I recently got engaged. After the celebratory Champagne and indulgent restaurant meals my fiancé and I enjoyed in our month of post-betrothal bliss, reality set in: soon I must fit into a wedding dress.
Of course, dresses come in all shapes and sizes, just like brides. But have you seen the price of a wedding photographer lately? I’d like to look my best.
These days, the main weight-loss food trend seems to be the ketogenic diet. Like the Paleo and Atkins diets, eating keto means cutting carbs. Unlike these other diets, keto isn’t high in protein; it’s high…
I recently got engaged. After the celebratory Champagne and indulgent restaurant meals my fiancé and I enjoyed in our month of post-betrothal bliss, reality set in: soon I must fit into a wedding dress.
Of course, dresses come in all shapes and sizes, just like brides. But have you seen the price of a wedding photographer lately? I’d like to look my best.
These days, the main weight-loss food trend seems to be the ketogenic diet. Like the Paleo and Atkins diets, eating keto means cutting carbs. Unlike these other diets, keto isn’t high in protein; it’s high in fat. The idea is that depriving yourself of carbs and protein will cause your body to burn fat for energy — starting with the bacon and eggs you ate for breakfast and ending with your thighs.
As someone who routinely checks out of the grocery store with more cheese than vegetables, this sounded good, so I looked up a few dishes. The food blog The Spruce Eats has a variety of keto recipes for beginners, so inspired by summer farmers’ market bounty, I tried a zucchini bread made with almond and coconut flours and a sugar replacement called “Swerve.”
A note on shopping for keto ingredients: they are expensive. A two-cup package of Swerve runs you $8, while the titular ingredient of my zucchini bread costs 75 cents. Even with wheat prices soaring, King Arthur is still cheap compared to its bespoke, gluten-free alternatives.
My zucchini bread was disgusting. Swerve imparts a flavor I can only describe as “cold” — like drinking Listerine for dessert. An hour after trying a hot-from-the-oven…