Week 3 started with even more gusto than the 1st 2, I had spent spent most of those researching different recipes I wanted to try, and I had been paid, so had bought all of the kitchen essentials I needed to started baking and experimenting in the kitchen. I have 5/6 I will be highlighting today!
First I obviously tried the Fathead Pizza, which was definitely a success, I however used coconut flour instead of Almond and forgot to season the base, which did mean that it had a slight hint of coconut to it, not complaining though I love coconut, just will use almond flour and season the base next time to get a more authentic pizza base. I was so afraid when I started this that I would be able to enjoy my favorite anymore, but boy was I wrong!
My second was the ICE-CREAM, I had never made ice-cream before ever, and I must say for my 1st attempt i think I did a pretty dam good job. Obvously it wasn’t perfect by any means, but fact is it tasted like vanilla icecream. I took ideas form a few different recipes I found online, but the main bulk of it was from ruled.me (loving this blog, tons of easy recipes! – Ruled.me ice-cream ). I didn’t do the cookies part of this recipe though as I already had some Keto brownies that I had baked. I chose to add some MCT oil to the recipe for higher fat count and a smoother finish, however the longer it’s frozen the more solid it got, so I have to leave it out for ages before I can have any, which isn’t really that huge of a problem to be honest. I would make slight changes perhaps to make this more to my taste such as putting in a little less erythritol as I found it rather sweet, however having this with some peanut butter balances out the sweetness for me so still definitely do-able! (Just a note that I am writing this in the middle of week for and I have now actually found an ice-cream you can buy that is pretty keto friendly called Perfect World Ice-cream , I will obviously talk more on this in my next blog!)
My third experiment was some low carb tortillas, these were definitely a success too, however I wasn’t massive on the taste, I also chose a complicated’ish recipe which included a lot of psyllium husk, I love this ingredient as a binding agent, however it kind of took-over the taste slightly, still good though especially if you like very bready tasting stuff. There is a lot simpler flatbread type recipes that I have seen that I will be definitely using whenever I’m in need of tortillas.
The 4th experiment was 4 ingredient pancakes I found on Keto Connect – Keto Connect Macro Pancakes (this couple is my absolute favorite when it comes to keto, they also have a YouTube channel – Keto Connect YouTube ). These partnered with my sugar free butterscotch syrup were ABSOLUTELY delicious! Without the syrup they obviously were not sweet so I actually used them in a savory wrap which was also a complete success! I would suggest adding a sweetener in future if I wanted to have the pancakes without any of my syrup. But these are definitely going to be a regular in my kitchen, even made some for my roommate who absolutely loved them also (she is not keto), so a winner all round!
The 5th and 6th, I’ll group these because they are both baked goods, were these Keto Fudgy Brownies from the My Sweet Keto blog post, which I have to say where one of THE BEST brownies I have ever made, keto or non keto alike, they were moist, chocolatey and luxuriously decadent, every time I ate one I had to remind myself they were keto, even my non-keto friends absolutely loved them! The 2nd were the chocolate peanut butter muffins which for the life of me I cannot find where I got them from! These were absolutely delicious, I chose to swirl the peanut butter on to the top of the chocolate batter just before I put them into the oven and this was my best idea yet, they taste of a strong chocolate then perfectly cut by the saltiness of the peanut butter, absolute perfection! If I figure out where I got them from I will post them in a future blog post.
Now I know some ketoers out there are anti sweeteners, however I have remained in ketosis the whole time (test myself every 2 days), and I feel great, can see my stomach shrinking and absolutely loving my kitchen experiments, so each to their own is definitely my keto philosophy!
Also just want to thank my new followers for joining me on this journey, it’s great to know other people will actually be seeing these now too. 🙂
Until next week, keep it fatty!
Last week I traveled for work, and when I found out, I had a bit of a mini panic attack as it was only my 3rd week of being keto. But it could not have been better, I was able to eat out and enjoy some delicious food without cheating! And it really wasn’t even that hard to do in all honesty.
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