Post by freja on Jun 19, 2014 13:24:21 GMT -5
I've been on Keto for about a week and a half. My boyfriend and I are both on it together. We decided to try using coconut and almond flour, stevia, erythritol. We both do fine on stevia (liquid form in a bottle, different brand then sweet leaf) experience no bite to it, no stomach issues and it works great. However the almond flour and coconut flour don't seem to sit well with us.
First off, neither of us are allergic to coconut or almond, so that's not why.
I've made the following brownie recipe with almond flour
www.ruled.me/low-carb-macadamia-nut-brownies/
The only difference was no macadamia nuts and no instant coffee
The taste was ok at best, really grainy though. But honestly the almond is over powering and I feel like people on keto long enough have had their tastebuds change. We both felt sick however after eating it. We had a little strawberries and cream with it, but not much so that wasn't the problem.
With coconut flour we tried two things, coconut flour pizza and coconut flour pancakes. The flour is very fine, but quite coconuty, which I like, but for some reason it just doesn't sit well after a few bites. My partner threw up after he ate the pizza and neither of us could finish and now feel a bit sick after using the coconut flour in our pancakes. Perhaps all these recipes ask for too much or something. I don't know.
Problem with Erythritol is that darned cooling effect it has. It's like mint, but not and it's very strange when paired with a hot low carb pastry.
This diet is also quite expensive, so I'm pretty said that we bought all this and now can't use any of it.
Has anyone else had these issues? Did it differ from brand to brand?
I'm in Sweden by the way, so our brand is very limited as it's a specialty food. We were thinking of trying whey protein powder as a sort of flour replacement for bread like things and pastries, since I've seen it on many sites.
It just feels like both coconut and almond flours are super heavy and very grainy, no matter how fine they are. And Erythritol is just weird.*
Stevia in liquid form is awesome though, I don't know what people are talking about when they say it has bite.
Thank you in advance for any advice, comments or help you might be able to provide.
First off, neither of us are allergic to coconut or almond, so that's not why.
I've made the following brownie recipe with almond flour
www.ruled.me/low-carb-macadamia-nut-brownies/
The only difference was no macadamia nuts and no instant coffee
The taste was ok at best, really grainy though. But honestly the almond is over powering and I feel like people on keto long enough have had their tastebuds change. We both felt sick however after eating it. We had a little strawberries and cream with it, but not much so that wasn't the problem.
With coconut flour we tried two things, coconut flour pizza and coconut flour pancakes. The flour is very fine, but quite coconuty, which I like, but for some reason it just doesn't sit well after a few bites. My partner threw up after he ate the pizza and neither of us could finish and now feel a bit sick after using the coconut flour in our pancakes. Perhaps all these recipes ask for too much or something. I don't know.
Problem with Erythritol is that darned cooling effect it has. It's like mint, but not and it's very strange when paired with a hot low carb pastry.
This diet is also quite expensive, so I'm pretty said that we bought all this and now can't use any of it.
Has anyone else had these issues? Did it differ from brand to brand?
I'm in Sweden by the way, so our brand is very limited as it's a specialty food. We were thinking of trying whey protein powder as a sort of flour replacement for bread like things and pastries, since I've seen it on many sites.
It just feels like both coconut and almond flours are super heavy and very grainy, no matter how fine they are. And Erythritol is just weird.*
Stevia in liquid form is awesome though, I don't know what people are talking about when they say it has bite.
Thank you in advance for any advice, comments or help you might be able to provide.
