Jen's Baking Adventures

Cat-tastrophe: A tail of caramel macarons

Ok, so a few posts back, I showed you what I was capable of as far as macarons go. It wasn’t a pretty site. Except those were chocolate pecan macarons. The swarthy cousin of the petite french macarons. I have been trying for the better part of a year to bake the delicious french macarons…

Thickening Agents

Happy Thursday ya’ll! Yes, I said ya’ll. Ok, let’s move past it. Today I want to talk about thickening agents as they apply to low carb baking and cooking. In my last two posts you read about me lamenting the non-use of xanthan gum in my bakes. I took some time and did some reading…

Biscuits & Gravy

Happy Tuesday everyone! So last week while I was dog/house sitting for my friend, we had some pretty-nasty weather here in the Midwest. It was hella cold all week and there was one day where it snowed almost all day. There was no way I was going to leave the house, which meant I could…

Low-Carb Strawberry Pastries

Long time no see, bakers and fellow bloggers! Last week I was dog/house sitting for a friend at her place out in the country. She lives about 30 minutes away from my apartment, so I was traveling back and forth all week before and after work to take care of her adorable puppies. She does…

Tracking Dat Fat

It’s Sunday Funday! What do you all do to make this day a blast? I usually start it with Church, then brunch, then meal prepping for the week. Meal prepping may sound like a chore, but it’s my favorite day of the week and the most fun part of the keto/low carb diet in my…

Blueberry Pancakes

We finally made it to Saturday! And what could be better than whipping up a batch of pancakes to snarf down while you binge watch Netflix?! Oh wait, pancakes are hella NOT low carb. *whimpers* However, while I was searching for the perfect blueberry muffin recipe last week, I found one for blueberry pancakes from…

Lemon Ricotta Cookies

So this post is taking a break from keto baking and getting back to regular baking. I stumbled across one of Sally’s recipes a few weeks back that I had never heard of before: Lemon Ricotta Cookies. Now, I love ricotta and lemon, but what business does ricotta cheese have being in a cookie? Well,…

Chocolate Pecan Macarons

So a few weeks ago I stumbled across a baking blog group that hosts their own monthly baking challenges. They pick the challenges from “The Great British Bake Off: Big Book of Baking”. Have any of you watched the Great British Bake Off on Netflix? It’s the best. One different thing I noticed about this…

Spinach Artichoke Dip

Eating out at restaurants is so difficult when you’re trying to eat low carb. You either end up eating salads constantly (not worth it) or being the guy who says “can you leave it off of the bun, please?” However, spinach artichoke dip, baby. That’s one thing that is diet friendly. Spinach, artichokes, cheese, cheese,…

Pineapple Cheesecake Bars (Low Carb)

I’m so excited for this cheesecake bar recipe. If you go to my recipes tab and click on the pineapple cheesecake bars, you’ll see my recipe for these beautiful creations. You’ll also see the two recipes that I combined and converted to low carb ingredients. The decision to try to make this recipe low carb…