Saltwater Keto Coffee - Round out your amino profile

I started drinking bulletproof coffees some time ago and have been tweaking the recipe ever since.  Although I use local organic coffee most of the time, brewed here in North Bay at Twiggs.

It has since evolved into a coffee that serves me well for keto-adaptation.

Rich and delicious although the salty taste may throw some people... adjust as needed and get your salt another way if you like, perhaps in a broth?

Recipe...

Kicked Up Keto Tomato Bisque Bone Broth

Rich, thick, tastey source of bone broth, and fats.

Rich and luxurious, 50% home made bone broth by volume
Extremely nutriotional ketosis friendly, low protein and low carb, high fat.

A dollop of creme fresh/sour cream or even kefir in the center is the perfect service

Fried Chicken Hearts - "The Colonel's Castoffs"

Diving into a big feed of hearts!  Having now done it I can see not much feels more "primal" than eating some hearts.

Tempted to name this dish "The Colonel's Cast-Off's" as you won't find this at KFC...

Rating 7/10

Odd bits of animals should be part of a nutritrionally complete ketogenic diet.  Heart is a great experiment as you may or may not love it.

Pan friend chicken hearts taste like very mild liver, have a chewy outside and a soft inside.  Quite unusually the first few bites but afterwards primal instinct may just take over and you will relish this dining experience.

My LCHF creamy coleslaw makes an awesome side.  Dressing is equal parts home made mayo and sour cream (about 1/3 cup each), 2 TB Braggs Apple Cider Vinegre, 1 TSP mustard, salt, pepper, 1 TBSP garlic puree, 1 TBSP sweetener if your way of eating allows but its not needed and I didn't use it (Keto baby!) - Mix with cut up cabbage and  a third as much raddichio 

Fried Chicken Hearts with Creamy Herb Sauce

• One pound chicken hearts
• 2 cups chicken or beef bone broth or regular broth (I had home made beef bone broth handy)
• Half a green pepper, chopped small
• 3 shallots, chopped small
• 3 TB quality butter, pastured organic if possible
• 1/2 cup of 35% cream, pastured organic if possible
• 1/4 cup of cream cheese of similar quality
• Favorate spice mix (I use a roasted garlic and pepper spice mix I love)

Directions

1. Non-Stick pan on medium heat, get broth boiling
2. Add pound of chicken hearts
3. Add 2 TBSP of your spice mix
4. Cover, simmer 10 minutes
5. Drain, return hearts to pan
6. Add butter
7. Add chopped shallots and green peppers, can also add red peppers or other low carb stir fry style veg as you wish
8. Fry over medium heat, brown up hearts, veg should go translucent
9. Add cream
10. Add cream cheese
11. Add 2 TBSP spice mix
12. Stir and reduce until thick
13. Taste and spice as needed

Odd bits! To your health!

Offal Good Paleo Sweetbreads and Dip

After our Big Primal appearance with the gang from Sex, Food and Kettlebells I have been asked a few times for instructions on making sweetbreads.  So here goes...

Lovely lovely glands!  Eating The Odd Bits for Health!

Sweetbreads are a type of offal, most often the thymus gland but the pancreas or other glands are sometimes used

I would like to thank Bay Meats in North Bay for supplying the sweetbreads.

Roasted Long Bones and Double Marrow Broth

Anthony Bourdain describes roasted marrow as one of his "last supper" choices.  I would have to agree, as it is wonderful.

Rich and delicious roasted marrow bown

To really savor it though you do need a contrast that provides crunch.  I indulged in some tallow roasted chips, I am sure Paul Jaminet would enjoy the irony of that.