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Here's a recipe keto hack - I substitute the couscous with cauliflower rice but the recipe below has cous cous in. It's very very refreshing and light either way. ZESTY MEATBALLS WITH COUSCOUS SALAD 2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1/4 tsp crushed chillis 4 garlic cloves, 3 finely...

I find almond flour (H&B) makes bread too cakey, and am going to get de-oiled almond flour, mix it 50/50 with Vital wheat gluten, 15g of totally activated yeast, and have a go at a loaf that actually tastes, feels and looks like bread but that is full-on keto. psyllium husk is a high fibre...

Has anyone tried using boiled potatoes in a potato salad and tested blood sugar? Cooking them then cooling makes them high resistive starch, which bypasses your bloodstream and heads for your second brain, your gut. I eat quite a lot of resistant starch - cashews are stuffed, as are green...

AAAnd another low carb spaghetti hack - Aldi bean spaghetti! Standard spaghetti is 26g of carbs per portion, bean spaghetti is 6g of carbs. They do a black bean, and two soya beans, one green and one standard spaghetti colour - all 6g of carbs per portion. It comes in boxes (that recycle...

We had courgettie the other day, the kids for the first time. I dressed it in olive oil and a bit of lemon. Uncooked. Very refreshing and surprisingly tasty. I have a great spiraliser that I just stuff the end of the courgette in, and twist away. After practice I could get the courgettie...

Thats why I use Erythritol, proven NOT to raise insulin levels. From my non-diabetic point of view, this means weight loss and faster into full ketosis, and staying there.

I actually started this diet to lose weight, (13'9 and should be 9'41) and to try and manage my perimenopausal horror of weight gain, rubbish sleep and brain sludge, also they think I might have MS and I want to reduce inflammation as much as possible to be all round more healthy. Getting a...

In keto, have fat adaption, am losing weight, absolutely LOVING life. Glad to find a sensible UK based forum, the Americans have odd ideas

I use Erythritol but it doesn't dissolve in brownies, leaving a crunchy texture so I have to heat my coconut oil up to hot and mix the Erythritol in so that it dissolves before I let it cool and make the brownies. Also for bakers, note that this sweetener does not heat up in cake when it's...