My First Diabetes Foodie Recipe

By Steve Cooksey, on December 6th, 2010

I say “foodie” recipe … but like all of my recipes … this is SO simple!!! This Primal recipe is not as difficult or as involved as my primal chili recipe, here are all of my primal diabetes diet recipes. I think this recipe appears to be a “foodie recipe” because it’s more of an Hors d`Oeuvres or snack recipe.

By the way, thanks to @lowcarbhank (here is his website link). I thought of this recipe while we were exchanging tweets on twitter. He was making fun of my Vegan lunch one day. It was avocado and pecans…. :)

Without further delay… let’s get down to business…shall we? :) Below is a picture of the finished product.

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Ingredient Listing : 4 pieces of Bacon, Pecans (any nut could be used), 1/2 an avocado, fat (bacon or coconut oil). The bacon and pecans are ground using a food processor.

* You will also need toothpicks.

Optional: One optional ingredient I thought of while writing the blog post… cinnamon. Cinnamon is a great spice to add to drinks (coffee) and to foods. One because it’s flavorful and two… it reportedly improves insulin sensitivity.

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Recipe Steps

1) Bake /Broil 1 pound of bacon for rendered bacon fat. If you already have the rendered bacon fat or coconut oil melt about 10 Tbsp for a small test “batch”. Coconut Oil could also be used. Here is a picture of my bowl of rendered bacon fat.

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2) Grind a handful of pecans (@ 1 oz) in the food processor and place on the plate.

3) Grind 4 pieces of bacon in the food processor and place on a plate.

4) Cut 1/2 of an Avocado in to 1/2 inch strips and then slice strips into approximately 1 ” long pieces.

5) Using toothpicks, pick up a Avocado slice and dip into the bowl of fat (either bacon fat or coconut oil). It can be eaten “as is”, I did and liked it. Not great… but tasted good IMHO.

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6) There are three options from here.

A) Sprinkle and lightly press pecan crumbs onto the Avocado slice. I LOVE Avocado…and I loved this with PECANS!

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B) Sprinkle and lightly press bacon bits onto the Avocado slice. Next time I will “grind” the bacon bits more, I think this will aid in adhering to the slice. … I loved this TOO!!! This reminds me of stalagmite cave columns… never thot I’d use that in a post…much less a recipe post. :)

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C) Sprinkle and lightly press first the pecan crumbs and next sprinkle and lightly press bacon bits onto the slice. Ok… this was MY FAVORITE… the pecans added a nutty flavor (go figure) while the bacon added … wonderful bacon goodness! :)