Smokey's Light and Fluffy Low-Carb Pita Bread

Bread is definitely a no-no on any low-carb diet and is also missed dearly.  We could devour a loaf of bread or a pack of bagels in one setting. However, our waistline wouldn't appreciate it. 

 We have a fabulous recipe, that mimics pancakes, but offers a Mediterranean flavor.  Since we're making a Greek Salad for lunch today, we decided to create our version of Pita Bread to accompany our meal. 

Preparation time is only 5 minutes and cooking time an additional 10 minutes.

We only used 6 ingredients:

• 1 Egg
• 1/4 Cup of Water
• 3/4 Cup of Almond Flour
• 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil
• 1/8 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1/8 tsp. Salt

We'll begin by cracking our egg into our mixing bowl, adding water, oil,  and whisking until fully blended.

Next, we'll add our Almond Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, and will once again whisk until fully blended.

We will now prepare our skillet with cooking spray and place on medium heat.

Once our pan begins slightly smoking, we'll pour about 1/3 of our batter into the skillet. 

As the bubbles begin to slow and the bottom of the Pita Bread starts to slightly smoke, now is the perfect time to flip.

We'll allow the Pita Bread to rise slightly and then after about 30 seconds, our bread should be finished cooking.  

Since our Pita Bread is fried in oil, we'll line a small plate with a couple of sheets of paper towels to absorb any excess oil.  

We will then place our Pita Bread on the towels.

We'll continue making our Pita Bread Pancakes until we've used all of our batter.  

We were able to make 2 1/2 pancakes.

We'll then, remove the paper towels and cut the pancakes into fourths.

We'll then rearrange our Pita Bread into typical Pita Bread slices, which will accompany our Greek Salad.  

Our Pita Bread is very light and fluffy and exudes Mediterranean flavor. We thoroughly enjoy it's graininess and its authentic taste.

Bread doesn't have to be a no-no anymore!  

From our kitchen to yours.......Enjoy!!!!

Giraffe's Low-Carb Tangy Mustard Barbecue Pork

There's nothing more hearty and tasty than a tangy, barbecue sauce smothered pork sirloin.  

A few years ago, a tenant from our building offered us this recipe, which merely used mustard and barbecue sauce as a marinade for our pork.  And sure enough, after baking our pork in this sauce, the loin is not only moist and tender, but flavorful.  

Although, a bottle of store bought low-carb barbecue sauce may be used, we enjoy making our sauce from scratch.

We prepared our sauce in a matter of 5 minutes and cooked for an additional 1 hour and 35 minutes.  The longer the pork bakes, the more tender the loin.  

The ingredients we bought were:

• 2-3 Pounds of Pork Sirloin 
• 1 Cup of Sweetener
• 1 Cup of Water
• 1 Cup of Reduced-Sugar Ketchup
• 1 Cup of Yellow Mustard
• 1/2 tsp. Liquid Smoke
• 1 tsp. of Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp. of Onion Powder
• 1 tsp. of Paprika
• 1 tsp. of Worcestershire Sauce
• 2 tsp. of Chili Powder
• 1 Tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar

Although there are many ingredients, this recipe is actually quite simple to make. 

 If we were instead, making a low-carb barbecue sauce, we would merely substitute 1 tsp. of yellow mustard for our 1 cup of yellow mustard.  

We created a video for our low-carb Old-Fashioned Barbecue Sauce at smokeyandgiraffe.com/blog/2016/08/09/giraffes-old-fashioned-barbeque-sauce/

As we prepare our Mustard Barbecue Sauce, we'll scoop our sweetener into a measuring cup.  

We'll then gradually add the water to the measuring cup until full.  Immediately before the cup is about to overflow, we'll turn off the water and pour into a medium sized pan.

We'll continue to add the remaining ingredients to the pan and will stir until well blended.  

We'll then, cook our mixture on medium heat for 5 minutes and will simmer for another 10 minutes, while periodically stirring.  Once the sauce thickens, we are ready to pour the mixture over our pork.

Next, we'll spray our baking dish with cooking spray.  

We'll then place our pork sirloins into our pan and will preheat our oven to 350F degrees.

Next, we'll pour our sauce over our pork and will bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

After our 30 minutes have passed, we'll remove our pork from the oven, flip each piece, and will baste our sirloins with the sauce.  

While we're flipping our pork, we'll drag the sirloins around in the sauce to stir the ingredients a little more.

We'll place back in the oven for an additional 30 minutes.

At the conclusion of our second 30 minute period, we'll again remove our pork and flip one more time, repeating the previous step.  

We like to continually flip our pork and stir, so that the sirloin remains coated and the sauce does not curdle and burn.  

We'll then bake for an additional 20 minutes (The longer the pork bakes, the more tender the pork.).

Our Tangy Mustard Barbecue Pork is finally ready to be served.  

We love the tenderness of the pork combined with the sweetness of the sauce.  After eating our pork sirloins, you would swear that this dish was carb-full instead of being low-carb.

Since I was eating solo tonight, I decided to eat 2 and place the other in the refrigerator for later. Well, the pork was so delicious, I ended eating all 3 in one setting.  

Hopefully, you'll have more self control than I.  😃

Either way.....Enjoy!!