Well, trying to eat keto has meant that I've lost a bit of weight, which wasn't my intention, but might be a good thing. (I have a sliding hiatal hernia, and having less of a gut might mean I'll have fewer episodes of that bothering me.)
M has come to cook with me 3 times. The first time we made cole slaw. I'd made it before and couldn't get it right. Also an online friend who lives in Sweden had sent me a mandolin for this purpose, and I had decided that I was incapable of using it. (So sad!) M showed me how to use it. I had been holding it wrong, and using the pusher thingie the wrong way, and maybe had a few other issues. As soon as I saw her use it, I started to get excited.
I now love my mandolin, and look forward to telling my online friend. (Sadly, I don't think I have her email address. We mainly communicated on facebook. Yes, I'm still not able to get back there without the video selfie. I think I need to write her an actual letter.)
In case you're confused. One mandolin is a musical instrument. The other is a kitchen gadget. Here's mine.
M and I got the dressing right for the cole slaw and I can now whip some up as long as I have cabbages and carrots (and a bit of broccolini) around.
The second time we made pumpkin custard and whipped cream (no sugar, just heavy cream and vanilla). The pumpkin custard used very little sweetener (1/4 cup maple syrup) and still tasted sweet. The whipped cream was ok, but kinda weird. Next time I'll use a tiny bit of maple syrup to sweeten it.
I also made chia pudding that day before she came. I was using unsweetened cocoa, and it tasted dusty. She suggested mixing the cocoa in a bit of warm water before mixing it in with the rest. I also added less than a tablespoon of maple syrup (with 1 cup milk and 1/4 cup chia seeds). It was perfect the second time! However, I have started feeling like it's too much milk. So next time I'll try coconut milk.
Today we made roasted veggies. Yum! She did most of the work today. I need to make these again to make sure I've got it down.
I'm going to keep trying to eat more food I've made at home (so it can be organic), and also keep trying to eat relatively few carbs. No cancer means I can splurge once in a while. But I'm loving the way I'm eating.
Bread has lots of carbs, but I love a piece of toast with my fried eggs in the morning. (Eggs and avocados are my favorite foods.) So I cut the bread and eat about 1/3 of a piece of toast. 13 grams of carbs in one piece of toast is a lot. But 4 or 5 grams isn't. And that's really enough toast to go with my eggs. I'm happy.
You could say I'm having fun playing with my food.
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