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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 5, 2024? #42597
    Mike Nolan
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      Dinner tonight was burgers on the grill, using the keto buns I made yesterday. The more I looked at them the more they looked like Big Mac buns, so I wound up slicing them in thirds and putting the middle portion in the freezer. This way Diane's got some bread ready for lunches and the carbs on the buns drops to 9, which is closer to what the previous batch was.

      I thought the burgers were just a little chewy, but the meat was a bit overdone, I almost always do that the first couple of times I crank up the grill each year, I need to get my timing back. But they did taste like burgers.

      Next time I might cut back on the psyillium husk powder a bit, though, the dough was pretty stiff during shaping. This dough has oat fiber, vital gluten and flax powder, no almond meal in this recipe.

      in reply to: Ketogenic Diets #42594
      Mike Nolan
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        Her weight loss hasn't been as dramatic as mine, but she's been able to cut back on several of her meds and her blood sugar readings are a lot more stable throughout the day. She hasn't had a recent A1C, but if the CGM estimate is on track, hers should be down as well.

        And because I've been able to find a number of recipes that are both flavorful and keto-friendly, neither of us feel like we're being all that limited by the diet, at least as long as we eat at home. (But we hadn't been dining out much before this, except for carb-heavy fast food that we've pretty much cut out completely.)

        We tend to keep the keto-friendly custards on hand (I need to make more soon) and the keto cheesecake was a huge hit.

        in reply to: Ketogenic Diets #42591
        Mike Nolan
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          After nearly 3 months on the keto diet, I'm down about 25 pounds. What's even better is that my A1C went from 6.4 in January to 5.3 yesterday.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of May 5, 2024? #42588
          Mike Nolan
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            I made keto buns today, using English Muffin rings so they didn't flatten out. Haven't tried one yet, we might have to have burgers tomorrow night, though.

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            I only have 8 English Muffin rings, so I only made 8 buns, normally this recipe makes 10. Diane thinks they're a bit too tall (I'll reserve judgement on that until after I get to try one with a burger), but I might have to buy some more English Muffin rings.

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            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 5, 2024? #42587
            Mike Nolan
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              We had leftover chicken florentine and salads.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 5, 2024? #42585
              Mike Nolan
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                Tonight we had a big sirloin steak, with the parts we didn't eat cut up for sandwiches and salads.

                Last night we went to a social gathering with a buffet, and decided to ignore the keto diet for the evening. Big spikes in blood sugar readings afterwards, but we had a good time.

                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of May 5, 2024? #42574
                Mike Nolan
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                  I'm doing a center cut pork roast (bone in) for supper tonight.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42556
                  Mike Nolan
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                    I made the chicken dish, but I think I'd call it more a variant on chicken Florentine than Tuscan chicken, because I left out garlic, oregano and sun dried tomatoes.

                    The sauce didn't thicken as much as I would have liked, but it was pretty good anyway, and 2 drumsticks with onions, mushrooms and sauce was 14 carbs. We also had the last of the keto-friendly cheesecake today, and I think I might try making a key lime cheesecake next.

                    in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42548
                    Mike Nolan
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                      My meringue never looks anything like yours, it's a work of art.

                      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42546
                      Mike Nolan
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                        Tomorrow night I'm going to make a Tuscan Chicken recipe using chicken drumsticks, mushrooms, spinach and a cream sauce.

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42545
                        Mike Nolan
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                          BA, if your husband likes soft raisin oatmeal cookies, Diane's mother's recipe might work too:

                          I haven't had to make peanut butter cookies for over a month because Diane has been making these instead.

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42544
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Here's a tip not everyone may know, use the 'insert into text' link to get a bigger picture showing in your posts. (I added it to Joan's post.)

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42538
                            Mike Nolan
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                              We had tacos/taco salads.

                              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42537
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Since I was able to raise the file size to 5MB, you should be able to upload them directly from a cell phone these days, though I will admit to not having tried that, since I'm more of a laptop person for computing.

                                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of April 28, 2024? #42529
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  We had a beef stir fry over cauliflower rice.

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