seen these for sale before in a supermarket neither had seen any recipes in…
Although I like to follow a Ketogenic diet, I’m never too enamored with low carb substitutes. It rather reminds me of vegetarians that still eat Quorn shaped like chicken fillets, I don’t get it! Out there are low carb versions of cake, cookies, brownies and even crisps. I think if you want a cookie just…
Gosh! I can still remember the bad old days when I used to throw away all my meat bones. What a waste! Now I collect and freeze every last meat bone, I can lay my hands on. Even bringing them home from restaurants and friends homes. I didn’t get meat stocks and broths at all until…