With all the allergies, dietary restrictions and food lifestyle choices, is food as a gift really appropriate anymore? I never realized how much I gave and received food as a gift before I started keto. Chocolate, baked goods, candy or wine was always a...
If you’ve read our blogs, you know I have a personal beef with sugar. Added sugar was once my crutch in life. When stressed, I turned to chocolate. If I celebrated something, I turned to cake. And when bored, I baked sweet stuff. It’s so addictive! And here’s my other...
I sit here typing this in my computer chair on top of a giant fluffy pillow. Why? Because since dropping my 165lbs I must be very selective about what chairs I sit in because after a very short period my tailbone begins to hurt. If I try and ignore it the pain turns...
Saturday or “Caturday” as we call it in our house is a good chance to decompress, spend some time with the kitties, do a little prep and get ready for the week ahead with a new keto recipe. We tend to do a meal we are familiar with that is quick and easy so we have...
Bill and I are always looking for new documentaries on keto-related topics. When we were looking through Netflix, we came across the docuseries Blue Zone. The description said that it looked at places around the globe where people live longer than the average...
If you’ve read our blogs, you know I have a personal beef with sugar. Added sugar was once my crutch in life. Stressed me turned to chocolate. If I celebrated something, I turned to cake. And when bored, I baked sweet stuff. It’s so addictive! And here’s my other beef...
If you’ve read our blogs, you know I have a personal beef with sugar. Added sugar was once my crutch in life. When I felt stress, I turned to chocolate. If I celebrated something, I turned to cake. And when I felt bored, I baked sweet stuff. It’s so addictive! And...
One of my most vivid childhood memories is being weighed in grade five in gym class. I remember a skinny girl taunting a classmate for coming in at 100 pounds - and remember just being grateful that it wasn’t me. Although, I’ve never been tiny. I swear, my bones...
Saturday or “Caturday” as we call it in our house is a good chance to decompress, spend some time with the kitties, do a little prep and get ready for the week ahead with a new keto recipe. We tend to do a meal we are familiar with that is quick and easy so we have...
Recently, I saw a question on social media asking if Cheese Whiz has real cheese in it. It was once used in our house on hot dogs, hamburgers, and in macaroni and cheese dishes. We enjoyed the fact that it was spreadable, and we liked the tang it had. But, this...