👨‍🍳 The MF Kitchen #63 - most asked question

Hey Reader!

In the 63rd issue of The MF Kitchen, you'll slice into the details of:

Recipes for my Random Plate of Deliciousness and Sour Candy Grapes!
One of the most popular flavors doesn't exist? I was surprised too...
People ask me this all the time (here's the truth)...
Homemade sour candy that's half as many calories...

Preheat your ovens…

Weekly Recipe Roundup 🍽️

Random Plate of Deliciousness

I have a short food attention span (aka I need variety in my diet!).

But every once in a while, I become hyper fixated on a meal and this random plate of deliciousness is it!

Only 689 calories for this massive meal with 61g protein!

Click below to download the recipe and make it easy yourself:
Random Plate of Deliciousness.pdf

Sour Candy Grapes

I have been making low-calorie sour candy grapes at home for years!

I'm giving you two versions as well. The Sour Patch Kid level sour, and the "my face is going to pucker" sour.

Click below to download the recipe and make it easy yourself:
Sour Candy Grapes Version #1.pdf

Sour Candy Grapes Version #2.pdf

Recipe Recreations Of The Week 🤌

Fruity Pebble Protein Mini Ice Cream Cakes!

Macros for each Ice Cream Cake:
68 Cals, 11g Carbs, 0.5g Fat, 5g Protein

Here's the recipe and video:
👉 https://www.instagram.com/theflexibledietinglifestyle/reel/DFvYcyCuxX4/

Zach's Beats 🎧

STEPHANIEEEE - Daniel Allan

Weird Food Fact 🤓

"What flavor do you want honey?"

"I'll take blue!"

... said every kid ever lol.

But what is blue?

It's often labeled as 'blue raspberry,' but...

That's not a real thing.

Yep, it doesn't exist.

It all started in the late 1950s when raspberry-flavored foods were under fire for using a sketchy red dye that was suspected to cause health issues.

Companies needed a safer (and cooler) alternative.

Enter Blue Raspberry.

Originally created by Gold Medal (the snow cone kings), the flavor actually mimics the taste of a blackcap raspberry.

But here’s the wild part...

By the 1970s, thanks to Icees and Otter Pops, blue raspberry exploded into mainstream popularity.

And today, it’s still entirely artificial.

Just a mad-scientist blend of pineapple, grape, floral notes, and sweeteners, dyed a vibrant electric blue.

So, next time you're sipping on a blue slushy, remember you're enjoying something completely made up. But honestly, that's part of the charm 😆

One FAQ ❓

Question of the Week:
“I was curious about all these recipes can someone just make them and eat them all the time, or are they craving killers and that’s it? Do you ever just eat chicken rice and broccoli? Or do you eat your recipes daily?"

Answer: This is a question I get a lot.

And I totally get it.

Everything I make looks and tastes like you’re “cheating” on your diet.

The paradox with my recipes is that delicious and macro friendly is the standard.

And we tend to associate boring/restrictive/hard with a diet that works.

So eating foods you love, making them fit your macros with ease, and still losing body fat feels like cheating.

Pizzas, ice cream, burgers, fries, cookies, brownies, all on a daily basis?

Sounds too good to be true, right?

But here’s the kicker...

Normally, eating like this would absolutely wreck your progress.

But we can recreate them with a macro makeover.

They’re now 1/3rd of the calories with at least double the protein (meaning you can eat a lot more while still hitting your goals).

Do I ever eat boring?

YES, I love eating boring!

But… it’s not really boring.

Breakfast: Protein cookie dough/brownie batter variation with fruit and cereal on top.
Lunch: Fries every single day as my main carb source, with chicken tenders, burgers, or whatever protein I’m feeling.
Dinner: A big burrito bowl variation packed with veggies. I switch up the sauce all the time (aka any of my homemade low-calorie sauces). This is basically my Random Plate of Deliciousness recipe from above!
Dessert: A pint of protein ice cream a couple of times per week when I’m craving it.

That’s my normal.

And on top of that, I’m constantly testing and refining new recipes every single day. That keeps my diet interesting without even trying.

Here’s the thing…

To me, this is simple. But to someone else, it might seem extravagant.

That’s just because I’ve done it so many times that it takes me no extra effort.

The first time you make a new recipe, it might feel like a process.

But by the fifth, tenth, twentieth time? It’s automatic.

It’s like learning to drive.

At first, you have to think about everything. The mirrors, the turn signals, the speed limit, the car in front of you.

Now? You just drive.

It’s the same with my recipes.

What looks “next-level” is just normal eating to me now.

It doesn’t take any more time than making a boring meal, it just tastes way better.

So if you can eat boring every single day and be happy? Do it. That’s an incredible asset.

But when you do have cravings, just know that I probably have an easy recipe to tackle that craving while still hitting your macros.

That’s the real cheat code 😉

Serving Surprise 😮

I am not going to lie, when I saw Fruit Riot start popping off, I was a little sour (punny I know lol).

This was a brand I should’ve created since I had been doing sour candy grapes for 5-6 years now.

But here they are building a huge brand that just raised a round of funding at a $150 million dollar valuation and we have me coping in my newsletter haha 🤣

These products are amazing. But there is one caveat.

They are a bit higher in calories than you’d expect.

Each plate you see here is 360 calories: