Giraffe's Old Fashioned Low-Carb Barbeque Sauce

As far back as we can remember, we've LOVED our BBQ Sauces.  Whether the sauce has smothered chicken, pork, or even ribs, we have thoroughly enjoyed its flavor.  However, most BBQ Sauces contain a large amount of sugar, which notably increase our waistlines. 😊

We are therefore,  always searching for a low-carb alternative and have been for quite some time.  Throughout the years, a couple of brands have offered low-carb versions. However, they aren't always available or are difficult to find.

We finally discovered them online. However, their cost for shipping and the sauce itself is sometimes more than we would like to pay.  

We then thought, there must be a way to create our own.  So, we experimented with a few recipes and finally was able to create our own low-carb version of the BBQ sauce - Giraffe's Old Fashioned Barbecue Sauce.  

Our sauce is slightly smokey and peppery, with an excellent sweet flavor. 

My husband had his own Internet show - The Kevin Kuretzky Show - on YouTube and Facebook.  So, we thought we would share the video of our BBQ Sauce from his Facebook page.

Our recipe is extremely easy to make, only taking about 10-20 minutes to prepare and to cook.  

Our ingredients are as follows:

• 1 cup Sweetener of choice
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup Reduced Sugar Ketchup
• 1 Tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1 tsp. Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp. Onion Powder
• 1 tsp. Paprika
• 1 tsp. Chili Powder (or additional...to taste)
• 1 tsp. Mustard
• 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
• 1/2 tsp. Liquid Smoke
• 1/2 tsp. Ground Black Pepper

We'll begin by placing our small saucepan on our burner, which is set to medium low or a simmer.

Next, we'll place our ketchup, sweetener, water, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Paprika, Chili Powder, mustard, Liquid Smoke, Worcestershire Sauce, and our Apple Cider Vinegar in our saucepan and will stir, until our mixture is well blended.

We enjoy our sauce to have a little kick. So, we'll then, add a heaping tsp. of Chili Powder to our sauce.

Depending on your liking, more or less of the Chili Powder may be added to our recipe.

Finally, we'll add about 1/2 tsp. of pepper to our sauce and will once again stir.

We'll then, set our timer to 15 minutes and will stir our sauce periodically, to avoid our liquid from sticking to our pot and burning.

Once our sauce thickens, it's ready Freddie!

Our sauce is excellent for dipping, marinating, or glazing whatever meat or fish dish you desire!

Last night, our dinner was a simple store bought Rotisserie Chicken.

Tonight, we'll simmer our leftover chicken in our smokey and peppery flavored low-carb BBQ Sauce to create another take on the same meal. 

We also decided to glaze our baked pork steaks with our BBQ sauce, accompanied with our low-carb cauliflower fried rice.

Now, there's no more worrying about finding a low-carb BBQ Sauce in your local grocery stores, when you can make your own!

From our kitchen to yours ~

We hope you enjoy our sauce!

Bon Appetit!

Giraffe's Baconic Low-Carb Carbonara Sauce

Last week's Soft and Tasty Low-Carb Fettuccine Noodles

 recipe were absolutely incredible! 

We've always enjoyed our pasta sauces and therefore, decided to enjoy a pasta Carbonara for this week.  

Carbonara has always been one of our favorites, when we dine out.  The richness of the sauce, the creaminess, and of course the bacon pieces all make our mouths water.  Mmmmmmm.

Our sauce was creamy, tasty, and full of good hearted flavor.  

We felt as if we were dining in a local Italian restaurant. 

Preparation time was only 5-10 minutes, while our cooking time is only another 12 minutes.

Our ingredients include:

• 4 Eggs
• 2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
• 2 tsp. Minced Garlic
• 1 Package of Bacon
• 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese
• 1/4th tsp. Ground Pepper
• A pinch of Italian Seasoning or Parsley 

We'll begin by placing our bacon on medium heat, covering, and frying for about 5 minutes or until semi crisp.

After our bacon has finished frying, we'll place our bacon on a paper towel lined plate, to soak up the grease, and will place aside.

Next, we'll pour about 4 Tbsp. of our bacon grease into a little bowl and will place aside.

We'll then, discard the remaining grease and will return our 4 Tbsp. of bacon oil to our pan.

Next, we'll place our garlic in our grease and will cook on medium heat for about 1 minute.

We'll constantly stir our garlic to avoid any burning.

Next, we'll add our cream, Parmesan Cheese, and pepper, and will stir, until fully mixed.

We'll then, cook for about 1 minute, or until our mixture has slightly thickened. 

We'll also continue stirring, to avoid our cream from burning and sticking to the bottom of our pan.

Next, we'll lower our heat to a simmer.

While our cream mixture is simmering, we'll will place our eggs into our bowl, will whisk until fully beaten, and will place aside.

Next, we'll chop our bacon into bite size pieces and will also place aside.

We'll now, whisk our eggs into our cream mixture and will stir for about 3 minutes or until our sauce has slightly thickened.

Next, we'll remove our sauce from our heat, will add our bacon, and will stir.

Voila!!  

Our Carbonara Sauce is ready to be devoured. 

We'll then, pour our creamy and cheesy sauce over our low-carb noodles.

And to give our pasta a touch of color, we'll sprinkle just a bit of Italian Seasoning over the top.

Our mouths have been watering for the past couple of minutes, as the aroma has been permeating our apartment!

We can't believe how authentic our Carbonara Pasta tastes and never realized how easy such a gourmet dish would be to create.

We hope you'll enjoy our Carbonara Sauce as much as we do.

From our kitchen to yours ...

~Enjoy!