Are you looking for a delicious and EASY keto breakfast that your kids will love?
You must try my Easy Taco Pie! It also makes great leftovers!
HOW TO MAKE EASY TACO PIE
To make my Easy Taco Pie even easier, I brown the ground beef, combine the ingredients, and place them on the skillet the night before. In the morning, all I have to do is pop the skillet in the oven for an easy breakfast or brunch.
EASY TACO PIE FASTER
If you want to make Easy Taco Muffins instead of Taco Pie which shortens the cooking time, you can bake the pies as individual muffins. Grease a 12-well muffin pan and follow the Easy Taco Pie recipe as written through Step 4. Then transfer the mixture to the greased muffin cups, filling each about two-thirds full. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes, until golden and puffed. Allow to cool slightly in the pan, then transfer the muffins to a serving platter and serve warm.
Watch our YouTube video making my Easy Taco Pie here:
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Easy Taco Pie
Maria Emmerich
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large oven-safe skillet, heat the butter over medium heat. Add the ground beef, onions, and taco seasoning and cook until the beef is cooked all the way through, about 7 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and stir well to combine.
In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, broth, cheeses, garlic, cilantro, salt and pepper.
Add the egg mixture to the beef mixture and stir to combine. Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, until the eggs are just slightly set, stirring continuously.
Place the skillet in the oven and bake for 27 minutes, or until the eggs are cooked through in the center. Remove from the oven and let rest for 3 minutes, then slice and serve. If desired, garnish with fresh chives and/or cilantro and serve with salsa. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheat in a 350°F oven for 3 minutes or in the microwave for 30 seconds, or until heated through.
“Every morning when I get up I thank God for Maria and Craig Emmerich!
I will never be able to convey my thanks for showing me the way to lose weight.
I tried every diet possible, I was in TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) at the age of 12, I tried WW, and a few other well known diet programs. None of them ever worked long terms. I’d lose a few pounds and gain it right back.
Wish I could send you a huge bouquet of flowers Maria, but once again I will just send you my thanks and deepest gratitude! I don’t have many pictures of myself at 420+ pounds. So I have to go way back to find pictures to share. Hit 200 pounds this morning. I have to say it feels unbelievable!” – Felicia
Most people I consult are doing keto totally wrong. Get fast results with the my Mind-blowing Keto School!
Small businesses impacted by the evacuation orders related to recent wildfires can now apply for support through the Small Business Wildfire Relief Program.
“We’ve seen many businesses, even those directly impacted, step up to help their communities during their time of need,” said Premier Tim Houston. “But we know that an unexpected closure can still have a significant impact on small businesses. This funding will help address some of that financial stress.”
The program will provide a one-time grant of $2,500 to small businesses located in the mandatory evacuation zones related to the recent fires in Halifax Regional Municipality and Shelburne County.
Applications and information on eligibility are at: https://beta.novascotia.ca/small-business-wildfire-relief-program . Business owners with questions can email SBWRP@novascotia.ca
Quick Facts:
types of eligible businesses include restaurants and licensed drinking establishments; fitness, recreational and leisure facilities; independent retailers; wholesale operators; manufacturers; licensed fish processors; personal services; repair services; accommodations; independent gas retailers; self-regulated and unregulated health professionals; live performing arts venues; construction; private daycares
active charities may also apply
to be eligible, businesses must have stopped operating because they are within the mandatory evacuation zones related to recent wildfires
the program is expected to cost up to $1.5 million
on May 29, the government announced $500 for each household required to evacuate because of the wildfires
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Who wants to come over for the BEST protein Hot Fudge Sundaes?
My son can’t get enough of my protein ice cream! I agree, it’s the BEST keto ice cream recipe I’ve made! I had to make a homemade hot fudge sauce to make the BEST protein hot fudge sundae!
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE HOT FUDGE
To make my Easy Protein Hot Fudge sauce, I used chocolate Equip Prime Protein powder!
I love Equip Prime Protein powder so much, I even pack it in my carry on with me when I travel! I am in LOVE with it! It helped me get quality protein when I was on a 36 hour flight to Bali!
Equip protein powder works great for making recipes like my protein-packed keto hot fudge sauce. I used the chocolate Equip. Equip Prime Protein powder is an all-natural, comes from 100% grass-fed beef protein powder! No fillers, no additives, no chemicals and it’s so delicious!
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Easy Protein Hot Fudge Sundae
Prep Time 5min
Cook Time 3min
Total Time 8min
Course Dairy Free, Dessert, Egg Free, Nut Free
Cuisine American
Servings 8servings
Calories 239.2
EASY KETO VANILLA ICE CREAM (Link Below)
OPTIONAL: PROTEIN WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING
While the protein ice cream is chilling, make the hot fudge.
To make the hot fudge sauce, place the heavy cream, sweetener in a medium pot over high heat. Once hot, remove from the heat and add the Equip chocolate and chopped chocolate. Stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in the vanilla. Taste and adjust sweetness to your liking. Set in fridge to cool for a 15-30 minutes.
To make whipped cream topping, place heavy cream in a whipped cream canister (click HERE to find) and add Equip and 1/4 teaspoon of stevia glycerite to sweeten. Seal and shake well. Spray on top of hot fudge sundae and top with Nuts for optional garnish.
I’m a small size the first time in my life! My waistline has never been this small, even decades ago when I weighed the same as I do now.
I’ve learned so much from you. I have control due to the education you and your team provide. I enjoy what I eat. How amazing to feel this great in retirement!” Michele S
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Brittany and Matt Giesbrecht of The Speckled Sow Butchery & Market earned first place in the business impact category at Small Business BC Awards
The owners of a Vanderhoof butcher shop took home a top honor from the Small Business BC Awards on Sunday.
Brittany and Matt Giesbrecht of The Speckled Sow Butchery & Market earned first place in the business impact category.
The award “recognizes a business that has taken positive action to invest in their community and views social responsibility as an integral part of their success,” the SBBCA said in a statement.
The shop provides a cut and wrap service for domestic and wild game.
“It goes to show that hard work and more hard work really do pay off,” Matt Giesbrecht said in the statement. “The support of your community, family and friends goes a long way.”
Judges commented, “They clearly love the work they do and that inspiration to bring that farm-to-table spirit to Vanderhoof shines. Through their business journey, they have remained committed to serving their community.”
Awards were presented in four categories. To select the winners, 613 nominees across 84 BC communities were narrowed down to the Top 5 Finalists based on more than 74,000 public votes and written responses judged by business experts. Finalists proceeded to pitch their businesses to a panel of BC business leaders, who then selected the winner of each award category.
“For twenty years, the Small Business BC Awards has offered a platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their drive and determination while receiving the recognition they so greatly deserve,” said SBBC CEO Tom Conway. “These are some of the most creative, passionate and resilient people and it’s truly our honor to share their stories through the Small Business BC Awards.”
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Summer is coming which mean’s ice cream time!
Skip going to Dairy Queen for a blizzard and cut out the over 900 calories and 47 grams of carbs by making my keto Reece’s Blizzard!
HOW TO MAKE A KETO REECE’S BLIZZARD
To make my keto Reece’s Blizzard, I used peanut butter Equip Prime Protein powder and the chocolate Equip prime protein!
I love Equip Prime Protein powder so much, I even pack a bag and an immersion blender with me when I travel! I am in LOVE with it!
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Doesn’t Heather look AMAZING? She lost 112 pounds in only 10 months!
“Its been a while since I posted a picture of my progress since getting a membership with Craig and Maria Emmerich 10 months ago.
Today as I walked into my place of work after having been to our local ymca pool for some exercise my boss encouraged me that I should post a picture of myself now since the last picture was back In December at Christmas.
I am so blessed to have had an opportunity to get help from Maria and Craig. They have helped me and my family tremendously!!
I started at 320 lbs and now 208lbs having lost approx 112lbs in 10 months. Words do my gratitude no justice because I was someone who fought being obesity my entire life. I still have some weight to lose but I am eternally grateful I did not live in the pain and agony my body was living with when I purchased their platinum membership.
If you feel like you can’t do it alone or your element of where to start the event I encourage you to reach out to Maria Emmerich.
Craig and Maria are so encouraging, supportive, knowledgeable and compassionate. If your anything like me you won’t regret it.
Thank you Emmerich’s. You are the best! Abundantly Blessed” Heather
Most people I consult are doing keto totally wrong. Get fast results with the my Mind-blowing Keto School!
My easy protein fudge cycles are not only awesome for all of you, but for your children! If you have children who are picky eaters and don’t eat enough protein, make them my protein fudge cycle! Better yet, have your children make them! Yes, these healthy fudgesicles are so easy, your children can make them! Kids are more likely to eat something new if they make it!
All they need to do is measure and toss the ingredients into a blender! The hardest part is the wait!
HOW TO MAKE KETO PROTEIN FUDGESICLES
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Doesn’t Irene look AMAZING? She lost 80 pounds! I am so proud of her!
“Hi! I feel like I need to do a personal post about how food has changed my life!
The pic on the left, I was doing a lot of walking, some exercise and thought I was eating alright. Well the genetics family were definitely winning. 1-1/2yrs later drs we’re talking about putting me on meds for hypertension, if the weight didn’t come off. Also had foot surgery and feeling down.
Then just before the pandemic (3wks) I decided to try keto/low carb and weight just started to come off. I did everything wrong/right. Low carb wraps, the breads, and tired.
Then I found Maria Emmerich, who personally said to me. If you just want recipes, please help yourself. Or if you need personal coaching reach out I’m happy to help. That touched me on so many levels. With the Emmerich’s way, I am over 80lbs down and 60+ inches and wanting to continue for me!
This has been a great journey so far! Can’t wait to see where it leads.
Maria, Craig and family thank you from the bottom of my heart” Irene
Most people I consult are doing keto totally wrong. Get fast results with the my Mind-blowing Keto School!
What do former US Marines, stay-at-home moms, retirees and Chinese business veterans all have in common? You’ve probably bought something from them on Amazon.
Third-party sellers, people who sell their products through Amazon’s marketplace, come from every walk of life and increasingly make up more and more of the online giant’s sales. Amazon launched its third-party marketplace in 2000, allowing small business owners to put their products on Amazon (for a price). There are now millions of third-party sellers on the site, and third-party sales make up about 60% of Amazon’s physical product sales, Jeff Bezos told the House of Representatives in 2020.
Third-party sellers at the center of Amazon’s ecosystem––and the debate around the company’s complicated place in the world. Is Amazon exploiting these small businesses or lifting them up?
Moira Weigel, an assistant professor of communication studies at Northeastern University, says it’s not that simple.
Moira Weigel, Northeastern University assistant professor in the department of communication studies and a member of the executive committee of women’s, gender and sexuality studies. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
“It’s transforming what a small business is,” Weigel says.
Weigel and her graduate research assistant Zhaozhou Dai spent the last two years talking with third-party sellers across the global e-commerce market, charting Amazon’s impact on a “hidden, yet really important part of the global consumer economy.” Her report, “Amazon’s Trickle Down Monopoly,” published this week in Data & Society, is the culmination of that work.
“To be an Amazon seller does not look much like running the mom-and-pop corner store that politicians and pundits evoke when they talk about American small business,” she adds. “As several of my interviewees put it, it typically looks more like daytrading—interpreting and trying to speculate on global data flows that you experience primarily through screens.”
The impact of that shift goes beyond Amazon and its third-party sellers. Weigel says the US, China and EU place “an enormous amount of faith” in small businesses and entrepreneurs to help remedy structural inequities and create opportunities for people.
“Entrepreneurship is a state project,” Weigel says. “We have low interest rate loans, we have tax breaks, we have subsidies for small businesses. If Amazon’s market dominance is fundamentally transforming what a small business is, that is a matter of public interest.”
For third-party sellers, the advantages of selling on Amazon are clear: They gain access to the largest online marketplace in the world. All they have to do is supply their inventory––and pay Amazon to ship, store, list and advertise it. The whole enterprise is low-risk for Amazon and high-risk, high-reward for sellers.
There are concrete ways Amazon harms third-party sellers, whether by purposefully using data collected from sellers to make its own competitive products or through algorithmic errors that randomly suspend accounts or products. But Weigel also talked with many sellers who saw Amazon as “the best available opportunity” and made multi-million dollar businesses by selling through the platform.
Beyond whether Amazon is hurting or harming small businesses, Weigel says her research highlights the ways Amazon is radically transforming the world of commerce and business––and making it look a lot more like Amazon.
“[Third-party sellers] are ground zero or the entry point where we see Amazon remaking the world in its image,” Weigel says. “To succeed on Amazon’s platform, which is entirely governed by Amazon’s metrics and algorithms, means, in many ways, to build your business Amazon-ready.”
People turn their cars and houses into smaller versions of Amazon fulfillment centers. A Chinese seller told Weigel that Amazon-supported training courses encouraged merchants to accept that they’ll have to sell at a loss for their first six months––just like Amazon.
Amazon’s transformational strategy is most clear in its approach in China.
After an attempt to move into the Chinese market in the 2010s, Weigel says Amazon realized it couldn’t compete against domestic e-commerce companies like Alibaba, Pinduoduo and Taobao. It focused instead on attracting Chinese small businesses and merchants as third-party sellers.
Around the same time, China was introducing initiatives to support entrepreneurs who were involved in cross-border e-commerce. This is where Amazon stepped in.
“Amazon partnered with regional governments in China on a number of initiatives to recruit and train merchants and manufacturers to sell through the platform,” Weigel says. “I found evidence that Amazon served as a consultant to the Chinese state in developing these new duty free warehouses that would facilitate getting goods out more easily. … They created this pipeline over the border into the duty-free zone and then directly to the US customer with no other intermediary.”
Moving forward, Weigel says there needs to be regulatory and legislative changes to ensure Amazon is held accountable for its impact on sellers, warehouse workers and the e-commerce world at large. That includes antitrust measures and even potential alliances and joint efforts between third-party sellers and Amazon logistics workers. Change and action are not impossible, Weigel says, but they need to happen sooner rather than later.
“Industrialization and the rise of railroads totally revolutionized how things were made in the 19th century,” says Weigel. “Laws were passed around that and new standards were developed. It’s important to remember that the forms technology takes are never inevitable—change is possible around these things.”
I don’t have many pictures of myself at 420+ pounds. So I have to go way back to find pictures to share. 
Hit 200 pounds this morning. I have to say it feels unbelievable!” – Felicia
