These take only moments to make and are very tasty, if you like smoked oysters, of course. Pictured here: http://buttoni.wordpress.com/2011/0...oyster-canapes/

A quick and tasty snack or party appetizer for your next football game gathering. Of course, if you don’t care for smoked oysters, you probably won’t like these. But my folks always kept smoked oysters in the house and it was a favorite snack with saltines. But I’ve found a low carb way to still enjoy them. Oysters have carbs, but there’s only 7 net carbs in an entire 3.75 oz. can, so eating 4-5 of these is doable for a low-carb snack. This recipe is Induction friendly. As every brand of oysters is different the size/number of oysters in the can will vary. That makes it hard to formulate a big recipe and know how many you’ll end up with. As a rule, the oysters are very small after smoking. I make up exact number of these I think I want or will need to serve to guests, because my husband is not so fond of smoked oysters and does not partake. So the recipe below is for ONE canapé and you can determine from that, based on the number you make up or consume. You’ll need toothpicks to put these together as well.

INGREDIENTS:

1 smoked oyster
1 medium black olive, pitted
1/3 tsp. Philly cream cheese with chive and onion

DIRECTIONS: Dab 1/3 tsp. cream cheese on each oyster, Spear through both with a toothpick, catching a black olive on the bottom of each canapé.

NUTRITIONAL INFO: Each canape contains:

12 calories
.8 g fat
.6 g carbs, .1 g fiber, .5 g NET CARBS
.7 g protein
83 mg sodium

65% RDA Vitamin B12, 41% copper, 91% zinc, and 12.9 mg potassium