PIN the recipe for Deviled Ham Spread to try it later!

Deviled Ham Spread has been one of my favorite things to make with leftover ham for quite a few years now! And when I buy ham for a holiday meal I’m always happy to have leftover ham to make this!

I love to eat this deviled ham stuffed inside low-carb pita bread for a quick and easy lunch. And I enjoy these pita sandwiches made with deviled ham so much that I find myself doubling the recipe to make this with ham steaks from Costco, even when I don’t have leftover ham.

Through the years I also started adding chopped onion or green onion, finely chopped celery, and just a little fresh-squeezed lemon juice to the recipe.

And I bet today many people have leftover ham from Easter, so I’m hoping you make some deviled ham! This post also has four delicious low-carb options for using deviled ham. If you’ve never made this at home, trust me, it is so delicious.

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PIN Air Fryer Artichoke Hearts to try it later!

These amazing Air Fryer Artichoke Hearts are a fun, delicious, and low-carb appetizer that I’m recommending for my Friday Favorites pick this week. And this treat with artichokes is easy to make and perfect for any type of special meal. I promise everyone who likes artichokes will love this easy idea.

And making roasted artichoke hearts couldn’t be easier with the Air Fryer! They’re simply drained, coated with olive oil, seasoned, roasted in the Air Fryer, and topped with coarsely grated Parmesan cheese. You can eat them dipped into something tasty if you like, but truthfully they don’t need a dip to taste great.

Of course, I love artichokes so I’d love this as a side dish for a special dinner too. We used two cans of whole artichoke hearts to make 8 appetizer servings or 4 side dish servings, but you can cut the recipe in half if you don’t want that much. I know canned artichokes are a bit of a budget splurge, but I hope you try this when you’re wanting an extra-special idea for an appetizer!

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PIN Steamed Artichokes with Artichoke Dipping Sauce to try it later!

This recipe for Steamed Artichokes (with Artichoke Dipping Sauce) is a favorite childhood memory for me! My mother made artichokes for our family every spring, and from a young age I was such a fan of Mom’s artichokes and the artichoke dipping sauce she served them with! It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized some people didn’t eat fresh artichokes, and had no idea how to cook them.

These Steamed Artichokes and the easy Artichoke Dipping Sauce is only one of the memories that makes me miss my amazing mother. She was cooking for a family of 12 (!), which is one reason she always cut each artichoke in half to make it serve two people. Now many years later, I still love this way of preparing the artichokes that makes them easier to eat.

Mom steamed the artichokes in a big pot, and I’ll show you how to cook them in a vegetable steamer. My mom made artichokes once or twice every spring as a side dish for a special occasion. So today I’m featuring this recipe as a Friday Favorites pick to remind you about artichokes as an option for Easter! And happy First Day of Spring everyone!

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PIN Ham and Pickle Roll Ups to make them later!

Ham and Pickle Roll Ups are my Friday Favorites pick this week, and I hope you make these if you’re watching the Super Bowl! These tasty nibbles have made an appearance at nearly every Denny family celebration since my sister discovered them! And they’ve become a popular recipe on Kalyn’s Kitchen as well, thanks Pam!

And these tasty appetizer bites with ham, cream cheese, and pickles are a perfect option for something that’s low in carbs for game-day fare. And in my family even kids or non-dieters will chow down on them. If you love the idea of a family-friendly appetizer that’s low in carbs, I bet Ham and Pickle Roll-Ups will be a hit with your family too! 

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PIN the recipe for Shrimp Salad Cups to try them later!

Shrimp Salad Cups are a fun recipe where tasty Shrimp Salad is served as an appetizer inside a cup of cabbage or lettuce. And she shrimp salad part of the recipe is inspired by a salad that’s the most-requested recipe for the Super Bowl menu in my extended family!

The famous Shrimp and Macaroni Salad I’ve been making for over 30 years is always a crowd-pleaser. And now I make it with Fiber Gourmet Light Elbows for a more carb-conscious version. But if you want to keep it lower in carbs, these Shrimp Salad Cups are a fun way to enjoy those shrimp salad flavors!

Serve the tasty shrimp salad in low-carb cups made of lettuce or cabbage, whichever you prefer. And if you’re wondering about cabbage, think how cabbage with mayo dressing is so good on fish tacos! Either way you make them, the Shrimp Salad Cups, are a fun appetizer that will be a huge hit with shrimp fans. I hope you try them soon!

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PIN the recipe for Greek Wings to try them later!

These tasty Greek Air Fryer Wings are an amazing appetizer or main dish that has those Greek Flavors so many people like! I’ve always enjoyed chicken wings as a low-carb appetizer in a restaurant. But I’m not sure I would have tried making them at home until my brother Rand raved about Greek Wings he made to enjoy as a main dish. And I realized wings would be perfect to cook in the Air Fryer and serve with my favorite Whipped Feta Dip.

I cut down and simplified the inspiring recipe to get Greek wings that are flavorful and also easy to make in the Air Fryer. But I want to emphasize, don’t skip the step of marinating the wings to add amazing flavor! We marinated them overnight the first time we tested the recipe and that worked well. But if that isn’t possible, I recommend a minimum of four hours marinating time (and eight hours or more is even better.)

This recipe uses 1 1/2 pounds of wing pieces which made 16-18 individual wings, but if you’re cooking for a crowd it can definitely be doubled. And whether you serve the wings as an appetizer or a main dish, everyone will love this easy recipe that’s extra low in carbs! See tips below for other dips that would be great with the air fryer wings. And I’m reminding you about this fun recipe for cooking wings for my Friday Favorites this week, and I hope you try the recipe soon!

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PIN Sweet Potato Bites with Feta to try them later!

Sweet Potato Bites with Feta are going to be a hit with everyone who likes sweet potatoes, and these are great for a healthier sweet potato recipe. I love this combination of flavors, and if I went to a holiday gathering and found a table loaded with sweets and chips staring me in the face, I’d be excited to find a lower-carb option like this.

True, sweet potatoes do have some carbs, but adding Feta reduces the net carbs. You could eat several of these bites of Feta-stuffed sweet potato without going too overboard on carbs.

The hardest part of making these tasty appetizer bites might be finding the long narrow shaped sweet potatoes, but you can make them into two-bite nibbles if needed! And if you want a fun alternative to sugary sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, I think Sweet Potato Bites with Feta are a great option.

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PIN the fresh Cranberry Salsa to try it later!

Trina’s Cranberry Salsa is something I’ve made many times through the years for Thanksgiving, and I’ll be making it this year for sure. I admit, for a long time I wasn’t a big cranberry fan, and when my friend Trina first told me about the fresh cranberry salsa she’s been making for years, I was skeptical until she told me the ingredients list.

But the combination of fresh cranberries with cilantro, green onion, lime juice, and Jalapeno had so many of my favorite flavors, it was pretty much a given that I’d like this cranberry salsa recipe. And it was simple to switch out the sugar in the fresh cranberry salsa recipe for a low-carb sweetener.

As soon as I tasted my lower-carb version of Cranberry Salsa I knew it would become a must-have Thanksgiving dish for me! I hope you grab some cranberries the next time you’re at the grocery store, and make this delicious salsa!

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PIN Grilled Eggplant with Feta and Herbs to try it later!

Grilled Eggplant with Feta and Herbs was one of the first eggplant recipes I made years ago when I had eggplant growing in my garden. That was the year that I experimented with a summer of eggplant recipes and discovered how much I loved grilled eggplant! So today I’m featuring this amazing way to cook eggplant to encourage you to try it!

Are you an eggplant lover or an eggplant avoider? I’ve been a grilled eggplant fan for quite a few years now, and this is my philosophy: If you think you don’t like eggplant, please give grilled eggplant a chance! We absolutely loved the eggplant + Feta combination in this tasty eggplant cooked on the grill that also has a flavorful sauce and fresh herbs.

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Here are 10 Unique Recipes for Deviled Eggs from Kalyn’s Kitchen and my blogging friends, and I hope you have fun trying some! There are some very interesting combinations here that I bet you haven’t thought of using to fill deviled eggs!

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This post has 10 Unique Recipes for Deviled Eggs, and there are some deviled egg combinations here that are so creative and fun! In fact, I think this post will help you find some of the best deviled eggs recipes on the internet! And I’m sure the week after Easter has to be the biggest week of the year for people to be making deviled eggs, right?

I absolutely love boiled eggs, even plain with a little Vege-Sal, but Deviled Eggs are my favorite thing to make with hard-boiled eggs. And these unique ideas are a treat for low-carb eaters, and I think you can never have too many good recipes for deviled eggs!

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