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So refreshing for a summer salad side! It also happens to be super easy to make! Ingredients: *2 Small Cucumbers (I used 2 small Cucumbers from the farm) *3 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar *1/2 Cup Sour Cream *3 Tablespoons Half & Half *5 Tablespoons Fresh Dill Instructions: *Thinly Slice Cucumbers (you can leave the skin on if you want or peel it off), I used my kitchen aid mixer to do this. *Add all the ingredients into a bowl and mix until it's well incorporated. *Enjoy!! We had a small portion as a snack but this is a great dish to bring to picnics or BBQ's, and it's great as a side dish. Cucumbers tend to be higher in carbs than expected so be careful to count your macros and allow for this dish!! Please send me your summer salads pictures and thanks for reading!! XOXO erinariele

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Super easy side dish that can be made with any vegetable! Ingredients: *2 Cups Broccoli *1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese, Grated *Olive Oil *Minced Garlic, to taste *Salt and Pepper Instructions: *Preheat Oven to 350F. *Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and drizzle olive oil on the pan. *Drop Broccoli on the pan and drizzle more olive oil on top. *Cover with Cheese, Garlic, salt and pepper. *Bake for 20 minutes or until the florets get crispy on the edges. *Enjoy! I first made this in my last post with asparagus and it was so good! Thanks for reading and please send me pics of your side dishes! XOXO erinariele

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Tonight I channeled the olden days of when I worked at the Olive Garden and devoured Zuppa Toscana all day, every day! Kevin has never had it 😱(I didn't believe him but he insists) I adapted this recipe from Low Carb Yum (She's amazing!) and made it slow cooker style because I love me some crock pot recipes. Ingredients: *1 pound Ground Sausage, Browned *1/2 small onion chopped *2 cloves garlic, minced *64 fluid ounces chicken broth *1 Package radishes, thinly sliced *10 ounces of chopped Kale *1 cup heavy cream *3 slices cooked bacon chopped *1-2 teaspoons salt adjust to taste *1 Pinch Ground Black Pepper *1/2 Teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes Instructions: *Add broth to the Crock Pot. Turn Crock Pot on low. *Brown sausage with onion and garlic in small pan. Add to crock pot (Oil and all). *Stir in radishes, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, to crock pot and stir. Cook on low for 4 hours. *After 4 hours mix in cream, kale, and cooked bacon. *Cook on high for 1 more hour. *Enjoy! This was awesome because the radishes take on the taste of the soup but have the texture of potatoes. If I didn't make it myself I wouldn't have believed they were radishes. Thanks for reading and please send me your pics of your soup!! XOXO erinariele

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I never liked Wings, and then I became obsessed! I don't know what changed but I love them! Kevin and I watch a YouTube show called "Hot Ones" by First We Feast. They have ten hot sauces and they get progressively hotter as you go along. So That is what we did for dinner. I took the hot sauce we had and made a little challenge. Ingredients: *Frozen Chicken Wings (or drumsticks) *Hot Sauces *Olive Oil *Salt and Pepper *Garlic Powder *Chipotle Sea Salt *Chili Powder Instructions: *Preheat the oven to 375 F *In a large bowl toss frozen wings with Olive oil (enough to coat), also coat with black pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, chipotle sea salt (this is something I had in the cabinet from Shoprite), and a pinch of salt. *Place wings on a baking sheet lined with greased aluminum foil. *Bake for at least 50 minutes. *Once done cooking toss in the same large bowl (cleaned) one sauce at a time. We had 4 sauces. Start with the most mild and go to the hottest. Lining them up on a plate or tray. Rinse the bowl between sauces. *Eat them from mild to hot one at a time! *Enjoy!! This was such a fun way to eat dinner! Here are the sauces we used, from mild to hot: Sriracha-Household sauce, pretty mild. You can find this sauce anywhere Trader Joe's Chili Pepper Sauce-this has a little bit of a smoky flavor, still pretty mild Hot Ones Sauce-Bought this straight from Heatonist.com for Kevin for Christmas. It's limited edition and always on back-order. It is a little fruity but it still has a kick! This sauce is freaking good! Trader Joe's Habañero Hot Sauce-Holy Moly this sauce was really hot! It has habañero seeds in it and it lingers! Hot Ones is our favorite so I made half with that sauce! Thanks for reading and show me your wing challenges! XOXO erinariele

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Nachos! Low Carb! That is all! Well actually here is the recipe: Ingredients: *Low Carb Wraps *Shredded Cheese *Hot Sauce *Delicious Guac if you got it! Instructions: *Preheat the oven to 350. *With a pizza cutter, cut the wraps like a pizza (into 8 or more slices) Use as many wraps as you want, it all depends on who you're cooking for! *Spread out onto parchment paper on a baking sheet. *Bake for 7 minutes and then flip the chips over *Bake for 5 minutes *Throw shredded cheese onto the chips and bake for another 2-3 minutes untill cheese is gooey (but with out burning the chips). *Take chips off and put onto a plate, drip some hot sauce on top, add guacamole. *Enjoy!! Fast, Easy, and Delicious! You can add any toppers you'd like: lettuce, tomatoes, onions, black beans, shredded chicken, etc. just be aware of the carb count of the nachos and the toppers Thanks for reading and send some nachos pics my way!! XOXO erinariele

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This is fantastic if you love peanut butter, chocolate, and snacking! I love all of those things!! Its also pretty easy to make and if you double the servings you can make enough to last a while! It keeps well in the fridge! This recipe comes from Low Carb Yum.  If you haven’t checked out her recipes you need to go over there! They are so good!! Let’s get started! Ingredients: *1/2 Cup of Butter, melted *2/3 Cup Low Carb Whey Protein Powder, Vanilla Flavor *1/2 Cup Powdered Erythritol (when it’s all I have I will use Splenda) *1/4 Teaspoon Stevia Extract *1/2 Cup and 2 Tablespoons Low Sugar Peanut Butter *3/4 Cup Low Carb Chocolate Instructions: *Line an 11x7 Baking Dish with wax paper. *In a medium bowl, mix protein powder, butter, Erythritol, Stevia, and 1/2 Cup of the peanut butter. *Pour the mixture into the lined baking dish. Place into the fridge while you melt the chocolate. *In a double boiler melt the remaining 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter with the chocolate. Mix them together.  *Pour the chocolate over the peanut butter. You can drizzle it, plop it, decorate it, make pictures. This part is up to you! *Refrigerate for at least an hour before you cut into it! *I usually cut it into squares and then store them in the fridge for future snacking! *Enjoy!!!

Thanks so much for reading, and don’t forget to send over your pictures of your delicious snacks!!

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Yummmm! It's the holiday season and that means Sugarfree Peppermint at Starbucks! It's still relatively warm here so I was in the mood for a frozen treat. I ordered this on mobile which is cool because a lot of the sugarfree/low carb drinks you can't do that with! Anyway, here is what I ordered: *A Decaf Grande peppermint Mocha Frappucino *Sub Sugarfree peppermint syrup (2 Pumps) *Sub Skinny Mocha (2 pumps) *Breve (sub half and half) *no chocolate shavings but I did order it with whipped cream (there is sugar in this so be careful) Tastes like a cold Andes Mint! ❤️❤️ Thanks for reading and send me your Starbucks drinks!!

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Easy snack! Simple ingredients and quick to make! The most important part is the Low Carb Bread! My favorite is the cinnamon bread from The Great Low Carb Bread Company. It has 1 net carb per slice and is so delicious! Also order straight from their website because other places charge more for shipping. Netrition has cheaper shipping too. Ingredients: *2 Slices of Low Carb Bread *2 Pads of Soft Salted Butter *Cinnamon *Splenda Instructions: *Toast the bread. *In a separate bowl mix cinnamon and Splenda together. I keep a spice container of cinnamon and Splenda mixed because I use it on other breakfast items and like to have it handy. *Once the toast is done, spread softened butter on one side. *Sprinkle the mixed Cinnamon and Splenda on top of butter *Enjoy! You can use whatever Sugar or Sugar substitute you normally use in place of Splenda. I have vertigo outbreaks and migraines and Splenda doesn't aggravate them. You can also add berries, or a little peanut butter and make this a sandwich! Thanks for reading and send me your snack pictures!! XOXO erinariele