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Primal living in a processed world

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sugar Free Eggnog (Boiled Custard)

No need to avoid eggnog this Christmas season just because you are avoiding sugar! I LOVE eggnog, or as we call it in the south, boiled custard. This recipe is easy to make and will even have the most enthusiastic eggnog connoisseur asking for the recipe! Staying low carb during the holidays is not always easy but it is totally possible! This yummy nog is sugar free and full of flavor!

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Food, Keto, low carb, Recipes, holiday Kate Bowman Food, Keto, low carb, Recipes, holiday Kate Bowman

Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce

Stop right there!! Put down the can opener and slowly back away from the sugar filled (basically candy) canned cranberry sauce!!! I know it’s so easy to just open the can and put it on a plate. I mean it has the little ridges in it to make it easy to cut and everything. DON’T DO IT! I am here to tell you that the cranberry sauce is the easiest dish you will make during the holidays! It takes 10 minutes…maybe 5! AND… IT’S JUST AS EASY TO MAKE SUGAR FREE!!! It takes 3 ingredients and a pot.

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Food, Recipes, Keto Kate Bowman Food, Recipes, Keto Kate Bowman

Keto Old Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream

It’s summer time! The lightening bugs are out. The 4th of July is right around the corner, and that means HOMEMADE ICE CREAM!! I remember my mom making ice cream all the time when I was growing up. The sound of the ice cream churning was almost more than we could handle! She would shout, “stay in or out,” as we would run through the door, check the status of the ice cream and then back out into the yard squealing with excitement.

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