Low Carb'n Junkie: Biscuits

Sausage Gravy (Biscuits and Gravy)

Which one of you doesn't miss this much loved meal? Biscuits and Gravy was a treat for us anytime we visited our grandparents. My Nana and Papa would both be in the kitchen making this breakfast when I was little atleast once when we were up to visit them. I can still hear my grandfathers laugh as he picks on anyone in the kitchen or within ear shot. The smell of freshly baked biscuits and the wrinkled up nose at the idea of pouring oil into our foods. It looked disgusting when they did this but it always tasted soooooooooooo very good! Definitely a fond memory!

So Who's ready to know how to make this low carb?
I know after 4 years of being diabetic I was ready to have this again- sans the guilt!

Just a word of caution- ALL of these measurements are Approximate. Any 'strange' ingredient you can click on and the link will navigate to a place you can get it or at least learn what it is.

Ingredients:

1 lb Jimmy Deans Breakfast sausage (in the tubes)
2 T Coconut oil
1/2 C. Carbquik
1/2 C. Coconut Milk**
1/2 C. Almond Milk**
1/2 C. Heavy Whipping Cream**
Salt and Pepper to taste

For the Biscuits, please see the post for Baking Powder Biscuits here.

Brown Gravy. Do not drain the grease.
Add coconut oil and mix till melted.
Add Carbquik until oil is soaked up.
Add 'Milk' gradually until you get the gravy consistency you desire.
After adding the milk, keep stiring as it will thicken after a minute or so. Add additional milk if you feel it is too thick.
Salt and Pepper and serve!

** The Coconut Milk, Almond Milk and HWC can be replaced by any milk or milk replacement you would like to use. The recipe indicates what I used. I had a mix of coconut/almond milk in a container. I am not fond of the nutty taste of almond milk that much and wanted to make sure that the almond milk wouldn't mess up the flavor of the gravy. This is why I used HWC as well.

Did you try this? What did you think? Did you make any adjustments?

The nutritional Values are for 10 approximate servings and only account for the Gravy. The biscuits are on a separate page which is listed above.

Nutrition Facts per Serving:

Calories: 209
Fat: 19.1g
Carbs: 5.0g

Fiber: 3.0g
Sugars: 0.8g
Net Carbs: 2.2

Protein: 7.7g

Gravy

Baking Powder Biscuits

I never thought I was going to be able to have biscuits and jam again. Or Biscuits and gravy! I am now one step closer to getting one of my favorite breakfasts.

I tried 'CHEF GREG'S COUNTRY-STYLE BAKING POWDER BISCUITS' from genaw.com and I have to say they are FANTASTIC! I didn't get the count they estimated for their recipe. I cut the recipe in half because I didn't want to waste that much Carbquik in case the recipe didn't pan out.

My answer to them- YUM!!!!

The Recipe is as follows: This recipe is 1/2 the original recipe and Yielded 4.5 biscuits. If you want more just double everything except the salt.

Ingredients:

1 cups Carbquik**, 3 ounces (I weighed this on my scale and went by the oz instead)
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
Pinch salt, optional (see comment below) - I skipped this. I would likely add it back in.
2 tablespoons cold butter, cut in small bits
1/8 cup heavy cream
1/8 cup water
I added a tsp of Chicken soup base( powdered)

Directions:

Lightly spoon the Carbquik into a measuring cup and level off. Do not tap it. - Again I used Oz measurement instead of a measuring cup.
Place in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk in the baking powder and salt, if using.
Cut the cold butter into the Carbquik until it looks like coarse meal. -I used the kitchen aid to cut the butter in. It turned out looking like meal but felt like flour with no butter addition.
Mix the cream and water; pour into the dry mixture. Mix until the dough forms and comes together, but do not overwork. The dough should be somewhat loose and sticky.
On parchment paper, very gently pat or roll the dough to 3/4-inch thick. It helps to sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of Carbquik over the top of the dough to prevent sticking.-I think mine were approx 1/2 an inch thick.
Cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter.
Place the biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 400º 8-10 minutes until golden brown.

** Just because I was curious. I weighted each biscuit before baking them. They were approx: 37g each. This will give you an idea of the size mine were.

Let us know if you try these and what you thought!