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back to another day of indulgent delicious vegan recipes that happen to be keto friendly
whether you're here for the keto part or the vegan part i think we can pretty much agree on
creamy noodles and crispy spicy fried things if you do please give this video a thumbs up and
in the meantime it's time to make coffee. today i'm trying a new way in the mocha pot but with the
same ground coffee as my last what i ate video the difference is using cold
water instead of preheated i saw someone do it on youtube and i thought
i'd try it out so i put the pot on the stove adjust the gas so it's just under the pot and
wait for the water to heat up.
Obviously it takes a little longer than usual however i like how this
is flowing slowly and steadily. oh the anticipation how will it be different? good different, bad
different? overly bitter from the longer extraction time or more acidic? time will tell. it is too hot
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you know what else is good this moka pot brewed coffee i'm actually really surprised at how nice
it is it's like very smooth it's not bitter at all it's slightly kind of fruity so i'm using
the same beans as the last time but there's two different coffees the other one was more like
full bodied caramel chocolate notes this one is more like a fruity medium i'm not a coffee expert
but like they're two different things and just because of the difference in how you brew them
and you can see that it's kind of more convenient because you're starting with cold water but i
have to say i do prefer the older method with the hot water uh this is missing the chocolate
and caramel notes and i just feel like i like to start my day with chocolate and caramel notes it's
just a nicer way of starting your day don't you think speaking of nice it was nice to find keto
friendly vegan tortillas at my local grocery store kind of pricey for tortillas at eight dollars
a pack so i might see if i can reverse engineer these and make my own if you are interested in
that well then that's extra motivation for me so leave that in the comments um if that's you
for breakfast today i'm just doing something quick because my boyfriend is on like a little
staycation and i'm trying to do both my work for the day and also spend time with him having fun
so we're doing quick things uh luckily i've got left over for making korean corn dogs the other
day with these ready to go let's get a pan on also half a block of soft tofu to make a scramble
silken tofu will also work by the way usually i do use medium firm but this is just what i
had in the fridge and actually i think it's quite good as a scramble too you just want to let
the excess water cook out so it's not overly wet but i also don't want it super
dry so now i will add seasonings a touch of turmeric pepper garlic powder
and onion powder lastly a touch of black salt for that sulfury, eggy flavor then i
don't need the heat on just a bit of a mix push it over to one side and i'll get the heat
back on just to lightly fry the vegan meat and we're good to go then on go some avocado not as prettily as our previous avocado
breakfast together but it will get the job done top everything with a little bit
of vegan mayo and a bit of salsa plus the rest of the scramble
that didn't quite fit in the wrap and chester likes it when we spend this time
on the balcony together isn't he the cutest this is one of the best tasting lazy breakfasts then it's time to suit up does anyone remember
these things when i first got them i used to wear these wrist braces to reduce my tendonitis pain
during flare-ups with their light compression and also as a physical reminder to prevent me
from scrolling on my phone or working at my desk which i'm not supposed to do when they're in pain
because it just makes things worse but i don't need them for that anymore so i use them as wrist
guards gotta protect these money makers and today while my boyfriend is practicing taking corners
really fast which i think he's getting pretty good at i am practicing what i'm pretty bad at just
lifting the nose so i can navigate sidewalk cracks whatever the heck this is and practicing how to stop safely because i can
go down a hill but i am not good at stopping a dangerous combination like you guys know i love
to live dangerously but like in a very safe way practicing what i'm really bad at is
not my idea of fun so i always try to end the session with a reward doing
something for a reliably good time speaking of reliably good times how about
tofu puffs for lunch you can get these at asian supermarkets in the tofu area i actually got
these at a normal supermarket that happens to have an extremely good tofu section i'm going to
have half this pack and just so you know i'm not usually this fussy if you are but no no
judgment but i don't usually weigh my food like this it's just to record everything so the
curious among you can see my chronometer later if you miss the last vegan keto video you might
not know i don't do keto all the time or at least i didn't more on that later originally i kind of
stumbled upon it i was slowly eliminating food triggers for my chronic tendinitis and eventually
i figured out ketosis was really useful for treating flare-ups so i would use it for a week at
a time mainly for that purpose but since i posted that last video i thought well why not see what a
longer period of ketosis will do anyways this goes in the airfryer press the steak button and away
we go at 400 degrees fahrenheit for six minutes i really should have started this cauliflower
rice before the tofu puffs but uh i blame you for distracting me how dare you but no seriously
it will take about 10 or 15 minutes so if you are going to make this dish i suggest starting on the
cauliflower first when the cauliflower is almost as tender as i want it it's time to make a hole
and fill it with some lovely olive oil and minced garlic and ginger about three parts garlic and one
part ginger while that is getting all aromatic add seasonings like black pepper onion powder like
whatever you want i'm adding also green onions sprinkle soy sauce to finish and that's it for
our highly nutritious and delicious cruciferous save that five times fast plate it with something
refreshing like cucumber slices and the air fried crispy seasoned tofu puffs they are so wonderful
then just to be extra fancy some green onion threads if i had a cafe i would definitely
have this on the menu the flavor gives like hyannis chicken type vibes but crispy and just
the whisper of something spicy from the gochugaru aka korean red pepper powder would you order it
let me know you know what i would definitely order this next dish which i had for dinner this day and
many days before this it's my korean hot chicken flavor noodles but adjusted ever so slightly
to be more keto friendly starting on the heat with a little bit of nice olive oil and a bunch
of very spicy looking korean red pepper powder but don't be alarmed it's not that
spicy if you haven't had it before think sweet paprika but with some smokiness and
a bit of sneaky heat like not that smack you in the face heat but like a subtle heat that sort of
builds up but not that much i just wanted to bloom a little before adding the water to create the
start of a sauce now i'm adding korean soybean paste which is kind of my alternative to using
gochujang in this keto friendly version it adds a fermented savoriness which if i had to
compare the flavor to anything it's similar to miso paste not the same but kind of and half of
a vegan chicken broth cube with the heat off now i'm adding my favorite one to one sugar
alternative next we want onion powder a touch of curry powder and actual spicy heat this
time in the form of hot chili powder finally i did decide on using garlic powder instead of
using fresh garlic and add some more water get the heat back on and once it gets bubbly you
can add your cooked noodles or in this case rinsed and drained shiitake noodles which contain no
carbs and don't technically need to be cooked i like to simmer them in the sauce for a few minutes
and i find this helps them get really flavorful and improves the texture then i also want to
add some coconut yogurt for extra creaminess and also because i've had this tub for a while
and i'm afraid of it going bad before i use it up then are we even making vegan noodles without
a little bit of nutritional yeast i think not it's going to add a little bit more umami
slightly cheesy and kind of chicken-ish flavor now with the extra liquid in there i might
need another minute or two of simmering in fact keep going until most of the liquid is
gone and the sauce really clings to the noodles and then at this point you can add some toasted
sesame oil which i'm pretty sure i did add but i can't find the footage it doesn't matter what
matters is you get this on a plate and use the same pan again to cook the rest of your meal
i'll use leftover soft tofu from this morning just heating it through on both sides the noodles
have more than enough flavor so the contrast of a much milder tofu will be nice lastly add a
little bit of olive oil and chopped garlic heat it just enough to release the
fragrance and then in goes some greens with soy sauce and then in less than
a minute it's ready to go in the bowl finish with toasted sesame seeds and of course
fresh chopped green onion and that my friends is the dinner i've been addicted to for the past
week it is so delicious you've got that savory like kind of chicken-ish flavor the fermented
deep umami flavor from the soybean paste and the korean red pepper flavor without being
overly overly hot spicy i mean that is a matter of opinion i suppose but i feel like
this is kind of on the mild side so you can add extra chili oil if you really want
to but lately i have kind of preferred a little bit milder tasting stuff don't know what that is
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i will get into some of the unexpected results from my longer term keto experiment and actually
it's been a few days since i originally recorded this vlog so i will add what happened after i
added pasta last night and um i was a little bit just an interesting result anyways i will get into
that and afterwards i'll get into the numbers the macros things like that so this last round
of ketosis has been going on for just about three weeks now after my last tendonitis
flare-up which i totally caused by myself with poor choices anyways uh so i used i used
these test strips what was really surprising is that i actually they actually detected ketones
before i actually felt like i was in ketosis so the symptoms of clear-headedness and the all-day
steady energy and for me personally the colder hands um that didn't actually kick in until i
was already a few days in so that was really interesting to notice but i think it makes
sense because as the body adapts to using fat as energy source you just it gets better at it
more efficient at creating those ketones and using those ketones so the next really surprising
thing though that happened and i hadn't noticed this ever before well actually my boyfriend is
the one who noticed the other day he told me uh you have been working a lot like morning to
night for like days in a row and i was like what wait that's actually true he hasn't actually been
working from home for a while so he hasn't really been here noticing me because usually i take
a lot of breaks when i work i i try to take a break every hour or two to help prevent
the tendonitis flare-ups to really just treat my body right i guess and so for me to go
eight to ten hours without a break and not really noticing it and just being in the zone that is
unheard of last month there's no freaking way so that's interesting however it's not like i'm
trying to uh keep that up i am not trying to have the keto diet help me get better and then
ruin it by overworking so i am like implementing reminders and things like that so that i actually
do take breaks and i still take care of my body even though it seems like like i'm just not having
any tendinitis symptoms at all so that's cool and then the third thing i noticed um finally after a
lot of people have said that this is a symptom for them but for me it didn't really seem to be but
my appetite has changed completely i am satisfied with my meals and i don't crave dessert afterwards
which is very unusual for me also the other thing is i'm not i'm finding myself not wanting to snack
or not needing snacks or not thinking about snacks and i think that i and i i realize that in
hindsight really because well i think about food a lot usually that's why i have this youtube
channel and so yeah that's interesting and kind of cool i guess uh one extra thing just before
we get into the numbers well this has to kind of do with macros so if this kind of discussion
is not helpful or health healthy for you please take care of yourself and i will catch you next
time alright so you know if you watched the last vegan keto video that i did that i typically
keep my net carbs a little bit higher than the guidelines so 40 to 60 net carbs whenever
i've tracked it's really fallen into that um spectrum i guess and i still find myself in
ketosis i can test my urine or use a ketone breath meter and i still find myself in ketosis it's
not a problem for me to go to 60 grams i haven't tracked that i've done higher but i feel like i've
definitely done higher before but anyways last night when i was cooking boy when i was cooking
boyfriend when i was cooking for both me and my boyfriend and actually i lately we eat different
things so i don't usually cook him dinner i just was feeling like a generous god this night and
i was cooking him pasta and i had my own sheer tacky noodles but i just decided as an experiment
because my net carbs for the day were like pretty low i decided just to put a little bit of his
pasta noodles into my shirtaki noodles and see how it went so i was still keeping things under
50 net carbs later that night um so i probably had dinner around 7ish so 20 minutes later i
tested my breath ketones still in ketosis about an hour later i tested my breath ketones again
still in ketosis still i think like relatively high but this morning i woke up and i could tell
you right away that i was not in ketosis anymore because i woke up hungry i woke up ravenous so i
knew definitely also was confirmed with a urine test strip and confirmed with the ketone breath meter it was on a zero uh the urine test strip came back as trace amounts which is like a delayed
read because it's it's reading leftover ketones in your urine that your body hasn't burned up as far
as i understand anyways that's interesting it's interesting because it was under 50 net carbs i usually
do around 50 40 50.
This time it was including wheat pasta usually it's just like vegetables
so anyways interesting i guess for some people if you're still interested and i am going to
be discussing the actual calories and macros now for this what i eat in a day vlog so if that
is not healthy or helpful for you bye for now and i will see you next time hopefully you enjoyed and
please leave this video a thumbs up if you liked it and subscribe if you haven't already um but yes
i will be going into the chronometer chart now so let us look uh this is actually very similar to
the other week eating as naturally as possible uh just following my appetite and i didn't plan to
stay at all really i just ate out of my fridge so what we did end up was just under 2 000 calories
which is about maintenance for me i did this time include my activities which put me at a small
deficit uh the fats are at 60 which again is much less than a lot of keto guidelines say to have
it and it's totally different from medical keto which can be up to four grams of fat for every one
gram of everything else but i personally carry a higher body fat percentage so i feel like i have
lots of fuel stored in my body i don't necessarily need to add extra fats in order to keep up
my energy for the day uh carbs are at 16 and 20 it's not 20.
47 net carbs all from vegetable
sources except for the one gram from the tortilla which is so interesting because i tested high
ketone levels the day after this and it was about you know about 50 and then last night still about
50 but today i'm totally knocked out of ketosis so anyways i think that it kind of goes to show that
like a carb is not just a carb let's look at the protein 24 which works out to be 118 grams looks
good to me uh looking at the micro nutrients the vitamins are looking good the ag one really helps
me out here as for the minerals it looks like i could use a lot more green leafies or edamame
but honestly i don't worry about it this day was filmed at the closer to grocery day so obviously
i'm gonna run out of stuff and i'm not gonna have as much produce available it's just bound to
happen but i think it all evens out at the end so i should say i'm just sharing my experience
because frankly i wish i had known about this as a possible thing that i could use for the tendonitis
because if i had learned this information years ago it might have saved me years of disability and
not earning like a income basically but maybe i had to learn all the lessons the pain lessons the
broke lessons the humility lessons i don't know in any case thank you so much for watching my friends
i hope you found this interesting useful i found i hope you found some meal inspiration maybe
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