Low Carb Gelatin-Cream Dessert

 Ingredients:

2 pkg. sugar free gelatin, any flavor, small sized box, or 1 larger box

2 c. boiling water

1 c. heavy cream

8 oz. pkg. full fat cream cheese, cut into pieces

Equipment:

Blender. A real one. I tried a stick blender the first time and, despite my best effort, I still ended up with a few chunks of cream cheese in the resultant dessert. They tasted fine, but didn't look right. 

1.     Pour the gelatin powder into the boiling water. Stir for a few minutes until well dissolved.

2.     Add gelatin mixture to your blender container along with the heavy cream and cream cheese cubes.

3.     Blend until smooth.

4.     Pour into a bowl or a mold, if you want to get fancy.

5.     Refrigerate overnight. Unmold if appropriate, or just scoop and serve.

This is easy, quick, and a pleasant treat after a meal. A few berries stirred in would make a nice addition, if you can afford the carbs.

Found at:

http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/other-dessert/low-carb-jello-cream-mold.html?p=1

LOW CARB CHEESEBURGER MUSHROOM CASSEROLE

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. baby bella mushrooms
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• Paula Deen’s House Seasoning, or seasoned salt, to taste
• ¼ cup onion, diced
• 4 tbsp cream cheese
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2-3 T. low carb ketchup
• 2-3 T. mustard
• ½ cup cubed dill pickles (a rough guess)
• sliced cheddar or American cheese for the top

For serving:

• 4-5 cherry tomatoes, sliced (or equivalent)
•  lettuce, thinly shredded

Instructions:

1.   Preheat oven to 350F.

2.   Clean mushrooms and remove stems. Dice the stems. Slice the caps thinly.

3.   In a skillet, brown the beef and stir in onions and mushrooms until they soften. Then mix in the cream cheese and pickle pieces. Season with Worcestershire sauce, low carb ketchup, mustard, and seasoned salt. Taste and adjust. You want to be able to taste the ketchup and mustard in the mix without it being overpowering. We like plenty of pickle in there.

4.   Place the hamburger mix into a baking dish and top with sliced cheese. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.

5.   Serve with shredded lettuce and sliced tomato on top.

We really enjoyed this tonight. My inspiration was a stuffed mushroom appetizer recipe, but I ended up making a lot of changes, so this one's mine.