The spice and sweetness of cinnamon rolls combine with the decadence and layers of a cheesecake with these mini cinnamon roll cheesecakes, made with crust, filling, and frosting layers. Plus, it’s the perfect-sized amount for an everyday dessert. If you’ve been on food social media, you’ll have likely already seen the abundance of dessert hybrids. Think croissants and muffins (cruffins) or a scoop of ice cream wedged between two cookies (ice cream sandwich). When two good things come ...
3-Ingredient Chroizo & Egg Bell Pepper Rings
Nutritious, delicious, and a colorful way to start your day, these chorizo and egg bell pepper rings are sure to be a family favorite. Simply stir-fry some chorizo for some spice, add in the bell pepper rings, and carefully crack an egg into each ring for a dish that looks just as great as it tastes. Apart from being completely keto-friendly and packed with protein, you’ll get a nice dose of fiber and nutrients from the bell pepper. While it may seem strange to have vegetables for ...
- December 7, 2023
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Keto Carrot Cake
Carrot cake is far from keto-friendly. The carrots, cake, and cream cheese icing saturate each slice with excess sugar and net carbs. Although you can have other types of cake on keto — such as chocolate mug cake or keto cheesecake — they simply don't match the unique texture and flavor of a high-quality carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. However, this doesn't mean you have to give up carrot cake to reach your keto goals. In fact, by using what we've learned from other low-carb cake ...
- July 14, 2020
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15+ Low Carb Freezer Meals for Easy Keto: Recipes and Meal Prep Tips
Cutting carbs can help you lose substantial amounts of fat, but there is another key ingredient that’ll help you maintain those weight loss results for life: convenience. Simply put, if you make your low carb or ketogenic diet more convenient than grabbing an unhealthy meal, you will be able to create a lifestyle that helps you lose weight and improve health naturally. One way to do this is by cooking healthy low carb keto freezer meals, so you always have something you can eat when you’re ...
- June 8, 2020
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Keto Nutella: Sugar-free Hazelnut Spread
Nutella is the perfect example of something that should be keto-friendly but is far from it. The label displays a simple chocolate hazelnut spread, but the ingredients list reveals a different story: Nutella’s primary ingredient is sugar. Although there are some sugar-free Nutella-like products, they rarely match what I can make at home. In fact, my homemade keto Nutella is so good that I had to share the recipe with everyone. With just five ingredients — most of which are commonplace in ...
- June 2, 2020
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The Guide to Keto For Women: Lose Weight & Improve Health at Any Age
The keto diet is so different from other weight loss diet plans that it tends to spark concern, particularly regarding women’s health. There is no doubt that carb restriction can promote substantial amounts of fat loss for many women, but its impact on hormone levels, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause is often misunderstood. This naturally begs the question: Do keto weight loss results come at a cost, or is the diet a win-win for women's health? To help answer this critical question, ...
- May 13, 2020
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The Best Nuts for Keto: Low Carb Nuts, Seeds & What to Avoid
Nuts are known for their vitamin, mineral, fiber, and healthy fat content. What is often overlooked, however, is how many carbs they add to the diet. Since nuts are designed by nature to provide nourishment for a new plant, each one comes with some net carbs in the form of starches and sugars. This is why it is crucial to consider the carb counts of each nut before you incorporate them into your keto lifestyle. To give you a better idea of the best nuts for keto, let's take a look at carbs ...
- March 7, 2020
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Keto Milk Substitutes: The Best, the Worst, Tips, and Recipes
With all of the butter, cheese, and heavy cream you can eat on the keto diet, it is easy to forget that dairy milk is packed with carbs and sugar (from lactose). Because of this, milk is not a good drink to have on keto. This rings true for ALL dairy milks -- including whole, 1%, 2%, and skim -- each one being far from keto-friendly. That being said, there are plenty of low-carb milk alternatives you can easily find in any grocery store. Whether you want to cut carbs or dairy from your ...
- December 21, 2019
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