My fave is mushroom pizza, but you can add virtually anything your creativity can think of. Other combinations I have done: Brussels sprouts and gorgonzola with walnuts, straight pepperoni, vegetarian and olive, feta, spinach and artichoke. It’s limitless.
I usually add a salad to it for a nice balance. This evening we did a kale salad.

Do you need an easy dinner? After the holiday time all that turkey and turkey, turkey, it’s nice for a little change! These are very easy and will take a total of 20 minutes to place on the table.
Over the past year I have mastered the cheese and egg chaffle. When I first heard this term, I needed to look it up! It seemed so odd to me. I bought my mini dash waffle maker and I’ve never looked back. Chaffle’s are a low carb alternative to bread. Easy and quick. Chaffles are 120 calories and less than 1 gram of carbs.



Low Carb Keto Chaffles
Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef
Taco seasoning mix
Salsa
Homemade guacamole (This only takes 2 avocados and Aji Guacamole Mix)
Cheese for taco
Lettuce or spinach for taco
For chaffle shell:
1 egg
1/4 cheese
Sour cream, if desired

To make the chaffle “taco” shell:

1 egg
1/4 cup cheese (I use cheddar)
Beat egg with fork, add in cheddar. Place half mixture in a hot mini dash. Cook, take out when complete and cool on wire rack. Do this again with the rest of the mixture. You are done!

Once this is done, complete the rest:

Fry the ground beef in pan, drain liquid once cooked. Add in taco seasoning with 3/4 water. Simmer till thickened.
Once the Chaffles are made, place together tacos in this order: Chaffle, guacamole, spinach/lettuce,  seasoned ground taco meat, cheese and salsa. Add sour cream if desired.

For the first year being Keto it was hard for me to fathom not having.rum and and eggnog. Then I read the back of an eggnog carton at the store and was overwhelmed by the carb and sugar count. 21g of sugar which equals 21g of carbs, a lot. Too much for my new keto lifestyle.  I needed my eggnog! So, I researched and blended several recipes I came up with the perfect thick nog. When its paired with ice and rum, the perfect holiday cocktail.

This is a very easy recipe. Be prepared to take a few hours to have it ready for entertaining. There are two parts. The first part involves cooking until the temp 160F. Cooling this mixture, once cooled the second part is to whip the heavy cream, fold and whisk in. About two to three hours from the start of this process, you are adding in rum and adding a sprinkle of nutmeg.

First, separate the 8 eggs, I saved the egg whites for an omelette.


The huge difference in a “keto” eggnog is the lack of sugar. I use the Swerve Icing sugar as this give a smoothness. But any erythritol or sugar free substitute will work. 




Add in the spices... 
I love the Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Pie Spice!

 A great way to help loose the lbs is a ketogenic diet paired with intermittent fasting. There are several way you can do this. I myself will do a daily fast from 8pm to 12pm, 3 days per week. I do have a Bullet Proof Coffee in the morning to get me through!

Intermittent fasting has many benefits including clearing that mental fog, initiates important cell repair and helps improve and levels insulin. This also lowers your caloric intake.

Here is what I do for my Bullet Proof Coffee.

Bullet Proof Coffee
8 oz coffee
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp mct oil/coconut oil
1 tbsp cream
Cinniman to taste
Vanilla to taste 
Cocao powder to taste

Whip all ingredients in the ninja, vitamix or blender. 

Losing weight is hard. Period. It’s not an easy path. But remember, it usually would have take years for any added pounds to come on, it will take determination and work to get it off.

I am down 34lbs give or take depending on the day. It is such a great feeling to have to find clothes that aren't hanging off of me. How did I do this? It was not fast, it was a gradual change of eating habits and sheer determination. In February 2019 I thought I would try a Keto way of eating. This of course is a low carb, high fat diet that can help you burn fat more effectively. 

In addition to eating a ketogenic diet, I also did add in some regular exercise with my spin/yoga room. I do yoga every morning and a spin or TRX in the evening. This has been very powerful with my stress levels and the soul. 

Keto is a lifestyle, but with a little will power and determination it is easier than you think. Once you know how your body responds and the positive results, it may be hard for you to turn back to heavy carb diet.