Main Dish Recipes

Low Carb Chicken Tetrazzini

One of my favorite comfort foods was turkey tetrazzini.  Whether Mom made it or Stouffers made it, I loved it.  Being low carb means being without flour pastas.  I’ve not had tetrazzini for years until I realized that I could easily make it. There is a whole world opened up in using noodle alternatives like hearts of palm noodles, that are in this dish and my beef stroganoff.  

Give this tetrazzini a try!

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Low Carb Chicken Tetrazzini

A comfort food of noodles, chicken, celery and mushrooms in a rich sherry mushroom sauce.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword "Pasta", Casserole, Chicken, Tetrazzini
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 298 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 can Palmini
  • 1 1/2 cups Chicken Breast rotisserie
  • 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 1/4 cup Mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese grated
  • 1/2 cup celery diced
  • 1/2 cup Mushrooms canned or fresh sauteed.
  • 1 Tbsp Butter
  • 1/4 tsp Ground Pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Tbsp Sherry sweet
  • 1/2 cup Pork Rinds crushed

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Open, drain and rinse the can of Palmini linguine noodles. You can use as is or cover in milk for 10 minutes and drain and rinse to remove acidity from packing liquid. Place noodles in the bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish.

  3. Saute 1 Tbsp of butter, celery and mushrooms until soft.

  4. Add soup, mayonnaise, parmesan cheese, celery/mushroom mixture, salt, pepper and sherry to noodles and mix.

  5. Top with crushed pork rinds.

  6. Bake 45 minutes.

  7. Let cool a few minutes and serve.

Recipe Notes

  • I've used both chicken and turkey in this recipe.  I liked pulled chicken breast the best, to be honest.
  • I'm lazy.  I could make a sauce, but I'm into convenience and cream of mushroom soup and cream of chicken soups are never leaving my pantry. 
  • If you use buttered Panko crumbs on top instead of pork rind crumbs, you will add about 4 more carbs per serving.  (1 Tbsp melted butter mixed with 1/2 cup Panko.)
  • If you don't use pork rind crumbs at all, the carbs per serving stays the same.
  • To me, it is the sherry that makes it!  Kind of like how sherry makes crab bisque so scrumptious.  It just takes it to another level of flavor.  However, if you don't have sherry, this recipe is delicious without it.
Nutrition Facts
Low Carb Chicken Tetrazzini
Amount Per Serving
Calories 298 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 61mg20%
Sodium 940mg41%
Potassium 375mg11%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 21g42%
Iron 1mg6%
Calcium 85mg9%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Vitamin A 210IU4%
Net Carbs 6g12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Enjoy!

Until next time,

Dee

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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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Stroganoff

This is one of those comfort foods I missed.  Traditional stroganoff, in our family, was always served over egg noodles.  Well, noodles are out the door for a low carber, but there are alternatives.  I discovered hearts of palm noodles a long while back.  They are probably my favorite pasta alternative.  Sure you can use zoodles, cooked broccoli slaw (another favorite noodle alternative especially for spaghetti), and so on.  However, for this recipe… the Palmini hearts of palm linguine noodles fill in just right.  Give it a try!

Stroganoff
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Beef Stroganoff Low Carb Style

Beef Stroganoff using Palmini noodles instead of egg noodles.

Course Main Course
Cuisine International, Russian
Keyword "Pasta", Beef, Hearts of Palm, Mushrooms, Stroganoff
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 390 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1.5 pounds Beef Sirloin sliced
  • 8 ounces Mushrooms sliced
  • 1 medium Onion sliced thin
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Pepper
  • 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • 1/2 cup Vermouth dry
  • 2 cans Palmini

Instructions

  1. Open cans of Palmini. Drain water from cans. Fill cans back up with milk. Let sit while making Stroganoff. Use a fork to separate the noodles for milk to reach.

    Palmini Noodles

  2. Add meat, salt, pepper and garlic powder to large skillet and fry on medium high heat until color changes.

    Stroganoff meat

  3. Add mushrooms and onions to pan and cook until tender.

  4. Turn skillet to low.

  5. Take pan off heat and add vermouth and sour cream. Stir until sour cream smooths out.

    Stroganoff

  6. Put pan back on heat and cook mixture until sauce thickens. Stir occasionally, but keep an eye that sauce doesn't boil.

  7. Drain Palmini and rinse with water. You can eat as is or put in microwave safe container and microwave on high for about 4 minutes to soften. (Or longer, if desired.)

  8. Serve stroganoff over palmini noodles.

    Final Stroganoff

Recipe Notes

  • This recipe is how my mother made it.  It didn't miss a beat using Palmini noodles instead of egg noodles.
  • If you don't have dry vermouth, any dry white wine that you like to drink will work.
  • I didn't add milk to ingredients for the Palmini as it would add to the recipe counts, but it takes about 1 cup or so to fill the cans.
Nutrition Facts
Beef Stroganoff Low Carb Style
Amount Per Serving
Calories 390 Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 9g56%
Cholesterol 130mg43%
Sodium 481mg21%
Potassium 909mg26%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 42g84%
Iron 3mg17%
Calcium 107mg11%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Vitamin A 358IU7%
Net Carbs 7g14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Enjoy!

Until next time,

Dee

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Lower Carb Sausage Bread Pudding

I had some leftover almond flour “cornbread” that I had made the night before and wondered what I could do with it.  I decided to make a bread pudding using it and thought I would add sausage to make it a breakfast dish, but really you can add any meat and make it for dinner or lunch as well.  You can vary the ingredients to your taste.  You might want more or less salt (depending on the meat especially) or add herbs.  My best friend made a ham version for dinner the very day I made the sausage version for breakfast.  Both were hits with the family, and I had other family asking for the recipe.  So for them, and you all… here it is!

Sausage Bread Pudding
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Lower Carb Sausage Bread Pudding

A breakfast or dinner bread pudding loaded with sausage and topped with cheese

Course Multi-Meal
Cuisine Southern
Keyword Bread Pudding, Cheese, Sausage
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 529 kcal

Ingredients

"Cornbread"

  • 2 cups Almond Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 4 Eggs beaten
  • 1/2 cup Milk or buttermilk
  • 1 stick Butter melted

The Other Stuff

  • 1 pound Pork Sausage
  • 1 medium Onion chopped
  • 2 cups Milk
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
  • 2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese grated

Instructions

"Cornbread"

  1. Preheat oven at 425 degrees.

  2. Spray non-stick oil on a 10" iron skillet or other equivalent baking dish and put into the oven to heat.

  3. Combine almond flour, baking powder and salt.

  4. Add eggs and milk.

  5. Mix well.

  6. Add melted butter to mixture.

  7. Mix well and pour into the skillet and put in the oven.

  8. Bake 20-25 minutes

  9. Let cool.  

    "Cornbread"

The Bread Pudding

  1. Preheat oven at 425 degrees.

  2. Spray nonstick oil on a 9 x 13 glass baking dish.

  3. Crumble the "cornbread" into the bottom of the dish.

    SPB Cornbread

  4. Saute sausage and onions until well cooked. Drain grease.

    SBP Sausage

  5. Pour sausage and onions over the "cornbread".

  6. In a bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, salt and pepper until smooth.

  7. Pour the wet ingredients over the "cornbread", sausage and onions.

  8. Let mixture sit for about 10-15 minutes to let the "cornbread" soak up the wet ingredients.

  9. Top with grated cheese.

    SBP Cheese

  10. Bake for 35 minutes.

    SBP Bake

  11. Enjoy!

    Sausage Bread Pudding

Recipe Notes

  • Be super careful when working with oven heated dishes and skillets.  I forgot and touched the handle of my cast iron skillet once.  Something I won't do again.
  • I usually make the "cornbread" a day ahead and have a slice or two out of it and use the rest for this recipe.
  • You can do this recipe with ham or other meats and it is delicious!
Nutrition Facts
Lower Carb Sausage Bread Pudding
Amount Per Serving
Calories 529 Calories from Fat 405
% Daily Value*
Fat 45g69%
Saturated Fat 18g113%
Cholesterol 218mg73%
Sodium 761mg33%
Potassium 361mg10%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 24g48%
Iron 2mg11%
Calcium 343mg34%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Vitamin A 832IU17%
Net Carbs 7g14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

Enjoy!

Until next time!

Dee

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