A simple to follow recipe for low carb almond bread
Spice up Your Water Bottle
Whether it’s for weight loss or just for general health drinking water is beneficial. Most of us probably don’t drink enough water and we probably aren’t properly hydrated most of the time. I know I didn’t for a long time. Sure, I would drink copious quantities of liquids, but I wasn’t drinking water by itself […]
Obeo Need Your Support
I’ve mentioned Obeo a few times in the past. They’re an Irish company that produces organic waste bags. Unlike the standard biodegradable bags that you’d put in a kitchen food waste caddy, the Obeo bags replace the bin completely. So instead of having to deal with the messy and smelly bin you simply dump the […]
Low Carb Pasta (Sort of)
When you’re on a low carb diet there are a number of foods that are simply not on the menu. Pasta is a prime example. And that really hurts! You can, of course, replace pasta with spiralized vegetables. So, instead of spaghetti you can serve that tasty pasta sauce with courgetti. But what if you […]
One Year Doing Low Carb
I started the low carb / keto diet thing roughly one year ago. Have I lost weight? Yes. The graph above shows that I’ve made reasonable progress in terms of losing weight. Since mid-January, however, the weight loss has more or less stalled and I’ve been fluctuating up and down quite a bit. I probably […]
Home Cooked Sauces are Simple and Tasty
I’ve always liked adding a bit of sauce to meat and poultry. A bit of sauce can make a relatively bland dish much tastier and interesting. However up until recently I wouldn’t have bothered making a lot of the sauces from scratch when I can buy them readymade in the shop. But I discovered that […]
Misbehaving While on Holidays
I travel quite a lot throughout the year. Sticking to a diet of any kind when you’re travelling can be a bit of a challenge, but it’s not impossible. It just requires a concerted effort at times and you need to simply avoid certain types of food. Of course the type of diet you’re following […]