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Health, Menu Planning

How to Master the Keto Breakfast

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Mastering the Keto Breakfast | This Miss Cooks

One of the toughest parts of switching to the Keto Diet is figuring out what to eat for a Keto approved breakfast.

Your brain isn’t firing on all cylinders yet, and it’s easy to get frustrated with finding options that fit your needs. Pancakes, oatmeal and pastries are a thing of the past. And good riddance to that last one especially, I can’t tell you how many disappointing donuts I’ve eaten just because they were sitting out somewhere.

Before Keto, my breakfasts were usually a simple coffee protein smoothie, overnight oats or avocado toast. I noticed that the higher fat breakfasts kept me full for longer, and prevented my 10am cravings. And the worst midmorning crashes happened when I used to chow down on granola and fruit first thing.

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5 Best Cookbooks for Beginners

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Raise your hand if one of your New Year’s resolutions involved cooking more. According to surveys, the most popular goals this time of year are to lose weight, spend less, learn something new and to eat more at home with loved ones.

These are all wonderful habits to make, in my opinion, but damn it they’re hard.

If you’ve never cut up a grapefruit before, you might not know just how much time it takes to transform into a beautiful (and actually edible) breakfast. What’s the difference between mincing and dicing and chopping and julienning? And we haven’t even started on what it mean to ‘eat healthy’ or  just cook tasty meals.

So where the hell do we start? Continue reading “5 Best Cookbooks for Beginners” →

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6 Tips for Planning a Week of Meals from Costco (Without Breaking the Bank)

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6-tips-for-planning-a-week-of-meals-from-CostcoPhoto by Jakub Kapusnak on Unsplash

I had a feeling when I sat down with my menu planning spreadsheet on Thursday that I was in for a bit of an odd week. With the eclipse yesterday and the craziness from a million extra people moseying into and out of my cute little state this weekend, I decided to back away slowly from the grocery store. Continue reading “6 Tips for Planning a Week of Meals from Costco (Without Breaking the Bank)” →

Sunday Recap of 3 Healthy Dinner Recipes From Budget Bytes | This Miss Cooks
Health, Menu Planning

Sunday Recap: 3 Healthy Dinner Recipes From Budget Bytes

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Sunday Recap of 3 Healthy Dinner Recipes From Budget Bytes | This Miss Cooks

Hello again! I’m extra pleased on this Sunday evening because I’ve managed to conquer my sudden but inevitable eclipse FOMO. Portland is almost in the path of totality (I’ve been learning new terminology left and right for this thing) so many of my friends are making plans to head south to see the event tomorrow.

Mr Never Cooks however has to go to work rain or shine, sun or no sun. And hey, there are plenty of things I’m happy to do solo, but finding a way to go 50 miles in the worst traffic in Oregon history while on my own seems like a surefire way to turn a cool event into a stressful mess. And I prefer to have my partner along for all stressful messes.

So, instead I’m settling for the 99.5% eclipse and putting stargazing at Machu Picchu on my bucket list. I had a friend show me pictures from his trip there and I’d say the starry night sky is enough to tide me over until the next total solar eclipse in 2024.

Speaking of bucket list trips, it would be nice to have money in the bank to actually check a few more big ticket items off. Food is a big expense in our household and it can be challenging to cut down too much on the grocery budget. How do I fix this?

Find recipe blogs that fill that need.

I mentioned in my Tuesday planning ahead post that I discovered an awesome food blog called Budget Bytes a few years ago. It’s been a while since I had checked out her recipes and I’m glad I found a reason to! Continue reading “Sunday Recap: 3 Healthy Dinner Recipes From Budget Bytes” →

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3 of my Favorite Cheap & Healthy Dinner Recipes from Budget Bytes

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3 of my Favorite Cheap & Healthy Dinner Recipes from Budget Bytes | This Miss CooksPhoto by Neha Deshmukh on Unsplash

When I was just learning how to cook toward the end of college and my first years post-grad, I was on a decidedly tight budget and in need of cheap meals. It was a pretty sweet deal to just have dinners to arrive on my plate in the cafeteria with zero thought or input from yours truly, but sustaining that lifestyle on the daily requires a job a few pay grades above mine.

Also, I was an AWFUL cook. Like truly bad. Could not make boxed cake to save my life bad. I think it was even my defining feature in my dorm. Oh, Lindsey, the one who burnt milk in the common room kitchen? Continue reading “3 of my Favorite Cheap & Healthy Dinner Recipes from Budget Bytes” →