What did you cook today?

just threw a tomato and okra soup in the crockpot to cook over night. I love summer

 

Not enough fat.

 

But that wasn't all I had to eat that day. And also, I am really trying to lean out, so my fat intake has been lower in place of more protein. Since I am eating at a deficit, I am still maintaining ketosis -- it's just that more of the fat being burned for energy will be coming from body fat as opposed to fat from the diet. People think being in ketosis means eating high fat, but that is relative to overall caloric intake. A ketogenic diet has nothing to do with being high fat. It's about keeping carbs low and moderating protein according to the body's needs in order to maintain an adequate production of ketone bodies.

 

So youre eating more protein to preserve muscle mass while on your deficit? I see..

 

It varies in terms of calories, but my protein intake has pretty much been consistent (about 1-1.3 grams per lb of lbm). I cycle my calories, so the higher calorie days (the days I lift) often have higher fat, whereas off or cardio days I eat the same amount of protein, but fewer calories overall, so less fat.

 

I don't know what they're called, but I tried using these baby potatoes that come in different colours, inidgo, red, and regular

baby potatoes, vine ripe tomatoe, shredded carrot, red/yellow/green peppers, white onion, turkey, uncured bacon, chili powder, garlic, lemon, lime

warmed tortillas, then added avacado, sea salt, pepper, and cheese

Mango, Strawberries, blueberries, and rasberries

 

I love eggplant. This looks amazing, so nicely presented too!

 

Look at all these great meals posted! Good thing I just ate.

Today’s dinner was baked pork chops with red onions, cinnamon apples, paprika potatoes, sugar snap peas, and my own fermented cukes.

 

Jerk shrimp was prepared. Cheese pizza was delivered to the rescue.Total fails do happen.

 

Looks great! Do share about the cukes (and autocorrect would like to know about cakes).

 

Hello,

ah, kaesekrainer. So are so yummy .

Regards
Gyro

 

I had some grilled steak leftover, and some Puerto Rican rice and black beans. I shredded the steak in the Magic Bullet, mixed it with the rice and beans, then decided to make a fat quesadilla out of it; so, I lightly browned a tortilla in butter, put some sharp cheddar cheese on it, added the steak, and the rice and beans to it. I put some hot sauce inside it too.

It was really good.

 

They're the cukes (I said cukes, Autocorect!) that I made in the batch I posted on the previous page, the episode with the Scotch Bonnet hot peppers. I mentioned a bit about them. The tea leaves didn't help with crunchiness much. I think the cukes just weren't fresh enough. I'll have to try them again in late summer when fresh cucumbers are in season. I put a pickling spice mix, fresh dill, fresh garlic and hot chili flakes in the jar. I found the pickling spice a bit strong so I'll put less in next time. I took the spice out now and put in a few shakes of Tabasco sauce, I found the chili flakes didn't spice them up much. Could be the other spices overpowered it. But they're still very tasty.

I'm trying out different hot sauces. Today I tried Frank’s RedHot, the original flavour. I really like it. They use cayenne peppers. It's spicier than Cholula, and I like the flavour better.




I had it on eggs over easy today, with nectarines and strawberries. Strawberry season is almost over! It may not look like much bacon, but the slices were thicker. It kind of fell apart on me when I pulled the slices apart, it wasn't quite unfrozen yet.

 

I'm still working on the leftovers from my tomato and okra soup today. I ended up adding sausage and lots of cayenne pepper and paprika. Shit is good!

 

Homemade Buffalo Buritto!

Rice on skillet, lemon, lime, cumin, ginger

Buffalo, Corn, Cheese, Tomato, Onion, Red/Yellow/Green Peppers, chili powder, salt, pepper

 

Finally got some pics off my phone

 

Cooked taylor ham for the first time in a long long time.

 

mashed potatos (yukon: butter, milk, salt, pepper), corn, peas, carrots, ham, bacon, chili powder

 

hamburger and noodles for breakfast. hamburger and spinich for supper, green salad with yogurt dressing for lunch.

 

breakfest: celery and peanut butter
lunch: corn/ham/cheese quesadilla, mango, raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries
dinner: buffalo, tomato, onion, parsley, marina sauce on penne rigatta