How to Use Rotisserie Chickens on Keto In the days before Keto it felt like Fast Food drive thrus were a necessity for a working Mom. But honestly, I now find that cooking my own food is actually pretty fast! And I can even speed that up with the magic … Continue reading
Is the Keto Diet Expensive? Can you do the Keto Diet on a budget? One complaint that I hear often is that the Keto diet is expensive. I have certainly gone through good times financially as well as lean times and I truly feel that the Keto diet can be … Continue reading
Bacon Calories and Fat: Fact vs Fiction Today I am blowing off steam after yet another uninformed comment about eating bacon. Bacon calories and fat knowledge in the average person is almost non existent! Take my plate of 6 slices of baked folded bacon for example. It’s my go to … Continue reading
So What is Keto Flu Anyways!? I posted this What is Keto Flu article below back in the summer of 2013 when I had no idea what I was doing or what keto flu was. All I knew is that I was sick as a dog! I’ve learned so much … Continue reading
What to Put Into a Low Carb Gift Basket One of my little sideline businesses is custom gift baskets and so I think about gift baskets a lot. I mostly make gift baskets for kids but I also do a lot of gourmet gift baskets for Amazon. I was thinking … Continue reading
The Big Book of Healthy Cooking Oil What is the best healthy cooking oil ? This is one of the most frequently asked questions in any of the low carb and keto groups that I belong to. Walk through the supermarket aisle and you will be faced with a number … Continue reading
I’m hoping you landed here because you have a loved one on your gift list who is doing low carb or keto and you are looking for low carb gift ideas. And boy do I have ideas! Things that I use myself or really, really want! And I’m going to … Continue reading
LCHF Diet – Is it Extreme? When I first started exploring the Keto Diet, I ran into many terms and acronyms that I did not understand. LCHF was one of them. So what it is exactly? LCHF is the acronym for Low Carb High Fat which is exactly what the … Continue reading
Which Fats and Oils for Keto are best? Oils and fats are literally the lifeblood of the Ketogenic diet. For treating epilepsy doctors generally use a strict 4 to 1 ratio, meaning 4 times as much fat as protein and carbs combined, by weight of food. For weight loss we … Continue reading
Get Into Ketosis with Coconut Oil on the Ketogenic Diet One of my favorite discoveries when I went Keto was coconut oil! Not only does it help us keep our fat ratio high enough for nutritional ketosis, it also has some pretty amazing health benefits. I first became aware … Continue reading
