This keto Sloppy Joe “meal-in-a-mug” is a monument to leftovers and planned freezer food. It is quick to cook up, filling, and delicious. If you have the meat prepared on hand, this is far easier than fast food because it’s fast food in your own kitchen. It’s quick to cook because you are going to…
Chicken broth is a ridiculously flavorful tool to keep in your kitchen. It makes use of the usually-discarded portion of a roasted chicken and so it is a “win” in the world of recycling and reusing as well. Whether you have roasted the chicken yourself or grabbed a quick rotisserie chicken at the market, you…
Cheese popcorn! Did you know that little cubes of cheese, dehydrated and then baked, will pop in the oven like popcorn? It’s crazy! This is a fun little project that you are going to want to try at least once. Keto cheese pops — not only are they fun, these little cubes are tasty! Of…
I present to you your own copycat of the Big Mac Special Sauce, keto-style. First, I was hesitant to dip a toe into this world because I have not eaten at McDonalds since 1994. It would be even longer than that but it was the day of the O.J. Simpson verdict and a group of…
Hold the phone!!! We have an extreme Big Mac update! Who’s Big Mac copycat salad burns fat faster than all others out there???? Why yes, that would be this one, according to the October 3, 2022 issue of Woman’s World magazine. Here’s what the feature story says: “Dubbed the ‘Big Mac’ salad, it features all-beef…
Turkey stock (aka turkey broth) is a richly satisfying by-product of a roasted turkey, often right around the holidays when we are all turkey-crazy and there is a turkey carcass in the kitchen, picked clean as friends and family gobble up leftovers. At many holiday gatherings, people are too busy and tired to worry about…
Maybe you’ve seen the intermittent fasting “before and after” photos scattered across social media, but I’ve tried to collect some of them here in one place. The bottom line is that I have lost 150 pounds with intermittent fasting and a keto diet. For the better part of a year, I ate no more than…
We are all used to “snacking,” but what about snacking while intermittent fasting? Many of us were raised on snacking, urged on by the makers of pretzels, potato chips, crackers, jerky, spiced nuts, and soda pop. We’ve been encouraged to eat “six little meals a day” — meals looking very snack-like. Ought we be snacking…
Should you drink bulletproof coffee for weight loss? It’s a fun drink to drink and there are a lot of claims of the benefits of bulletproof coffee, including general health benefits and weight loss. As with all advice on this website, I’ll first say: “If it’s working for you, go for it!” However, I don’t…
This keto coleslaw dressing recipe was passed down from my great grandmother to my mother. I now make it at least once a week to eat on my giant, Bearish coleslaw salads and simply adapted it to be a low-carb/keto/sugar-free variation. I use stevia, but you can adapt it to use the sweetener of your…