This mashed cauliflower tastes just like mashed potatoes. I have also thrown in a little beef or chicken broth depending on the main course and it tastes even better with the broth!
This is my go-to pizza recipe. We make it about once a week. I get a big jar of Rao marinara sauce and divide it into pizza sized bags and freeze them. Same with pepperoni slices. Then, when I want to make pizza I just have to defrost a bag of pepperonis, a bag of sauce, and use two 8 ounce packs of shredded mozzarella.
It taste good, but the crust is pretty saggy.
I’ve even tried them fried with bacon! But I just can’t get past the taste. And I’ve tried cauliflower in both riced and mashed forms and can’t get through it.
When I did a DNA test kit, it actually came back and said I was sensitive to bitter tastes like Broccoli, Cauliflower, etc. and was unlikely to be able to eat them. I was so happy to show that to my mom, girlfriend, etc. to show I wasn’t just picky. :)
(They still think I’m just picky.)
I’ll try that Keto mashed potatoes recipe – thanks! – but so far none of those has been able to fool my taste buds…
What kind of kit did you use, and did you feel it was worth it? I’m kind of curious about what it’d turn up.
It really would take some technology to get less fat in 2017.
You might try roasting some veggies in the oven (or in the grill for that matter). This can really give nice crunchy texture to vegetables that don’t usually have it, like broccoli, and also bring out a bit of sweetness from the caramelization
AncestryDNA. I wouldn’t do the test for the DNA analysis… It told me stuff I already knew, like I don’t like bitter tastes and I can smell asparagus in urine. It also said I had a low chance of male pattern baldness, so apparently science doesn’t work. :)
The DNA family network stuff is pretty cool, though. My girlfriend, who had been adopted, found her birth father (who had, alas, passed on, but she connected with family at least).
Have I mentioned my wife is amazing? She’s so amazing.
She found a beef stew recipe that sounded good to both of us, replaced potatoes with cauliflower+rutabaga, and made the Yorkshire pudding-like thing that goes on top keto-friendly (basically just almond+coconut flours, eggs, and baking powder), and gave it a shot.
Delicious! The 7yo loved it too. Success all around.
Do any of the keto folks here mess with the testing strips or breath analyzers? I’m torn on whether to spend the money.
No. /r/keto agrees they’re a waste. Just minimize your carbs.
I did strips when I was First starting out, and in one case restarting. I don’t think they are necessary, but if you want some reassurance initially, they might give you a bit.
Never messed with strips or anything other than just counting. But then I don’t worry too much about going over on occasion either. And once I’ve dropped carbs for a couple of days it’s super easy for me to stay keto. Little hunger at all. Plus you can find some awesome keto friendly snacks that fill your sweet tooth without many carbs. The fact I like dark, 90% or more cacao, chocolate helps. A small chunk and some almond butter and I’m good to go. Numsies!!!
Appreciate the responses. I’ll give em a pass.
I don’t bother with them because if you limit your carbs intake you will enter ketosis, and there’s really no question that will happen. And I eat so few carbs in the course of a day that I’m sure I’m still there.
If I mess up and exit ketosis then not eating carbs will put me back in it so it’s not clear to me what benefit the strips would offer.
Edit to add: a good resource is the keto subreddit. One important thing you should do is calculate your macros, which helps you see how many carbs you should aim for. The subreddit has a link to a macro calculator.
I was going to ask for suggestions here, but I created a specific topic for sharing keto and other diet recipes.
Bonus points if they don’t involve cauliflower or broccoli. :) My disdain for the former definitely limits my keto recipe choices somewhat.
I downloaded my fitness pal (again) to start counting my calories and it’s serving me up ads for Red Baron pizzas and pringles and I’m just like, whoa satan, slow down a little, you’re showing your hand a bit much
Yeah the ads have gotten out of control & no way I’m subscribing. I switched to FoodNoms instead. The free version of that does enough and doesn’t have the shitty ads.
Guys, I’m still so sick of being so damn fat.
However, I keep reminding myself that the only commonality between people who haven’t quit smoking is that they’ve all stopped trying to quit. I did that, I can do this. So!
Once more into the breach!
I’m a week into keto and no-alcohol, and feeling good about it. I am getting less hungry, and certainly my appetite follows a much shallower curve both up and down. Going hard on water consumption seems to have gotten me through the adaptation phase (not that I’m like urine-testing or anything) where I stumbled before due to hardcore muscle cramping. (I also was still drinking my last two attempts at this, which certainly didn’t help.)
Overall I think my more holistic approach (no alcohol and more moving-my-body, though I’m not really following any program or strategy – just trying to be physically active through walks or yoga or kids or yardwork or literally whatever) is working a lot better than previous attempts. Applying the lessons from previous failures is how we do better, right? Right.
Anyway, I’m really not using technology at all for now. I may start trying to use my Samsung watch for some of its intended purposes, but right now I’m trying a more whole align-body-and-mind-toward-common-goal thing that seems to work better than creating some external structure to fit my life into.
There’s an (enormous) emotional-health part of this thing too, maybe that’s for another thread. I think for me I can’t really separate the two, though.
Good luck keto I get. As related before I have had tremendous success with it and I know it will help you if you stick with it.
You did not ask for advice but here are some things that have helped me:
I found it eye-opening to track every single piece of food I put in my mouth. I was taking in so many calories I was unaware of in things like coffee creamer, condiments, etc.
If you are still suffering from cramps you can make your own Gatorade by taking a glass of water and adding 3/4 of a tablespoon of light salt (and some MIO for flavor). Also take magnesium supplements.
Good luck!