It's comfort food season.
With colder temperatures come a desire to cozy up and make something warm, usually a soup or a stew, but sometimes a butter-covered carbohydrate, too.
If you're on a ketogenic (or other low-carb) diet, it can be hard to find low-carb, high-protein meals that are worth getting nostalgic about. Austin blogger Jennifer Marie Garza offers a solution in her new book, "Keto Friendly Recipes: Easy Keto for Busy People" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22.99): chicken and with flour-free dumplings. (OK, her recipe calls for coconut flour, but it's grain-free.)
The key to the dumpling's consistency is the mozzarella, egg yolks and xanthan gum, which combine to make just the right texture and taste to go along with the homemade chicken soup. Garza, who gained an internet following through her popular Facebook group, "Keto Friendly Recipes," says that even her non-keto friends love this recipe, and she points out that the dumplings don't need to cook for very long. You'll also need a silicone mat and a rolling pin to make them, but this technique will come in handy this winter when you want to make any kind of dumpling soup.
