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Ham and Cheese Scones

These keto ham and cheese scones just made your lunch time a lot more fun! They’re easy to make and pair perfectly with a low carb salad or soup. Instructional video included!Easy and delicious low carb Ham and Cheese Scones

My husband is a sandwich guy. For as long as I have known him, which is 20-some-odd years, he’s always loved his sandwiches. Back when we first met, this tall string bean of a man was eating three sandwiches for lunch every day. I kid you not! His metabolism was such that he was never full and could simply pack it away, goodness knows where. Possibly in those extremely long legs. He loves piling his sandwiches high too. He calls them Super Dupers and he puts on several different kinds of lunchmeat, various assorted cheeses, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, etc. Kind of like those old Dagwood cartoons, so big you can barely get your mouth around it.

How to Make Low Carb Savory Scones

Low Carb Keto Savoury Scones with Ham and Cheese.

 

Consequently, we always have a selection of lunchmeat in our house. I am always pushing him to make nutritious choices, and look for meats without added preservatives*, artificial colours and flavours. Because when you eat that many sandwiches, those things can add up quickly. He’s become quite the label reader, thanks to me and he really likes the HORMEL® NATURAL CHOICE® lunch meats. They are 100% natural* and can be found easily at our local grocery stores, without costing more than other lunchmeat. My kids really love them too and the smoked deli ham is a particular favourite. When you’re making Dagwood-style sandwiches, it’s nice to have these good choices. Grain-Free Low Carb Ham and Cheese Scones The sandwich habit is not an easy one to break, it would seem. I have to be creative to come up with alternatives that might lure the man away from his sandwiches. Taking some of his precious lunchmeat and including them in something delicious is one way to do it. And making it in an easily portable package so that he can take it work helps too. Because mornings are tough in our house and there’s very little time for fancy or complicated lunch-making. Delicious low carb almond flour Ham & Cheese Scones. I nailed it with these savoury Ham & Cheese scones. I paired them with containers of soup or our homemade chili, and he and the kids took them to work and to school several days running. They were even easier than making sandwiches, and I loved knowing they were getting a nutritious and filling meal. And I found the scones to be just what I needed to round out a salad for my own lunch. Jam-packed with healthy smoked deli ham, they had great flavour and were so easy to make. I foresee a trend here…

 

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Easy and delicious low carb Ham and Cheese Scones
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Ham and Cheese Scones
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Shake up your lunch routine with these tender carb-conscious Ham and Cheese Scones: a great addition to soup or salad for a nutritious, wholesome meal.

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Bread
Keyword: ham and cheese scones, low carb scones, savory scones
Servings: 12 scones
Calories: 194 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp dried parsley
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 cups grated cheddar cheese divided
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg white
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 4 ounces diced ham
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325F and line a large baking sheet with parchment or a silicone liner.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, parsley, garlic powder, and salt. Add 1 cup of the grated cheese and stir to combine.
  3. Stir in the egg, egg white, and whipping cream, and mix until the dough comes together. Add the ham and work evenly throughout the dough.
  4. Gather the dough together and turn out onto the prepared baking sheet. Pat into a rough rectangle about 10 by 8 inches.
  5. Use a sharp large knife to cut into 6 squares. Then cut each of those squares diagonally into two triangles. Gently lift the scones and distribute them around the pan. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
  6. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown and just firm to the touch. Remove and let cool. Serve with your favourite soup or salad!
Recipe Notes

Serves 12. Each serving has 3.34g NET CARBS.

Food energy: 194kcal Total fat: 15.13g Calories from fat: 136 Cholesterol: 22mg Carbohydrate: 6.19g Total dietary fiber: 2.85g Protein: 9.49g

Nutrition Facts
Ham and Cheese Scones
Amount Per Serving (1 scone)
Calories 194 Calories from Fat 136
% Daily Value*
Fat 15.13g23%
Saturated Fat 4.48g22%
Cholesterol 22mg7%
Sodium 437mg18%
Carbohydrates 6.19g2%
Fiber 2.85g11%
Sugar 1.05g1%
Protein 9.49g19%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program.I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them.I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.

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Comments

  2. Hormel Smoked Ham is our “go to” also. We love it! Hope it gains in popularity after your recipe as several of our local stores have stopped carrying it!!! These scones look fantastic and can’t wait to try them.

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    • Hi, Did you have a hard time with mix sticking together, I’m making now, any tips to get it to stick together?I did exactly what recipe said.

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  17. I am always looking for easy hand held lunch items as I eat inbetween work orders. Quick, easy, not messy!

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  18. Because of “Intermittent Fasting” I tend to eat breakfast for lunch, and the easiest thing is to make a batch of Omelet Muffins, filled with meat, cheese and veggies. They microwave well, but even taste good cold out of the fridge when I am in a big hurry. The ingredients are adaptable to what ever I have available so they are convenient anytime.

    I can’t wait to try your Ham and Cheese Scones!

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  20. Sometimes it’s a mini lowcarb quiche or a salad with either tuna, chicken or roast beef and assorted veggies. This is jut what I needed to go with some chili I’ve been wanting to make. Thanks!

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  23. I usually have a slice of turkey, string cheese. No sugar added sweet pickles, and 1/8 cup of cashews.

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  27. I keep individually wrapped slices of your Taco Pie and Sausage Breakfast Casserole in the freezer for those days when I want something easy and different for lunch (than the usual half avocado and hard boiled egg).

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  28. I typically have leftovers for lunch or a salad. These scones look perfect to go with my salads! Can’t wait to try the recipe and the Hornel Natural Choice ham!

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  32. My quick and easy lunch is grilled cheese with low carb bread that I bake on Sundays. I use American cheese and slivers of Babybel as well. To change it up, I will include Horner lunchmeat such as Hormel Natural Choice smoked turkey for a meaty grilled cheese. I wrap it in foil and when I’m ready to eat lunch at work, I heat it up in the toaster oven in our office kitchen having unwrapped the foil flat to use as a baking sheet. It tastes as good as if i had just made it!

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    • What recipe do you use to make your low carb bread? I still haven’t found a good one after being low carb for a year!

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  34. Just made these for lunch – so good and easy, thanks for sharing! Wasa crackers are one of my lunch standbys, topped with lunch meat, pizza toppings, pb&j, etc and paired with salad.

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  39. I love to make a Grilled Ham & Cheese Sandwiches for Lunch using Hormel Natural Brand Deli Ham. Love all your recipes and thanks for all your hard work in creating them.

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  41. If we are home, we usually have breakfast for our lunch. Good old bacon and eggs are our favorite!

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  42. My standby lunch is usually cheese & gluten free crackers with cucumber slices. Sometimes add a boiled egg.

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  45. This sounds awesome I make bacon “muffins” now but this is so much simpler.

    Since ham and I do not get along I am wondering about diced bacon.. yep bacon works but not ham for me.. 4 oz or more or less what does everyone think?

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  47. My go to lunch is usually leftovers. Although, I sometimes whip up a quick chicken salad to eat on a bed of lettuce.

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  48. My go to lunch is an easy egg salad with added avocado for that good fat. BTW, I am a scone girl and these look delicious.

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  49. These look great! My go-to is always eggs and avocado with coconut flour bread, but I feel like there scones would work even better!

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  50. Just made these. I chopped some pepperoni and substituted for the ham as I didn’t have any. They are delicious!

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  55. My favorite “go to” lunch is leftovers. If I don’t have any leftovers I like Greek yogurt with nuts and coconut. I also like egg salad. Love this website.

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  60. My quick go-to lunch is one we eat once a week and is always satisfying. I made barbequed chicken quesadillas. We always have tortillas, rotisserie chicken (fresh or frozen), barbeque sauce and onions. I mix up the chopped chicken, BBQ sauce, onions and pile it between 2 tortillas. I brown them in a bit of hot coconut oil and in 10 minutes, we have a very yummy meal!

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  61. My go to lunch is a hard boiled egg, a slice or two of healthy lunch meat, a piece of fruit, and a couple of crackers with some kind of nut butter and a great big dill pickle. It is boring, i know, but if I haven’t planned anything these are all the things i always have on hand!

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  63. I pre-bag cooked chicken and then buy bagged salad mixes – combine the two and lunch is easy and yummy!

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  67. Yummy!! My quick lunch is a low carb tortilla, thrown on the griddle for a few seconds to get crispy, topped with Hormel Natural Ham and pepper jack cheese, all melted and gooey!

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  68. How do you store the leftovers? Must they be refrigerated because of the ham? Looks like a great breakfast for our camping trips where everything is between two piece of bread. These are a great low carb alternative!

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    • The fridge is fine. Ours were on the counter for two days. The ham shouldn’t be an issue because it’s baked in and that raises the temps.

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  70. This sounds delicious! I should try it sometime!
    It sounds like it would also be good with turkey lunch meat and cheese.

    My go to lunch is often leftovers or a salad.

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  71. These look delicious! I like to make egg muffins with whatever meat and veggies i have on hand, then i can eat them for a couple days at work.

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  73. My lunches are always leftovers – that’s as quick and easy as I can do it – since I live by myself, I portion out my servings when putting the food away – just grab and go the next morning!!!!

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  77. Leftovers or eggs are my go-to, although in the summer I cannot get enough chicken salad with avocado!!

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  82. My quick and easy go to lunch is a whole wheat low carb tortilla with turkey lunchmeat, cheddar cheese and lettuce – with a little mayo and mustard…YUM!! 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  83. I’ve shared post on FB! I don’t Tweet, however, so can’t share that way. Looking forward to trying this recipe! Thanks for sharing!

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  85. My go-to lunch is usually whatever is leftover from dinner the night before. My FAVORITE is steak, usually with zucchini or broccoli.

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  92. I made these tonight for dinner with a side salad. They were DELICIOUS!! My sons are trying to get the whole family to eat healthier, and these really fit the bill. Thanks for all of your great recipes!!! Already preordered your book, can’t wait to get it!!
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  97. My go to lunch is chicken salad with celery and mini peppers. So easy and delicious! I can’t wait to try these scones.

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  100. My favorite easy lunch is roasted broccoli and chicken sausage. I simply cut the sausage into smaller pieces, place on an oven safe metal tray lined with tin foil. Add some fresh, pre-cut broccoli florets. Toss with some coconut oil. Add some seasonings, salt, pepper. And bake!

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  105. These look really yummy. I will have to check out this Hormel ham. This is a great way to use up left over ham & have a delicious meal. Thanks!

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  107. My go to is a mozzarella stick or two wrapped in lunchmeat or prosciutto, a microwave steamed bag of broccoli with butter and parmesan cheese, and a big cup of collagen tea! Yum — can’t wait for lunch now!

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  108. At first I thought, *Savory* Scones?? I absolutely LOVE the sweet ones with frosting! When I saw the video, however, I changed my mind! These look like yummy biscuits with all the delicious breakfast goodies stuffed inside! I’ve gotta try ’em! Thanks for the recipe!

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  109. Thanks for this opportunity! My go-to, quick lunch is a salad with as many toppings as I can scare up, always making sure I have some sort of protein on it.

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  118. My go to for lunch is low carb chili. I make it on Sunday and then it’s easy to grab during the week. I also like to add cheese and avacado on top ??

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  119. Made these today. They are delicious. I subbed coconut milk for the cream and vegan cheese and they worked perfectly. Thank you for an easy delicious recipe

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  124. I usually do leftovers for lunch. Or I season canned chicken breast and stuff a couple roma tomatoes with the mixture and eat it beside a salad.

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  125. my go to is something i have pre-made and is a healthy choice…. i know myself well enough that i have to be prepared or i will make bad choices. thanks for this great recipe and contest! 🙂

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  126. My go to quick and easy and healthy lunch is salad in a jar. I mix greens, veggies, dried fruit and meat in a jar and bring salad dressing in a container on the side.

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  130. Go to lunch is: SALAD! A huge mixture of greens with roasted turkey, fresh mozz and lots of veggies and chick peas! I really could eat it every single day!

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  131. My go-to quick and easy lunch is prosciutto wrapped melon, grapes and Brie or Camembert with Triscuit crackers.

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  134. I am so excited to make these! For lunch, I’ve been eating leftovers, or salads. Today I had one of your coconut raspberry chocolate chip muffins with my salad 🙂

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  142. My go-to lunch is grilled cheddar cheese sandwich with Amy’s Organic Soups’ Cream Of Tomato. I like to cut the sandwich into sticks so I can dip them into the soup. The soup is a bit pricey, but SO worth it!

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  144. Tuna is my favorite quick lunch! Throw it on a salad or in a wrap.

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  147. My go-to lunch is a quart Mason jar layered Cobb salad with Hormel bacon. I make 5 jars on Sunday and they stay fresh all week!

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  148. I have been craving a biscuit with cheese! Cant wait to make these ham and cheese scones.
    Thank you for all your great recipes!

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  149. I love bacon and cheese sandwiches in sprouted bread or half sprouted bagel with mayo and tomato! Or just cheese slices and kosher dill pickles Yummo

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  151. Good Sunday morning Carolyn. For quick and easy I usually do an anti pasti plate with cubed cheese, dill pickles, an olive or two, some pepperoni slices, other meat if I have it, and some sliced hard boiled egg, a good grind of pepper on top. But I am definitely making these scones. Great to -go food. Also bread substitute of the highest order for any meal. I am ridiculously excited to make these.

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  152. YAY – a low carb scone! I love savory vs sweet so this recipe is a winner. I am heading to the store for the ingredients that I don’t have on hand. Thank you so much for this.

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  153. I always have a batch of homemade low carb crackers around, so my quick go to lunch is chicken salad with crackers and cucumber slices. And I love all scones, so I can’t wait to try these! Thanks for another winner!

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  158. I do intermittent fasting and don’t eat lunch until 1 pm, so I often do breakfast for lunch since I adore breakfast foods!

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  159. My go-to quick and easy lunch is a roasted veggie wrap. Roasted veggies, mayo, seasoning. That’s it! Super simple but really delicious!

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  163. Usually have a salad with whatever leftovers. I am going to try the scones. This would be great for any meal!!

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  169. I like to keep washed organic greens in the fridge for a quick salad. I like to add ham, cheese, and a hard boiled egg. It’s so fast and easy to take on the go!

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  180. Thanks for this recipe! I made them Monday morning and have been enjoying them all week.
    I love your site.
    Thanks again.
    Julie

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  181. My quick and easy go to is usually leftovers from the night before. I will be trying this recipe for sure though!

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  182. My easy go to lunch is a Turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread.
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  192. My current favorite nutritious lunch is cooked, organic chicken patties from dinner the night before, wrapped in lettuce, a quick, vegetable side and a 60 second almond flour mug muffin.

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  197. I just made these, and they’re AMAZING!! But, how do you store them??? I’m assuming the fridge, but I really don’t want to change their texture, and I’m afraid that will.

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  203. Most of the time I just use leftovers from the previous night’s dinner for my lunch, but there are times either there wasn’t anything left, or we went out to dinner, or I just don’t have a taste for what I have already on hand. At least I almost always have some plain leftover rice or quinoa, and can do something with that. I love using leftover plain rice plus an egg or two to make a pan of Cha Han, which is Japanese style fried rice. I buy packets of the seasoning for it so it’s a fast lunch. I just have to pick between the shrimp and crab flavors.

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  208. Usually a salad or baked potatoes and veggies.
    Thank you for the chance to win!

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  213. My go-to quick and easy lunch is leftovers from last night’s dinner. 🙂

    Thanks for the chance to win!
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  216. I made these and they were really good. Left out the salt and I’m glad I did. Felt they didn’t need it with the ham and cheese. The dough was sricky and hard for me to work with so they came out more like biscuits than scones but still tastedgreat.

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  217. I’ve recently started making salads in a jar at the beginning of the week so that each day I pull out a salad, dump it into a bowl and it’s like having a restaurant quality salad with all of my favorite and healthy toppings! So proud of myself for eating healthy and it’s delicious!

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  237. I have to admit, my go to for a quick and easy lunch is a peanut butter & jelly sandwich! But I’ve been selling myself short, I can see. I should be making these!!! 🙂

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  241. I eat lots of salads for lucnh and often incorporate any bits of leftover vegetables or meats. Other favorite lunches include soup or chicken that I have prepared in batched and stored in the freezer in individual portions. Your scones will be a perfect addition to any of these. Love scones!

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  242. My favorite quick lunch is sliced avocado with diced tomato and cucumber. I squeeze lime juice on it and season it with garlic powder and sea salt. I like roasted pepitas if I have them, too.

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  265. My easiest and most delicious go-to quick and easy lunch is a very tasty BLT sandwich with plenty of mayonnaise on top.

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  268. I love this recipe!! Wondering how you think these would freeze? Also, what would be needed to make them into a donut texture? I was watching a cooking show the other morning where a savory cheddar and green onion donut was made then sliced to make it into a grilled cheese with bacon, tomato and cheddar cheese slices. I CAN’T get the idea out of my head!!!

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    • Better yet, use one of my donut recipes (like the coconut flour ones) and add the ham and cheese to those. The scones freeze just fine.

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  269. Hi
    I have loved a similar recipe but though gluten free, was not keto. This came out nicely though the texture is a little ‘off’ and I used bacon instead of ham. I put this recipe into my fitness pal where I log food and the carb count was 3x higher than you listed, so which is correct? thanks

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    • Something went BADLY wrong in MyFitness Pal (which is known to be very inaccurate and makes weird ingredient substitutions sometimes). I would look very closely at the ingredients you entered and any weird equivalents it might give. My counts come from MacGourmet, a paid software that pulls from the USDA database and given that I work with these ingredients all the time, I am VERY confident of my numbers.

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  270. I made these for the first time a couple of days ago and they are so good! Best of all, they freeze and reheat well. Thank you so much, this recipe is my new favourite!

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  272. Made these this morning! So amazing! I love your recipes, thank you for sharing them.
    I did sub Kerrygold Dubliner cheese, Italian seasoning, and hemp milk. Perfection!!

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