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 general, not experiencing brain fog, and just feeling better over all.
But what do you do for good food on Keto?!
That's what this blog is really here to address! Since we've been doing this for a couple of years now, as you might imagine, we've tried countless low-carb recipes and "Keto" products. Some of them, as any person who eats the ketogenic way can tell you, are a big swing-and-a-miss! Others are really good.
But there are some foods you find yourself missing after a while, that there just doesn't seem to be a good replacement for. And in order for this lifestyle to be sustainable for me, that meant I needed to get creative. I'd always been able to hold my own in the kitchen, and if I do say so myself, been a pretty good cook. But translating that into a whole different world of ingredients was an adventure! There were some epic fails, lots of trial and error, and finally some monumental successes that allowed me to enjoy just many of the foods I was missing, without all the carbs.
So, in the posts to come, I'll be sharing some of the recipes I've come up with in the course of my journey -- particularly the ones I hadn't found any other good alternatives for, or those that just needed some improvement.
I'll also post about some products I've discovered that make things much easier. NOTE: as of now, I am not sponsored by any company or manufacturer of any of these products, so I'll only post my personal experience and opinions. Should I ever have the opportunity to do a sponsored product review, it will be disclosed.
So without further ado...on to the recipes and posts! Hope to see you and discuss great low-carb eats along the way!
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