Bread Recipes

Low Carb Poulet de Normandy Casserole

This recipe is an add on to the Chicken and Dressing post.  It turns that side dish into a meal topped with a mushroom sauce and cheese. I hope you enjoy.  It is one of my favorite recipes and everyone always asks for it.

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Low Carb Poulet de Normandy

A delicious chicken and "cornbread" dressing casserole inspired by my favorite tea room.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Southern
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 678 kcal

Ingredients

"Cornbread"

  • 2 cups Almond Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 4 Eggs beaten
  • 1/2 cup Half and half
  • 1 stick Butter melted

Dressing

  • 2 cups Onion chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups Celery chopped
  • 1 stick Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Poultry Seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sage dried
  • 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
  • 1/8 cup Chicken broth
  • 2 Eggs
  • 4 cups Chicken large diced or pulled

Poulet de Normandy

  • 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese grated

Instructions

"Cornbread"

  1. Preheat oven at 425 degrees.

  2. Grease a cast iron skillet and set in oven to heat.

  3. Combine almond flour, baking powder and salt.

  4. Add eggs and half and half and stir until well blended.

  5. Add melted butter and stir together until well blended.

  6. Carefully get cast iron skillet out of oven using hand protection and pour mixture into cast iron skillet.

  7. Bake for 20-25 minutes. The "cornbread" should be brown and pull from the sides of the skillet.

  8. Let cool.  

  9. Crumble "cornbread" into a large bowl.  

Dressing

  1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

  2. Spray nonstick spray on a 9 x 11.5 glass baking dish.

  3. Saute onions and celery in butter.

  4. Add all ingredients to "cornbread" in bowl and mix together well.

  5. Pour mixture into the baking dish and smooth out evenly.

  6. Bake for 50 minutes (of total60 minute bake time.)

Poulet de Normandy

  1. With about 10 minutes left baking the dressing, spread the can of Cream of Mushroom Soup over the top and then top with the cheese. Return to the oven to finish baking. (Total baking time should be 60 minutes from start to finish.)

  2. Allow to cool slightly and serve!

Recipe Notes

  • Sometimes I add 5 cups of chicken. 
  • Sometimes I add a little more chicken stock.  It really depends on the level of moistness you like.  Everyone has an opinion.  Drier. Wetter.  Experiment and you will find what you like, and at least I gave you a base here to find yours. 
  • This recipe is main dish. As a side dish, the servings are 16 for a total carb count of 8 (Net Carbs are 6).  As a main dish, the servings are for 8 for a total carb count of 17 (Net Carbs are 13). 
  • Compare the carbs to using corn meal for the cornbread.  That would calculate out to 40 total carbs (35 Net Carbs) per serving!!  Wow.  And most people can't tell that cornbread using corn meal wasn't used!
Nutrition Facts
Low Carb Poulet de Normandy
Amount Per Serving
Calories 678 Calories from Fat 522
% Daily Value*
Fat 58g89%
Saturated Fat 26g163%
Cholesterol 244mg81%
Sodium 1382mg60%
Potassium 420mg12%
Carbohydrates 17g6%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 26g52%
Iron 3mg17%
Calcium 374mg37%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Vitamin A 1413IU28%
Net Carbs 13g26%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Enjoy!

Until next time,

Dee

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Low Carb Chicken & Dressing

My mother always had plain dressing at holiday gatherings.  However, my mother-in-law always had “chicken and dressing”.  I always thought it a little strange to have when you are also having turkey, but you know what?  It works!  It is also great if Ham or other meats are the star of the show.  I no longer think it’s strange.  Too, one of my favorite tea room meals in Alabama had a chicken and dressing entree.  I also wanted to emulate that. 

In the process, I think I have a better update to my previous “Dressing” recipe, even, if you want to leave out the chicken.  Either way, it came out pretty tasty and I’m not sure I’ll make my dressing any other way but this way from now on.   

Oh, and if you are slightly lazy like me, you can buy a rotisserie chicken in your market or sometimes they have packaged rotisserie chicken breasts you can use.  You can use canned chicken as well, it just has the canned texture.

Again, please forgive the pictures.  I don’t do this for a living or have ads.  I think most of you, like me, just want simple recipes that are easy to follow.

         

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Low Carb “Cornbread” Chicken and Dressing

A delicious chicken and "cornbread" dressing combining my "cornbread" and inspired by my mother, mother-in-law and favorite tea room.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Southern
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings 16
Calories 263 kcal

Ingredients

"Cornbread"

  • 2 cups Almond Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 4 Eggs beaten
  • 1/2 cup Half and half
  • 1 stick Butter melted

Dressing

  • 2 cups Onion chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups Celery chopped
  • 1 stick Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Poultry Seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sage dried
  • 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
  • 1/8 cup Chicken broth
  • 2 Eggs
  • 4 cups Chicken large diced or pulled

Instructions

"Cornbread"

  1. Preheat oven at 425 degrees.

  2. Grease a cast iron skillet and set in oven to heat.

  3. Combine almond flour, baking powder and salt.

  4. Add eggs and half and half and stir until well blended.

  5. Add melted butter and stir together until well blended.

  6. Carefully get cast iron skillet out of oven using hand protection and pour mixture into cast iron skillet.

  7. Bake for 20-25 minutes. The "cornbread" should be brown and pull from the sides of the skillet.

  8. Let cool.  

  9. Crumble "cornbread" into a large bowl.  

Dressing

  1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

  2. Spray nonstick spray on a 9 x 11.5 glass baking dish.

  3. Saute onions and celery in butter.

  4. Add all ingredients to "cornbread" in bowl and mix together well.

  5. Pour mixture into the baking dish and smooth out evenly.

  6. Bake for an hour or until set firm and slightly brown.

  7. Allow to cool slightly and serve!

Recipe Notes

  • Sometimes I add 5 cups of chicken. 
  • Sometimes I add a little more chicken stock.  It really depends on the level of moistness you like.  Everyone has an opinion.  Drier. Wetter.  Experiment and you will find what you like, and at least I gave you a base here to find yours. 
  • This recipe is more of a side dish and calculated for that, but if you wish to have it as a meal it would be double the carbs and fiber listed.
Nutrition Facts
Low Carb “Cornbread” Chicken and Dressing
Amount Per Serving
Calories 263 Calories from Fat 207
% Daily Value*
Fat 23g35%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Cholesterol 86mg29%
Sodium 460mg20%
Potassium 164mg5%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 8g16%
Iron 1mg6%
Calcium 81mg8%
Vitamin C 2mg2%
Vitamin A 535IU11%
Net Carbs 5g10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

For my sisters!

Until next time,

Dee

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Lower Carb Cinnamon Apple Muffins

I am always missing my carb foods and trying to find low carb alternatives.  This time, I was missing applesauce doughnuts.  Well, I tinkered with a recipe for muffins, that have pretty much quelled that craving.  Give it a try!

Applesauce Cinnamon Muffun
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Cinnamon Applesauce Muffins

An applesauce and cinnamon muffin that is lower carb.

Course Bread
Keyword Applesauce, Breakfast, cinnamon, low carb, Muffin
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 133 kcal

Ingredients

Muffin

  • 2 cups Birch Benders Paleo Mix
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 3 tbsp Truvia baking blend
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon ground
  • 1 cup Applesauce unsweetened
  • 1 stick Butter melted
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 tbsp Sour Cream

Topping

  • 1/2 cup Almond Flour
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Truvia brown sugar baking blend
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Butter melted
  • 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon ground

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Lightly grease muffin tins.

  3. Mix topping ingredients together in a small mixing bowl and set aside.

  4. Mix Birch Benders mix, baking powder, Truvia and cinnamon together in a large mixing bowl.

  5. Add applesauce, butter, eggs, vanilla and sour cream to the dry ingredients and mix well.

  6. Spoon into muffin tins.

  7. Add topping to each muffin tin.

    Applesauce Cinnamon Muffins

  8. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

  9. Let cool and enjoy.

Nutrition Facts
Cinnamon Applesauce Muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 133 Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Fat 15g23%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 85mg28%
Sodium 186mg8%
Potassium 114mg3%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 4g8%
Iron 1mg6%
Calcium 67mg7%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Vitamin A 331IU7%
Net Carbs 7g14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Enjoy!

Until next time,

Dee

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The Amazing Chaffle

So I have ventured into the wonderful world of “Chaffles”!  If you haven’t yet… get on the train!

It was when my sisters and I had gathered with our families for Christmas, that my oldest sister told us of her new favorite low carb food: the Chaffle. My other sister and I hadn’t heard of it.  It is cheese and usually almond flour that makes a bread-like waffle for sandwiches, snacks or just as a waffle itself.  You can make as many kinds of versions as you can think of.  Savory or sweet. Cream cheese, mozzarella or cheddar are often used.  Sometimes parmesan and others are used more for flavor.

There are even Chaffle makers.  There is one by the company Dash at Bed Bath & Beyond and other retailers or Amazon.  It makes a sandwich bun-sized Chaffle waffle.  Most recipes are made so that you have two Chaffles. You pour half the batter from the recipe cook one and then cook the other.  I discovered my Chaffle maker plates didn’t come out for easy cleaning, and so I switched back to my regular waffle maker which does have that feature. (Maybe they make higher end Chaffle makers that do have removable plates.)  For my waffle maker, I have found that you have to double the recipes for the much larger surface area.

The recipes are endless.  My sister gave me a cheat sheet for recipes.  I am posting here, and she is not sure where it came from and so I am not sure who to credit. 

My favorite savory is the “Cheddar by the Bay”.  I was worried there was bay seasoning, which I don’t like.  There is not.  Here is the recipe:

Cheddar by the Bay Chaffle

1                    Egg

½ cup            Cheddar cheese, shredded

2 Tbsp.         Almond flour

1 tsp.            Garlic salt

½ tsp.            Baking powder

This Chaffle makes me not miss Red Lobster’s biscuits!  I make them for “bread” for dinner. 

The attached recipe cheat sheet is a great place to start if you are new to this or even an already seasoned Chaffler!  (I apologize for some of the writing to the right getting cut off.  It came to me that way.  I’ll try to re-type these later, but wanted to share with you now.)  There is a flavor for any mood or occasion!

Chaffle Recipe Cheat Sheet

Enjoy!

Until next time!

Dee Smith

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Gabi’s World Famous Low Carb Bread Recipe for Bread Machines

 

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Bread Machine Bread

Gabi's World Famous Bread Recipe, for those wanting it.  This recipe has been floating around for a while and for good reason. A delicious bread.  Well textured.  Low Carb! 

Course Bread
Cuisine Bread Machine
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 122 kcal

Ingredients

Yeast Proofing

  • 2 1/4 tsp Yeast or 1 package
  • 1 1/8 cup Water warmed to 90-100 degrees
  • 1/2 tsp Sugar

Wet Ingredients

  • 2 Tbs Olive Oil Light

Dry Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp Truvia Baking Blend
  • 1 cup Vital Wheat Gluten
  • 3/4 cup Soy Flour
  • 1/4 cup Oat Flour
  • 1/4 cup Flaxseed Meal
  • 1/4 cup Wheat Bran

Instructions

  1. Pour yeast into bottom of baking pan.  Add sugar.  Add warm water.  Let sit at least 5 minutes.  (If it doesn't bubble after a few minutes, showing it is active, then start over again.)

  2. Mix dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.

  3. After 5 minutes add olive oil to yeast in baking pan.

  4. Add dry ingredients to baking pan.

  5. Turn on bread machine for full cycle for 1 1/2 pound loaf and medium crust darkness.

Recipe Notes

If you can find debittered soy flour... this would be even better!   I'll add a link to the original recipe in my recipe links area!

Nutrition Facts
Bread Machine Bread
Amount Per Serving
Calories 122 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Sodium 201mg9%
Potassium 306mg9%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 2g8%
Protein 11g22%
Iron 1.5mg8%
Calcium 66mg7%
Vitamin A 10IU0%
Net Carbs 6g12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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