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Low Carb Spanish Tortilla

Chicken, Chorizo and Leek Pie

Vegan Rocket Pesto and Cucourghetti

Primal Speedy Skillet Pizza

Satay Bacon Green Beans

Super Fresh Sausage Loaf

Fig, Cranberry and Walnut Sausage Stuffing

Festive Spiced Cranberry Meatballs

Not Quite Sausage Rolls

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Low Carb Spanish Tortilla

February 20, 2022February 20, 2022

Living here in Spain, one of our last bastions of ‘convenience food’ was the pre-made Spanish Tortilla. As far as pre-packaged food, the ingredients were all right – basically onions, eggs, potatoes – but it was still processed. And not overly ‘low carb’. So I stopped buying these for our friday evening movie nights and …

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Chicken, Chorizo and Leek Pie

December 22, 2020November 3, 2020

It’s kinda more Shepherd’s Pie than ‘proper’ pie. But anything with a lid on it, even if that lid is made of cauliflower, I will deem ‘pie’. This is one of those dishes inspired by the fact that I found half a chorizo in the fridge and needed to use it up. I also found …

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Vegan Rocket Pesto and Cucourghetti

November 3, 2020November 2, 2020

You’ll never guess what… it’s a new recipe! And not only that, it’s a VEGAN recipe! Don’t worry, I haven’t changed that much. Just decided that maybe might try a vegetarian meal once a week for a while, just to prove that you can make delicious vegetarian meals without using frankenfood faux meat products. You …

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Primal Speedy Skillet Pizza

October 26, 2020October 19, 2020

Yesterday, I slow cooked a piece of pork for 10 hours. It was delicious! It was just a huge hunk of, well, I guess Boston Butt or Pork Shoulder but it was one of those ‘lost in translation’ spanish things…. Aguja de Cerdo. Anyway. It was 1.8 kilos of pork. I coated it in cajun …

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Satay Bacon Green Beans

October 26, 2020October 19, 2020

I rarely buy fresh green beans. I have no excuse – except that I tend to forget about them in the fridge, so I stick to the green beans in a jar. Which, I have to admit, I really like as far as convenience food goes. But I did purchase a bunch of green beans the …

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Super Fresh Sausage Loaf

October 26, 2020October 19, 2020

Okay – this is one of the recipes I don’t expect anyone to actually follow. I mean, it’s a little labour intensive, but super worth it from the point of view of satisfaction! See, I bought myself a meat grinder this week…. I’m guessing, that if you can’t be bothered to grind your own meat, …

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A little note….

A little note from me, October 2020. I started this blog back in 2012 and here we are, eight years later, and I’m revitalising it! This month I’ve carefully converted every recipe to a new recipe format which will hopefully make it much easier to follow. Some of the older entries have quite dodgy photos and I’m sorry about that, I guess I didn’t always have a decent camera. I can assure you the food tasted delicious and, in the interest of improving this blog, I’ll endeavour to remake some of the worst offenders and post new pictures.

I’ve always kept my instagram active and will develop some new recipes to add to this website. I’m terrible (still) to measuring and writing things down, it has to be said. At least some things don’t change.

Enjoy the new-look The Creative Caveman!

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  • After ten days in the UK where getting a #salad or something without #bread seems to be near on impossible when you're on the go, was pleased to get home and start making my own #food 

#vegan food can be #delicious 

Cucumber and pineapple salad with red onions and a peanut, avocado oil and lime dressing.

#veganfood #glutenfree #lowcarbvegetarian #vegetarian #vegansalad #homemade #glutenfreevegan #glutenfreevegetarian #healthyfood #eatfresh #foodie #foodporn #delicious
  • Race prep.... 

Made these absolutely incredible (yes, honest!) Chickpea Mocha Brownies from @performance.chef book, #TheCyclingChef

Ready for @pedalsdedona on Sunday! Ish. Well, ready foodwise, at least.

Unless we eat them all beforehand.

#glutenfree #glutenfreevegan #vegan #nosugar #butdates #rawfood #rawvegan #notparticularlylowcarb #delicious #yummy #cyclefood #snacks #energybar #raceprep #theseshouldnttastesoamazing
  • Found a recipe on @theketodietapp by @martinaslajerova for Mexican Keto Empanadas.

Used it as inspiration for these because, well, I don't follow directions well and didn't have the lower moisture mozzarella cheese. Whatever that is!

So filling is beef and bacon. And did three different shaped pies to see which would work better. They are all #delicious and taste amazing.

#Keto #lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #lchf #lowcarbdiet #ketodiet #diet #ketodietapp
  • Many (too many) years ago, one of my absolute favourite dishes to get in a restaurant was Chinese Chicken Salad.

In hindsight, there was really not much Chinese about it. And with its deep fried breaded crispy chicken and delicious fried noodles or wonton crisps, I suspect the description "salad" was also a bit suspect.

Anyway. I did a search for the recipe and came across Chinois Salad created by @wolfgangpuck ... Probably my lousy typing. It's kinda similar except Chinois is a cone shape hence the name.

I made it anyway. Well, kinda. I didn't have a few ingredients so substituted peanut butter instead of sesame paste. (What? It's similar, right!?) And sesame oil instead of peanut oil. 

And, sadly, but #lowcarb friendly, no fried wonton strips.

It was #delicious!

#lowcarbglutenfree #glutenfree #salad #healthyeating #homemade #foodporn #yummy #lchf #ketodiet
  • #Homemade sausage meat (that I found in the freezer) stuffed courgette with a toasted (burnt) walnut and tomato side salad.

#ItsWhatIFoundInTheFridge 

#lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarb #lchf #ketosis #ketodiet #foodie #foodporn #zebraprint #yummy #lowcarbdiet #zucchini #cooking #cookingisnthard #endofweekmeal
  • Sesame oil marinated #tuna steak with a cucumber and tomato salsa. Pan roasted cauliflower.

#delicious #summer #dinner

#lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarb #lchf #ketosis #ketodiet #foodie #foodporn #leopardprint #quickmeals #yummy #lowcarbdiet #eattherainbow #cooking #cookingisnthard
  • Thanks for the #recipeoftheday @nigellalawson !

Oven-Cooked Chicken Shawarma was #delicious 

#lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #keto #ketodiet #recipe #nigellalawson #nigella #simplynigella #dinner #foodporn #thecreativecaveman
  • Low Carb German Pork Frikadellen 

Thanks to @martinaslajerova @theketodietapp for the #recipe which I more or less followed, as usual.

#lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarb #ketosis #ketodiet #comfortfood #delicious #yummy #keto #lchf #lowcarbhighfat
  • I have made a shitton* of Vortex Meatballs to fuel my #cycle at @laciclo.cc 95km #ride on Saturday. I hope that A, it doesn't rain (much) on the weekend and B, that I don't eat all these before Saturday because they are really yummy.

*Official measurement of meatballs meaning "loads".

#protein #keto #lowcarb #proteinbites #homecooking #homemade #snacks #glutenfree #foodporn #delicious #cyclesnacks #portablefood
  • My signature goto dish.... is #meatballs.

Today's flavour is Satay Pork Meatballs because I have an excess (if there is such a thing) of natural #peanutbutter on the shelf. 

Ground pork, peanut butter, coconut aminos, fresh ginger and garlic, smoked chipotle powder, ground almonds, salt, drop of milk and egg. 

I think that's it. Unless I'm writing a recipe, I'm quite haphazard! 

#paleo #lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #lchf #snacks #homecooking #homemade #Keto #ketodiet #foodporn #delicious #lowcarbdiet
  • Cauliflower Rubbish Bhajis....!

You know when you prepare to cook a #cauliflower and have to trim off all the leaves? And you shove them in the compost? Maybe just me....

I decided to try and make something with them.

Basically, I sliced up the leaves and shoved them in a separate roasting tin to cook while roasting (as per usual) the rest of the cauliflower.

Then I made a #glutenfree batter using gram flour (chick peas/garbanzos), turmeric, chill, baking powder and water. Threw in the now cooled roasted leaves and then fried them in some coconut oil.

Wow! So probably should have served with some sort of sauce or cucumber raita but they did not last long in the house 

Success from the stuff I used to throw away!

#glutenfreevegan #vegan #homemade #indianglutenfree #vegetarian #homecook #nowaste #wastenotwantnot #delicious #foodporn #yummy
  • Made some #delicious Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies from a #recipe by @carolinefarrellnutrition 

(Yes, I found some tahini in the fridge during The Great Fridge Clean of 2022.)

Didn't have chocolate chips so roughly chopped up some dark chocolate I found in the freezer. Also ran out of almond flour so made up the amount with hazelnut flour. But honestly, I more or less followed the recipe!

#glutenfree #carolinefarrellnutrition #healthyeats #dairyfree #healthysnacks #foodporn #cookies #homemade
  • Orange Marmalade Asian Meatballs.

Not strictly #lowcarb

There's a story.... 

A while ago we had a friend visit and she bought some orange marmalade for her toast in the morning. Two things that I never eat. So this week I was deep cleaning the fridge and discovered the half finished jar at the back.

I decided I couldn't throw it away but wasn't going to start eating toast so did a search for 'pork meatball orange marmalade'. Quite a few #recipes popped up but they all started with "pack of frozen meatballs" and then a recipe for a sauce using orange marmalade. What the heck? That's not a #recipe. Frozen meatballs!?

I mixed ground pork, coconut aminos, chipotle chilli, five spice, garlic, ground ginger and the marmalade and baked these meatballs. 

I'm all about convenience. And easy finger food (ie, no sauce). 

They are #delicious.

#glutenfree #snacks #homemade #bomechef #foodporn
  • A couple of weeks ago, I won a bundle of dairy products from local company @lletnostra (from my alterego  @vikivortex ). We don't drink a lot of milk so decided to experiment and made some fresh #paneer #cheese

Absolute success (again, not in presentation) so tonight I made a #delicious #punjabi paneer in #coconutmilk #curry served over turmeric cauliflower rice.

No leftovers. Amazing!

#vegetarian #lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #lowcarbvegetarian #lowcarbcurry #ketosis #Keto #lchf #foodporn #foodie
  • After winning a "preparat de truita" from @carnisseriaseli last month, it set me on a quest to make my own #SpanishTortilla from scratch but, and this is important, a #lowcarb version. With cauliflower.

Slightly overcooked, but successful!

Probably should have taken a photo before we ate half of it.

#lowcarbglutenfree #lchf #truita #tortilla #homecook #keto #ketodiet #carbphobic #lowcarbdiet #makeanythingwithcauliflower #lowcarbhighfat #foodpics #foodporn  #delicious
  • A rather #delicious #Keto Persian Lubia Polo Meatballs #recipe from @theketodietapp !

(@lodgecastiron skillet with @thekhaoskitty made #leopardprint handle holder dodah!)

#keto #glutenfree #ketodiet #dairyfree #lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #yummy #foodporn #thecreativecaveman #ketodietapp #persianfood #food #foodpic
  • Made beef #enchiladas using (more or less) an easy @diet_doctor #recipe but used some @cocobynuco #lowcarb coconut wraps with moringa (whatever that is!). Tasty! 

Although who the heck labeled that chilli as mild.

Oh, that was me.

#lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #lowcarbdiet #dietdoctor #diet #ketosis #ketodiet #mexicanfood #foodporn #cocobynubo #coconutwraps
  • It's that in-between time, the week from Christmas to New Year's when no one really knows what day it is and the fridge is full of leftovers but nothing to eat. 

So I made a pizza with leftover Pork, apple, fig and walnut stuffing on #fatheaddough and it was #delicious 

#Recipe for the stuffing on The Creative Caveman website 

Fathead dough is basically just mozzarella, almond flour, cream cheese and an egg.

#lchf #lowcarbglutenfree #glutenfree #glutenfreepizza #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #lowcarbdiet #diet #leftovers #thecreativecaveman #ketosis #ketodiet
  • I won a "preparat de truita" and some eggs from local butcher @carnisseriaseli last week and finally braved making it this weekend.

Basically it's all the ingredients for a Spanish tortilla prepared (this was onion and courgette) that you mix with the eggs and cook.

At least, I'm pretty sure that's all I needed to do .. it tasted #delicious !

#lowcarb #jocomproatorroella
#torroellademontgri #shoplocal #homemade #thecreativecaveman #carniceria #nadalcarniseriaseli
  • #lowcarb festive sausage rolls !

Made with #botifarra from @carnisseriaseli with caramelized red onion, apple, cinnamon, clove and ginger then wrapped in courgette strips.

#lchf #xmasfood #christmasfood #snacks #Keto #ketodiet #glutenfree #foodporn #delicious #jocomproatorroella #shoplocal #glutenfreefood #lowcarbdiet
  • What a dilemma... Bought 5 #fuets from @lacasadelsfuets at the @festimarket_golden_christmas and can't decide which to have first!

#notreallyaproblem 

#fuet #shoplocal #lacasadelsfuets #girona #embotits #festimarketgoldenchristmas #mercatdenadal #delicious #glutenfree #embutido #lowcarb #thecreativecaveman
  • Malay Minced Pork curry with chipotle chili over purple (cauliflower) rice

#homemade #eattherainbow @seasonedpioneers #lowcarb #glutenfree #foodporn #colors #lchf #ketodiet #freshcooking #cooking #foodporn #foodphotography #delicious #foodphoto #seasonedpioneers #thecreativecaveman #wholefood #homecook
  • Followed my own #recipe for Sweet n Sour Meatballs today. 

Well, actually, I didn't follow it exactly, as I didn't have any fresh ginger and added tahini to the mix because I did have that!

#delicious #lowcarbglutenfree #lchf #lowcarb #meatballs #snacks  #thecreativecaveman #homecooking #paleo #whole30 #Keto #ketodiet #homemade #foodporn #cooking
  • Stupid Things I Do. 

No matter how much #technology I have, when I follow a #recipe i find on the #internet i scribble it down on a scrap of paper to take into the kitchen. 

It's stupid, really. My handwriting is awful, so I still have to run to the computer to confirm things. 

What's the solution? My #vintage  @apple #ipadmini is too slow to load up a recipe, the screen sleeps too quickly and I don't want to get food all over the screen. 

Do I need a Kitchen Computer?? 
What does everyone else do??

#firstworldproblems #kitchenideas #homecooking
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  • After ten days in the UK where getting a #salad or something without #bread seems to be near on impossible when you're on the go, was pleased to get home and start making my own #food 

#vegan food can be #delicious 

Cucumber and pineapple salad with red onions and a peanut, avocado oil and lime dressing.

#veganfood #glutenfree #lowcarbvegetarian #vegetarian #vegansalad #homemade #glutenfreevegan #glutenfreevegetarian #healthyfood #eatfresh #foodie #foodporn #delicious
  • Race prep.... 

Made these absolutely incredible (yes, honest!) Chickpea Mocha Brownies from @performance.chef book, #TheCyclingChef

Ready for @pedalsdedona on Sunday! Ish. Well, ready foodwise, at least.

Unless we eat them all beforehand.

#glutenfree #glutenfreevegan #vegan #nosugar #butdates #rawfood #rawvegan #notparticularlylowcarb #delicious #yummy #cyclefood #snacks #energybar #raceprep #theseshouldnttastesoamazing
  • Found a recipe on @theketodietapp by @martinaslajerova for Mexican Keto Empanadas.

Used it as inspiration for these because, well, I don't follow directions well and didn't have the lower moisture mozzarella cheese. Whatever that is!

So filling is beef and bacon. And did three different shaped pies to see which would work better. They are all #delicious and taste amazing.

#Keto #lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarb #lchf #lowcarbdiet #ketodiet #diet #ketodietapp
  • Many (too many) years ago, one of my absolute favourite dishes to get in a restaurant was Chinese Chicken Salad.

In hindsight, there was really not much Chinese about it. And with its deep fried breaded crispy chicken and delicious fried noodles or wonton crisps, I suspect the description "salad" was also a bit suspect.

Anyway. I did a search for the recipe and came across Chinois Salad created by @wolfgangpuck ... Probably my lousy typing. It's kinda similar except Chinois is a cone shape hence the name.

I made it anyway. Well, kinda. I didn't have a few ingredients so substituted peanut butter instead of sesame paste. (What? It's similar, right!?) And sesame oil instead of peanut oil. 

And, sadly, but #lowcarb friendly, no fried wonton strips.

It was #delicious!

#lowcarbglutenfree #glutenfree #salad #healthyeating #homemade #foodporn #yummy #lchf #ketodiet
  • #Homemade sausage meat (that I found in the freezer) stuffed courgette with a toasted (burnt) walnut and tomato side salad.

#ItsWhatIFoundInTheFridge 

#lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarb #lchf #ketosis #ketodiet #foodie #foodporn #zebraprint #yummy #lowcarbdiet #zucchini #cooking #cookingisnthard #endofweekmeal
  • Sesame oil marinated #tuna steak with a cucumber and tomato salsa. Pan roasted cauliflower.

#delicious #summer #dinner

#lowcarbglutenfree #lowcarb #lchf #ketosis #ketodiet #foodie #foodporn #leopardprint #quickmeals #yummy #lowcarbdiet #eattherainbow #cooking #cookingisnthard
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