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👨🍳 The MF Kitchen #98 - most asked question
Published about 2 months ago • 4 min read
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Hey Reader!
In the 98th issue of The MF Kitchen, you'll slice into the details of:
Recipes for my Breakfast Hot Pocketsand Blended Overnight Proats Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!
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.
I mean, look at these 😉
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.
One of my go-to meals!
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 😮
What is the best Peanut Butter Cup?
This is a question I asked myself when I started recipe R&D on how to make a macro-friendly version of them.
So of course, I went and bought every single version I could find lol.
The ones not in a wrapper are my homemade ones 😁
I wanted to weigh the pros and cons of all these options for taste, volume, and macros.
And then see if I could get the best of all three in a homemade version.
I thought I was going to review each one individually but that would mean this section is extremely long.
And to be honest, there is no need.
I’ll save you the time with a list of the key takeaways:
Idk if it’s because I am getting old but I liked the darker chocolate variations better than the milk chocolate 👴🏻
The lower calorie options were simply lower calorie because they were smaller. Each was around 80 calories per cup BUT each cup was only 14g-15g which is about 7g smaller than their higher calorie counterparts.
I am 99% positive all the lower-calorie ones came from the same manufacturer because every cup looked the same.
Net Carbs is such a scam so don’t believe the claims made on the labels. Treat carbs as a carb and a calorie as a calorie.
I expected there to be a huge difference between how much I enjoyed each one. Nope. I swear I remembered a Reese’s tasting better than that.
So last but not least, here's what mine looked like:
It weighed in at 32g per cup (a Reese’s is 21g per).
The macros per PB cup: 93 Cals, 7g Carbs, 5g Fat, 5g Protein
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