It's All in the Spice

Ingredients For the meatballs 1 pound (16 ounces) lean ground pork 1/4 cup ricotta cheese 1/4 cup shredded Havarti cheese (or cheese of choice) 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon ground fennel seeds 1/2 teaspoon salt or garlic salt Remaining ingredients 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 cup marinara (certified gluten-free if necessary) 1 cup shredded Havarti cheese (or cheese of choice) 1/4 cup sliced basil Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. To make meatballs, combine all of the ingredients above except for the olive oil and basil. Roll into small balls and set aside. Heat a large cast-iron skillet to medium-low heat, and add a teaspoon of olive oil, or spray with cooking spray. Place the meatballs in the skillet (this may take 2 batches) and cook until browned on all sides, turning occasionally. This will take about 4 minutes per batch. Remove the meatballs from the skillet and place...

 8 oz 1/3 fat Philadelphia cream cheese, softened 2 Tbsp salted butter, softened 1 Tbsp natural peanut butter Put these in large bowl and microwaved them for 30 seconds to make cream cheese soft and melt butter, then beat with electric beater. 1 cup xylitol ( I used Stevia in the raw and only 3/4 cup) 1 tsp pure vanilla extract. Whip these until all was incorporated and fluffy 3 eggs Mix after each egg, then add the rest of ingredients 1/4 tsp sea salt (you could add more if you use unsalted butter but, I used salted.) 1/2 tsp xantham gum 1 tsp baking powder 2/3 cup almond flour 1 scoop (1/3 cup) vanilla whey protein powder  Make sure you mix it well so that there are no lumps from the almond flour and its smoothed out. Then add choc chips and mix into mixture. 2 cups sugar free chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350, I made mine in the mini cupcake pan, but they can be made into cookies should you choose to. My batter made about 35 cookies. Each cook...

   3 tbsp bacon grease     1 tbsp Dijon mustard     1 tbsp red wine vinegar      salt and pepper      1 tsp chopped cooked onions      ¼ tsp sweetener (optional) Prepare dressing by mixing vinegar and mustard together with a whisk. Add the other half of the cooked onion and whisk.  Add sweetener if desired.  Drizzle in the warm bacon grease while whisking.  Add salt and pepper if needed.  Top salad while the dressing is hot.  Serve and enjoy!