But chalk me up as doubtful that, upon arrival, you will find much in this store you’ll likely want to buy… Taking a quick look at their on-line offerings, appears like lots of breads & cookies and stuff that is not-so-very-low-carb once you read the label.
Of course, there’s still the meat, dairy, and produce sections of this place (and every other grocery throughout Montreal) to explore.
That is true. I’m not sure about keto things like cookies or breads. But it would be great to see.
What I’d really like is a pizza place near me that would make a keto pizza. I can make them (use a chicken crust recipe that is great), but it’s quite time-consuming. They’d have to charge more, but I’d pay for the convenience.
Oooh … interesting. Would love to know the recipe for a “chicken crust” pizza.
I make my crust with the following ratio: 1 whole egg + 1 cup of shredded mozzarella (usually making several cups/eggs at a time). I’ll season the mix with fresh garlic, oregano, salt. Then roll it out thinly between two sheets of parchment paper, lift the top sheet and bake @ 425-450 for 5-10 minutes 'til crisp. Let cool, add toppings, then back in again at around 350. Extra crusts keep beautifully in the fridge - so we’ll use them as sandwich wraps in the following days.
BTW, our family internist turned us on to this recipe. (A very keto doc.)
Looks so great !!! Soon every town and city will have bistro’s, cafe’s and grocery stores galore, all dedicated to keto !! Let’s just hope we can all keep reading the labels + nutritional info so that we are aware what portion size is, and the net and total carb readings - these are always where these processed foods ‘get you’
I think that the word keto will eventually become used for anything deemed low carb, and we will be known as hard-core keto, as if we are the extreme end of the keto spectrum.
I think we have one or two restaurants in London that only sell keto foods. There are online keto grocery stores as well although I mostly get fresh groceries and animal produce from stores.
This is it (you have to fight through pop ups, get to the bottom):
We use canned chicken from Costco, and use two cans, so it works out to be 2.5 times what the recipe is. I also add some Italian seasoning to the “dough”, say 1-2 teaspoons. I also use pecorino romano, if we went to Costco recently. This is an A2 replacement for parmesan, and - to me - it tastes better.
It’s still hard to get a super crispy crust, even cooking at 500F on a pizza stone that’s been heating for 1+ hours. But it really suffices for pizza.
I wonder if it’s more like what we would call a “deli”? For instance, there’s a polish deli near where I work, and it has pickles, sauerkraut, other polish foods. Pretty much ONLY polish foods.
A keto “deli” dedicated to keto, but like other ethnic “grocery stores”, which tailor only to one specific group.