Smoked Mullet Dip

Before moving to Florida I had never heard of a mullet other than the ‘Joe Dirt’ haircut… so I had no clue what people were going on and on about. It wasn’t until last year that I actually tried mullet for the first time and boy was it good!

Mr. Awesome has long raved about a mullet dip that a friend would make but he could never get the recipe. We worked together to try to recreate the recipe that he remembered and he says that this is pretty darn close and everyone else agrees. We have used this to make a Smoked Salmon recipe as well and it was pretty good too!

Smoked Mullet Dip

Ingredients:

  • 1 smoked mullet or about a pound of any smoked fish
  • 4-6 oz cream cheese or kefir cheese
  • 2-4 T mayo
  • 1 T. celery salt
  • 2-3 green onions, thinly sliced or 1-2 T. dried chives
  • 1 t. lime juice
  • 2 T. lemon juice
  • Fresh parsley
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Hot sauce, if desired
  • Crackers for serving
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Special Holiday Meals: Our tried and true favorite Thanksgiving recipes plus a new tradition in the making

It’s so hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next week! I haven’t finished all my shopping yet but plan to have it wrapped up before the end of the week. We will probably have a lot of our usual dishes plus a couple of new ones ‘keto-friendly’ versions. We won’t be ‘restricting’ ourselves to keto foods for Thanksgiving as we want to have the freedom to enjoy, but not overindulge, the dishes that everyone brings to dinner.

I love using Canva to make up pretty menus and such! Please excuse my typos… oops!

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Creamy Cabbage and Sausage

This dish is so unbelievably good and it’s easy and quick to make as well. I made it in the crockpot but it could come together quickly in a skillet as well. I had originally had Kielbasa and potatoes on my menu but I wanted to change it to something that Mr. Awesome and I could eat on our ‘diet’… this was the perfect dish to replace our old favorite!

I didn’t get any pictures as it just didn’t last long enough to take pictures. We ate this with a pot of ‘Get Methylating Soup‘ (lentils), riced cauliflower, and some fresh-picked Rosella greens… yum! I think the next time I might make some veggies other than the soup though. Fried potatoes and macaroni-n-cheese go really well with this dish.

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Hubby Approved Surprise Salted Caramel Cupcakes

I’ve made this recipe several times now, the first time being at Sweet Shyanne’s 2nd birthday party, and people have not stopped talking about them!

Mr. Awesome has jumped on the keto/THM bandwagon and has been asking for these again and again… the kids beg for them as well so I guess I just need to start making a double batch of them. The first time I saw these cupcakes mentioned was in the Trim Healthy Table cookbook and I thought some silly thoughts about the ‘surprise’ ingredient but I’m so glad I decided to give them a try and I think you will be too!

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Bella’s Ultimate Tuna Salad

The girls have been practicing their Home EC skills and we are their Guinea pigs… thankfully most of their experiments turn out well and are pretty tasty.

This is a tuna salad recipe that they had in their lesson but we changed it up a bit to fit our tastes. Ms. Bella took the lead on getting this prepared by checking before school to make sure we had boiled eggs and she set the cream cheese out to soften.

Ms. Caitlyn served up some celery and carrot sticks with homemade ranch dip and some pickles. Some of the kiddos ate it with crackers and others made sandwiches.

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