So my wife and I were talking the other day about things I would not eat in the past. She used to always tease me about not eating white foods (sour cream, mayo, cream cheese, ranch dressing, etc.) and used to make fun of me for being a “baby” when it comes to fat on meat and how I would trim it all off and be friends with the dogs.
Since going keto, some of that stuff has changed LOL.
Avocado was always a no-go for me. They looked like hard boiled egg yolks and I am not a fan of those so why would avocado be any different? And guacamole? Um, that looks like an avocado after it came out the end of a newborn baby so that is not a food I am eating!
I kept hearing about how great they were for you on keto though and finally broke down and tried a slice at Sizzler with some oil and salt on it…meh. Bought a couple and made myself eat a half of one (same prep) a couple days in a row with my omelet and had resigned myself to it being something I was going to just have to endure and choke them down for me because they were good for me. My loving wife suggested “You might actually like them in guacamole though, it is worth a try.” BINGO!!! LOVE guacamole. I do 20:4 IF and when I get home around 2:30pm each day that is my normal go too…28g of pork rinds and a 71g single serve guac from Costco.
Another one for me… I love bacon, always have. Seriously, it is the one food that would keep me from being a vegetarian but PORK BELLY? Um, that is just SUPER fatty bacon and I cook my bacon down pretty good and pick the leanest looking slices. Giant cubes of fat? No thanks.
Again, I keep hearing about it on the 2KD podcast as I go back through all the episodes. Hell, Carl even did like a month of nothing but LOL. I couldn’t imagine it. After not having any luck finding a butcher that had a SMALL amount to try, I told the wife to pick up a pack from Costco a couple weeks ago when I was doing 12 hour shifts all week and couldn’t go with her. I came home that night to nice cubes that had been nothing but Montreal Seasoning and around 45 minutes in the toaster oven (we lack a functioning real oven). It was salty and crispy on the outside and the fat wasn’t grossing me out… OMQ I LOVE PORK BELLY and it has such a great fat to protein ratio which was something I was struggling with since most of my fat came with higher protein numbers.
Now mind you, she tried to do it in a crock pot that she put brussel sprouts in the bottom of, added a little vinegar and a tiny bit of sauerkraut we had left over along with some chili powder on the belly and that wasn’t a winner. Texture was NOT a Todd Thing… a few minutes in the frying pan though and it was good to go!
So what foods do you eat NOW that you never thought you would have. I know that for many, it might simply be a switch from low fat foods because that is what we were “supposed to be” eating but more specifically is what I was thinking.
I look forward to seeing some things… maybe even some things I might be willing to try. Hell, I gave poke’ (salmon and ahi) a try the last time we went to the buffet (still a no go) but who knows what might get me.