Flavour? Check. Healthy? As good as it gets.
Cooking up a decent meal is a breeze on the carnivore diet. There’s something liberating about being restricted to just a few ingredients. No more drowning the plate in sauce in order to make it bearable. Carnivore recipes are the perfect combination of flavour and filling. There’s no guilt involved, and you also get to skip the usual sugar coma that drifts over after a meal. Here, you eat only in monster portion sizes, and stick to the peak sources of nutrition.
The Protein And Fat Ratio – The Secret Of Carnivore’s Success
This diet doesn’t have a rival when it comes to weight loss, weight control, or whatever sort of damage limitation you’re after. That’s because it allows for the perfect ratio between the three macronutrients, leading to meals that get you brimming with energy while staying in a fat burning state. Carbs are inessential, so they get a zero. Fat and protein are at 1:1, level-pegging, providing all the nutrition the body needs. Fat has the flavour, the energy, the satiety, while protein provides the building blocks that keep you on the muscle train.
What could go wrong? Here are my favourite recipes on the carnivore diet, the spiciest trend of 2020. Salt up!
The Egg Sandwich
A sandwich without the bread, one egg slammed on top of the other, with a few extras thrown in. You could try and grab it with both hands, but I’d recommend playing it safe and using a knife and fork. Wait a few weeks before you go all in on the caveman culture.
Keto Breakfast Egg Sandwich
Equipment
- Cast Iron Pan
Ingredients
- 2 large Eggs
- 30 g Cooked Bacon
- 20 g Chorizo
- 20 g Cottage Cheese
- 2 slices Leerdammer Cheese
Instructions
- Over medium heat, fry the eggs before flipping and cooking the sunny side for another 30 seconds.
- Set one egg down on a plate, and layer it with the other ingredients, before adding the other egg. Super simple! Season with some salt and pepper, and optionally have a drop of sour cream alongside.
Notes
Bacon Waffles
Does bacon in a waffle make sense? It doesn’t have to. Once you’re jumping head on into carnivore, your pallet is going to change dramatically. The carbs stop tasting so sweet, while the savory kicks in meat take a turn for the better. This special recipe is also really easy to make, with no need to be hands on with your cooking. Blend up the mixture, set it in the waffle maker, and claim your reward in 12 ish minutes.
Sweet & Crispy Bacon Waffles
Equipment
- Waffle Maker
- Blender
Ingredients
- 2 slices Bacon
- 50 g 20% Lamb Mince
- 2 large Eggs
- 14 g Cream Cheese
- 20 g Walden Farms Sugar Free Syrup Alternatively you can use a granulated sweetener like erithrytol
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Turn on the waffle iron and coat it with lite oil spray.
- Blend all the ingredients together until you get a smooth runny consistency. Add a touch of coconut milk if it's too solid.
- Pour the mixture into the waffle tray and close the lid. Cook for 10-15 minutes before serving.
- Repeat the process until the batter's finished. You should get two rounds out of these portions.
Notes
The Giant Omelette
There’s no need to pick between your options when you can wedge all of them into a XXL omelette. Once again cooking is foolproof, and even you mess up, just have it scrambled.
Carnivore Giant Omelette
Equipment
- Frying Pan
Ingredients
- 4 large Eggs
- 1 piece Bacon
- 50 g 20% Beef Mince / Ground
- 20 g Salami
- 50 g Greek Yogurt
- 20 g Mozzarrella Cheese
- 1/2 tsp Himalayan Sea Salt
Instructions
- Heat some light oil in a pan over medium heat, then brown the mince and bacon. Beat the eggs in the meantime.
- Once the meat's cooked, remove them and add the eggs.
- Tilt the pan every now and then so the runny bits move to the middle. Once the egg is starting to set, add the toppings.
- Cook for a few extra minutes, then remove, fold, and serve.
Notes
Cheesy Casserole
This creamy dish may feel like it belongs on a cheat day, but this is now a sensible pick for a weekday evening. Cheese, beef, eggs, all baked into one dish. This is probably the essential recipe in any carnivore chef’s toolkit.
Beefy Egg Casserole
Equipment
- Baking Dish
Ingredients
- 1 kg 10% Beef Mince
- 4 pieces Large Eggs
- 3 slices Leerdammer Cheese
- 1 can Crushed Tomatoes
- 100 grams Chopped Onion
- 25 grams Jalapenos
- 1 tbsp Tex Mex Seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°
- Cook and brown the meat in a pan, adding the onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and seasoning.
- Line the meat in a 9' baking dish, and crack the eggs into separate holes.
- Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top and baking for 15-20 minutes. Serve alongside one serving of veggies.
Carnivore Pizza
This may not sound right, but there are no tricks here. It’s pizza, just with meat instead of the usual carb-heavy dough. You can, and should, get creative with the toppings. There are so many different cooked meats you can throw on to mix up the flavour.
You may realise by now that there’s a pretty consistent feature across these carnivore recipes. Beef, eggs and cheese. These are the peak nutritional sources I was alluding to.
Carnivore Meatza – Zero Carb Pizza Alternative
Equipment
- Springform Pan
Ingredients
- 450 g 15% Beef Mince / Ground Beef
- 225 g Beef Liver You can also try a liver pate, which may be more tasty.
- 3 large Eggs
- 50 g Cooked Bacon
- 50 g Mozzarella
- 30 g Chorizo
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175°
- In a bowl, mix the beef, eggs, and seasoning, before flattening the mixture at the bottom of a pie tray.
- Bake for 15 minutes, then remove and add the bacon, mozzarella and chorizo.
- Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, before serving.
Notes
The Carnivore Burger
No culinary skills required, just fry up a few burger patties and wedge everything else in between. As a warning, you may need a big pair of mitts in order to get a decent grip.
For maximum points, make sure you use 100% beef burgers. Most quarter pounders have a crazy amount of stuffing thrown in, which can see your carb count start to rise. Even a 90% meat option will be a good fit.
Carnivore Burger Special
Equipment
- Cast Iron Pan
Ingredients
- 2 Beef Burgers
- 1 large Egg
- 1 Tbsp Greek Yogurt
- 1 Bacon Rasher
- 2 slices Salami
- 2 slices Leerdammer Cheese
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
Instructions
- Fry the egg on both sides. Then remove it from the pan, and cook the bacon and the burgers until browned.
- Mix the seasoning along with the greek yogurt.
- Now add the yogurt over one of the burgers, the stack the other ingredients before sealing it off with the second burger.
- You could try to attack it like a caveman would, but I'd recommend playing it safe with a knife and fork.
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Great site thanks for including the recipes so i didn’t have to got searching. But what do I do with the liver in the pizza recipe.