First, we have discovered the calamity of eating a lot of flax seed. Unknown to us flax seeds can clog your dishwasher's filter. Who even knew dishwashers had filters?  Apparently, even in Bob's Red Mill ground up flax meal, there are some flax seeds that escape the grinder and are too big to go through the filter. And then they collect friends. ( Read more... )

Whilst were were snowed in, we ate through our larder. Unfreezing this, using up that.  In 20F weather, it's nice to have something cozy to eat, which sometimes seems a tad challenging for the carb-free. However, I devised this creamy lemon chicken recipe which  was like love in a pan.

2 boned, skinned chicken breasts (unfrozen, and whammed flat ( Read more... )

There are a few things I really miss in my ketogenic lifestyle -- I've decided to eschew the word diet, it's not a diet, it's about changing the way I live -- I miss Nutella; I miss chocolate chip cookies; I miss pancakes.

But at least, no longer do I miss pancakes! A few weeks back, after making flaxseed muffins it occurred to me that if one could ( Read more... )

First, my blood tests continue to be great. Most impressively, the numbers showing early stages of kidney disease have improved and are now into the normal zone, which is a big hurrah. When I started this diet I had a possible prediction of maybe needing dialysis in five years. So yay indeed for this major change.  Cholesterol continues to be ( Read more... )

My latest test results are in, and today I had an appointment with my neurologist ( Read more... )

I have learned living on my nearly all meat diet that meat doesn't have to be expensive to be good. I prefer to buy meat at Pike Place Market, at Don and Joe's Meats. For the most part, it costs less than a supermarket, and the meat is better. Way better. Or, Uwajimaya, that magnificent pan-Asian supermarket that sells everything, and then a few ( Read more... )

I wondered what it was going to be like going abroad while maintaining my diet. At first I was a bit nervous. So I prepared as well as I could.  As it turned out,  somet things worked, some things did not ( Read more... )

This past week I was away from home for an extended period of time -- six days. Three of those days involved plane travel/hotel stays/long work days. I knew that there would be some tricky logistics involved in managing my peculiar diet ( Read more... )

Several people have asked about my blood tests, with the real interest being what my cholesterol levels would be like. I had my first blood draw about two weeks ago. The results came back last week. They mailed them to me since they began reading them to me over the phone and it's a tad overwhelming. There are three pages of detailed results. And ( Read more... )

Last night we cooked up the last of our shirataki noodles. These were the "Hungry Girl" promoted variety by House Foods which are combined shirataki and tofu. This means that they look like normal noodles (the tofu removes the transparency). They are a little more expensive and they do have a teeny bit of carbs  per serving. These are 3 carbs, with ( Read more... )