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Karen’s Low Carb Recipes

November 29, 2021


Low Carb Biscuits and Chaffles, Oh My!

Are you hungry for some healthy, low-carb options for breakfast, snack time, or sandwiches?
Check out these tasty recipes for biscuits and “chaffles” suitable for your keto, low-carb, gluten-free, or Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle!

Keto-Approved Biscuits

30.7 carbs per recipe or 2.6 carbs per biscuit

Ingredients:

3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

4 oz cream cheese

2 large eggs

2 1/4 cup almond flour

1/4 cup coconut flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup cultured buttermilk or yogurt


Directions:

  1. Combine shredded cheese and cream cheese in microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals until melted.
  2. Place in a food processor or high-powered blender and add eggs, almond and coconut flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and buttermilk. Pulse until combined.
  3. With moistened or oiled fingertips, roll into balls or spoon onto greased pan.
  4. Bake at 400F for 13 minutes.

Chaffles (Cheese Waffles)

Ingredients:

2 cups shredded low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella cheese

2 large eggs

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

4 tablespoon finely ground blanched almond flour


Directions:

  1. Preheat waffle maker or waffle iron.
  2. Combine all ingredients.
  3. Using a 1/8 cup measuring cup, add batter to waffle maker and cook at least 3 minutes or until done.
  4. Enjoy as a sweet or savory base for breakfasts, sandwiches, and more!

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NLBC is a freestanding birth center staffed by licensed, certified nurse-midwives. We offer safe, nurturing care in a homelike environment that supports natural birth. Our services include prenatal care, labor and birth services at our birth center, newborn care, postpartum care, and breastfeeding assistance. Our midwives also provide well-woman gynecologic care including physical exams and pap testing. We invite you to explore our website to find out more about how we deliver safe, sensitive, family-centered women’s health care.

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  1. Keisha says

    March 22, 2022 at 10:44 am

    I tried the chaffles but made pancakes… chancakes? :-p They were so cheesy and delicious. Yum! I think it would still work to do more almond flour in place of cheese for a more “cakey” consistency. But mozzarella is a good idea for a binder for keto baking that I hadn’t thought of before!

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