Queso Fundido

Translating to “melted cheese,“ queso fundido is a classic Mexican party appetizer typically made of two components: bubbling-hot cheese and savory spiced meat sauce. In our main-course riff, ground beef is loaded up with chili powder, garlic, and cumin and served with tender cilantro cauliflower “rice.“ A pool of molten queso—scratch-made with cream cheese, cheddar, Monterey Jack, and roasted green chiles—is at the ready for drizzling and dunking. Spicy roasted tomato salsa ties it all together.

Indulge in a bit of sweetness with these keto truffles. Cacao butter is whipped with cream cheese, butter, and freeze-dried raspberries and sweetened with monk fruit and erythritol (a sugar alcohol that has virtually no calories). Each bite-size truffle is then rolled in a colorful coating of unsweetened shredded coconut and more freeze-dried raspberries.