The keto recipes that changed your journey!
erin3011
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I've recently discovered keto coffee and Keto cloud bread. And wow! My life is changed! Without these two, I'm not sure I could be as successful! The coffee is a great tool to help me get my fat in, and the cloud bread helps me with variation!
What are your Wow! Recipes that have changed your Keto experience for the better?
What are your Wow! Recipes that have changed your Keto experience for the better?
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I love stir-fry but I've always had store-bought sauce on it. Those sauces though are all sugar-based, so I was getting about 10g of sugar in just 2 tbsp of the sauce.
So I concocted my own stir-fry sauce recipe, it's net-zero carbs and one batch is good for 4 servings.
It basically enabled me to keep eating my favorite meal without blowing my day's carbs in one sitting.
I have the recipe saved in MFP but I don't know if there's a way to 'share' it automatically... Added as a picture instead. Just put all the stuff in a bowl and mix it up, basically. Keep it in the fridge and use as desired.
Warning - it is HOT.
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TBH, I don't really know. I eat a lot of the same style of foods as before, but now it is without the bun or side of starchy foods. Tonight is taco beef, cheese, sourcream, and avocado but in a bowl and not a taco shell, and without the side of rice.
Oh! I have to admit a soft spot for nuts... I love nuts. Too much in fact.
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I have mostly omitted things, potatoes, pasta, etc. The big adds for me are:
Chicharrones I use them like chips with salsa and guacamole. I haven't tried using them in nachos yet, but will be doing that soon as well.
More butter is on the plate a lot more these days.
Fat bombs that are 125 grams of coconut oil, 25 grams of 100% pure cacao powder with stevia to taste.
Faux bread found here: http://cavemanketo.com/faux-bread-quest-holy-grail-almond-buns/, cut the butter by a T. and took out 2 T of almond flour and replaced it with flaxseed meal for a better texture.
Fathead pizza comes in handy when pizza cravings hit too. Lots of those around the web.
I already ate cauliflower & leek soup instead of potato & leek soup and have always enjoyed mashed cauliflower, so that helped a lot in my early days of this WOE.
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KETO MOUSSE. I can eat that stuff every day of my life and not get tired of it. Mascarpone cheese, unsweetened cocoa powder, sweetener, and some heavy cream to stir it up. I'll add crunchy peanut butter or coconut butter if I'm feeling extra fancy.
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Fathead Pizza!6
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lots of cream cheese .....bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers are my favorite
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LolaDeeDaisy23 wrote: »KETO MOUSSE. I can eat that stuff every day of my life and not get tired of it. Mascarpone cheese, unsweetened cocoa powder, sweetener, and some heavy cream to stir it up. I'll add crunchy peanut butter or coconut butter if I'm feeling extra fancy.
Do you chill this moose before you inhale it?1 -
MyriiStorm wrote: »Fathead Pizza!
This and also anything sort of pasta made using spaghetti squash noodles. My cajun shrimp alfredo pasta is my favorite.3 -
White Chicken Chili. You can just swap out the Great Northern Beans for Black Soy beans. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/229949/creamy-white-chili/
I added all ingredients into MFP, trying to find nutrition labels I thought were accurate. (attached for entire recipe)
I also added this into MyFitnessPal food database with the 8 servings the recipes says it makes. Honestly, I don't know, since I usually double or triple the batch, especially by adding more chicken and broth & spices.
According to this though, each large bowl (2 cups approx.) has about 5 net carbs, and this is a hearty soup- my husband loves it.
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Mashed cauliflower - any time we have that with dinner it feels so cheat-y. Roasted meat, mashed cauliflower and brussels sprouts and I'm a happy girl.
Fathead pizza (with almond flour instead of meal) was a life changer. Unfortunately it's also what we had for dinner right before norovirus hit our house and we just haven't been able to go there since.
And Friday, I made mayo!3 -
LolaDeeDaisy23 wrote: »
You are a bad girl, LolaDeeDaisy. I just happen to have 2 containers of Mascarpone, cacao powder, chocolate stevia, and.... ahh!
no HWC. Now what? (Just tough it out, right?) 0 -
LolaDeeDaisy23 wrote: »
You are a bad girl, LolaDeeDaisy. I just happen to have 2 containers of Mascarpone, cacao powder, chocolate stevia, and.... ahh! no HWC. Now what? (Just tough it out, right?)
It tastes just fine without HWC... because... I just didn't know it was supposed to have some in it when I first made it!2 -
MyriiStorm wrote: »Fathead Pizza!
This and also anything sort of pasta made using spaghetti squash noodles. My cajun shrimp alfredo pasta is my favorite.
It's not keto-friendly if you eat a whole squash's worth, though.
But yeah, my cheesy spaghetti squash casserole is my gateway drug to gluten free/low carb for people who see that kind of thing normally as "healthy means eating cardboard."
Quick rundown -- cook a spaghetti squash, toss the meat into a casserole dish (or crock pot insert), toss in a block of cream cheese and/or a cup or two of sour cream, toss in about 2 cups of whatever not-cream cheeses you have on hand, saute an onion and a few cloves of garlic and toss them in, add some salt and pepper (I
white pepper). Mix it all up and toss in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Try not to inhale it all at once. 7 -
kimberwolf71 wrote: »LolaDeeDaisy23 wrote: »
You are a bad girl, LolaDeeDaisy. I just happen to have 2 containers of Mascarpone, cacao powder, chocolate stevia, and.... ahh! no HWC. Now what? (Just tough it out, right?)
It tastes just fine without HWC... because... I just didn't know it was supposed to have some in it when I first made it!
Lol you can leave out the hwc! I add a splash just so it's not as dense. Delicious either way
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Only just started, so yet to discover my faves. Threads like this are amazing though...everyone else does loads of cooking, and I get to pick the best tested recipes! Bonus! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.
Just made 90 second bread and used for pizzas for breakfast....will defo be having again.2 -
lorna012345 wrote: »Only just started, so yet to discover my faves. Threads like this are amazing though...everyone else does loads of cooking, and I get to pick the best tested recipes! Bonus! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.
Just made 90 second bread and used for pizzas for breakfast....will defo be having again.
Well, considering the difficulty of finding decent prepared keto food in stores and ordering it in restaurants, cooking is usually the path of least resistance (and expense!).
Even those of us who could only blacken water before wind up with handfuls of go-to keto treats in our new repertoire. 
It's hit or miss, but you can check on Amazon for free Kindle versions of Keto cookbooks.1 -
For me smoked salmon and scrambled eggs has been my breakfast of choice. Made my first Fathead Pizza last week and definitely a fan. 2
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lorna012345 wrote: »Only just started, so yet to discover my faves. Threads like this are amazing though...everyone else does loads of cooking, and I get to pick the best tested recipes! Bonus! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.
Just made 90 second bread and used for pizzas for breakfast....will defo be having again.
You have to check out this thread then:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10274397/what-does-your-low-carb-meals-look-like#latest
And @RalfLott is correct. I basically only cooked eggs and chili and used my grill and smoker. Now, I feel like I am a pretty good cook. I have found I actually even like cooking. If only I had figured this out 20-30 years ago....5 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »
Quick rundown -- cook a spaghetti squash, toss the meat into a casserole dish (or crock pot insert), toss in a block of cream cheese and/or a cup or two of sour cream, toss in about 2 cups of whatever not-cream cheeses you have on hand, saute an onion and a few cloves of garlic and toss them in, add some salt and pepper (I white pepper). Mix it all up and toss in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Try not to inhale it all at once.
What is your favorite type of meat to use with this casserole?0 -
Crack Slaw http://www.food.com/recipe/crack-slaw-low-carb-434863 even my non-keto hubby loves it.
I also bought a cream whipper recently https://www.petersofkensington.com.au/Public/MasterChef-Cream-Whipper.aspx - I make up paper coffee cups with blueberries in the bottom, about 200ml lite jelly poured over them. I keep these in the fridge and have one after dinner each night with whipped cream.
Prawns, some green curry paste, some coconut milk, zucchini grated or zoodled, garlic and stock powder to taste - this is our Sunday go to.
My hubby makes low carb easy. He cooks dinner because he gets home first. And he makes a coffee with butter/cream for me every morning like a champ. He does not eat low carb (during the day) but once I told him "any meat, some cauli/broccoli/mushrooms/zucchini on the side - oh and check the packet for carbs if you buy sausages" he cooks low carb like a pro.7 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »
Quick rundown -- cook a spaghetti squash, toss the meat into a casserole dish (or crock pot insert), toss in a block of cream cheese and/or a cup or two of sour cream, toss in about 2 cups of whatever not-cream cheeses you have on hand, saute an onion and a few cloves of garlic and toss them in, add some salt and pepper (I white pepper). Mix it all up and toss in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Try not to inhale it all at once.
What is your favorite type of meat to use with this casserole?
Not meat as in hamburger, meat as in the meat of the squash. The part inside the skin that (in this case) turns into spaghetti-like strings that aren't the goop with seeds.0 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »Dragonwolf wrote: »
Quick rundown -- cook a spaghetti squash, toss the meat into a casserole dish (or crock pot insert), toss in a block of cream cheese and/or a cup or two of sour cream, toss in about 2 cups of whatever not-cream cheeses you have on hand, saute an onion and a few cloves of garlic and toss them in, add some salt and pepper (I white pepper). Mix it all up and toss in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Try not to inhale it all at once.
What is your favorite type of meat to use with this casserole?
Not meat as in hamburger, meat as in the meat of the squash. The part inside the skin that (in this case) turns into spaghetti-like strings that aren't the goop with seeds.
That may be the case, but adding real meat like maybe ground sausage sounds like it would be good in this.1 -
cstehansen wrote: »Dragonwolf wrote: »Dragonwolf wrote: »
Quick rundown -- cook a spaghetti squash, toss the meat into a casserole dish (or crock pot insert), toss in a block of cream cheese and/or a cup or two of sour cream, toss in about 2 cups of whatever not-cream cheeses you have on hand, saute an onion and a few cloves of garlic and toss them in, add some salt and pepper (I white pepper). Mix it all up and toss in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Try not to inhale it all at once.
What is your favorite type of meat to use with this casserole?
Not meat as in hamburger, meat as in the meat of the squash. The part inside the skin that (in this case) turns into spaghetti-like strings that aren't the goop with seeds.
That may be the case, but adding real meat like maybe ground sausage sounds like it would be good in this.
It's pretty thick/heavy on its own. Adding a meat into it would be rather challenging. Keep in mind that spaghetti squash is more akin to angel hair pasta as opposed to mashed potatoes or whatever.0 -
I make something similar to the mousse listed above... but mine tastes like a wendy's frosty. I make homemade whip cream from HWC and some vanilla extract, then add in some (previously prepared) SF Chocolate pudding, in basically a 1:1 ratio of pudding to HWC.... toss in the freezer for about an hour, and its so YUM. If you're not a frosty fan, it works well as just a chocolate mousse if you don't freeze it, too.
I also have made a SF cheesecake mousse with cream cheese, HWC, lemon extract, vanilla extract, and stevia.2 -
When I first started low carb, I found this website helpful...
http://genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html
Her pizza topping casserole has been great for me, given that pizza is definitely one of my pitfalls.3 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »
Not meat as in hamburger, meat as in the meat of the squash. The part inside the skin that (in this case) turns into spaghetti-like strings that aren't the goop with seeds.
Oh....gotcha.....It would be yummy without the meat for sure....As a side dish.....I used to do something similar with potatoes in my carb days.....I can't even imagine how many carbs it had it it...lol.... 0 -
Sugar Free Jello. I know. I see eyes rolling. I acquired a binge habit in 2015 that is thankfully over. I hope. I still keep sugar free jello prepared in my refrigerator though don't have need for it so often. Rarely. I'll take secretly (used to be) eating a pint of red-dye and artificial sweetener ANYDAY over hundreds/thousands of calories of sugar in massive quantities of ice cream.
I ate sugar free jello by the pint for a while. It changed my journey.6 -
Sugar Free Jello. I know. I see eyes rolling. I acquired a binge habit in 2015 that is thankfully over. I hope. I still keep sugar free jello prepared in my refrigerator though don't have need for it so often. Rarely. I'll take secretly (used to be) eating a pint of red-dye and artificial sweetener ANYDAY over hundreds/thousands of calories of sugar in massive quantities of ice cream.
I ate sugar free jello by the pint for a while. It changed my journey.
No eye rolls here, we have recently discovered what a great treat sugar free jello is. We top it off with a squirt of redi whipped cream. Doesn't hurt DH's BS, and I get a fruity tasting treat. We normally use stevia for sweetening, but the little bit of whatever is in Jello doesn't seem to hurt either of us.1 -
Sugar free jello is .... bad?!?! Sorry, Nuh Uh. YUMMIE 4
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