Your Best Low Carb Life

The Struggle Every once in a while, there's a food from my pre-keto days that I miss, and can't find a real, satisfying keto version to replace it. Pancakes are a prime example of that! And yes, I know there are a ton of keto pancake recipes out there, as well as commercial pancake mixes. But let's face it, even the best of them I've ever found falls under the all-too-familiar category that exists within low-carb cooking: "Pretty good, I mean...for being keto." When I eat a pancake, I want the experience I grew up with! I want the fluffy texture and a flavor that doesn't immediately scream, "This is a pancake substitute," rather than just, well, a pancake. What I've found with countless recipes is exactly that: substitutes for pancakes. And while some of them taste okay, just about all of them fall apart and crumble when you try to flip them, unless you make your pancakes with a two-inch diameter. So, I set out to come up with a pancake that ...

So, what's this blog all about, anyway?! A couple of years ago, my wife and I decided to improve our overall health. We'd heard of the Keto craze from several of our friends who'd tried it, but we were skeptical. At the same time, we weren't exactly eating a healthy diet or living a healthy lifestyle, so what did we have to lose? With no real plan beyond that question, my wife asked me if I'd be willing to give it a shot, and I said sure. I agreed to slowly wean myself off of eating too many carbs, until I got down to the level that was recommended for a Ketogenic diet (yes, I know -- a lot of people don't like to call it a diet). The next day, I came home from work and found that every carbohydrate-laden food in our house had been thrown out! So much for a gradual weaning process... But as it turns out, that was the right approach for us. I jumped in with both feet, and in a matter of a couple weeks I found myself losing measurable weight, having more energy in...