Bratwurst with Sauerkraut and Mustard

Hostels with kitchens - a big help for keto traveling

Another travel-friendly meal!  Sausages and hot dogs are pretty standard fare when camping, so we needed a way to make it keto-friendly.  Don't be fooled, the hot dogs and sausages you find at gas stations and little small town groceries are unlikely to cut it.  We only buy sausages that say 'carbohydrate: 0' on the nutritional label, which are few and far between.  Usually, those are bratwurst.  Boars Head makes a low-carb bratwurst, which we use as our carb value for calculating purposes, but it has proven to be quite elusive!  We made an exception for Trader Joe's very fat-tastic bratwurst coming in at 'less than 1 carb' which is not currently in the keto-calculator and which I am using for calculations here.

With the sausage sorted, we had to figure out a way to make it a meal.  Tristan was craving sauerkraut and mustard, which make a perfect accompaniment to a bratwurst and are wholly keto-approved.  Score!  If you aren't adamantly opposed to mayo with a sausage, it would be another great way to bump up your fat. (I love hot dogs with mayo.)  

To finish off the fat, pair with a creamy decaf   coffee (not pictured).

Ingredients:


Sausages:

2 Trader Joe's Hofbrau Brats
45 g sauerkraut
14 g yellow mustard (or 2 sachets nicked from a fast-food chain)

Creamy Coffee:

40 g heavy whipping cream (40%)
cup of decaf coffee

This is not strictly a recipe as such but more of a meal idea, so no real explanation needed.  Cook your sausages as you like (boil, pan fry, roast over a fire).  Just make sure they're cooked all the way through!

fat:  66.7 g, protein:  27.8 g, carb:  2.9 g

ratio:  2.2:1

Note:  Less fatty sausages (as most others, including Boars Head will be) will likely need a spoonful or two of supplemental fat to hit your desired ratio, so make sure to take into account the values for whatever sausage you use!