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  • “Scotch” Eggs

    “Scotch” Eggs

    scotch eggs

    A “Scotch” egg.

    It seems a true scotch egg is breaded and deep fried. These aren’t and fit great into a low carb diet. I took three boiled eggs and wrapped them in ground pork sausage.

    Rather than deep frying them, I popped them into a muffin pan. They were cooked in a preheated oven at 375° for fifteen minutes. I popped them out and turned them over into different cups and cooked them another ten minutes.

    These treats were exceptionally low in carbs, loaded with protein, and tasted great. The origin of these is credited to farmers and shepherds who needed something they could toss in a bag and take with them for a long day of work. I’m fairly certain that they’d keep for several days in the refrigerator if made ahead of time.

    This article was first published on January 30, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • WOOT! Real Sausage!

    WOOT! Real Sausage!

    She discovered the recipe and made sure the ingredients were stocked. How did I react? I was stoked. That’s one of the things I’ve been looking forward to making on my own from fresh ingredients. It’s up there with the ultimate… made from scratch bacon.

    The nutmeg in the recipe was a slight surprise, and I had to kick up the cayenne just a tad. Other than that, the spices were pretty much what I expected to find in sausage. Once they were out of the cupboard, I measured them out and got busy.

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    The ground pork the better-half bought was beautiful. I dropped the above into a bowl with a pound of it and began mixing it together. The end result looked nothing like the slabs of grey stuff that comes out of the plastic wrap at the store. You know, the sausage with the long list of ingredients. The list that most likely includes HFCS and other chemicals.

    Anywho..

    I got it all mixed together and rolled up. Then it was off to the oven.  23 minutes at 350° et voilà the little brown orbs of deliciousness were ready.

    Sausage fresh out of the oven.
    Sausage fresh out of the oven.

    This morning, the sausage made a wonderful complement to my usual bacon and eggs. The leftover fat from making it inspired me to prepare some whole wheat biscuits and gravy to go with. This breakfast was out of the park AND the parking lot. They were great! A special thanks to Healthy Living How To for the wonderful recipe. By the way, if you are going strict low-carb, minus the biscuits and gravy, this would still be great stuff.

    breakfast with homemade sausage

    We chose to use the Mini Muffin Pan method and baked them in the oven.

    This article was first published on March 14, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.