As always for
Thanksgiving, my family cooks both a turkey and a spiral cut ham. You
know the ham that comes with the plastic package of brown sugar and
spices to make a honey glaze. As expected the cooking duties fall
upon me an rightly so, it sorta comes with the territory of being the
chef in the family. Because my wife and I have embarked on our low
carbohydrate high fat journey (LCHF), it was time to throw away the
brown sugar glaze packet and come up with another type of glaze for
the ham. The package for the glaze did not have any nutritional
information on it however it contents included brown sugar, refined
sugar, and powdered molasses. Suffice it to say it had more
carbohydrates than either of us was willing to have.
The first thing that
came into my mind was honey mustard, but I really did not want to add
the carbohydrates from even 2 tablespoons of honey (34 carbs).
However, I figured that since we have been using liquid sucralose,
that I could come up with a quick recipe to make a honey mustard dip
and or salad dressing that would work as a glaze. So in this article
I will show you how to make my version of a LCHF faux honey mustard
dressing that is quick, delicious, and your family and or your guests
will never know that it is not made with honey. Best of all it
contains almost no carbohydrates.
The Recipe
You can search the
internet and find a variety of LCHF style honey mustard recipes, but
many of them still use honey as their primary sweetener. Granted that
2 tablespoons of honey would only increase the overall carbohydrate
count of the total recipe to 36 carbohydrates (2.25 per tablespoon) ,
I really wanted to make this recipe as low carb as possible, while
retaining the flavor of a quality homemade honey mustard dressing. As
I try and do for all of our LCHF recipes, I have included the
nutritional information of a few commercial brands so that you can
compare the nutritional data.
LCHF Honey Mustard
(1 cup, 16 tablespoons)
½ cup LCHF
mayonnaise or regular mayonnaise
2 tablespoons yellow
mustard
1 tablespoon Dijon
mustard
1 tablespoon spicy
brown mustard
1 tablespoon apple
cider vinegar
3 drops of liquid
sucralose (equal to 1 tablespoon sugar)
1 – 2 pinches of
salt
Combine all of the
ingredients in a small bowl and combine with a wire whip or spoon.
Place in a mason jar and or other container and place in the fridge
until ready to use.
Chef's Note – I
think the combination of the three mustards give this dressing a
fantastic depth of flavor that is hard to beat. You can use any type
of mustard that you want to make this recipe, however if you only
want to use one type of mustard I would suggest Dijon, but if regular
yellow is all you have, that's fine, it will still make a great
dressing, it will however, not have the subtle flavors of this particular recipe.
Total Recipe –
Calories 793, protein 3.8 grams, fat 85 grams, carbohydrates 3.8
grams
Per Tablespoon –
Calories 50, protein 0.23 grams, fat 5.31 grams, carbohydrates 0.23
grams
Kraft Honey Mustard
Dressing & Dip
Per Tablespoon –
Calories 45, protein 0 grams, fat 3 grams, carbohydrates 4 grams
Ken's Steakhouse
Honey Mustard Dressing
Per Tablespoon –
Calories 65, protein 0 grams, fat 5.5 grams, carbohydrates 3 grams
Wishbone Honey
Mustard Dressing
Per Tablespoon –
Calories 60, protein 0 grams, fat 6 grams, carbohydrates 3 grams
A quick comparison
of the commercially prepared honey mustard sauces versus our LCHF
version made with liquid sucralose reveals that the honey mustard
dressing sold on most supermarket shelves contains 13 times more
carbohydrates per tablespoon (3 / 0.23 = 13.04). Just in case you are
wondering the prepared honey mustard dressing contains 92% more
carbohydrates. Even I was amazed by this number. For more information
of liquid sucralose as an alternative zero calorie sweetener, check
out our article on the blog regarding 'Liquid Sucralose'.
Conclusion
Well I did not
manage to get this recipe posted before Thanksgiving, if you are
going to prepare a ham for Christmas, this might be a good LCHF glaze
option for you. Brush it on the ham during the last 30 minutes of
baking. My suggestion would be to mix equal parts of the LCHF honey
mustard salad dressing with equal parts of the pan juices before basting
the ham.
As a salad dressing
or dipping sauce, the commercially prepared versions of honey mustard
are no match, this recipe has a flavor profile that they simply
cannot compare with. If you like bold and spicy flavors, try adding
some cayenne pepper, hot sauce or horseradish to the sauce. I think
you will be amazed how versatile this recipe is.
So if you are a
diabetic looking for a good honey mustard dressing alternative that
will not cause your blood sugars to rise, then this a great salad
dressing and dipping sauce for you and your family. If you are
actively engaged in living the LCHF lifestyle, then this is another
salad dressing and dipping sauce to add to your growing repertoire of
sauces and dips that will help your maintain your LCHF goals. As
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