I am having a low carb pre-superbowl party at my house to discuss our church's sound system requirements (anyone have any comments on small church sound systems, please write!) Of course, my guests don't know that it is low carb! (grin) Although one guest knows me and will be looking for the pork rinds somewhere....
This is what I am planning to serve. There is lots of finger food because I love hors d'ouevre parties! I have included links to recipes where appropriate.
Food that can be purchased:
Low Carb Tortilla Chips
Fresh Marinated Mozarella Balls (I love the huge 3 lb. Formaggio tub at Costco for about $11.)
Assorted Cheeses
Assorted Nuts
Assorted Low Carb Candies
Low Carb Crackers (Cheeters & CarboSave are two examples)
Dips that can be made ahead:
Low Carb 7-Layer Mexican Dip, can be made the night before and lettuce, tomatoes added the day of the event.
Regular Low Carb Mexican Dip, can be made the night before and cooked right before serving.
Low Carb Crabmeat Dip, can be made the night before and cooked right before serving.
Finger Food that can be made ahead:
Low Carb Swedish Meatballs can be cooked up to 2 days ahead and then just heated up in the chicken broth the day of the event.
Low Carb Spicy Peel Shrimp can be cooked the day before and served cold.
Low Carb Crabmeat Balls can be cooked the day ahead and heated up right before serving.
Main dishes that can be made ahead.
Low Carb Cucumber Salad can be made the night before. (Update: I was running late so I just cut up the cucumbers, put them in Ken's Italian Dressing (inherently low carb) and served that.
Low Carb Cabbage Lasagna can be made two days ahead and heated the day of the event.
(Update: I updated the recipe so it wouldn't be as watery. It was wonderful! Everyone raved!)
Main dishes to prepare that day.
Low Carb Pork Roast Takes two seconds to prepare. Cooking time is more than an hour to reach temperature, depending on how big the roast is. (I usually cook a huge one!)
(Everyone said that this was the best pork they had ever eaten.)
I am also thinking about serving scallops wrapped in bacon. (Update: I served this and I used the Costco precooked bacon wrapped around small scallops and secured with a toothpick. Only cooked about five minutes at 350 degrees. I wrapped them the night before and refrigerated them. This was a major hit! And with the bacon at ony $6.99 and the scallops on sale, it was cheap for about 200 scallops! (These were very small scallops!))
Let me know your comments!
(Remember to click on a specific store in the left-hand column to see specific low carb items that they sell. Also click on the Grocery Circular Low Carb Grocery List in the left-hand column to see a comparison of sale prices.)
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