Low Carb Diet Plans

I tried Chrissy's muffin recipe this morning, and it came out great ! I added a half scoop of chocolate protein powder to the recipe, and that gives it a little bit of chocolate muffin flavor as well as extra protein. I ended up cooking it for 2 minutes in my microwave to get done in the middle, and after it cooled, I ate it with butter and a dribble of sugar-free syrup. It was delicious, and easy to make. I only ate half because it filled me up, so I still have the rest for a snack tonight.
Next time, I am going to try making it with part almond flour, and maybe a little less flax and more protein powder for the chocolate taste.
I like being able to microwave myself a bread-type of food for when I want a sandwich or something similar. The next project is going to be some low-carb tomato jam.

 

So, tonight I made the ultimate low-carb stovetop one-person pizza "casserole", and it totally satisfied any pizza cravings that i had.
Years ago, i used to have an old church cook book that had a recipe for baked zucchini stuffed with pizza toppings, and it was scrumptious. I wanted to make something similar, but easy to make on the stovetop.
I sliced up a small zuke, cooked it with a few bell pepper slices in a small frying pan, and then added some pepperoni when the veggies were almost done. After that, I put a little tomato sauce on top, turned the burner to really low, and added cheese and italian seasoning, covered it and let the cheese and tomato sauce melt in.
The cheese held everything together, and i cut it in half and just slid it onto my small plate, and ate it with a fork, since you can't pick it up without some kind of real crust.
It had all of that pizza flavor, and took about five minutes to make. You could add just about anything that you like on a pizza, and it would work.
Bobby tried some, too, and he said that he liked it.
This is something that you could make easily, @Ina I. Wonder , and make whatever size you want it. I bet if there were leftovers, Bobert would like it, too.
There is almost no carbs in the whole thing, but it immensely satisfying.

To make the actual oven casserole, you just slice the zucchini' s lengthwise, core them out, cook the cored out part in with some hamburger, then put the tomato sauce, hamburger filling, and any veggies you like on pizza into the zucchini logs, add cheese on top and bake for about a half hour or so. This will feed several people if you make a large one, and two people easy if you make a small one.

 

I watched an incredible movie tonight about a child who was having seizures, and none of the treatments or drugs were helping, and in fact, the poor little fellow kept getting worse and worse, and it was looking like he might either die or end up severely retarded.
The movie is called "First, Do No Harm", and it stars Meryl Streep. They end up taking the child to John Hopkins University, where he is placed on the ketogenic diet, and the see improvement in his condition right away.
Although this is a movie, it is based on a true story, and some of the actors in the movie are actually other people who were on the ketogenic diet for seizures, and recovered.
Here is the link on Youtube where you can watch the whole movie. This is a very emotional movie.

 

I went to our Kroger today, too. I found the low-carb tortillas, ad they are 5 carbs each, so doable. They list as more carbs, but most of it is fiber , which is good for us, and doesn't digest like other carbs, so you can always subtract fiber from total carbs.
I also got the psyllium husks and some more chia seeds; so I am good to go with a few more of the recipes. I made low-carb raspberry-tomato jam, and it is about 1 carb per tablespoon, so I can have that on my keto bread or muffins.
I can send you the recipe if you want to make it.

 

Well, @Ina I. Wonder , the tortillas were Mission Carb Balance, with 6 net carbs after you minus out the fiber. However, I was busy looking at carb grams and such and didn't realize that these were almost $5 for a pack of 8 small tortillas. I am NOT spending that much for tortillas ever again ! !
I looked on Amazon, and they are even higher on there, so I am going to learn to make my own from the keto recipes online. That was 12 oz of tortilla, so the actual price was over $5 per lb. , for a tortilla..... Crazy !
I tried the raspberry jam, and it is delicious. The salsa, like the ketchup, is not the bright red of commercial salsa, but the taste is great. Both of them are only about a gram per 1 oz serving, so they are something that I can add to my food list.