Reddit mentions: The best ghee

You've got most of them down.

1. Clarified Butter or Ghee. It's basically butter with the milk solids removed and lightly cooked so it takes on a nutty flavor. It has a smoke point of 500F so you can cook in 100% butter rather than butter and oil.
   
   
2. If someone is scared of a "pink" inside to their burger: Cook the burger as you would but then throw it into a 350F oven to finish. This is one reason I use cast-iron as I can transfer the pan to the oven. It makes the best medium burger for those afraid to join me at medium-rare.
   
   
3. Grinding your own meat makes an amazing burger. I prefer a VERY course ground patty. The patty is almost flaky and I handle the burger as little as possible to preserve
   
   
4. I make my own mayo for aoili.
   
   
5. I cure my own bacon from pork belly and add thick cut strips to my burgers.
   
   
6. Shallots > Onions
   
   Things you already know:
   Fat is amazing.
   Onions and garlic are amazing (although I prefer them caramelized).
   Paprika adds a "hidden" flavor which rounds out the burger (but I use a dash of smoked paprika as well to add a smoky flavor).
   MSG is awesome.
   
   Things you do that I don't:
   External fat source.
   Whole chilies.
   
   My process:
   
   Get some meat. I like a blend of short rib (umami) and sirloin. Grind.
   
   Mix in fresh ground black pepper (1/2 tsp/pound).
   
   Mince shallots and garlic. Saute shallots in clarified butter until caramelized; briefly saute garlic at the end.
   
   Cook Pork Belly until done (~45 minutes at 400F in oven)
   
   Mix garlic and shallots into previously made mayo being careful to not break the emulsion (adding oil to mayo may make it separate). Add salt and pepper to taste along with paprika or other spices depending on what burger you're going for.
   
   Gently form 1/2 pound patties that are ~3/4 inch thick with a slight dimple in the center so they cook uniformly.
   
   Heat cast iron pan with copious clarified butter until smoking.
   
   Begin warming the buns.
   
   Salt the burgers, toss on some Worcestershire sauce.
   
   Cook burgers until done. Add cheese in last minute.
   
   Spread aoli on buns, go directly from the pan to the bun so juices absorb into bun rather than plate. Add bacon on top.
   
   Let burgers rest for a couple minutes but you should be eating by minute 5 to preserve bun integrity.
   
   
   

Given that you say bread makes you break out hellishly, and that bacon lard makes you break out, I would take a guess and say that your acne is tied strongly with your gluten intake. Check your package of bacon to see if it is gluten free. If it is not, try to get one that is gluten free from a health food store, and then see if you get the same breakouts from it.

I know personally that when I carb binge with rice and sugar, my skin weathers it pretty well (even if my weight does not...), but that when I carb binge with pizza and pasta, my skin looks like one of the seven plagues of Egypt.

I don't have any hard science to back this up, but I'm really curious if that's the link. Please let me know if you find out. Best of luck!

Edit: I just noticed you also said butter makes you break out. Perhaps it is also related to casein? In which case, you can try using a brand of clarified butter (ghee) that is casein free to see if you get the same reaction. Purity Farms is one such brand. If you search "gluten casein acne" on google, you should get a number of interesting hits to explore.

It's sort of an all-in-one coffee additive to achieve the bulletproof coffee effect. I found it after trying to do the coffee myself and ending up with the sequel to Deepwater Horizon in my coffee cup. It has all the benefits of BPC, with the ghee and the MCT, along with a bit of cacao to flavor it up just a little. I use that, along with a splash of HWC, in the morning, and it works great. It's a little expensive (as with most keto stuff), but I feel NO caffeine crash, and it helps keep me full until lunch, and probably past then, too. Since I'm basically sharing my amazon order history, I'll post that [here] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D19RF3Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1), as well!
I promise, I'm in no way associated with the company. It's just really great for me, and I looked around, and tried it on my own, first. I also used [this] (https://www.amazon.com/MatchaDNA-Handheld-Milk-Frother-Silver/dp/B018TCWL8O/ref=pd_sim_325_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B018TCWL8O&pd_rd_r=B80H30P1J0M0HK44BQ16&pd_rd_w=9yrE2&pd_rd_wg=Pl7io&psc=1&refRID=B80H30P1J0M0HK44BQ16) frother, to help keep everything mix together.

I love my coffee, too. I miss the sweetness, but the booster gives it a bit of an oomph that I'm now addicted to.

If you try it, let me know if you liked it!!!

I feel like this is pretty random. Delicious if you brown it and toss it with pasta!
Pretty California and thanks for the contest!

I really love this [this ghee] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E0WB292/ref=sr_ph_1_s_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1474219718&sr=sr-1&keywords=ghee). Am Indian, and my mother confirmed that it's better than anything you can get off the shelf in India (we make our own ghee back home). It's delicious, with a wonderful nutty caramel flavor.

> Planning on doing just that once I get my fridge better stocked.

For sure. I think it's all about mindset; keto isn't supposed to be a fad diet you slip in and out of to lose some vanity weight, it's a lifestyle. Finding foods you genuinely enjoy that fit into the diet is absolutely key to sticking with it; afterall who wants to stick with a diet that makes them miserable?

>The problem I am having with this MFP states my calorie goal is 2820 But I would have to eat all day to reach this. Even with just what I mentioned above its always around 1300 end of day and I feel completely full.

Exactly. I disregard calorie suggestions almost entirely because they are pretty unrealistic for me unless I absolutely gorge myself and feel stuffed around the clock.

Typically speaking I start my day with a boosted coffee (which you can totally do yourself with butter + coconut oil + coco powder I just appreciate the convenience) and then around 1-3pm I have a grass fed beef stick and boiled egg or something roughly equivalent not because I'm super hungry but because I know if I don't eat a bit I'll be extra hungry at dinner and make 2 people's worth of food ;) and then I have plenty of room for whatever the heck I want for supper. I'm similarly recommended to eat ~2.8k calories a day and most days I'm barely half that.

On sundays I make a half batch of carbquik biscuits and have two of them, two eggs and a nice keto sausage gravy which clocks in at ~6 net carbs as my "cheat but not cheating" treat.

But ultimately, mixing it up keeps me loving the food I eat which makes it a breeze to stick with keto for me.

1/4-1/2 cup coffee + 1/4cup hot water + 2-4 Tbsp of Fat + Cacao (optional) + Sweetner (optional)

Fat could include any of these combinations (I keep varying):

• Heavy Cream
  
• Coconut Oil - go slow if having first time - start with 1Tbsp (or less) since it can cause stomach upset. You can build up tolerance slowly.
  
• Grassfed unsalted butter - I prefer kerry gold butter.
  
• Grassfed Ghee - Now if you are putting ghee use the organic quality - I use this one http://amzn.to/1ZNIugk - a little expensive but it's well worth the taste. It last me 2 months. Recently I was travelling I just took my ghee jar and made my BP coffee just with it and 85% lindt chocolate...tasted awesome.
  
  Cacao options are:
  
  
• 2 squares of 85% lindt chocolate
  
• 1 sqaure of 70% lindt chocolate with 1 Tbsp of cacao
  
• 1 Tdbp of unsweetened cacao with some sweetner
  
  Sweetners:
  
  
• Liquid Stevia
  
• Erythritol
  
• Xylitol
  
• all of the above :)
  
  Note to myself: Try it with vanilla extract or cinnamon.

The recipe

1 Oz finely ground buds (this leads to some potent butter, which we use in a variety of recipes)

1 cup clarified butter [we used this Ghee from Amazon] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0046IIPMW/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_ad.gybKVNEKSC)

2 cups water (this depends on the size of your crockpot, can't really have too much)

1 crockpot: The smaller the better, if you have too much surface area you need to add more water to stop your weed from scalding (this burns off the THC)
1 fine metal strainer or cheesecloth


Instructions
Add your clarified butter to your crockpot
When the butter is melted, add your buds and the water
mix well
set to low heat for 6-18 hours, we have done everything in between but it seems the longer the better
pour the mixture into a glass jar, straining out the plant matter with your cheesecloth or strainer. (You don't have to throw this away either, you can use this to as a garnish, it is not going to be tasty but it will get you stoned)
the fatty butter and water will separate on their own. place in fridge until butter hardens
when butter is hard, put a knife down the side of the jar and pour out the water (THC doesnt bind to fat so this is just waste)
Thats it. Super easy


TLDR: Clarified butter + Crockpot + weed + time = really good butter

I always keep a jar of Ghee around to make this. You can buy organic Ghee. It makes it even easier. I use an immersion blender and a jar. I use the container that came with my immersion blender. You can buy it directly from Cuisinart for 8.50 (free shipping) which is cheaper than Amazon. I love this brand of ghee from Amazon.

I buy quite a lot from Amazon since I live in a rural area with limited access to paleo friendly stores.

Kelp Noodles

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Epic Bars

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have you ever tried Ghee/clarified butter? it's basically butter slow heated and separated from any water. Keeps you from having the butter bubble and brown when you cook in high heat. i use clarified butter from trader joe's that is amazing, and amazon has a grass fed Ghee that tastes better than anything i've ever tried, though it's expensive.

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You could try adding Coffee Booster or something similar to your coffee. It's the fat from butter, coconut oil, and cacao powder. I've been using it for a while, it definitely helps fill me up and gives my coffee a nice mocha flavor. You need a blender or milk frother to get the consistency right, though.

If I get a coffee at, say, Starbucks, I'll order an Americano with a splash of almond milk and a splash of heavy cream. Then add Stevia&Monkfruit to taste.

At home, I put a tablespoon or two of Kerrygold grass-fed butter (unsalted) and one or two teaspoons of coconut oil.

To make it easier on yourself, I'd recommend Coffee Booster: Naked | The Original High-Fat Coffee Creamer | Organic Keto-Friendly Blend of Grass-fed Ghee and Coconut Oil | 15 oz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079P7CTW3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_x9TqDbBB5YDXT

It's got ghee butter and coconut oil. I liked the chocolate version better but don't want to be having chocolate first thing in the morning.

Everything I've seen says the smoke point of clarified butter (or ghee) is as high as peanut oil (450-485). I buy big jars of ghee on Amazon. That one tastes amazing.

Better yet replace the oil with ghee (clarified butter). It is certainly a more authentic ingredient.

Also, I don't see any point in skimping on garam masala. Your recipe calls for 0.5 tsp for 5 servings, which is ~0.1 carb per serving. Likewise with ginger and garlic. These are the sources of much of your flavor, and their carb counts are not significant in the total.

Having trouble getting my fat in line with my macros, whilst not going over on carbs (and I can easily hit my proteins with powders etc).

Has anyone tried this stuff? It's pretty pricey, being along the same $pOz of olive oil. Still it would provide an easy way to take in fats without having to worry about carb intake at the same time, and I drink loads of coffee every day. Yesterday I ate a tablespoon full of straight butter to try and compensate, but i still hit my calorie max whilst under by 30g of fat.

Most stores will have it in their ethnic areas. Look for Ghee. Whole Foods definitely has it, TJs, any other speciality kind of store too I'd imagine. Or just go to Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Trader-Joes-Clarified-Butter-Ghee/dp/B00G12Z36W

Grapeseed oil has a high smoke point, which I have used to season cast iron. But so does ghee , with a nice flavor.

That doesn't sound like bulletproof coffee at all. BPC is coffee with MCT oil + grass fed butter, neither of which you mentioned. What you're describing sounds like typical Starbucks high sugar dessert crap.

If you want to try real bulletproof coffee, do this:

1. Grass fed Brown butter ghee (Kerrygold grass-fed is fine too)
   
2. Brain Octane oil (MCT)
   
3. Some high quality organic coffee.
   
   It makes a significant difference to do it the "right" way and I recommend trying it. I was very skeptical when I ordered the gear to make it, but I wouldn't go back to coffee the normal way. I add spices to mine by no sweeteners because it tastes so good just like that.

Change your definitions. :) If you want to get similar flavors but be able to use high heat, then you need the high heat versions. No fancy dark green extra virgin olive oil; you need the cheaper (just plain) olive oil, maybe even pomace olive oil that comes in a big scary tin like auto fluid ;). Then buy (or make, if you are really bored) clarified butter aka Ghee for the butter component. Mix together, and fry as hot as you wish. Deep fry with it, if you want.

3 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream - 1 tea spoon of coffee booster and sometimes i need 1 teaspoon of real sugar - ez-sweets is ok but i need that sugar in my coffee. Seeing as my breakfast is under 7 carbs total including the sugar - i don't sweat it.

Hey do you ever get used to the flavor? Or did I buy the wrong brand? It should taste like butter right?


Melts right into a hot steak but tastes funky and not completely unpleasant, this is the brand I have: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0046IIPMW

We got this from Amazon and it's not bad -- there's a couple of different flavors. If you can get past the feeling that you accidentally stirred your coffee with a used butter knife.

A few ideas:

Vegetable spiralizer:
http://www.amazon.com/Paderno-World-Cuisine-A4982799-Tri-Blade/dp/B0007Y9WHQ/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1418732728&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=vegetable+spiralizer

Dehydrator:
http://www.amazon.com/Presto-06300-Dehydro-Electric-Dehydrator/dp/B008H2OELY/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1418732701&sr=1-2&keywords=dehydrator

Macadamia nut oil:
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-Oil-Extra-Virgin-Macadamia/dp/B0002PPW6A/ref=sr_1_cc_5?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1418732659&sr=1-5-catcorr&keywords=Macadamia+nut+oil

Grass-fed Ghee:
http://www.amazon.com/Grassfed-Organic-Ghee-7-8-Oz/dp/B0032RPLSY/ref=sr_1_2?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1418732778&sr=1-2&keywords=ghee

i specifically get ghee butter that is made from grass fed cows.
this is the brand that i use:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0WB292/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I’ve been drinking black coffee, but I just found a Keto creamer. I haven’t tried it yet but maybe it might be an option for you.
https://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Creamer-bottle-Servings-Blended/dp/B0778K1LCW

Have you tried Ghee?

Here you go! http://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Booster-Quality-Grass-fed-Coconut/dp/B01D19RF3Q?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

You can ghee in jars though: http://www.amazon.com/100-Organic-Grass-fed-8oz-Jar/dp/B00DUFYQYS

I'm drinking mine right now too! Although I mainly use this during the week when I'm at work. At home on the weekends I make it with coconut oil, kerrygold butter and cinnamon and it's so good. Love BPC.

purity ghee on Amazon

I second the recommendation for ghee. Trader Joe's sells it in 8oz jars which can also be bought on amazon. Ghee does not need to be refrigerated, so you could probably use it throughout the whole trail.

I want this because I want to know what the hell it is.

I do not want a boat like this