McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets are not keto-friendly. Each individual nugget has 2.5 carbs so they add up quickly. If you add some dipping sauce on top of that your daily carbohydrate allotment is quickly gone. How Many Carbs In Chicken McNuggets Orders? # of Nuggets Net Carbs 4 Nuggets 10 grams 6 Nuggets 15 grams 10…
Mushrooms are great food; they are full of nutrients. They have been around for thousands of years and are very healthy packed with essential vitamins and minerals, many of which are hard to get in other foods. They are a good source of Vitamin B1, B2, and D, niacin, potassium, selenium, dietary fibers, and antioxidants….
While we normally think of pasta as being an Italian dish, the Chinese were making pasta noodles as far back as 3000 BC. But even with its long history, does Pasta fit in a modern Keto Diet? Traditional pasta is high in carbs and not keto friendly. Traditional pasta can have up to 40 net…
So many of my new keto friends on my email list send me questions asking me if _____________ is allowed on a keto diet. Some of those ‘is it keto’ questions are really tricky, others are just surprising, and a few are common keto mistakes that make success difficult to achieve when starting a keto…
You’ve been craving something sweet for a while now. And, with the weekend just around the corner, you decide to make some mango pudding for yourself. So, you can spend some me-time digging into the mangoey goodness while you binge-watch your favorite show on Netflix. But the real question is: can you do that while…
One of the most common questions I hear from those just starting a Keto Diet is “How long does it take to get into Ketosis?” Here is the short answer: When starting a Ketogenic Diet it takes two to seven days to get into ketosis for most people. People who are used to eating lower-carb…
As Angela and I begin planning our family’s low carb Thanksgiving menu, we decided to go ahead an collect our favorite keto Thanksgiving recipes in one place. Please, let us know in the comments what you are serving! We just might add it to the list! P.S. If you are a foodie and have a…
If you are like me and garden, in the summer you’re probably buried in cucumbers. Even if you don’t garden, cucumbers are often a tempting vegetable because they are so affordable during the summer months. But, are cucumbers allowed on a keto diet? Cucumbers are keto-friendly because they are very low carb. Even a large…
On a ketogenic diet, you eat like royalty. On a ketogenic diet, we enjoy the foods that our ancestors loved; good fatty meat, veggies and greens, and an occasional feast of sugar and carbs. Before the insanity of the low-fat diet craze, a diet that was based primarily on grains and legumes was considered starvation…
In this keto article, I’m going to dig into garlic in all it’s forms to helps us all know once and for all if Garlic is safe on a keto diet. In this article, I’m going to look into the carbs in: Fresh Garlic Dried Garlic – Both Granulated & Powdered Jared Minced Garlic However,…