12/18/2020
Keto Thanksgiving
Homemade Keto Mushroom Soup (goes with Green Bean casserole)
PLEASE NOTE: This makes a HUGE batch of soup. If you only want it for your casserole, I would half the recipe. We used the rest for gravy and will eat it as soup. It’s delicious!
¼ cup butter
½ a white onion diced
about 10 large mushrooms, diced
1 clove garlic crushed
¼ tsp Salt and Pepper
¼ tsp Tyme (I used dried, can use fresh)
2-14 oz cans of chicken broth
2 cups heavy whipping cream
4 oz cream cheese
Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Once melted add mushrooms, onion, and garlic. Let sauté for about 10 minutes. Add tyme, salt and pepper. Stir for about 1 minute. Add chicken broth, heavy cream, and 4 oz cream cheese. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer uncovered for 1 hour. NOTE: I did add 1 tablespoon of corn starch at the end with water to thicken. This does add 7 carbs, but it is for a BIG soup pot of soup. You can leave it out and just simmer it to desired thickness.
Keto French’s Fried Onions (goes with Green Bean casserole)
¾ white onion sliced into thin strips (cut onion in half, lay on flat side and cut them into thin semi circles)
½ bag plain pork rinds, finely crushed
¼ cup parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 egg
This can be cooked in the oven at a high temperature on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or I do mine in an air fryer at 310 degrees.
Mix the pork rinds, parmesan and garlic powder into a medium bowl. Scramble the egg in another medium bowl. Put the onion slices broken into strips into the egg and let sit for 1 minute. Move them from the egg mixture into the pork rind mixture and stir around. I do this with my hands to coat them. They will not all coat and that is okay. I put the onions and the left over breading in for cooking. Take them from the breading mixture and place them on the baking sheet or put them directly into the pre-heated air fryer. Bake until crispy flipping once or in the air fryer for 10-12 minutes stirring once. Then they are ready for the casserole.
Keto Green Bean Casserole
Homemade Keto French’s Fried Onions
4 cups of homemade Keto Mushroom Soup
3 slices of cooked bacon crumbled
2 bags frozen green beans
2 cups cheddar cheese
Make keto mushroom soup and fried onions ahead of time. Cook the green beans per the bag instructions in the microwave. Drain the water. Add them to a big bowl for mixing. Add soup, bacon crumbles, cheddar cheese and mix. Pour into an 8x8 casserole dish. Top with the fried onions. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
Loaded Mashed Cauliflower
2 bags frozen cauliflower (cook per bag instructions and then drain)
½ stick butter
2 oz Cream Cheese
A generous amount of salt, to taste
3 strips of cooked bacon
¼ cup Sour Cream
Heavy Whipping Cream to the texture you like
¾ cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Pepper
Put cooked cauliflower into food processor. Add a bunch of salt (probably 1-2 teaspoons), butter, and cream cheese. Let it sit with the lid on for a few minutes to melt down the cheese and the butter. Blend on low for about 1 minute. Gradually add Sour Cream and then add heavy whipping cream until the texture is where you like it on high speed. Once you get the consistency, add the bacon strips and pulse until they are blended in and then cheddar cheese. Remove from processor and place in a bowl and powder the top with pepper.
Keto Pumpkin Cheesecake
16 oz Cream Cheese (Softened)
¾ Cup canned Pumpkin
½ cup granulated sweetener (I just used granulated Stevia)
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
1 tablespoon Cinnamon
1 tablespoon Coconut Flour
2 large Eggs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9-inch pie plate with butter.
Using a food processor or a mixer, add the cream cheese, pumpkin, sweetener, vanilla cinnamon and coconut flour. Process until blended and scrape the sides as you need to. Add the eggs and process until just blended, do not over mix. Pour into the prepared pie plate. Bake about 35-40 minutes. Cake should be jiggly but not liquid. Put on cooling rack in dish for 2 hours to cool to room temperature. Then refrigerate covered with plastic wrap 4 hours or overnight. Cut with a sharp knife and serve. I serve with homemade whipped cream but can be served plain.
Deviled eggs are naturally keto, make them however you like. For dinner rolls, just Google Fat Head Dinner Rolls. Whipped cream is heavy whipping cream, 1 tsp vanilla, and around 1 tbsp of granulated artificial sweetener.
