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amaltheas-anguish · 1 year

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sharing some of grandma's recipes 🩷 she's OUR grandma now. she tends to give simple recipes for easy bases - add whatever you'd like to them!

recipes:

- chicken noodle soup

- chicken salsa soup

- sweet potato curry

- gumbo

- how to make rice

- homemade bread. peasant, flat, and fried

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

- buy roasted chicken. place in pot with water filled about halfway up chicken. leave to boil for 40min-hour [good for walking away and doing things. boiling it makes it super easy to get the bones out. you can also just pick the meat you want off if you're in a hurry)

- pick out bones / add boneless meat to pot with water or broth from store (as much broth as you want)

- 1tb bouillon, bay leaf [i double this for stronger flavor]

- any seasonings you want. my personal favs are creole or yellow curry. parsley is delicious as well and discourages bad breath >:]

- veggies: sliced carrots, celery, chopped onions

- bring to a boil for cooking then turn down heat, leave for 10 min

- noodles! any that you want. grandma's favorite are egg noodles. cook until noodles are desired texture

great granny made this for my gma served on top of mashed potatoes

makes multiple servings! good for easy leftovers

CHICKEN SALSA SOUP

- saute / fry chopped onion in butter. add 1 pint water and 1.5 cup salsa

- 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp chili powder, 1-2 tb bouillon, as much garlic as you want (i personally double this)

- when it starts boiling add 1-2 cups of corn (canned or frozen)

- add bite sized chicken. i always buy my chicken precooked bc i have anxiety about it LOL. cook for 5 minutes longer

serve with sour cream, chips, and cheese

SWEET POTATO CURRY

- fry 1 chopped onion and 1 chopped sweet potato together with butter

- add a little water (don't fully cover food) and cover to steam about 10 minutes

- buy bottle of red or green curry sauce. 3 tbs. or about half the bottle. curry paste or powder also works! use same amount and adjust as desired

- add 1 cup of water with 2 tsp bouillon

- i personally add some cooked shredded chicken and a bit of creole seasoning and parsley. not called for in recipe

- add coconut milk once potatos are fully cooked and soft

- low heat until desired temperature

served with rice and flat bread

COOPER FAMILY GUMBO

cook in a big pot

- 1 bag frozen okra. chopped or chop yourself. fry with small amount of oil until it stops being stringy. takes about 10 min depending on amount. add to pot after

- add chopped: onion, green pepper, celery (1 onion, 1 big pepper, 2 celery for base recipe. i do some spicy peppers as well. add more as desired)

- 1 24-32oz can of diced tomatoes

- 2tbs bouillion (i use veggie bouillion, meat kinds are good too) (grandma uses this for an easy roux replacement) (roux recipe: butter and flour in low to medium heated pan. mix until golden brown. add creole seasoning)

- about 1 qts of water (i personally love broth so i just fill until im satisfied) (i will also use 3 32oz containers of broth instead of water for flavor)

- season with parsley, 2 bay leaves, plenty of tonys creole seasoning (i also add curry powder, onion powder, garlic powder, and lemon black pepper) (creole is main soup seasoning for gumbo) (the brand is just Cooper Family preference)

- once veggies are soft add bite sized cooked chicken, sausage, shrimp (i don't usually include shrimp bc of texture. i use a cooked chicken from the store and just tear it up so it's stringy. creole or beef sausage is my favorite) (i recently found some dried shrimp at my store and added that, good replacement for texture issues)

serve over rice with bread. best breads are garlic french bread or flat bread. normal bread slices also work just fine

creole is a little spicy, so taste test for desired amount as you're adding

FOR RICE IF YOU DONT HAVE RICE COOKER:

- add 1 cup rice or more

- WASH! rinse rice in water, mix with hands, and drain multiple times until water is no longer milky colored (doesn't have to be 100% clear)

- fill water until it's a little above the rice. measure with finger, i usually do a little under the first knuckle

- cover pot and leave to cook on medium heat. if it starts to boil, immediately turn down heat to low.

- once all water is evaporated, add butter and salt! serve with whatever you'd like

for YELLOW rice add 1-2 tb butter and 1 tsp turmeric, throw in some fried onions if you're feeling fancy!

grandma liked adding 1-2 tb of ketchup and fried onions to plain cooked rice. said it gave it a great reddish color LMAO

HOMEMADE BREADS

PEASANT BREAD BASE RECIPE

- 2 cups of warm water

- for rosemary bread add crushed rosemary at this part

- add any seasonings you want or leave plain! either way is delicious

- 1 tbs yeast, 2 tbs sugar, 2 tbs salt

let rest until yeast is activated (looks sticky/foamy/expanded)

- add up to 4 cups of flour. mix each cup in as you pour, the dough will be sticky and can be mixed with a fork

- cover with cloth and leave it to rise. will double in size. i usually walked away to leave it for an hour, im not sure if it actually takes that long tho lmao

- preheat oven to 375

- get your baking bread bowl or pan and butter VERY well to prevent the dough from sticking. i tend to cover the dough and pan in butter. if you don't have an oven bread pan or whatever it's called (my gma called it a cereal bowl i DONT think that's correct hahahah), then a flat pan will work just fine! bowl is just for shape. gma divides bread into 2 loafs, i divide into rolls or flatten it for flatbread!

- cover again in rag and let dough rise a 2nd time before placing in oven

loaves take about 20 minutes, but just bake until bread is a golden brown :] grandma likes adding sesame seeds before putting bread in oven

recipe works for pretty much anything! pizza dough, loafs, rolls, flatbread

FLATBREAD

- follow peasant bread recipe up until the 1st rise of the dough

- butter or spray cookie sheet with oil, spread dough thin

- brush top with melted butter, sesame seeds, parsley, and parmesan cheese

- bake at 325 until golden brown

i personally add some sliced chery tomatoes, rosemary, cheese, and creole seasoning to top bread before placing in the oven. then more cheese directly after pulling it out.

FRY BREAD

- after 1st rise, divide and hand flatten dough into thin circles

- paint with melted butter and let rest for 5-10 minutes

- fill a pan about 1/3rd with oil, high or medium heat while dough is resting in butter

- cook in oil until crispy golden brown

delicious with curry or gumbo!

#<3 #cooking #recipe #recipes #curry #sweet potato curry #chicken noodle soup #chicken salsa soup #gumbo #breaking bad #flatbread #fried bread #kitchen witch #kitchen magick

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virtualdiary98 · 4 months

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"if you want"

am I the only person who feels this way: what's the point of making plans with someone if its only going to be for an hour? is there a point? there's not right? especially if you see each other every fucking day.

today I was making dinner for me and my family. I made us homemade pizzas! when I say homemade I mean I bought pre made dough from trader joes and then bought sauce and cheese and toppings and baked that bitch in the oven. he wanted to hang out with me but also informed me that he had a soccer game for fun with his friends tonight. he said it was at 7:30pm and that he could come around 5pm. he ended up coming at 6:10. what is the point of that? why come if you're just going to eat and then leave? after dinner I did the dishes and then I felt like baking cookies. he stayed for about 20 minutes and then went to play soccer with his friends. before leaving he said, "ill come back after soccer and then we can watch our show. soccer will be done at 9pm."

at around 10pm he texted me informing me that he was done and that they extended it an hour. then calls me to see what I was doing and then asked if he could swing by my house and pick up some cookies that I had baked.

???? what the fuck?

he came to pick them up and I was visibly upset. he said what's wrong? I said nothing, I just knew you wouldn't come back. he said, "I can come in IF YOU WANT.

ladies and gents, we fucking hate this response. that is so fucking annoying!.!.! you mean, "can I come in and watch our show for a little bit?"

fucking rude as fuck

I love him so much, but sometimes when we fight I look at him and I dont see a future. almost as if I look at him when I'm upset and I get to see a glimpse of the future and I see we don't work out.

I finally have a job interview on monday with a job that has pretty good pay. it's been months. it's been almost a year for my boyfriend being jobless. I really want to rub it in his face that I make money and i'm not putting up with his shit anymore. he needs to get his shit together.

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depresseddepot · 3 years

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u know. i don't think i can be happy if i've altered my diet so much to the point where i can't make and eat baked goods.

#idk where along the way i developed this habit of thinking but like. im not a health nut. protein powder doesn't make me excited.#i keep having this reoccurring thought thats like 'oh one day when i fix my diet--' but like. no.#i WONT fix my diet. i eat veggies and i eat fruits but i like milk and bread and butter and cheese.#i might not like cooking that much and i might use canned vegetables but i love baking!!#you cant lose weight and keep it off if you have a strict diet and then stop dieting completely once you reach your goal weight #im sick of this shit. im sick of pretending like i don't expect to lose weight from working out #i don't diet and i don't want to. ill workout to stay healthy but i like making desserts!! and i like eating them!!#i dont have the metabolism the way other people do. like i cant just workout and eat well AND eat a dessert every now and then #but every day i get more fatalistic about the collapse of capitalism and worsening climate change so what the fuck do i have to lose #re: jesus all i fucking do is complain #tagged it even tho this is a relatively happy post bc its still Live Therapy TM i guess #u know one day ill be brave enough to get a personal trainer and once i do its OVER for you idiots #'diet' this 'bread/milk/cereal/juice makes you fat' that. yall are so boring.#have you never tasted a blueberry pie from the farmers market? homemade cinnamon rolls that take hours but are always worth it?#'i dont like sweets' oh what do you like then. soy sauce. vinegar. you eat onions on toast is that what makes you happy.#okay now im being mean lol but anyways fuck diet fads ill stay fat AND keep my blood pressure low thank you

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i-will-physically-fight-you · 3 years

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Crescent Chapter 3 Revision Notes

Revised Chapter 3 is out baby, view it on tumblr dont talk to me about the links not working on that post its broken for some reason or ao3! Since this chapter feels like the one most heavily updated, here’s some notes on what was reworked

Removed Roman’s pov from the very beginning and replaced it with Patton’s pov. I made this decision because it felt like it made for a stronger opening. Some of Roman’s beginning inner monologue in the original is reused at the end of the revised chapter

Patton tearing that mugger apart is now 40% more gruesome and descriptive.

Patton’s character is now more rounded out and thoroughly explored imho

Roman, Patton and Logan are now 20% more werewolf in their behavior

Instead of Logan conveniently arriving home for that Dramatic Entrance when Patton finishes telling Roman what’s up, he’s just there and ready to silently disapprove Patton’s choices in life

The Argument at the end between the three is a bit more expanded upon and Patton has a bit more agency in it.

Original Word-Count was 2557, Updated Word-Count is 4574, little over 2k more than the original.

Included below is the original chapter 3 so you can see the differences if you’d like

To be fair, Roman wasn’t surprised when Patton came home a stray in tow. Patton had a heart of gold—there wasn’t a mean bone in his body. He cried easily. He cried when a girl and her dog got separated in a movie, and he cried again when the two were reunited. He couldn’t bear passing by a downed bird, injured and all alone. It was why they now had a flock of ravens that took shelter within the confines of their yard.

Roman knew it was always hard for Patton to let go of the strays after he nursed them back to health. He grew attached to their presences, loved them like they were his own children. But he also knew that they couldn’t really care for pets with their type of lifestyle beyond the wild animals like the ravens that just wouldn’t leave. However, that was alright. A flock of ravens were considered good luck among werewolves.

So the ravens stayed, whilst the others were sent away. Logan always did his best to help situate the animals into loving homes. It made Patton feel better knowing that they went to owners who’d care for them just as much as he did.

What he was surprised about was the…species of the stray Patton brought home.

He heard the door click open, as he worked on his canvas. He didn’t bother glancing up. He didn’t need to use his nose to know it was Patton entering their humble yet magnificent dwelling. It couldn’t be anyone else, but Patton as Logan didn’t get off work this early, and there wasn’t anyone else who had a key to the house.

“Hey, padre!” He greeted, frowning as he redrew the eyes of his sketch, “Did you complete your quest to obtain the chocolate chip cookies with the extra chocolateyness?”

“Oh my goodness,” Patton gasped, “I left the cookies back in the city!”

“What happened? Did you get sidetracked by a baby squirrel again?” Roman chuckled.

He expected Patton to launch into some excited ramble about the cute poor animal he came across, or perhaps amazing scent trail that derailed him from his errand. But instead Patton seemed hesitant to share information.

“Not…exactly.” Patton admitted.

“What do you mean?” Roman finally looked up.

Instead of the kitten or baby bird that Roman expected to find, there was a stranger in Patton’s arms. Small and thin and pale in baggy black clothing. His first thought that must be another werewolf—Patton wouldn’t dare bring a human here, would he? But Roman took one sniff and knew immediately.

There was no mistake about it; Patton had brought a human into the home.

“Patton why is he here?” Roman growled, “He’s a human!”

The older man pressed his lips together, walking past Roman to lay the human on the couch before facing him once more.

“He was in trouble, Roman! He—he was all alone and I couldn’t just leave him—” Patton drew a breath, “Please, let me explain.”

To be fair, Patton did not mean to go sniffing out for trouble. He only meant to go sniffing out for cookies after another botched attempt at creating them. As much as he loved making food in the kitchen, baking was not his strong suit. Logan said it was because he wasn’t exact with his measurements. Patton didn’t see how adding more sugar could ruin the recipe that much. He only wanted to make the cookies sweeter, and what’s sweeter than sugar itself?

It was alright though, because that just gave himself an excuse to visit Thomas. He let his nose take all the way downtown to the Piece of Cake bakery. The bell jangled as he bounced in, grinning around at the pastel interior of the bakery. He took a deep breath in, letting the sweet scents of the desserts invade his nose.

“Hi Patton! What’ll it be today?” Thomas asked, giving a friendly wave from his place at the counter.

“Thomas! It’s so good to see you!” Patton squealed, reaching over the counter to give the man a hug.

The man let out a surprised yelp, but eagerly returned the hug just the same. He learned by now that Patton often to forgot to ask before he invaded people’s personal spaces in his rush to lavish them with affection.

“Opps sorry,” Patton gave a bashful grin as he withdrew from the hug, “I was just excited to see you! It’s been so long since I’ve seen you!”

“Patton, it’s only been like three days,” Thomas laughed.

“I know, but still.” Patton pouted.

The two made friendly conversation as Patton picked out his order. It wasn’t until another customer came into the bakery that the two exchanged their goodbyes, and Patton made his departure.

He hummed cheerfully, swinging the bag of cookies with each stride. Occasionally at intersections he took a moment to open the bag and smell the delicious sugary delights. Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodles, Sugar Cookies—the scents tickled his nose with glee.

Patton loved scents—they often told the truth more often than someone else’s words or his own eyes could. He was happy he could always trust his nose when his other senses failed him. He couldn’t imagine not being able to smell! He’d rather give up his sight or his hearing than not being able to smell the comforting presences of his packmates.

Once, Logan revealed to him that humans couldn’t smell as well as their kind. Patton cried for fifteen minutes straight after that.

“Why are you crying?” Logan asked, awkwardly patting Patton’s back, “Humans’ sense of smell may be feeble compared to ours, but they have been able to survive just fine with it the way that it is. Besides, it is not as if they know the difference.”

“Exactly!” Patton sobbed harder, “They’ll never know how—how wonderful smell is.”

Logan sighed.

“Would it help any to say as a former human, that I now know how wonderful a heightened sense of smell can be?”

“A little.” Patton sniffled.

The crosswalk switched from an angry red hand to the cute walking stick figure that signaled it was the pedestrians turn to walk. The crowd surged forward, a few people bumping into Patton’s shoulder as they passed by him.

“Oh!” He looked up from the bag, spying the crosswalk signal. He covered up the bag once more and hurried across the crosswalk.

It was a long walk to the outskirts of the city where Roman, Logan and Patton lived, but he much preferred it over taking the car. As much as he enjoyed driving, he didn’t enjoy that thick traffic that left him antsy in the seat knowing he could walk faster than how fast the car was crawling across the interstate. When there wasn’t traffic clogging the streets, the car whipped by faster than Patton’s liking.

He took the idiom “stop and smell the roses” literally. Patton enjoyed walking because of the journey. He loved hearing the chatter out of the bustling city, the wind rustling his hair, seeing the various sights that the city had to offer. Not to mention the smells. While some scents like gasoline could be nauseating to smell, there was scents like—pizza. Greasy breading baked with tomato sauce and cheese with a variety of toppings. His stomach grumbled in agreement.

As if in a trance, Patton’s feet led him in the direction of a nearby pizzeria. It wasn’t until he was a block away from the restaurant that he realized how far off he deviated from the walk home. He needed to walk north, not inwards towards the heart of the city. As much as his mouth watered for pizza, he already prepared a delicious meal at home. He would have to save pizza for another day. Perhaps he could even make homemade pizza! He hadn’t tried that doing that yet.

It was hard to suppress his urge to chase after every wonderful scent that infiltrated his nose, however. The closer he came towards home, the more overwhelming it became. When Patton had been younger, it was harder for him to ignore the urges to chase after the scents. Flowers, perfume, the smell of Asian food wafting in the air from a nearby restaurant—it enticed and overwhelmed him.

He chased the scents, curious to see where they led. Often, he found himself in trouble from sticking his nose where it didn’t belong. After spending his childhood largely isolated from the human world, he had been ignorant of appropriate manners among humans. For example, humans often took offense if you smelled them. Whereas werewolves had very little sense of personal space. Something that could be found inherent in Patton by how he heaped affection on people within five seconds of meeting them.

Patton knew better now. He recognized he couldn’t gleefully chase each scent without abandon. He had a responsibility to look after the needs of the others. If Patton didn’t remind the two workaholics when to eat, he wasn’t sure who else would.

Gotta focus, gotta focus, gotta focus. The mantra ran through his mind repeatedly. He opened the bag of cookies once more, taking a deep whiff to remind himself of his mission. The rich chocolate, cinnamon goodness and fear reminded him that he can’t wait to share them with the others—wait.

Patton paused in the middle of the sidewalk, causing the person behind him to grumble in frustration. Fear? That can’t be right. That scent doesn’t belong with a cookie but rather—a living being. He scanned the bustling crowd who traveled down the sidewalk as usual. The scent of increased perspiration clung to the air, how could the humans just ignore it? Could they not smell it?

He didn’t stay put to find out. There’s no question in his mind whether if he should not follow this scent. His heart pounded, as he dashed after the scent. He trusted his nose to lead him to the source.

“Opps, Excuse me! Sorry!” He called out, apologizing to disgruntled pedestrians as he tore through the foot traffic. His large, hulking figure was perfect at plowing through the crowd—no one wanted to get trampled by a 6’2 man.

He skidded around a corner, the scent leading him to the entrance of a winding, dark alleyway. There lay a sight that angered him. A large burly human held a gun against a smaller one, who shook badly from terror.

Patton let out a low growl, too upset to say anything intelligible. His claws came out as he launched himself at the mugger, tearing him away from the small human. A shot rang out from his gun, and Patton could only hope it didn’t hit the human on the ground. The mugger attempted pointing his gun towards Patton, but he ripped the weapon out of his hand and onto the ground.

The mugger made a frantic scramble after it, but Patton pinned him to the ground. He sunk his claws into the man, and only let go when the man went limp.

He breathed in deeply, forcing himself to relax. His instincts screamed at him to remain on guard. But the danger had passed, and he needed to make sure the small human was okay. He was ignorant of a lot of things about humans, but he did know they could be easily frightened by his more wolfish appearance. The last thing he wanted was to scare the poor guy even further. As soon as he morphed back into a humanoid appearance, his focus went immediately to the small human—his eyes widening in concern at their collapsed figure.

“Are you alright?!” He called out as he rushed to their side. Their head lolled backwards, signaling that they had gone unconscious.

A surge of protectiveness took over him as he immediately gathered the human in his embrace. He can’t help but marvel over how small and fragile the human looked! He must have been the runt in his litter. The human wore a raggedy black hoodie and ripped jeans with scuffed up converse. His face was too thin to be healthy, and those circles underneath his eyes! If the poor thing didn’t faint from fright, he certainly fainted from exhaustion.

He gasped upon seeing the bandages wrapped around the human’s hands. The skin underneath looked red and swollen, indicating it was a fresh wound. The human’s hair was glistened with sweat. Patton pressed a hand against his forehead and nearly flinched at how warm it felt. He shouldn’t feel this warm…humans shouldn’t feel this warm, right?

Patton snuck a glance towards the mugger, and immediately withheld the urge to vomit. The wounds looked deeper than Patton had initially thought and although the mugger was still breathing, it might not be for long. Patton was a lover not a fighter. The thought that he could be this man’s cause of death was haunting. But as he looked back down at the runt, he didn’t regret it. The mugger had threatened an innocent life, and Patton wasn’t going to stand there and watch it happen.

That was also the reason why he couldn’t just leave the human, alone and unconscious, in the alley alone with the bleeding-out stranger that tried to kill him. If someone came across him, he’d be an easy meal. He had to take the human somewhere safe. The only thing is, Patton had no way of knowing where he lived. He had no way of tracking down his home. It was nearly impossible to distinguish a scent from the hundreds of millions of aromas existing in the city air.

A scream interrupted his thoughts. Patton looked up to see a woman staring from the entrance of the alleyway, covering up her mouth in horror. Patton’s mind came to a screeching halt as his instincts screamed a singular command at him. Run.

This was not a time to attempt explaining the situation. His nerves were shot, and he was afraid of what was going to befall on the human. Would the other humans see how sick and small he was and attempted to finish what the mugger started? He couldn’t let this small human go through any more pain than he already had. Not now he was here. He scooped up the human in his arms, sprinting into through the sidewalks of the city.

He ran as fast as his feet would carry him, afraid that police sirens would be after him at any moment. Patton was fast, but not fast enough to outrun a car. Especially while carrying the human, despite how worryingly light he was.

Patton, being paranoid, took detours—attempting to throw off any would-be pursuers off his trail. When he finally reached the porch of the house, he almost collapsed from exhaustion. The human let out a cry in his sleep, and Patton stroked his hair.

“Shhh,” He said, “You’re safe now.”

The human unconsciously leaned into the touch, completely relaxing in Patton’s hold. The werewolf’s heart melted even further. If Patton’s heart was a popsicle, it was now a puddle of sugary sweet liquid.

As he sat on the porch, the human lying draped across his lap, he started to realize that Logan and Roman probably wouldn’t be happy with this arrangement. But Patton wasn’t going to abandon him, even if he was a human!

Which was why, he was now pleading to let the human stay with them.

“Please Roman, he needs help, I couldn’t just leave him all like that!” Patton begged, “Please don’t tell Logan—not yet, at least.”

“Tell Logan, what?”

Logan stood in the door frame, arms crossed as he stared down at the unconscious form of the human on the couch. Patton gulped.

He did not look happy.

“Hi Logan,” Patton chuckled nervously.

“What is he doing here?” Logan gestured to the human, “He shouldn’t be here, Patton. Do you remember what happened last time we let a human in our house?”

“This—this is different,” Patton insisted, “He needs us!”

“He needs to go!” Roman burst, clenching his fists.

Logan turned to look at Patton.

“Explain.” He said, and Patton did.

He repeated the same story as he had with Roman, with a few occasional interruptions by Logan who reminded him to stick the facts and not stray off into tangents. Once he finished, Logan sighed and pinched his nose between his fingers.

“So, what I’m hearing is that you panicked and weren’t thinking straight.”

Roman snorted. “Patton doesn’t think straight—ever.”

“I couldn’t just leave him all alone like that! What if he got attacked again?” Patton huffed.

“You could’ve left him at a police station or taken him to the hospital if you were worried about his health.”

Now that he thought about it, those might’ve been better options. Logan had always been good at figuring out more rational solutions to problems than Patton. But it didn’t change the fact that the tiny human was here now and needed their help.

“He needs a pack, Logan. And I know you know how to care for sick humans!”

Logan raised an eyebrow, “Patton, humans are social creatures, I’m sure he has packmates of his own who are concerned by his disappearance. There’s also no telling how he would react once discovering our true nature. We should take him to the hospital.”

Patton frowned. He hadn’t taken in consideration that the small human might already have packmates. If he did, Patton didn’t think they were good packmates based on the human’s malnourished appearance.

“We don’t have to tell him about the pack. But we can’t just leave him alone in the hands of strangers, Logan! We should care for him until we find out where his packmates are.”

Roman glanced between the two like a child observing an argument between their parents unfold in front of them.

Logan said nothing, reaching downwards to feel the human’s forehead.

“His temperature is unusually warm,” He noted, “We should take his jacket off—to help cool down his temperature.”

Patton’s eyes widened.

“Does that mean—”

“Yes, he can stay,” Logan said before clarifying, “only until he’s no longer ill.”

Roman’s eyes flashed angrily.

“Wh—”

“Patton, can you go prepare the spare bedroom for the human?” Logan interrupted.

“Of course!” Patton beamed as he scurried out.

As soon as Patton left the room, Roman turned to face Logan.

“Do I have no say in this?” Roman spluttered indignantly, “Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? It’s a human, Logan. A. Human.”

“A human who is physically weaker, underfed and feverish compared to us. While it would be optimal to take him to a hospital, you and I both know about how attached Patton gets to…strays. I theorize he’s able to pack-bond more easily with other species than us.”

“Look, I don’t want to hurt Patton’s feelings as much you do, but we should put the safety of the pack first.”

“I did consider the safety of the pack in my decision making. This is a compromise—we’ll look after the human for long as he’s sick in exchange for Patton promising to return him to his friends and family,” Logan explained, “Who knows? The human might even want to leave early.”

He walked towards his study before turning to glance back at Roman.

“Make no mistake. I know how dangerous humans can be; I was once one myself, Roman, and I have no intentions of harboring the delusion of keeping one in our home any longer than necessary.”

#kat talks #writing woes #werewolf au

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symphonicspecter · 3 years

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Favorite foods/ deserts? To eat or make.

Food food food food food

I love. Mexican style. A burrito bowl or taco salad loaded with stuff is my fave but tbh if you just gave me meat bean and cheese I’d be happy too. Cheap American version like Taco Bell, on the occasion I find a more ”authentic” restaurant that too, homemade, literally just throw me something in this general area of food I omnomnom

And in the same vein, guacamole is amazing, I’ll eat it once its own with chips. I can, make it myself and I’ve been told I make it pretty well, but it’s not one of my favorite things to make. There’s a lot of chopping and peeling and onions making my eyes burn and avocado getting everywhere

Pasta is another general category I love.Mac and cheese, Alfredo with broccoli and/or chicken or plain, spaghetti, ravioli, tortellini..lHOO there’s a lot of pastas you could put in front of me and I’d happily eat it. And which one I prefer just changes! Although Alfredo, spanghetti, and Mac and cheese are ones I make at home more often since other members of my family like those. So if I’m put somewhere I’m more likely to get something different.

Pasta is one of those foods that isn’t necessarily fun to make but it is nice and easy on days I don’t want to do anything involved. Sometimes when the pasta is done I pull out a hot noodle and throw it at the wall and see long it sticks >:3

Pizzaaaa. I usually like classic cheese and pepperoni, but I like cheese too, and more rarely I’ll eat pizza with olives, tomato, mushrooms, and/or spinach! I’ve never had it with pineapple but I’m willing to try it. Pepperoni and sometimes salami are actually the only meats I like on pizza, ham, sausage, anchovies and all that just have a weird texture with everything else imo. And another important thing. Extra. Sauce.

Pizza is a food I would say is one of my faves to make! Sometimes I put the toppings on English muffins, sometimes I make a crust. It’s not too hard to put toppings on and it’s kinda fun to do so, plus I can eat some of it >:3. When I’m at home, my dog likes to get bites of cheese and pepperoni too! .

Can smoothies count? I think they’re fairly easy to make and they’re yummy. This is another food you could give me just about any and I’ll drink it, bc smoothies are usually fruity and there’s not a lot of fruit I’ll turn down. My personal favorite is peanut butter and banana, but ma go smoothies are really good too. .

OOF cheesecake. I dont get to have it often bc there’s not a lot of places that have it, or it’s expensive, and I’m like the one big cheesecake fan in the family lol. I haven’t made one myself, actually! I think it’s not terribly hard though, so now that I’m thinking of it I want to try making one. I like plain cheesecake with chocolate on top (chocolate flavored cheesecake doesn’t seem to taste as much like chocolate as compared to chocolate on top), or plain with strawberry or raspberry on top. Also, every type of cheesecake that I’ve tried from the Cheesecake Factory has been delicious!

Wait omg. Deviled eggs. If I didn’t have to respect that the rest of the family want to eat them too, and save room for other foods I want, I would eat probably all of them at holiday dinners. They’re particularly special fro me bc I only have them on holidays. But they’re really good and I usually eat a couple. .

Ice cream is a favorite dessert of mine, but it’s not a thing I’ve ever made myself. My favorite flavors are chocolate or chocolate with stuff in it, but I also like vanilla with stuff in it, or some flavors use caramel, cheesecake, or sweet cream as a base flavor and it’s good. For stuff mixed in, I like fudge swirl, peanut butter swirl, caramel swirl, cookie pieces, cookie dough, and chocolate pieces. Anything chocolatey that’s easy to chew! I’m not so much a fan of fruit flavored pieces, nuts, pretzels, anything else hard or chewy, or fruit or coffee flavored ice creams. .

I like making desserts like cookies brownies, muffins, and cupcakes! I think mixing all the ingredients together is fun! And tasting the batter. Cakes are fun too…it’s just that I always worry too much that my icing is crappy looking

Ive also found recently that I like making rice and vegetables. Over the last year I’ve tried some different veggie and seasoning combos just to see what’s good, and I think that’s part of what makes it fun.

#foods I do NOT like making: friend eggs I always overcook or undercook them and it stresses me #ouija board

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nostalgiaispeace · 6 years

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617.

1. What’s the last thing you ate? pizza -_-

2. What’s your favourite cheese? pepperjack

3. What’s your favourite fish? ew.

4. What’s your favourite fruit? blueberries

5. When, if ever, did you start liking olives? never.

6. When, if ever, did you start liking beer? never.

7. When, if ever, did you start liking shellfish? never.

8. What was the best thing your mum/dad/guardian used to make? i’m not sure.

9. What’s the native specialty of your hometown? no idea..

10. What’s your comfort food? lol

11. What’s your favourite type of chocolate? milk.

12. How do you like your steak? i don’t like steak.

13. How do you like your burger? well done

14. How do you like your eggs? hard boiled.

15. How do you like your potatoes? all the ways.

16. How do you take your coffee? some sugar.

17. How do you take your tea? some sugar and honey

18. What’s your favourite mug? my big coffee mug that says “coffee then adulting.”

19. What’s your biscuit or cookie of choice? sugar cookie

20. What’s your ideal breakfast? i’m not a huge breakfast food person.

21. What’s your ideal sandwich? Italian sub from Penn Station

22. What’s your ideal pizza: just cheese, NY style

23. What’s your ideal pie (sweet or savoury)? cherry pie

24. What’s your ideal salad? Cesar salad

25. What food do you always like to have in the fridge? cheese

26. What food do you always like to have in the freezer? pizza

27. What food do you always like to have in the cupboard? pasta

28. What spices can you not live without? pepper

29. What sauces can you not live without? alfredo

30. Where do you buy most of your food? kroger

31. How often do you go food shopping? when i have the time.

33. What’s the most expensive piece of kitchen equipment you own? on idea tbh

34. What’s the last piece of equipment you bought for your kitchen? coffee maker

35. What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without? coffee maker

36. How many times a week/month do you cook from raw ingredients? not often. i dont have the time. 37. What’s the last thing you cooked from raw ingredients? no idea. 38. What meats have you eaten besides cow, pig and poultry? deer, alligator, um squid?

39. What’s the last time you ate something that had fallen on the floor? i don’t

40. What’s the last time you ate something you’d picked in the wild? dunno

41. Arrange the following in order of preference: Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Sushi – Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Indian

42. Arrange the following in order of preference: Vodka, Whiskey, Brandy, Rum – Rum, Whiskey, Vodka

43. Arrange the following in order of preference: Garlic, Basil, Caramel, Lime, Mint, Ginger, Aniseed – Basil, Garlic, Mint, Caramel

44. Arrange the following in order of preference: Pineapple, Orange, Apple, Strawberry, Cherry, Watermelon, Banana. – Strawberry, Pineapple, Cherry, Watermelon, Banana, Apple, Orange

45. Bread and spread: ew

46. What’s your fast food restaurant of choice, and what do you usually order? Hardee’s, i change it up

47. Pick a city. What are the best dining experiences you’ve had in that city? NYC, trying different foods from home owned restaurants from different countries

48. What’s your choice of tipple at the end of a long day? what?

49. What’s the next thing you’ll eat? dunno

50. Are you hungry now? no

51. Do you eat your breakfast everyday? no

52. At what time do you have breakfast? -

53. At what time do you have lunch? -

54. What do you have for lunch? -

55. At what time do you have dinner? whenever i get down with cleaning at work

56. What do you have for dinner? a salad as of late

57. Do you light candles during dinner? no.

58. How many chairs are there in your dining room and who sits in the main chair? none

59. Do you eat and drink using your right hand or the left one? right.

61. Mention the veggies that you like most: asperaus (can’t spell it), celery, peppers

62. What fruit and vegetable do you like the least? like all veggies, and i’m allergic to like almost all fruit so

63. You like your fruit salad to have more: fruit i’m not allergic to

64. You prefer your vegetable salad to contain more: peppers

65. What’s your favourite sandwich spread? mayo

66. What’s your favourite chocolate bar? dunno

67. What’s your favourite dessert? cheesecake

68. What’s your favourite drink? diet coke

69. What’s your favourite snack? don’t really have one anymore

70. What’s your favourite bubble gum flavour? peppermint

71. What’s your favourite ice cream flavour? pomegranate

72. What’s your favourite potato chip flavour? -

73. What’s your favourite soup? tomato

74. What’s your favourite pizza? cheese

75. What’s your favourite type of dish? unno

76. What food do you hate? seafood

77. What’s your favourite restaurant? mexican ones

78. Do you eat homemade food, or food delivered from outside? both.

80. Who cooks at home? me

81. What kind of diet (e.g. low-fat, high-fiber, high-carbohydrate, balanced diet etc.) do you have? -

82. How do you keep yourself fit? -

#me #survey

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sifari14-blog · 7 years

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SKILLET CARAMEL APPLE GALETTE

Dont know perfectly what to eat in the actual program of weekend? Tend To Be you will still finding the heat sweet desert pertaining to killing time? here I would talk about together along with you my favorite apple recipe. The idea can additionally be one of my Cast iron DESSERT recipes----skillet caramel apple galette. Any time pink lady will be ripe, I always acquire as many as anyone potentially can and also get this to recipe during my kitchen. the taste associated with this apple pie is actually fantastic. I imply when you're upside down, this warmly sweet desert could help to pick up as well as give you energy to face all the challenging a person need to encounter directly. Inside addition, it is absolutely simple and do not cost a lot time to bake because associated with it is however one pan dish. And Also here is the actual place to create the great skillet caramel apple galette. ONE PAN CARAMEL APPLE SKILLET GALETTE INGREDIENTS: Crust: 1. two and also 1/2 cups flour 2. 1 tablespoon sugar 3. 3/4 teaspoon salt 4. ten tablespoons or1 along with 1/4 sticks chilled unsalted butter (cut straight into 1/2-inch pieces) 5. 1/3 cup chilled solid vegetable shortening (diced) 6. 7 tablespoons ice water Filling: 1. 8 pink lady apples, peeled and also sliced thinly 2. three tablespoons lemon juice 3. 1/2 cup sugar (more if your apples are generally super tart) 4. 4 tablespoons corn starch 5. 3/4 cup ready-made caramel sauce (such as frozen goodies topping) Plus: 1. 2 tablespoons milk 2. 1 egg yolk 3. two tablespoons turbinado sugar 4. two teaspoons olive oil INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Mix flour, sugar as well as salt inside processor. Then place in butter as well as turn around the processor until all the components mixed or perhaps it looks such as coarse meal. Add 7 tablespoons ice drinking water and turn onto it again until your mixture looks such as moist clumps form, additionally adding more water if dough still truly dry. Gather straight into ball, flatten it right into a disk. Finally, place it within plastic and put it in your refrigerator chilling for just two hours. 2. Combining apple slices, lemon juice, sugar and also corn starch in a medium bowl, and also mix gently to produce positive every slice coated. 3. Preheat in order to 425. Coat the actual certain skillet evenly together with olive oil. Roll out dough to a roughly with regards to 11 inch round. Lay out pie crust on skillet as well as gently press the sides over the side of the pan 4. Combine your milk as well as egg yolk to produce an egg wash. 5. Pour 1/4 cup in the caramel sauce to the pie crust and also spread evenly. place half of the fillings straight into onto the center of the pie crust, as well as pour more than yet another 1/4 cup of the caramel sauce. Then place the remains apple pieces in to always be Cast Iron Skillet able to the crust along with brush leading layer regarding apples with caramel sauce. Fold the actual edges of the pie crust on the mixture. The idea must not protect almost all regarding it. Use a variety of the egg as glue to help fold with every single other then brush the really best crust using egg wash as well. Finally sprinkle some turbinado sugar. 6. Bake it within oven for 35 in order to 40 minutes as well as until surface in the crust is actually in a golden brown colour and peach mixture can be bubbly. Remove coming from oven and permit to sit with regard to cooling 20 minutes or so before serving. Making an apple galette hasn't been consequently easy. simply toss apples, cinnamon, and sugar, along with disseminate any refrigerated pie crust inside the cast-iron skillet. Best with the additional crust and also bake. I suggest you employ any firmer apple as well as homemade crust. here I use pink lady for this taste sweet and also crisp enough. However, if little else is available, granny smith can be OK. However avoid ones that will get mushy. If you utilize this kind to make apple pie, the outcome will be disgusting as you could image. Though acquiring crust in store is really a new relief for anyone people who haven't any time and power to make crust through his or her own. However dough kneaded by simply hand is chewy more than display within stores. Subsequent time, I would truly like to speak about together along with you an additional wonderful pizza recipe. That is actually skillet apple bacon blue cheese pan pizza. the taste is actually being a miracle. Simply Because of the crispy bacon, caramelized apples, lots of melted mozzarella as well as blue cheese. Hope you will like my subsequent 1 pan recipe.

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lilyvandersteen · 7 years

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Nosey questions

I was tagged by @alianne

1. Who are you named after? After a character from a children’s book. My mother loved that book series. Only she didn’t name me after her favourite character, seeing as she didn’t like that name. She named me after that character’s sister.

2. Last time you cried? Uhm... I was reading a fanfic. Don’t remember exactly when. A few days ago.

3. Do you like your handwriting? Yes. When I have the time to write nicely instead of scribbling fast.

4. What is your favorite lunch meat? Cooked ham.

5. Do you have kids? Yes. Twins.

6. Do you use sarcasm? Sometimes. I’m not very good at it, though.

7. Do you still have your tonsils? Yes, I still have my tonsils.

8. Would you bungee jump? No, I wouldn’t. I’m a scaredy-cat.

9. What is your favorite kind of cereal? Crunchy muesli and frosted flakes and anything with honey and nuts.

10. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Yes.

11. Do you think you’re strong? No. I’m a wimp.

12. What is your favorite ice cream? (Salted) caramel, nociolla (nuts), butterscotch, praliné, and if this question includes sorbet flavours: lemon and raspberry.

13. What is the first thing you notice about someone? I have absolutely no idea. Their voice, I think. I have a thing about voices.

14. Football or baseball? Neither. Don’t know the first thing about ball sports.

15. Your favorite sorting metrics? Could you please explain what you mean by that? Like, sorting things alphabetically or by colour, or by height?

16. What color pants are you wearing? Dark blue jeans.

17. Favorite smell? Baking smells (cookies, cake, muffins, etc.), my chidren’s shampoo, my hubby’s aftershave, freshly mown grass, books, hot chocolate.

18. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? My mother.

19. Favorite sport to watch on tv? I don’t often watch television, let alone sports, but tennis and figure skating, I guess.

20. Hair color? Brown with liberal streaks of grey.

21. Eye color? I guess the term is “hazel”? It’s a mix of brown and green and grey.

22. Favorite food to eat? Anything with melted cheese, especially but not limited to lasagne and pizza. Also: tomates-crevettes (tomatoes with grey North Sea shrimps) with homemade French fries, cheese/shrimp croquettes, meatloaf or chicons au gratin (ham-endive rolls in béchamel sauce with melted cheese on top) with mashed potatoes, omelettes and a dish we call “hot devil” here (oven dish with a layer of minced meat, a layer of applesauce and then a layer of mashed potatoes). Also: cake, cookies, muffins, macarons, etc. etc. because I have a definite sweet tooth.

23. Scary or funny movies? Funny. Scary movies give me nightmares for weeks.

24. Last movie you watched? Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Loved it.

25. What color shirt are you wearing? It’s really cold here, so I’m not wearing a shirt but a turtleneck. A grey one. And a thick off-white sweater over it.

26. Favorite holiday? Can’t say I have a favourite holiday...

27. Wine or beer? Neither. I don’t drink alcohol. It tastes vile and it makes me puke.

Tagging @hkvoyage, @dont-stop-believin-in-klaine, @accio-chris, @riverance, @secnarf13, @cinnamon-t, and anyone else who wants to do this :-) No pressure, though, sweeties.

#answering nosey questions

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instantdeerlover · 4 years

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10 Recipes To Save You When You Just Don’t Feel Like Cooking added to Google Docs

10 Recipes To Save You When You Just Don’t Feel Like Cooking

And by the way, “when you just don’t feel like cooking” is code for THE WHOLE SUMMER.

I think we can all appreciate that summer is the time where sitting outside on a hammock with a sparkly drink and watching dogs and kids play in little splashy pools is far, far superior to standing over the stove trying to get creative about what we eat for dinner.

The problem, for me, is that while I have little to no interest in meal planning and cooking right now, I still want to eat GOOD food. Like, if I could exclusively eat food that tastes happy and fresh and fun while also exerting little to no effort for planning, prep, or dishes, that would be great.

Option A: get takeout for every meal.

Option B: embrace the low-key nature of the summer season and hit up one of these tried and true lazy person recipes instead.

1. Cheater’s Power Salad

Listen, this is not meant to impress you. That’s why it’s called Cheater’s Power Salad. But if we are going to talk about what to make when you really don’t feel like cooking, then we need to face the very real facts that sometimes a pre-bagged salad can deliver the foundation from which to build something very scrappy, healthy, and delicious.

Here’s the recipe: a bag of salad, a package of pre-made dressing if it’s a good one – YES YOU HEARD ME – and then whatever fresh veggies are in your fridge (tomatoes? cucumbers? corn?). Don’t forget some chunks of avocado, maybe some beans, possibly grilled chicken if you are going fancy, and done.

I am totally for real with this. Variations of this have been on my real life meal plan for the last three weeks. Zero shame.

2. Magic Green Sauce

So you don’t feel like cooking? Cool. Don’t cook.

Gather some raw veggies, some cheese, crackers (and by crackers I mean chips), and make a five-minute batch of Magic Green Sauce.

I have been known to eat this sauce with a heap of tortilla chips as just straight lunch. It’s not really advisable from a balanced eating perspective, but listen, we are dealing with some major cooking delinquency here. A win is a win is a win!

3. Carnitas

In other words, crispy pork loaded with flavor that delivers greatly and yet asks so very little of you. You make it in the slow cooker or Instant Pot. It feeds a crowd beautifully and everyone is always impressed at “what a great cook you are.” The end.

4. The Actual Easiest Fish Tacos

This is the fish tacos recipe for when you are THISCLOSE to getting takeout. Again.

Recipe instructions: Put fish in pan. Cover with melted butter and spices. Bake, flake, and done.

A) it’s so easy.

But B) IT’S REALLY SO GOOD.

Make the (admittedly very delicious!!) garlic cilantro sauce if you want, or skip it if you’d rather just sit outside and drink a lemonade. How much can one person be expected to do when it’s this nice outside, honestly?

5. Salmon Burgers

Under no other circumstances would I tell you to eat salmon from a can.

Except for now. This is the time that I’m going to tell you that yes, salmon from a can will save your lazy bum when you’re just needing a good meal right now, like, ready in 15 minutes. And things will get shockingly delicious when fried into a little salmon burger situation and thrown onto a bun and/or over some saucy cabbage slaw. It is one of my favorite easy recipes of all time.

6. Fried Chicken Sandwiches

The twisted thing about not wanting to cook is that sometimes you don’t really want to cook but you are open to taking on a bigger cooking project. Like, no, I can’t make dinner tonight. And yes, after I eat a frozen pizza, I will embark on my first ever journey to homemade croissants.

No one said this was going to make any sense.

Weirdly, I find that when I don’t feel like cooking, sometimes what it means is that I’m just bored with cooking. And making something mega from scratch, like FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICHES THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND, is exactly what the doctor ordered to get my excitement level up again. Is this… am I… like, how do we feel about this?

Yes, this is a project. No, technically this recipe doesn’t belong on this list. But speaking from experience, this could be the OMG-yum project that makes you excited to cook again.

7. Sheet Pan Fajitas or Sheet Pan Pitas

Or sheet pan anything.

Here’s one of my favorite hacks about sheet pan pitas: you make one sheet pan of stuff (chicken and peppers), and then you can buy all the sauces and extras! No prep needed! Sure, you can make your own tzatziki or hummus or pitas, but hey guess what! LOTS of grocery stores sell that stuff pre-made! 2020 is a great time to be alive!

Looks beautiful, makes people happy, very low maintenance. Highly recommend.

8. Curry Chicken Salad or Avocado Egg Salad

This is a picture of avocado egg salad on a toasted everything bagel because is there any other way?

Both the egg salad and the chicken salad are just so friendly to us Not-Wanting-To-Cook People in that they require, like, 5-8 pantry ingredients, and about 10-15 minutes of prep. I think lunches are settled then.

9. Cashew Crunch Salad

Hello hi this is a salad that features those little crunchy chow mein sticks? So that is where we are at now.

This is more of an assembly situation and less of a cooking situation. The creamy, sweet, unusually yummy dressing can be shaken up in a jar and the chow mein noodles can be, well, you can just open the bag. There’s also plenty of non-demanding healthy stuff in there like edamame, cashews, and cabbage.

I might actually make this for dinner tonight. It’s pulling me in.

10. Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

I’ll be the first to tell you that we eat a lot of boxed mac and cheese at our house. There is a time and a place (or lots of times and places!) where that is the exact thing you need.

But this mac offers something even more special by combining the low, low effort of boxed mac and cheese with the texture, sauciness, and actual cheese flavor of a really nice homemade mac and cheese. It’s truly the best of both worlds.

In the form of cheese sauce. On noodles. In the Instant Pot.

What do you cook when you don’t want to cook?

Asking for a friend.

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unbotheredloaf · 4 years

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I've never had anything red velvet

I've never had mac n cheese

I've never had anything 'birthday cake'

I've never had potato salad

I've never had captain crunch or whatever fucking fruity pebbles or cinnamon square wedge kens

I've never had a like an actual burrito witj like rice and beans in it? I just have ones w like salad and veggies and sauces and chicken and they slap idk wjy yall put beans n rice in em

I've never had 'loaded' fries???

I've never had like proper ramen i dont think? I mean ive had mama instant noodles

I've never had actual smores I've tried to recreate something similar like once but not rly

I've never had grilled cheese it sounds disgustig

I've never had cheetos or the other ones whayever takis or what

I've never had like american pie? Not the movie but yall make different pies like in a deep dish and with the dough on the top and it's weird but it looks good???

I've never had lot of different sandwiches, all of them always gotta hve cheese or something yek and yall put liie bacon and ham and like freaking crisps on them?

I've never had girl scout cookies? They look good

I've never had those like whayever pizza pockets thay people talk about?

I've never had eggnog? What is it? Why does it have the word 'egg' in it???????

I've never had turkey I think? Or maybe I've had like a slice like from a package but idk

I've never had butternut squash. What is it? Why is it called that? Is it a vegetaböe?

I've never had like salty pie? Why do yall wanna put things like dat in a pie? I don't want ur livers in my pie????

I've never had tater tots. I just heard about them in a buzzfeed unsolved video. What are they? Did they have like apple inside them?

// Things I've had but only in recent years:

Oreos! In my early teens I got to taste oreos and they are nice

Doritos! Sweet chilli ones slap

Sour patch kids! Very nice

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! Like a year or so ago I was like fuck it I'm an adult and I'm going to fucking try it and I like them. I've never really been a peanut butter person because we just don't really eat peanut butter but I've gotten more into it in later years, which brings me to

Reese's pieces! Quite nice indeed

Pumpkin pie! I had pumpkin pie for the first time ever last November and it's actually good!!!! Does not taste like pumpkin!!!!!!!

Pop tarts. I don't really like them, they taste really artificial and bland

Marshmallow fluff, it's ok. Super super sweet

Maple syrup. It's okay, even more sickly sweet

Hash browns. I tasted one, not my thing. Why do yall like em???

Tomato soup, it was alright. Can't really be eaten without garlic bread, though

I never had bacon until I tasted it somewhere as a preteen. It's bad

Didn't have like american pancakes until a few years ago. Very thick boys. They're okay but I prefer waffles

Condensed milk! Didn't know what it was until I looked up recipes for homemade ice cream and it came up and oh my lawd

#textpost #food #recipes #americas #americans #yall always talk about these foods and im like ?#tasty jusy goes on and on abt this stuff #mac and cheese looks interesting #i used to hate cheese but now i eat it on like pizza and like a bit of parmesan on like pasta etc so i dont tjink id like mac and cheesetbh

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milenasanchezmk · 5 years

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Is Keto Bad For Cholesterol?

We’ve all heard the story. Maybe we’ve even been the protagonist.

Person goes full keto. They lose a bunch of weight, normalize their pre-diabetic glucose numbers, resolve their high blood pressure readings, have more energy, feel great, and have nothing but high praise for the new way of eating.

Except for one thing, everything seems perfect: their cholesterol is sky-high. It throws a wrench into the whole operation, installs a raincloud over the procession, spoils their confidence.

“Could I be killing myself?”

“Are my health improvements just a mirage?”

In other words, are the apparent benefits of keto merely superficial if your cholesterol skyrockets?

The evidence is pretty clear that for the majority of adults who go keto, their cholesterol numbers improve.

In obese adults with type 2 diabetes, a ketogenic diet improved blood lipids and boosted fat loss compared to a low-calorie diet.

In lean, healthy adults without any weight to lose (and who didn’t lose any weight during the course of the diet), total cholesterol went up from 159 to 208 mg/dL and triglycerides fell from 107 to 79 mg/dL. A lipophobic doc might freak out at the rise in TC, but given that the triglycerides dropped, I bet the change reflects a rise in HDL and an overall positive, at worst-neutral effect.

Another study of lean adults with normal cholesterol numbers found that going keto improved their lipids, reducing triglycerides, increasing HDL, and leaving LDL unchanged. Those with small pattern B LDL particles (the “bad kind”) saw their LDL particle size increase, on average. All told, keto was beneficial.

But you aren’t everyone. You aren’t the average of a population. And, given the number of readers I have and the number of people trying a ketogenic diet, there are bound to be some people whose lipid profiles go in the other direction.

I don’t give medical advice here, and I always encourage people to partner with the physicians for health solutions. That said, let me share some thoughts on the keto-cholesterol question….

I’m not just talking about high total cholesterol or high LDL-C. I’m talking about what appears to be the real, legit risk factor for a cardiac event: elevated LDL particle number. According to experts like Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Chris Masterjohn, atherosclerosis occurs when LDL particles infiltrate the endothelial lining of our arteries. Thus, it’s not high LDL cholesterol that increases the risk of atherosclerosis—LDL-C is the cholesterol found inside the particles— it’s a high number of LDL particles in circulation. The more LDL-P, the greater the chance of them becoming oxidized and infiltrating the arterial wall. There are many factors to consider, like oxidative stress, inflammation, and fatty acid composition of the LDL particles, but all else being equal, a greater number of LDL particles seems to increase the risk of a heart attack.

What Could Be Causing LDL Elevations On Keto? Weight Loss

I asked Dr. Cate Shanahan for her input on this topic, and she provided a beautiful explanation:

But when you stop eating so many carbs insulin politely steps aside, and your insulin levels plummet. Now your body fat can more easily and more often release its stores of fatty acids into your bloodstream.

When your body fat releases stored fatty acids, any unused fatty acids quickly get picked up by the liver and packed into VLDL lipoprotein. VLDL is a precursor to LDL. So in reducing your insulin levels and increasing your body’s use of fat, you will raise your VLDL, LDL and total cholesterol. You are simply trafficking in fat more often now. And now, because your body stabilizes fat carrying lipoproteins with cholesterol, there is a need for more cholesterol in your blood. These are not bad consequences. They are in fact happy signs your diet is doing what its supposed to be doing.

If you’re actively losing weight, you will probably experience a rise in cholesterol. This is the transient hypercholesterolemia of major weight loss, and it’s a well-known phenomenon. Once your weight stabilizes, cholesterol should normalize—although to a lesser extent than other diets, given Dr. Cate Shanahan’s explanation of increased “trafficking in fat.”

Low Thyroid Function

The thyroid is a barometer for your energy status. If you have plentiful energy to spare, thyroid function is normal. If your body perceives low energy availability, thyroid function may down-regulate. Since the thyroid plays a big role in regulation of LDL receptor activity, its downregulation can lower LDL receptor sites. Fewer LDL-receptors clear LDL particles from the blood. Folks with genetic predispositions to heart disease often have low LDL receptor activity, causing elevated LDL particles. Folks with genetic variants that increase the activity and expression of LDL receptors have lower heart disease rates. Although genes often have different effects that may affect disease risk via other pathways, that’s pretty strong evidence that LDL receptor activity regulates, at least in part, one’s LDL-P and heart disease risk.

Read this post for maintaining thyroid function on keto, and check out Elle Russ’ Paleo Thyroid Solution for an even deeper, more thorough dive into thyroid health.

Eating Too Damn Much

Some keto people pride themselves on gorging. Some are doing it for a good cause—a quest to find the fabled metabolic advantage. Some are doing it to show off and for keto cred—look how much salami I can eat! Some are using keto to deal with unresolved issues with food itself.

Everything I say about doing keto presupposes that you are eating like a normal person. You’re eating as much as you need to fuel your brain and daily activities, fitness and performance goals. You’re leaving the table satiated, not stuffed. For most people, this happens without even trying. It’s why keto is so effective for weight loss.

Genetic Variance

Genes aren’t destiny, but they do modify and regulate our response to a given environmental input.

Some people are dietary cholesterol hyper responders. Unlike the majority of the population, they absorb tons of dietary cholesterol and do not down-regulate their endogenous production to accommodate. The result is an increase in cholesterol synthesis and absorption, leading to a spike in blood cholesterol.

Some people are sensitive to saturated fat. In response to it, they produce elevated numbers of LDL particles. If your keto diet is high in saturated fat and you have a genetic sensitivity to it, your cholesterol will probably skyrocket.

Some people have genes that reduce the activity of their LDL receptors. This will necessarily boost LDL particle numbers.

This topic—genetic variance and how it affects keto—could be an entirely separate post, so I’ll leave it at that (and probably come back to it in the future).

Too Much Butter

Huh? Too much butter, Sisson? Is such a thing even possible?

Maybe. Subjecting cream to the butter-making process strips it of something called milk fat globule membrane (MFGM). And when you compare equal amounts of dairy fat through either cream (with MFGM intact) or butter oil (with MFGM absent), you get very different metabolic effects. Those who ate 40 grams of dairy fat through butter oil saw their lipids worsen, including ApoB, a surrogate for LDL particle number. Those who ate 40 grams of dairy fat through cream saw their lipids unchanged, and in the case of ApoB even improve. That’s 4 tablespoons of butter compared to 4 ounces, or a half cup, of heavy cream.

Caveats apply here. The subjects weren’t eating a low-carb or ketogenic diet; they just added the butter or cream on top of their normal diet. But in keto people who are genetically susceptible, huge amounts of butter may be responsible for rising LDL-P.

I still love butter. It doesn’t affect my lipids like that. But your mileage may vary, and it’s something to think about if you’re in that situation.

For what it’s worth, whole food dairy like full-fat yogurt, kefir, and cheese do not have the same effect on lipids as butter. They also happen to be keto-friendly and more nutrient-dense.

So, What Can You Do If You See An Increase in LDL? Start Chugging Soybean Oil

Kidding… It’s true that swapping out some of your animal fats for polyunsaturated seed oils will almost certainly lower your cholesterol levels. It does this by increasing LDL receptor activity, but, being far more unstable than other fats, omega-6 PUFAs also increase the tendency of the LDL particles to oxidize. And since oxidized LDL are the ones that end up wedging in the arterial walls and causing issues, loading up on PUFAs might not be the right path.

You know what just occurred to me? This is an aside, but maybe linoleic acid (the primary fatty acid in seed oils) up-regulates LDL-R activity because the body recognizes the inherent instability of linoleic acid-enriched LDL particles and wants to clear them out before they can cause trouble. I hope some researchers take this idea further.

Stop Being a Keto Caricature.

Half a package of cream cheese for a snack.

Dipping an entire stick of pepperoni into homemade alfredo sauce and calling it dinner.

I’m not saying cream cheese is bad. It’s great. Nor am I suggesting you never eat pepperoni, dipped in alfredo sauce or not. But the amounts are unreasonable. And turning those into regular meals is a bad idea. There’s no reason you can’t go keto while eating a hamburger patty or ribeye over a Big Ass Salad. Far more nutrients, far more micronutrients, and it tastes way better.

Eat Less

Maybe if you’re a nomadic horselord sweeping across Europe in the early Bronze Age, you need to eat an entire lamb intestine stuffed with marrow and organs, and you should wash it down with a quart of creamy mare milk. Such a meal would provide the calories you need to see your enemies driven before you and go great with the lamentations of their women. But you’re not a Yamnaya nomad. You’re you.

You probably don’t need that much food, that many calories, and that much fat—since there’s plenty of it on your body already, waiting to be liberated and converted into energy. Therein lies the beauty of keto. That’s what this is all about: Getting better at burning your own body fat.

Balance Your Fats

The overzealous and protracted drive to demonize all sources of saturated fat as evil has led to a vociferous backlash from the other direction. But just because the supposed experts got the saturated fat issue wrong doesn’t mean the opposite is true: That all the fat we eat should be as saturated as possible.

For one thing, eating nothing but saturated fat is very hard to do using whole foods. Very few animals exist in the world, past or present, with only saturated fat. The only exception I can recall is the coconut, a curious sort of beast that spends most of its time hanging from a tree impersonating a large hairy drupe. Your average slab of beef fat runs about 50% saturated fat, 45% monounsaturated fat, and 5% PUFA. That differs from cut to cut and depending on the diet of the animal, but not by much. It’s similar for other ruminants like bison and lamb. And the most prominent saturated fatty acid in ruminant fat is stearic acid, a fat that converts to monounsaturated oleic acid in the body and has an effect on cholesterol indistinguishable from MUFA or PUFA.

Or take the fatty acid composition of game meat—the type humans encountered and consumed for our entire history.

African kudu (antelope family): 35% SFA, 24% MUFA, 39% PUFA

African impala (antelope family): 51% SFA, 15% MUFA, 33% PUFA

Elk: roughly 40% SFA, 30% MUFA, 30% PUFA

Moose: roughly 33% SFA, 33% MUFA, 33% PUFA

I could go on, but you get the idea: Humans have been consuming a wide range of fatty acids for millennia. It probably makes sense to emulate that intake.

Once again, the folks whose cholesterol goes nuts on keto are outnumbered by those whose cholesterol improves. But if you’re one of the unlucky ones in the former category, try broadening your fatty acid intake (to, ahem, possibly include more nuts):

Focus on monounsaturated fats and fat from meat, rather than isolated sources of saturated fat like butter and coconut oil. You probably don’t have to eliminate those fats. Just don’t make them the centerpiece of your diet.

Eat more avocados, avocado oil, olives, olive oil, and mac nuts for monounsaturated fat. Salads are a great nutrient-dense way to incorporate high-MUFA foods.

Eat more fish. A couple portions of farmed Atlantic salmon were enough to improve LDL-P in overweight men and women. And compared to plain keto, keto + omega-3s from fish has a superior effect on inflammation and metabolic health.

Eat more kudu and impala (if you can get it). Sort of kidding. But really, eat them if you can.

They even have a version of keto called the Spanish ketogenic diet, which features a lot of extra virgin olive oil, olives, fish, and red wine. It works great and might be a good alternative for people whose cholesterol goes wild on saturated fat-heavy keto.

Are Traditional Lipid Markers Even Relevant for Keto Dieters?

Maybe, maybe not.

But be honest about it. You can’t oscillate between championing positive changes to blood lipids on a keto diet and pooh-poohing negative changes to blood lipids on a keto diet.

You can’t use positive changes to prove the efficacy and safety of the ketogenic diet, then turn around and claim that negative changes don’t count because keto dieters are understudied. What if those “positive” changes are actually negative in the context of a ketogenic metabolism? After all, keto dieters are largely understudied in both directions. If what’s unhealthy in a normal dieter might be healthy in a keto dieter, what’s healthy in a normal dieter may be unhealthy in a keto dieter.

I write these things as a strong proponent of spending a significant time in ketosis. As someone who frequently hangs out in a ketogenic state. As someone who wrote a book about keto and is writing another. But also as someone who insists on maintaining strict intellectual honesty and integrity.

We simply don’t know what very high cholesterol numbers mean in the subset of ketogenic dieters who experience them. I strongly suggest not being too flippant about them.

True: There aren’t any perfect studies examining the utility of conventional cardiovascular risk factors in people eating the type of keto diets you see in the ancestral health space. Maybe your elevated LDL particle number doesn’t mean what it means in the average overweight adult eating the Standard American Diet. Maybe your inflammation is low enough that the risk of atherosclerosis and oxidative modification of LDL is low. But I wouldn’t take that risk, not until we have more data.

What do you think, folks? How did keto affect your blood lipids? Did you make any changes, and if so, did they work? Thanks for stopping in today.

Note: This information isn’t intended as and shouldn’t be considered medical advice. Always consult your doctor in the management or treatment of any health issue.

References:

Hussain TA, Mathew TC, Dashti AA, Asfar S, Al-zaid N, Dashti HM. Effect of low-calorie versus low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet in type 2 diabetes. Nutrition. 2012;28(10):1016-21.

Phinney SD, Tang AB, Waggoner CR, Tezanos-pinto RG, Davis PA. The transient hypercholesterolemia of major weight loss. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;53(6):1404-10.

Phinney SD, Bistrian BR, Wolfe RR, Blackburn GL. The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: physical and biochemical adaptation. Metab Clin Exp. 1983;32(8):757-68.

Kleinveld HA, Naber AH, Stalenhoef AF, Demacker PN. Oxidation resistance, oxidation rate, and extent of oxidation of human low-density lipoprotein depend on the ratio of oleic acid content to linoleic acid content: studies in vitamin E deficient subjects. Free Radic Biol Med. 1993;15(3):273-80.

Rosqvist F, Smedman A, Lindmark-månsson H, et al. Potential role of milk fat globule membrane in modulating plasma lipoproteins, gene expression, and cholesterol metabolism in humans: a randomized study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015;102(1):20-30.

Raatz SK, Johnson LK, Rosenberger TA, Picklo MJ. Twice weekly intake of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) positively influences lipoprotein concentration and particle size in overweight men and women. Nutr Res. 2016;36(9):899-906.

De luis D, Domingo JC, Izaola O, Casanueva FF, Bellido D, Sajoux I. Effect of DHA supplementation in a very low-calorie ketogenic diet in the treatment of obesity: a randomized clinical trial. Endocrine. 2016;54(1):111-122.

Pérez-guisado J, Muñoz-serrano A. A pilot study of the Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: an effective therapy for the metabolic syndrome. J Med Food. 2011;14(7-8):681-7.

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fishermariawo · 5 years

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Is Keto Bad For Cholesterol?

We’ve all heard the story. Maybe we’ve even been the protagonist.

Except for one thing, everything seems perfect: their cholesterol is sky-high. It throws a wrench into the whole operation, installs a raincloud over the procession, spoils their confidence.

“Could I be killing myself?”

“Are my health improvements just a mirage?”

In other words, are the apparent benefits of keto merely superficial if your cholesterol skyrockets?

The evidence is pretty clear that for the majority of adults who go keto, their cholesterol numbers improve.

In obese adults with type 2 diabetes, a ketogenic diet improved blood lipids and boosted fat loss compared to a low-calorie diet.

I don’t give medical advice here, and I always encourage people to partner with the physicians for health solutions. That said, let me share some thoughts on the keto-cholesterol question….

What Could Be Causing LDL Elevations On Keto? Weight Loss

I asked Dr. Cate Shanahan for her input on this topic, and she provided a beautiful explanation:

Low Thyroid Function

Read this post for maintaining thyroid function on keto, and check out Elle Russ’ Paleo Thyroid Solution for an even deeper, more thorough dive into thyroid health.

Eating Too Damn Much

Genetic Variance

Genes aren’t destiny, but they do modify and regulate our response to a given environmental input.

Some people have genes that reduce the activity of their LDL receptors. This will necessarily boost LDL particle numbers.

This topic—genetic variance and how it affects keto—could be an entirely separate post, so I’ll leave it at that (and probably come back to it in the future).

Too Much Butter

Huh? Too much butter, Sisson? Is such a thing even possible?

I still love butter. It doesn’t affect my lipids like that. But your mileage may vary, and it’s something to think about if you’re in that situation.

For what it’s worth, whole food dairy like full-fat yogurt, kefir, and cheese do not have the same effect on lipids as butter. They also happen to be keto-friendly and more nutrient-dense.

So, What Can You Do If You See An Increase in LDL? Start Chugging Soybean Oil

Stop Being a Keto Caricature.

Half a package of cream cheese for a snack.

Dipping an entire stick of pepperoni into homemade alfredo sauce and calling it dinner.

Eat Less

Balance Your Fats

Or take the fatty acid composition of game meat—the type humans encountered and consumed for our entire history.

African kudu (antelope family): 35% SFA, 24% MUFA, 39% PUFA

African impala (antelope family): 51% SFA, 15% MUFA, 33% PUFA

Elk: roughly 40% SFA, 30% MUFA, 30% PUFA

Moose: roughly 33% SFA, 33% MUFA, 33% PUFA

I could go on, but you get the idea: Humans have been consuming a wide range of fatty acids for millennia. It probably makes sense to emulate that intake.

Eat more avocados, avocado oil, olives, olive oil, and mac nuts for monounsaturated fat. Salads are a great nutrient-dense way to incorporate high-MUFA foods.

Eat more kudu and impala (if you can get it). Sort of kidding. But really, eat them if you can.

Are Traditional Lipid Markers Even Relevant for Keto Dieters?

Maybe, maybe not.

But be honest about it. You can’t oscillate between championing positive changes to blood lipids on a keto diet and pooh-poohing negative changes to blood lipids on a keto diet.

We simply don’t know what very high cholesterol numbers mean in the subset of ketogenic dieters who experience them. I strongly suggest not being too flippant about them.

What do you think, folks? How did keto affect your blood lipids? Did you make any changes, and if so, did they work? Thanks for stopping in today.

Note: This information isn’t intended as and shouldn’t be considered medical advice. Always consult your doctor in the management or treatment of any health issue.

References:

Hussain TA, Mathew TC, Dashti AA, Asfar S, Al-zaid N, Dashti HM. Effect of low-calorie versus low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet in type 2 diabetes. Nutrition. 2012;28(10):1016-21.

Phinney SD, Tang AB, Waggoner CR, Tezanos-pinto RG, Davis PA. The transient hypercholesterolemia of major weight loss. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;53(6):1404-10.

Phinney SD, Bistrian BR, Wolfe RR, Blackburn GL. The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: physical and biochemical adaptation. Metab Clin Exp. 1983;32(8):757-68.

Pérez-guisado J, Muñoz-serrano A. A pilot study of the Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: an effective therapy for the metabolic syndrome. J Med Food. 2011;14(7-8):681-7.

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watsonrodriquezie · 5 years

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Is Keto Bad For Cholesterol?

We’ve all heard the story. Maybe we’ve even been the protagonist.

Except for one thing, everything seems perfect: their cholesterol is sky-high. It throws a wrench into the whole operation, installs a raincloud over the procession, spoils their confidence.

“Could I be killing myself?”

“Are my health improvements just a mirage?”

In other words, are the apparent benefits of keto merely superficial if your cholesterol skyrockets?

The evidence is pretty clear that for the majority of adults who go keto, their cholesterol numbers improve.

In obese adults with type 2 diabetes, a ketogenic diet improved blood lipids and boosted fat loss compared to a low-calorie diet.

I don’t give medical advice here, and I always encourage people to partner with the physicians for health solutions. That said, let me share some thoughts on the keto-cholesterol question….

What Could Be Causing LDL Elevations On Keto? Weight Loss

I asked Dr. Cate Shanahan for her input on this topic, and she provided a beautiful explanation:

Low Thyroid Function

Read this post for maintaining thyroid function on keto, and check out Elle Russ’ Paleo Thyroid Solution for an even deeper, more thorough dive into thyroid health.

Eating Too Damn Much

Genetic Variance

Genes aren’t destiny, but they do modify and regulate our response to a given environmental input.

Some people have genes that reduce the activity of their LDL receptors. This will necessarily boost LDL particle numbers.

This topic—genetic variance and how it affects keto—could be an entirely separate post, so I’ll leave it at that (and probably come back to it in the future).

Too Much Butter

Huh? Too much butter, Sisson? Is such a thing even possible?

I still love butter. It doesn’t affect my lipids like that. But your mileage may vary, and it’s something to think about if you’re in that situation.

For what it’s worth, whole food dairy like full-fat yogurt, kefir, and cheese do not have the same effect on lipids as butter. They also happen to be keto-friendly and more nutrient-dense.

So, What Can You Do If You See An Increase in LDL? Start Chugging Soybean Oil

Stop Being a Keto Caricature.

Half a package of cream cheese for a snack.

Dipping an entire stick of pepperoni into homemade alfredo sauce and calling it dinner.

Eat Less

Balance Your Fats

Or take the fatty acid composition of game meat—the type humans encountered and consumed for our entire history.

African kudu (antelope family): 35% SFA, 24% MUFA, 39% PUFA

African impala (antelope family): 51% SFA, 15% MUFA, 33% PUFA

Elk: roughly 40% SFA, 30% MUFA, 30% PUFA

Moose: roughly 33% SFA, 33% MUFA, 33% PUFA

I could go on, but you get the idea: Humans have been consuming a wide range of fatty acids for millennia. It probably makes sense to emulate that intake.

Eat more avocados, avocado oil, olives, olive oil, and mac nuts for monounsaturated fat. Salads are a great nutrient-dense way to incorporate high-MUFA foods.

Eat more kudu and impala (if you can get it). Sort of kidding. But really, eat them if you can.

Are Traditional Lipid Markers Even Relevant for Keto Dieters?

Maybe, maybe not.

But be honest about it. You can’t oscillate between championing positive changes to blood lipids on a keto diet and pooh-poohing negative changes to blood lipids on a keto diet.

We simply don’t know what very high cholesterol numbers mean in the subset of ketogenic dieters who experience them. I strongly suggest not being too flippant about them.

What do you think, folks? How did keto affect your blood lipids? Did you make any changes, and if so, did they work? Thanks for stopping in today.

Note: This information isn’t intended as and shouldn’t be considered medical advice. Always consult your doctor in the management or treatment of any health issue.

References:

Hussain TA, Mathew TC, Dashti AA, Asfar S, Al-zaid N, Dashti HM. Effect of low-calorie versus low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet in type 2 diabetes. Nutrition. 2012;28(10):1016-21.

Phinney SD, Tang AB, Waggoner CR, Tezanos-pinto RG, Davis PA. The transient hypercholesterolemia of major weight loss. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;53(6):1404-10.

Phinney SD, Bistrian BR, Wolfe RR, Blackburn GL. The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: physical and biochemical adaptation. Metab Clin Exp. 1983;32(8):757-68.

Pérez-guisado J, Muñoz-serrano A. A pilot study of the Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: an effective therapy for the metabolic syndrome. J Med Food. 2011;14(7-8):681-7.

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jesseneufeld · 5 years

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Is Keto Bad For Cholesterol?

We’ve all heard the story. Maybe we’ve even been the protagonist.

Except for one thing, everything seems perfect: their cholesterol is sky-high. It throws a wrench into the whole operation, installs a raincloud over the procession, spoils their confidence.

“Could I be killing myself?”

“Are my health improvements just a mirage?”

In other words, are the apparent benefits of keto merely superficial if your cholesterol skyrockets?

The evidence is pretty clear that for the majority of adults who go keto, their cholesterol numbers improve.

In obese adults with type 2 diabetes, a ketogenic diet improved blood lipids and boosted fat loss compared to a low-calorie diet.

I don’t give medical advice here, and I always encourage people to partner with the physicians for health solutions. That said, let me share some thoughts on the keto-cholesterol question….

What Could Be Causing LDL Elevations On Keto?

Weight Loss

I asked Dr. Cate Shanahan for her input on this topic, and she provided a beautiful explanation:

Low Thyroid Function

Read this post for maintaining thyroid function on keto, and check out Elle Russ’ Paleo Thyroid Solution for an even deeper, more thorough dive into thyroid health.

Eating Too Damn Much

Genetic Variance

Genes aren’t destiny, but they do modify and regulate our response to a given environmental input.

Some people have genes that reduce the activity of their LDL receptors. This will necessarily boost LDL particle numbers.

This topic—genetic variance and how it affects keto—could be an entirely separate post, so I’ll leave it at that (and probably come back to it in the future).

Too Much Butter

Huh? Too much butter, Sisson? Is such a thing even possible?

I still love butter. It doesn’t affect my lipids like that. But your mileage may vary, and it’s something to think about if you’re in that situation.

For what it’s worth, whole food dairy like full-fat yogurt, kefir, and cheese do not have the same effect on lipids as butter. They also happen to be keto-friendly and more nutrient-dense.

So, What Can You Do If You See An Increase in LDL?

Start Chugging Soybean Oil

Stop Being a Keto Caricature.

Half a package of cream cheese for a snack.

Dipping an entire stick of pepperoni into homemade alfredo sauce and calling it dinner.

Eat Less

Balance Your Fats

Or take the fatty acid composition of game meat—the type humans encountered and consumed for our entire history.

African kudu (antelope family): 35% SFA, 24% MUFA, 39% PUFA

African impala (antelope family): 51% SFA, 15% MUFA, 33% PUFA

Elk: roughly 40% SFA, 30% MUFA, 30% PUFA

Moose: roughly 33% SFA, 33% MUFA, 33% PUFA

I could go on, but you get the idea: Humans have been consuming a wide range of fatty acids for millennia. It probably makes sense to emulate that intake.

Eat more avocados, avocado oil, olives, olive oil, and mac nuts for monounsaturated fat. Salads are a great nutrient-dense way to incorporate high-MUFA foods.

Eat more kudu and impala (if you can get it). Sort of kidding. But really, eat them if you can.

Are Traditional Lipid Markers Even Relevant for Keto Dieters?

Maybe, maybe not.

But be honest about it. You can’t oscillate between championing positive changes to blood lipids on a keto diet and pooh-poohing negative changes to blood lipids on a keto diet.

We simply don’t know what very high cholesterol numbers mean in the subset of ketogenic dieters who experience them. I strongly suggest not being too flippant about them.

What do you think, folks? How did keto affect your blood lipids? Did you make any changes, and if so, did they work? Thanks for stopping in today.

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Note: This information isn’t intended as and shouldn’t be considered medical advice. Always consult your doctor in the management or treatment of any health issue.

References:

Hussain TA, Mathew TC, Dashti AA, Asfar S, Al-zaid N, Dashti HM. Effect of low-calorie versus low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet in type 2 diabetes. Nutrition. 2012;28(10):1016-21.

Phinney SD, Tang AB, Waggoner CR, Tezanos-pinto RG, Davis PA. The transient hypercholesterolemia of major weight loss. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;53(6):1404-10.

Phinney SD, Bistrian BR, Wolfe RR, Blackburn GL. The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: physical and biochemical adaptation. Metab Clin Exp. 1983;32(8):757-68.

Pérez-guisado J, Muñoz-serrano A. A pilot study of the Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: an effective therapy for the metabolic syndrome. J Med Food. 2011;14(7-8):681-7.

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hey! can u share some ramen tips? im broke and curious

ooh okay so first this is all assuming ur using like square ramen and cooking it in a small pot on a stove (so not cup noodles) and some of these r pretty obvious, idk what ur currently doing with ur ramen but if ur starting from zero it’ll help

1. eggs are ur bff!! you can either A) whisk one or two eggs in a small bowl and slowly drip it into the ramen when ur ramen is almost done (itll turn out like egg drop soup if u wanna goggle that to get a picture) or B) poach the egg in the ramen by making an opening in the noddles when theyre maybe halfway done dropping the egg in (no shell if its not obvious) and quickly covering it with noddles and turning the heat down a bit and letting it cook for another 2-3 minutes, depending on how well done you want the egg to be cooked. (the yolk will be even more done if you just eat it last and make sure its on the bottom of your bowl so it never rly cools off much). Also C) you can hard/medium/soft boil eggs ahead of time and slice one up and put it on top of ur ramen.

2. Spices!! I never cooked growing up and im very white so idk much but a little cayenne pepper or chilli powder, those dried minced onions, tiny bit of garlic powder, and whatever else you want will make ur ramen so much better. Also if your looking for more variety, i personally dont measure anything and dont pay attention to how much i put in SO its completely different every time. but be very careful with the cayenne pepper if ur sensitive to spicy stuff, its so easy to overdo. also add ur spices and the seasoning pack to the water before ur noddles go in,, that way it all absorbs into the noddles a bit more. (Walmart has some jars of spices for 1$ each so its a good investment if you can afford it, and sometimes bulk food stores have bulk spice sections that end up being very cheap too)

3. Veggies. Im sure its been said a million times but those bags of frozen mixed veggies at walmart that are only 2-3$, just toss in a small handful and it’ll add a bit of flavor while making u feel so so much more healthy. And lots of fresh veggies do well in ramen too (spinach, mushrooms, etc.) Its best to add any of these to the pot before you add the noddles imho. Also buy green onions and put some on top of ur ramen after its done cooking and youll feel so fancy. and once the green onions are super short and you’ve only got the whites left, put then in a mason jar or glass cup of 2 inches of water, set them by the window, and they’ll grow super easily, just change the water every few days, then u have infinite green onion.

4. Meats, any left over meats, just toss them in. Its best to try to match the flavor of the meat to the ramen flavor. Red meats into pork or beef ramen, white meats into chicken ramen, tuna into shrimp ramen. Canned meats are good and cheap, even if you dont love the flavor you still need those proteins and vitamins somehow.

5. Stir fry the noodles? This is weird and i havent done it in years but i remember loving it so, boil the noodles like normal, drain them, and then just toss them around in a frying pan with a little vegetable oil, add in the seasoning packet and maybe soy sauce... its worth trying once, especially if ur desperate for variety. add in egg, meat, veggies just like you would fried rice. it’s a lot quicker than cooking rice at least.

6. Lots of people will say to add cheese to ramen but imo its only ‘good’ if its the creamy chicken flavor ramen. and keep in mind most shredded cheeses wont melt very well so it’ll look very unappetizing. ((also, peanut butter in ramen, the cryptid of the college dorm room, again id say creamy chicken flavor or maybe oriental flavored ramen would go ‘good’ with pb... it’s worth trying once lmao))

7. Experiment with using more or less water, adding or subtracting cooking time to get differently textured noodles. basically just never look at the package directions again, never use a timer again if ur comfy with that. I just eat a noodle to see if its done to my liking. With bare minimum water noddles that’ll be bone dry once theyve cooled off for more than a minute i think thats where u get into the territory of adding cheese, guac, sour cream, etc. as a topping.

8. Chili Ramen!! Add leftovers from canned or homemade chili to ur ramen (beef ramen if its beef chili, etc.) you can do this with any soup or stew probably if ur a taste bud heathen like me, but chilli ramen is very good.

Moral of the story is it in ur kitchen? is it savory? dump it in ur ramen. Also turn stale bread into toast and dunk it in ur ramen. Boom. I’ve solved ur Stale Food Bank Bread problem too.

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