Time. Flies. I never intended on not posting recipes for this long! Life has a funny way of taking over, especially when epilepsy and keto are in the drivers seat.  Here’s what has been happening over the past few months… I got to go to Disneyland on my birthday! I even ran into another keto […]

Cuban Picadillo is one of my husbands favorite meals.  It’s also a great way to include olives in a main dish.  My kids prefer canned green olives over jarred, but I am the opposite.  I think the jar olives bring a lot more flavor to the recipe since they have a more intense, briny flavor. […]

No matter how healthy you eat on a daily basis…. When you live in California, you eat at In-N-Out on occasion! For those of you not “in the know”, there is a process to ordering your meal at In-N-Out.  The menu has 3 options: Hamburger, Cheeseburger and Double-Double (2 patties), Aside from fries and fountain […]

The fall season mean chili! I love a pot of hot, spicy chili on a cool day, it tends to taste even better the next day, so make sure you make a big batch! Please note: When I made Modified Atkins recipes, I find it extremely hard to estimate the carbs and fat.  I use […]

This is not so much a recipe as it is just a combination of ingredients.  I wanted to post this meal because it demonstrates how the majority of Charlottes dinners are made, as well as how simple meals can be.  This meal also represents a classic keto meal: it includes fat from oil, cream & […]

*I apologize for the humorous spelling error for those who receive the e-mail version.  It is actually a “steak” not a “seat” that I grilled… I’ll blame it on the auto correct!* I realize this is the type of recipe that sounds adventurous and delicious to some, and just wrong to others!  I happen to […]

You can find the complete recipe at The Charlie Foundation’s ketogenic diet recipe section. Forget the buns! Serve food on a stick, it usually goes over pretty well with kids and adults alike.  This is a typical grilled hamburger, deconstructed and put on a stick.  It has all the traditional ingredients, including the pickle on top. […]

Approximate Ratio 2:1 Approximate Calories 430 (86 calories per corn dog) Makes 5 mini corn dogs Ingredients 1/2 (25g) egg, mixed well 2T (30g) heavy whipping cream, Organic Valley 3T (21g) almond flour 1/8t (0.4g) salt 1/4t (1.2g) baking powder 1/2T (1g) Splenda 1 (49g) Hebrew National Beef Franks, cut into five pieces (i like […]

The meal pictured is a plain hamburger patty on oopsie rolls with Lettuce and tomatoes. Coconut flour sugar cookies from the “Keto Cookbook“, they happen to work great in a cookie press! A few raspberries, and the penguins are just black olives filled with cream cheese and pieces of carrot to make the feet and […]