I am absolutely thrilled to share today’s recipe with you! Finding a dish like this is pretty rare, since hitting that zero-carb mark doesn’t mean sacrificing top-tier nutrition. Asparagus brings a powerhouse of healthy fibre and nutrients to the table. Bacon is, of course, bacon. And grass-fed butter from pasture-raised cows? Simply unbeatable.
Hitting zero carbs here is just the icing on the keto cake, honestly. It isn’t a metric I usually go for.
So, while I am over the moon to publish this brilliant recipe, I definitely don’t want anyone getting the wrong impression about zero-carb diets.
Let me be crystal clear. Gorging strictly on zero-carb foods just to fast-track weight loss and boost ketosis is NOT an approach I would ever recommend.
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Firstly, an abundance of ketones isn’t always beneficial, and dropping weight too rapidly isn’t ideal—unless you happen to love the excess loose skin that comes from extreme, sudden weight loss.
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Secondly, slashing every single carb from your life doesn’t automatically accomplish either of those goals anyway.
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Thirdly, and this is crucial, taking such a radical step means cutting out foods packed with vital phytonutrients, minerals, and antioxidants.
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Lastly, restricting your food options that severely would make life incredibly boring.
A high-fat, low-carb lifestyle is unquestionably the healthiest way to eat, provided you include the proper foods, especially plant-based ones. I will forever be a loud, vociferous proponent of a diverse diet loaded with fibrous veggies.
Being an omnivorous species, we NEED a wide spectrum of nutrients to maintain our health—not just for today, but for our future as we age. ’nuff said.
Asparagus: One of the Best Keto-Friendly Vegetables
This is hands down one of my absolute favourite veggies. It’s loaded with fibre—which is fantastic for gut health—and stuffed full of vitamin K, which is brilliant for bone health. Exactly what I need.
But these delicious spears carry a ton of other healing properties, too. They genuinely seem to nourish every single component of the fine-tuned machine we call the human body. Check out its endless benefits in THIS ASPARAGUS ARTICLE.
A Lightning-Speed Side Dish
My Zero-Carb Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus & Orange Butter is completely foolproof to make and outrageously delicious.
All you have to do is wrap a rasher of bacon or pancetta tightly around each individual spear, then throw them straight into the oven. You will barely have a moment to whip up the orange butter before the asparagus is completely done.
A lightening-speed side dish that stays nutritious, tasty, and exciting. Helloooo Keto!
Enjoy!
ZERO-CARB BACON-WRAPPED ASPARAGUS & ORANGE BUTTER
Ingredients
- 200 g fresh asparagus spears 12 spears – net weight after fibrous part removed
- 65 g thin bacon or pancetta rashers 12 slices
- 20 g unsalted butter
- ¼ tsp orange extract
- ⅛ tsp orange zest about half a small orange
Instructions
- remove the fibrous lower part of the asparagus by bending the stalk 1-2 inches from the bottom until it snaps naturally.
- wind 1 bacon or pancetta rasher around each asparagus spear, starting from the bottom and working up towards the tip.
- place on a rack on top of an oven tray to catch any dripping fat.
- bake at 180C fan or 200C static (no need to pre-heat) for about 30 mins or until bacon/pancetta is crispy.
- for the orange butter, soften butter until it has a cream cheese consistency and stir in grated orange zest (rind only, no pith) and orange extract.
- serve piping hot with orange butter melting over the spears.
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