LCHF BBQ - Chicken, Halloumi and Coleslaw

For these warm (super warm here in Malta!) summer days it's always nice with a good old BBQ, easy, heathy and quick to make, and the variations are many.

This time we went for marinated chicken, a nice coleslaw with lots of mayo, and a fruity salad with a hint of lemon balm.
Of course me and my sister indulged this with a lot of bearnaise sause (very popular sauce in Sweden, and often an excellent LCHF choice), while my Irish fiancee went for a Guinness sauce. Shocking huh? :)

 

Start of with cutting the fresh or defrosten chicken fillets into pieces of your liking.

Make a marinade from oil (I had a special BBQ oil that is already seasoned, but this is definitely not needed,it's super easy to make your own marinade).

I added some finely copped garlic and lemon juice as well. Always try to add something acidy when you make a marinade, like lemon, wine or vinegar, as it really tenders the meat.

 

Put the meat in a plastic bag and add the marinade, and let rest for an hour or more. The longer the better really.

For the fruity salad I used:

Onion,

Lemon balm (a lemon tasting herb)

Nectarines

Yellow pepper

Cocktail tomatoes

Mache salad

Dressing:

Olive Oil

White vinegar

Sea salt

Pepper

 

Halloumi cheese with some olive oil and black pepper is being grilled.

 

Finished! Coleslaw as per previous recipe, halloumi, marinated chicken and some fruity and lemony salad! Yum!

LCHF Burgers

A quick, yet tasty and filling, all home made lunch today when we landed in Malta again! This was the first time I tried making burgers this way, with lettuce instead of buns, but I think it worked really well.

One of the fast food chains in Sweden, MAX, actually serves a low carb burger very similar to this!

The burgers themselves I made from:

½ kilo of minced beef
1 small onion, chopped into small pieces
Mustard
Salt
Pepper
Dried garlic
Cayenne pepper
1 small eggs

Mix everything in a bowl.

I also made a hamburger dressing from:

1 jar of ful fat greek yoghurt
3 table spoons of creme fraiche
2 table spoons of mayo
3 table spoons of mustard mayo, Heinz has a good one
3 table spoons of tomatoe paste
10 mini cornichons or pickles cucumber chopped into tiny little pieces
½ Onion, chopped into tiny little pieces

Mix everything in a bowl.

For other toppings, use whatever you like with you burger. Enjoy!

Coleslaw!

So simple and so good. Coleslaw is perfect to make a big batch of and just keep in the fridge, it goes with pretty much anything.

As you might have notice, I do carrots every so often in my cooking, even tho it is not necessarily considered LCHF food. But I think it's ok, it's such small amounts I use every time, and I think it gives a nice colour to the food as well. After all, food is a lot about presentation.

Anyways, coleslaw can easily be made without that carrot too, it depends on what you prefer. If you are eating LCHF because you are a sugar addict, maybe you should stay away from it, but otherwise I don't think it'll do any harm :)

I my coleslaw I use:

White cabbage,
A very small amount of yellow onion, not too much, you don't want it to be the dominating flavour.
Greek yoghurt, full fat
Mayonnaise, full fat
Mustard, a very small amount, a teaspoon or two
Salt
Pepper
Chili powder