Keto Lifestyle

This week, I wanted to try a new slow carb that I picked up, French lentils. Since I had an abundance of mushrooms, I came up with this creamy French lentil stew, which turned out to be hearty and filling, and downright satisfying.

Three-bean salad is a sweet and sour textural delight, wonderful on its own or as a side. While I do have a low-cab version of the three bean salad recipe, the original high-carb version of this recipe is a great choice for getting in healthy carbs and vegan-friendly protein on my carb-up days.

I'm always on the lookout for new ways to work sweet potatoes into a carb-up. Since I had made a lot of Korean dishes, I was inspired to make something using the kimchi I had left. I read about how Korean fusion food trucks have been caramelizing it to make it into a topping for fries...

Since we only do carb-ups one to two times a week, I don’t usually buy carb-up crackers, since they would like get stale before we would finish them. I decided to take a stab at making my own, using only quality gluten-free flours, both made from tubers, arrowroot and cassava.

Roasted red pepper adds touch of sweetness and colour to hummus. And because it also adds a bit of liquid, you can cut back on the tahini to make it lower in fat for carb-up. Top with fresh herbs for taste and a pop of green and you have a lovely dip to enjoy on a carb-up day.

I feel that if you're going to do a carb-up meal, you have to replace the fat with strong, equally appealing flavours and/or textures. This spicy Thai lentil red curry soup uses red curry paste, along with other Thai-inspired flavours to do just that.

Following a recent prolonged fast, I decided to have a carb-up day on one of my two days following the fast in which I was eating low FODMAP foods to lower the chance of having digestive upset. I wanted to include sweet potato, but if you have too much it can be more reactive...