Let's learn how to bake/cook keto.

[ColinUK]

My daughter is into keto. She made bread with something called ‘lupin flour’ I said I’d give it a try. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

I’ve not tried lupin flour yet. Mainly I’ve held off because lots of friends and family are allergic to peanuts and lupin is a very close relation.
Curious to know how it works in baking bread though.

 

[Windy]

Did you say 800 calories a day, every day? for 12 weeks? Wow!

I did 🙂! I finished it yesterday and am on 1500 calories a day now, until I hit 60Kg. I cheated three days and had 900 calories, but stuck with it the rest of the time.
My aim was to lose weight quickly as I have previously not lasted long on diets. Unsure how much weight I've lost as my scales at home don't match the ones in the GP surgery, but it was 9Kg lost about a month ago. Am hoping I've lost 15Kg, but won't find out until the middle of February when I have my diabetes review.

 

[jill-mc]

Hello
T2 for 15 + (ish) years. I’m finding my way around diabetes uk. Your ‘keto’ posts look interesting. I started using the Libre sensor recently and have renewed motivation to eat low-carb. Not quite ready for 100% keto yet - but maybe further down the line.
I was going to follow you but couldn’t.

I follow Not worried at all on Facebook. Her page is The naughty diabetic's dream come true.

 

[AnnSebastian]

I did 🙂! I finished it yesterday and am on 1500 calories a day now, until I hit 60Kg. I cheated three days and had 900 calories, but stuck with it the rest of the time.
My aim was to lose weight quickly as I have previously not lasted long on diets. Unsure how much weight I've lost as my scales at home don't match the ones in the GP surgery, but it was 9Kg lost about a month ago. Am hoping I've lost 15Kg, but won't find out until the middle of February when I have my diabetes review.

That’s impressive

 

[AnnSebastian]

I’ve not tried lupin flour yet. Mainly I’ve held off because lots of friends and family are allergic to peanuts and lupin is a very close relation.
Curious to know how it works in baking bread though.

I had to order it online. A bit pricey but I’ll give it a try when it gets here and post the result. I can cope with lower carb eating - except for going without bread. I googled low/zero carb bread and it’s ridiculously expensive so the only other choice is to make my own. The recipe my daughter gave me included ‘whipping’ the egg whites. Sounds like hard work to me so I’ll see if I can find a simpler recipe. Ann

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

Sounds like a plan.
I haven’t found my way around this website yet - what do I need to search for to find you?

If you click my 'name' under my avatar you get a page where you can see my activity on this site and then you can click on postings to see what else I've posted across the site.
My signature links under my posts link to my Facebook page for other (Hopefully useful) content.

 

[ColinUK]

I had to order it online. A bit pricey but I’ll give it a try when it gets here and post the result. I can cope with lower carb eating - except for going without bread. I googled low/zero carb bread and it’s ridiculously expensive so the only other choice is to make my own. The recipe my daughter gave me included ‘whipping’ the egg whites. Sounds like hard work to me so I’ll see if I can find a simpler recipe. Ann

I make my own increasingly often. Just tones of seeds, handful of eggs, bicarb, olive oil and almond flour.
What you get it a very seeded loaf kinda like a dense German rye.

 

[ColinUK]

Two cakes in the oven.

4 blush oranges ( boiled and then cooled and whizzed in the blender)
6 eggs (I separated four whites and wished them up to fold in to the mix later and hopefully lighten the result)
250g whichever sugar substitute you prefer (for me it’s one of the brown ones with a touch of molasses in the mix)
250g almond flour
I also chopped and mixed in 100g of 90% dark chocolate

 

[AnnSebastian]

I had to order it online. A bit pricey but I’ll give it a try when it gets here and post the result. I can cope with lower carb eating - except for going without bread. I googled low/zero carb bread and it’s ridiculously expensive so the only other choice is to make my own. The recipe my daughter gave me included ‘whipping’ the egg whites. Sounds like hard work to me so I’ll see if I can find a simpler recipe. Ann

If you click my 'name' under my avatar you get a page where you can see my activity on this site and then you can click on postings to see what else I've posted across the site.
My signature links under my posts link to my Facebook page for other (Hopefully useful) content.

I’m really struggling to use this site. It’s really hard to find information or info about people who post. I clicked on your avatar and this Is what I got.

I’m pretty internet savvy - I use Twitter, relentlessly, but not Facebook. But this site is beating me - so apologies to anyone I thought I’d replied to but haven’t. Or if I’ve replied to the wrong person.

 

[ColinUK]

I’m really struggling to use this site. It’s really hard to find information or info about people who post. I clicked on your avatar and this Is what I got.

I’m pretty internet savvy - I use Twitter, relentlessly, but not Facebook. But this site is beating me - so apologies to anyone I thought I’d replied to but haven’t. Or if I’ve replied to the wrong person. View attachment 19884

That’s a privacy setting she has on her profile which restricts the audience so it’s nothing you can change.

I think my profile is open to all so click on my avatar and see what you get for me.

 

[AnnSebastian]

That’s a privacy setting she has on her profile which restricts the audience so it’s nothing you can change.

I think my profile is open to all so click on my avatar and see what you get for me.

That’s fine but she suggested I click on it.

 

[AnnSebastian]

Two cakes in the oven.

4 blush oranges ( boiled and then cooled and whizzed in the blender)
6 eggs (I separated four whites and wished them up to fold in to the mix later and hopefully lighten the result)
250g whichever sugar substitute you prefer (for me it’s one of the brown ones with a touch of molasses in the mix)
250g almond flour
I also chopped and mixed in 100g of 90% dark chocolate

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I’m starting with the basics. I need to stop relying on ordinary bread. I’m addicted to ‘seeded loaves’. Yumm. I’m working hard to get my BG average and A1C down to non-diabetic levels. And then lose some weight. Once I’ve done those two things I’ll put some energy into recipes. For now I’m not cooking much - apart from batches of veggie soup. I’m using protein bars to satisfy my need for sweet stuff. Trying to stick to one or less a day though. Grenade Carb Killas are the best I’ve found - pretty well balanced but pricey. I’m not a big fan of alternative sweeteners but I can put up with them when they taste as good as these do.

 

[rebrascora]

Grenade Carb Killas are the best I’ve found - pretty well balanced but pricey.

18g carbs per bar is a lot more than some protein bars. It is near enough the equivalent of 2 digestive biscuits.
Nature Valley protein bars are about half that at just under 10g carbs per bar. The salted caramel are quite tasty and the peanut and chocolate.
The Aldi Gluten Free Dark chocolate and sea salt Nut bars are much lower at just 5.9g carbs per bar. They are a bit smaller than the Grenade or Nature Valley but just as satisfying, come in a box of 3 and probably quite a bit cheaper than the Grenade.

 

[ColinUK]

I’m starting with the basics. I need to stop relying on ordinary bread. I’m addicted to ‘seeded loaves’. Yumm. I’m working hard to get my BG average and A1C down to non-diabetic levels. And then lose some weight. Once I’ve done those two things I’ll put some energy into recipes. For now I’m not cooking much - apart from batches of veggie soup. I’m using protein bars to satisfy my need for sweet stuff. Trying to stick to one or less a day though. Grenade Carb Killas are the best I’ve found - pretty well balanced but pricey. I’m not a big fan of alternative sweeteners but I can put up with them when they taste as good as these do.

I’ve settled on the easier (fewer ingredients) recipe but the longer one is stunningly delicious.

 

[Leadinglights]

18g carbs per bar is a lot more than some protein bars. It is near enough the equivalent of 2 digestive biscuits.
Nature Valley protein bars are about half that at just under 10g carbs per bar. The salted caramel are quite tasty and the peanut and chocolate.
The Aldi Gluten Free Dark chocolate and sea salt Nut bars are much lower at just 5.9g carbs per bar. They are a bit smaller than the Grenade or Nature Valley but just as satisfying, come in a box of 3 and probably quite a bit cheaper than the Grenade.

Morrisons also have at 7g carb per bar, KIND bars are also OK 10 ish g carb

 

[ColinUK]

Morrisons also have at 7g carb per bar, KIND bars are also OK 10 ish g carb

And slightly off topic, bonne maman dark chocolate mousse is only 15g carbs a pot. And one pot is plenty because it’s very rich.

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

I’m really struggling to use this site. It’s really hard to find information or info about people who post. I clicked on your avatar and this Is what I got.

I’m pretty internet savvy - I use Twitter, relentlessly, but not Facebook. But this site is beating me - so apologies to anyone I thought I’d replied to but haven’t. Or if I’ve replied to the wrong person. View attachment 19884

I will check and see what I can do. Sorry about that. I've altered my settings - so hopefully you can see what you need now.

 

[AnnSebastian]

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I’ve settled on the easier (fewer

ingredients) recipe but the longer one is stunningly delicious.

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I’ve settled on the easier (fewer ingredients) recipe but the longer one is stunningly delicious.

Thanks for those. I’ve saved them. This is the recipe my daughter sent me. I’ll try it when the lupin flour arrives.

Also images of her own results.
I’ve always failed at ‘whipping egg whites’ but maybe it would work in a bullet blender?

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I’ve settled on the easier (fewer ingredients) recipe but the longer one is stunningly delicious.

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I’ve settled on the easier (fewer ingredients) recipe but the longer one is stunningly delicious.

Thanks. I’ve saved all your recipes for my future collection.

I tried to post images of my daughters ‘lupin bread’ results but I don’t think it quite worked.




“Lupin flour’ arrived today.
Most expensive flour I’ve ever bought. £9.99 for 500g!!!!!! It had better be good.

Anyway, I’ll get around to trying it out in the next week or so and post the result.

Ann

 

[ColinUK]

I’ve always failed at ‘whipping egg whites’ but maybe it would work in a bullet

You need air to whisk egg whites and you won’t get enough air into a bullet blender cup.
Just go old school and use a bowl and a balloon whisk (which is just a normal whisk) and, erm, whisk ‘em up until they’re fluffy. You could do it with just a fork but it’s much quicker to use a whisk 🙂

 

[rebrascora]

You need air to whisk egg whites and you won’t get enough air into a bullet blender cup.
Just go old school and use a bowl and a balloon whisk (which is just a normal whisk) and, erm, whisk ‘em up until they’re fluffy. You could do it with just a fork but it’s much quicker to use a whisk 🙂

It's good exercise too.

@AnnSebastian The bullet blender will cut through the long strings of protein in the egg white which help to trap the air, so I think it might end up having the opposite effect to what you hope for.