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Easy Meatball Recipe for your Superbowl Party: Gluten free & Low Carb

February 1, 2012 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Heart healthy grain free low carb meatballs recipe

This Easy Meatball Recipe is Grain free and High in Omega 3s

I like anything that’s easy. If you don’t want to spend a lot of time on appetizers for your Superbowl party, check out this easy meatball recipe. I use a secret ingredient that works better than flour: flaxseed meal. It makes the best, most well formed meatballs that don’t crumble when you bite into it. The first time I ever made meatballs with flaxseed meal it was only an experiment. I had made my usual meatloaf recipe and decided to make a few meatballs out of it. It worked well, and the kids certainly loved that easy meatball recipe, but they did not form nice firm balls that could hold together well. So I experimented a little more by reducing the eggs and adding more spices until coming up with this tastier version of my easy meatball recipe. If you are looking for meatballs you can serve with a toothpick on a Superbowl party appetizer platter, this is it. And the best part? It’s also gluten free. Be sure you grind up those onions nice and fine and you will be in meatball heaven with this recipe. Serve these with your favorite sauce or just as they are on their own.

Ingredients for our Easy Meatball Recipe:

1 ½-2 lbs of grass fed ground beef

1 egg

1/2 tsp chopped garlic

2 TBSP ketchup (if you have a corn allergy, make it homemade or buy a safe brand)

NOTE: If you are following a low carb diet, make that homemade ketchup recipe with the honey and not the maple syrup! You can even substitute the honey with xyla, or another low carb sugar like stevia.

1/4 c ground flax seed

1/4 chopped onion

1 tsp salt

1 tsp white pepper

1 tsp basil

1 tsp oregano

Directions for our Easy Meatball Recipe:

For best results, let the meat thaw out in the refrigerator overnight the day before you make this easy meatball recipe. Place the egg and ketchup into a bowl and wisk until well blended. Add the spices– salt, white pepper (black is fine if you don’t have white), basil, and oregano. Give it a good stir. Add your flaxseed meal, onions and garlic next. The flaxseed meal is important to help the meatballs retain their nice shape, and they are heart healthy. It is a great binder and is loaded with those LDL lowering lignans as well as those heart healthy omega 3 fatty acids. You can substitute the flax for another gluten free grain but I have found the flaxseed meal to work the best for holding these babies together the way they should be. Your toothpick will thank you, and so will your heart and your cholesterol levels.

Are you Looking for an Easy Low Carb Chicken Soup Recipe?

January 25, 2012 by Caryn Talty Comments2 Comments »
Easy Stovetop Chicken Soup

Easy Chicken Soup Recipe

Just 10 Ingredients for this Easy Low Carb Chicken Soup Recipe

This easy low carb chicken soup recipe is finally going public. It has been in my book for a couple of years. I’ve made it so many times now that I don’t even need to read the recipe card. So I decided it’s time to finally officially include it in our Healthy-Family recipes list.  Naturally gluten free, my easy low carb chicken soup recipe is one of my family’s favorites. My husband likes to take it to work in a thermos, and the kids’ like it for a school lunchbox option. For me the best part is …continue reading »

Need an Easy Low Carb Carrot Cake Recipe?

January 18, 2012 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Low Carb Carrot Cake with a dollop of cream cheese.

If you Want Cake but are on a Low Carb Diet, try This Recipe

I made this low carb carrot cake recipe as part of our gluten free family’s resolution to kick the refined sugar habit. We’ve been guilty of indulging in the sweets last year, especially over the holidays. We have an upcoming birthday in our house, and to keep in line with our new year resolution, I have decided to make a healthier cake for us to share together as a family. I recently got a bag of Pure Palm™ from Xylitol USA and thought I would give it a whirl with a few of my regular gluten free baked recipes. Unlike refined sugar and evaporated cane juice (the organic version of refined cane sugar) …continue reading »

Low Carb Baked Garlic Honey Brussels Sprouts Recipe

January 11, 2012 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Garlic Honey Brussels Sprouts Recipe

Garlic Honey Brussels Sprouts will add Vitamin K to Your Diet

Brussels sprouts are an antioxidant rich vegetable, but adding them to your child’s diet is tricky business. That’s why I was excited to see Rachael Ray feature a Brussels sprouts recipe on her show. I’m not a fan of balsamic vinegar, so I decided to create a baked garlic honey Brussels sprouts side dish that tastes a bit milder than Rachael Ray’s Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta and Balsamic Vinegar recipe. I added a few sliced onions, a little chopped garlic, and a few bacon strips to my honey Brussels sprouts and I was pretty surprised …continue reading »

Low Carb, It’s the New Gluten free Diet for Celiac in our Family

January 7, 2012 by Caryn Talty Comments6 Comments »

Laura Dolson's Low Carb Pyramid

We have Switched our Family to a Low Carb Gluten Free Diet

Don’t know what a low carb gluten free diet is? Well, it’s a gluten free diet that also limits processed gluten free products too. Things made from potato starch, rice flour, refined and organic cane sugars, agave syrup, and most prepackaged gluten free products (noodles, breads, pie crusts, cookies, crackers, and chips) are all considered high in carbs. We are going to limit or avoid them completely this year.  You are probably thinking, so who on earth would think it’s good to put their skinny little kids on a low carb diet? …continue reading »

Low Carb Apple Muffins Recipe

January 4, 2012 by Caryn Talty Comments2 Comments »
Grain-free Almond Apple Muffins

This low carb Apple Muffins Recipe with almond flour and raisins is made without refined sugar.

Pack These Low Carb Apple Muffins in Your School Lunchbox

So how did these gluten free low carb Apple Muffins come about? Well, this grain-free recipe was an act of accidental genius, and I only have this crazy house full of kids to thank. Want the short version of what happened? I was making low carb carrot muffins, actually. My plan was to alter my Carrot Cake recipe by taking the sugar out completely and using only honey as a sweetener. I also planned to substitute my gluten free flour with almond flour to make it low carb. I had all the ingredients out and had even peeled and grated the carrots. But of course, baking on a Sunday afternoon is risky business in my house. …continue reading »

Want a Healthy Family Meal Plan for Your Resolution to Eat Better?

January 3, 2012 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Here’s a one Week Healthy Family Meal Plan that Limit Sugars and Processed Foods

One of our healthy family menu makers enjoys his salad.

Why don’t you join us? Our gluten-free family has made a new year resolution to create a seasonal Healthy Family Meal Plan that we can use and reuse over and over throughout the year. I hope to create a few lists for each season to add some variety in our healthy family menus. Some of the recipes are our own and some are from other health conscious foodies like ourselves.

We have always striven to eat healthy since our oldest son was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2007. But as most folks in the celiac community know, today there are a lot of indulgent prepackaged gluten free foods available which are not nutrient rich. Although these foods are tasty and convenient, they are often sweeter than their gluten containing counterparts. And our family has been guilty of making some of these foods staples after our son recovered. As we began to allow more sweets into our diet I started to feel guilty. So in 2012 I’m all about getting back to the basics and whittling …continue reading »

Corn Free Candy Canes by Caring Candies available this Christmas

November 29, 2011 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

The sugar free candy company is also Feingold diet approved

Caring Candies are Made from Isomalt.

All natural corn free candy canes that are also sugar free are hard to find. Caring Candies is a South African company that makes sugar free hard candy using a sugar alcohol called isomalt.

In business since 2002, this family owned company won best product in 2004 in Milan, Italy. If you have corn allergies and you are looking for corn free candy canes this Christmas season you are in luck! Often times isomalt is derived from corn. Not in this case!

I am happy to report that Caring Candies sugar and corn free candy canes are derived from beet sugar. Their candy is also safe for the Feingold diet because it has no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives in it either. The company uses all natural herbs and plants to source their flavors and colors in their candies. They are even vegan.

You are probably asking yourself, “What is Isomalt?” Here’s a little background on this healthy sweetener. Isomalt is a sugar alcohol that is considered ‘low glycemic.’ This makes it perfect for …continue reading »