Smokey's Frozen Low-Carb Blueberry Yogurt

We really enjoy a soft and smooth ice-cream after eating a full and hearty meal or as just a snack during the daytime.  

Making our own low-carb ice-cream from scratch was also a treat, but a somewhat time consuming task, without having a food processor.

Well, since Santa Claus brought us our very own food processor for Christmas, we thought we would try our hand at creating a low-carb frozen blueberry yogurt.

I'm sure glad we did, because our simple and quick frozen yogurt creation has hit the spot!

Our recipe only calls for 5 ingredients, a preparation time of a couple of minutes, and a processing time of 5 minutes.   

The ingredients for our recipe includes:

• 2 Small Containers of Blueberries (Placing a couple of blueberries aside for later, to use as our topping)
• 2 Small Containers of Greek Yogurt (Your choice of flavors - we used Vanilla and Blueberry)
• 2 tsp. Lemon Extract
• 1 Cup of Sweetener
• 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice

We'll begin by simply adding all of our ingredients to our food processor - our yogurt, sweetener, juice, extract, and blueberries. 

We've added Lemon Extract to our yogurt to bring out the flavor in our blueberries and to add just a little zest to our yogurt.

We'll next, cover our food processor and will blend on high for 5 minutes, or until our mixture has become creamy and has thickened.

We'll then, remove our cover, pour our mixture into our bowl of choice, and will place in our freezer for 1 hour or greater, depending on our desired consistency.

This has to be one of our easiest recipes we've created thus far, without compromising flavor and deliciousness.  😤

We thoroughly fancy the creamy, tangy, and smooth essence of our yogurt, with each bite.  

Our Lemon Extract has definitely emphasized the flavors in our sorbet-like dessert, tempting our taste buds for more excitement.  

The added blueberry toppings, also accentuate the freshness of our light and low-carb frozen yogurt.

Voila!

Another yummy dessert is at our beck and call, in a little over 1 hour!

From our kitchen to yours ~

Enjoy!!

Giraffe's Zesty Low-Carb Pizza Soup

Winter is one of our favorite seasons of the year...well, at least until the first snowfall.  😁 The cold and crisp air, along with the beautiful snow on the horizon, makes for lovely scenery.  

During those cold and freezing nights, there's nothing better than a hot bowl of soup - especially, Giraffe's Zesty Low-Carb Pizza Soup, guaranteed to warm any soul.

Who knew that soup could taste just like pizza?  We were pleasantly surprised.  Not only did our soup warm our bodies, but our pizza cravings were also satisfied.  

Our preparation time was 20-25 minutes and cooking time another 1 hour.

This week's ingredients include:

• 4 Roma Tomatoes
• 2 Packages of Sausage of Choice (we used 1 package of Sweet Italian Sausage and 1 package of Mild Italian Sausage)
• 2 Cans of Beef Broth
• 2 Small Cans of Tomato Sauce
• 2 Small Cans of Mushrooms
• 2 tsp. Oregano or Italian Seasoning
• 2 tsp. Minced Garlic
• 2 Bell Peppers (we used 1 green and 1 orange)
• 1 Chopped Onion
• 1 Cup of Parmesan Cheese
• 1 tsp. Sweetener
• 1/2 Cup of Reduced Sugar Ketchup
• 1/4th Cup of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

 We'll begin by removing our sausage casings, by slicing the top of each link.

Once the top of each casing has been sliced, the skin may be simply removed.

We'll then, spray our pot with cooking spray and will fry our sausages for about 10 minutes or until they are slightly browned.

As our sausages are cooking, we'll occasionally stir and cut them with our spoon, until bite size pieces are formed.

We'll next, chop our onion using our 1-Second Slicer (bought from Amazon.com) and will add to our cooked sausage.

Our 1-Second Slicer is amazing!  We've been using this slicer/chopper for years. Having this makes chopping soooo much easier.

We'll then add our garlic to our onions and sausage, will stir, and will cook for about 10 minutes or until our onions have become translucent. 

While our mixture is cooking, we'll slice our tomatoes, also with our 1-Second Slicer, and will place aside.

Before slicing our tomatoes, we want to ensure they have been topped and those pieces discarded.

Since our onions have completely cooked, we will add our Beef Broth, chopped tomatoes, Tomato Sauce, Ketchup, mushrooms, Sweetener, Oregano, and Parmesan Cheese, and will stir.  

We'll now, cover and cook for about 35 minutes on medium heat, and will occasionally stir, to ensure our contents do not stick to the bottom of our pan.

Cooking our soup on medium heat will allow our diced tomatoes to somewhat boil down and enhance their flavors.

While our soup is cooking, we'll top, clean, and slice our peppers and will then place them aside.

After our 35 minutes of cooking have passed, we'll lower our stove's temperature just a little, and will again stir our soup.

We'll now, add our peppers to our soup and will cook for another couple of  minutes or until our peppers have slightly softened.

We enjoy our peppers to be slightly softened, yet crisp.  Cooking them longer than a couple of minutes might jeopardize their crisp texture.

Our soup is now ready to be savored!

We'll now, transfer our delicious soup to our soup bowl.

MMmmmmmmm.  Our soup's aroma is alluring. 

However, before tantalizing our taste buds with our warm and flavorful soup, we want to add our final touch  - a dollop or large pinch of shredded Mozzarella Cheese.

Our pizza soup is slightly sweet from our Sweet Italian Sausage and offers a zesty flavor, coupled with the bright colors of our Bell Peppers.

Our zesty low-carb pizza soup completely hits the spot, especially on this cool day in Arizona.

Our moist and juicy sausages, coupled with our fresh tomatoes and slightly melted Mozzarella Cheese, allows our dish to taste exactly like a meaty Italian Pizza!  

Our pizza soup recipe is definitely going to be recycled within our family for years to come.  

Hopefully, you'll enjoy our recipe as much as us.

From our kitchen to yours ~

Bon Appetit!