Just because you’re on a keto diet doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a good dessert! If you’re craving a peanut butter-and-chocolate treat but you don’t want those sugar spikes and crashes, try our easy no-bake and keto-friendly peanut butter silk pie. The slightly crispy and chewy chocolate crust combines with a smooth peanut-infused cream filling to create an intensely flavorful dessert. The magic of the chocolate crust lies in the combination of fine almond flour and a generous amount of ...
Keto Peanut Butter Cups
There’s nothing like a classic Reese’s peanut butter cup. The combination of peanut butter and chocolate with sugary sweetness balancing the flavors is such a heavenly treat. Unfortunately, as with most commercial candies, health was an afterthought when they picked the ingredients. This is why it is best to make them yourself to get your chocolate peanut butter fix. All it takes is three ingredient substitutions and a few simple steps to make crave-worthy keto peanut butter cups. The ...
- July 23, 2020
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15+ Low Carb Freezer Meals for Easy Keto: Recipes and Meal Prep Tips
Cutting carbs can help you lose substantial amounts of fat, but there is another key ingredient that’ll help you maintain those weight loss results for life: convenience. Simply put, if you make your low carb or ketogenic diet more convenient than grabbing an unhealthy meal, you will be able to create a lifestyle that helps you lose weight and improve health naturally. One way to do this is by cooking healthy low carb keto freezer meals, so you always have something you can eat when you’re ...
- June 8, 2020
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The Best Nuts for Keto: Low Carb Nuts, Seeds & What to Avoid
Nuts are known for their vitamin, mineral, fiber, and healthy fat content. What is often overlooked, however, is how many carbs they add to the diet. Since nuts are designed by nature to provide nourishment for a new plant, each one comes with some net carbs in the form of starches and sugars. This is why it is crucial to consider the carb counts of each nut before you incorporate them into your keto lifestyle. To give you a better idea of the best nuts for keto, let's take a look at carbs ...
- March 7, 2020
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Keto Peanut Butter Cup Style Fudge
This layered peanut butter fudge will remind you of a popular candy! A sweet peanut butter layer is sandwiched between two layers of chocolate fudge. We use erythritol and stevia to keep it keto-friendly. These little squares are a sweet treat that you don't want to miss out on. Yields 25 servings of Keto Peanut Butter Cup Style Fudge The Preparation Chocolate Layers: 1 ¼ cups heavy whipping cream ½ cup powdered erythritol ½ teaspoon liquid stevia ½ teaspoon vanilla ...
- August 1, 2019
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Dirty, Lazy Keto vs. Clean Keto: Should You Go Clean?
We all naturally fall somewhere on the spectrum between squeaky clean keto and dirty lazy keto — even if we aren’t aware of it. The way of eating that you end up following ultimately depends on two crucial factors: (1) how healthy, sustainable, and effective the diet is for you and (2) the values that drive your decisions (e.g., your budget, your health, religious beliefs, environmental/animal welfare concerns, and anything else that you prioritize when making a decision about what to ...
- October 5, 2019
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The Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Optimal Health and Weight Loss
The Mediterranean diet is widely recognized as being one of the best diets for weight loss and overall health. When compared to a typical western diet filled with processed foods, this plant-based diet is a safe, effective, and reliable bet. However, conservative approaches typically yield moderate results. In contrast, radically unconventional diets have a greater potential to make significant changes — changes that may come with an increased health risk for some. The keto diet is the ...
- June 9, 2019
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What is Unsaturated Fat? A Comprehensive Guide
Unsaturated fats are a broad category of fatty acids we consume in our diets. Although they are commonly known as “healthy fats,” some unsaturated fats can actually worsen our health. In fact, unsaturated fatty acids represent each end of the health spectrum, from completely toxic trans fats to polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats that help support optimal health and longevity. To better understand this complicated category of fats, let's take a look at unsaturated fatty acids from the ...
- April 19, 2019
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