Ideas for the August Challenge?

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toadqueen
toadqueen Posts: 592 Member
I have been very excited to participate in the July challenge. It has helped a lot in keeping me motivated and staying on track. I am sad to have missed the May challenge - I am going meat and fat only as of this morning and see how it goes.

I was thinking maybe August Adventures - where each week we try a LCHF food or recipe that we never had before? I am rather new to the group so I am not sure if this idea has already been done.

I am fond of alliteration.
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  • azcowgirrlup
    azcowgirrlup Posts: 207 Member
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    toadqueen wrote: »
    I have been very excited to participate in the July challenge. It has helped a lot in keeping me motivated and staying on track. I am sad to have missed the May challenge - I am going meat and fat only as of this morning and see how it goes.

    I was thinking maybe August Adventures - where each week we try a LCHF food or recipe that we never had before? I am rather new to the group so I am not sure if this idea has already been done.

    I am fond of alliteration.

    I would like to do an August Challenge, too! I love the name you picked; August Adventures.... sounds like fun.
  • bluefish86
    bluefish86 Posts: 842 Member
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    August Adventures.... Love it! Great idea!
  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,224 Member
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    Sounds good to me. I am willing to bet we'd have plenty of interested people.
  • pondsbb
    pondsbb Posts: 172 Member
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    I would love to try, if I find time.
  • KenSmith108
    KenSmith108 Posts: 1,966 Member
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    New food = no brainer for me. :) I love to eat!
  • mizzougal11
    mizzougal11 Posts: 773 Member
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    Definitely interested. Might help bring me out of my lurkdom!
  • slimzandra
    slimzandra Posts: 955 Member
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    In for August Adventures. Nice suggestion.
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,104 Member
    edited July 2015
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    So are you going to provide a food category? Or suggestions? Or are we supposed to pick something at random? More info please.

    Edited to add: Thinks like coconut flakes, hemp hearts, and cocoa butter are on my eventually list, but are currently cost prohibitive (plus I don't like coconut at all!)...LOL
  • pondsbb
    pondsbb Posts: 172 Member
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    I'm pretty new at low carb cooking but I love to cook so anything is good but like some people have said cost restrictions could apply. I am retired and living on a fixed income.
  • toadqueen
    toadqueen Posts: 592 Member
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    My original thought was to do our own adventures and derive more ideas from the group as we post our progress. I'm flexible.
  • saraphim41
    saraphim41 Posts: 205 Member
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    toadqueen wrote: »
    My original thought was to do our own adventures and derive more ideas from the group as we post our progress. I'm flexible.

    That.

  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,104 Member
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    Yeah, that unstructured for me, and I know I won't do it. I tend to be an all or nothing person... LOL Lame, I know.
  • KenSmith108
    KenSmith108 Posts: 1,966 Member
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    toadqueen wrote: »
    My original thought was to do our own adventures and derive more ideas from the group as we post our progress. I'm flexible.

    Sounds good, our first is going to be that cheeseburger pie that showed up yesterday. :)

  • kimberwolf71
    kimberwolf71 Posts: 470 Member
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    Great idea! I can experiment with a new super high-fat dish as part of my meal preps every week that I keep just for my lunches!
  • mlinton_mesapark
    mlinton_mesapark Posts: 517 Member
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    Great idea!

    What if you could choose either:

    A. Try this recipe
    B. Try this ingredient
    Or
    C. Swap x in your diet for y (I.e. Try almond milk instead of HWC in your coffee, try a different ground meat in place of ground beef)

    And post to let us know how your experiment went.

    Too complicated?
  • KETOGENICGURL
    KETOGENICGURL Posts: 687 Member
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    TWO food type suggestions:
    1. Capella Flavors- sold by Netrition.com…I am adding "Pralines & Cream" to plain iced coffee, or "sugar Cookie" and "Lemon Merangue Pie" to cream cheese for a cheesecake taste. ( about 50 flavors- 1 drop per oz- $2.36 a bottle...amazing ways to add flavor to the same foods you consume. (I add blueberry flavor+ Fewer real blueberries to my shakes-saves carbs)

    2nd. For OTHER great protein consider adding Hulled Hempseed (aka hemp hearts)..3 tbl provides 10 gr. protein with ALL essential Amino Acids, AND REAL food-based Magnesium- get 50% of RDA in those same 3 tbl!!
    (since most agribiz veggies grown now are deficient in any normal amount of iron/calcium/magnesium, etc.)

    this protein is so mildly flavored (kinda like walnut) that you can bake great muffin with it + almond flour, or add into soups, fried/steamed foods. Stirfry in coconut oil then add eggs for a nutty dish, toast them and top other foods, grind them and add to cream cheese to bulk up a cheesecake, and provide protein+fat in your dessert.
    I also melt 100% cacao chips, add HWC, stevia, butter, and hempseed-chia seeds-pecans, etc. for a chocolate candy treat

    If you tire of all meat all the time this gives you a great change of pace, and can be eaten raw out of the bag
  • DianaElena76
    DianaElena76 Posts: 1,241 Member
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    Sounds fun. I'm always on the lookout for new ideas that don't require anything exotic or expensive. :)
  • KarlaYP
    KarlaYP Posts: 4,439 Member
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    I'm in for August challenge! New recipies will be fun, and learning from all of you, even better!
  • KarlaYP
    KarlaYP Posts: 4,439 Member
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    @toadqueen, let us know how being meativore works for you! I love it! The May challenge changed my life!! Best of luck to you! :smiley:
  • azcowgirrlup
    azcowgirrlup Posts: 207 Member
    edited July 2015
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    Karlottap wrote: »
    @toadqueen, let us know how being meativore works for you! I love it! The May challenge changed my life!! Best of luck to you! :smiley:

    I have to try the meativore sometime, but for right now, the August Adventures works for me! New foods, new recipes, just what I need.