👨‍🍳 The MF Kitchen #99 - favorite grocery store purchase

Hey Reader!

In the 99th issue of The MF Kitchen, you'll slice into the details of:

Recipes for my Breakfast Hot Pockets and Protein Cookie Dough Jello Snack Bowls!
Low calorie fall desserts too good to be healthy!
My honest take on artificial sweetners...
One of my favorite grocery store foods (that I use in a bunch of my recipes)!

Preheat your ovens…

Weekly Recipe Roundup 🍽️

Pepperoni Pizza Pockets

These Pepperoni Pizza Pockets are only 102 calories with 8.5g protein per!

And this pocket concept is a game changer regardless! Super customizable!

Click below to download the recipe and make it easy yourself:
Pepperoni Pizza Pockets.pdf

👉 Click here to open it in the FDL App

Protein Cookie Dough Jello Snack Bowls

If you have fat loss goals and are looking for a snack that has better macros than a protein bar with 3 times the volume, this is IT!

I’m telling you this combo will surprise you with how good it is!

Click below to download the recipe and make it easy yourself:
Protein Cookie Dough Jello Snack Bowls.pdf

👉 Click here to open it in the FDL App

Recipe Recreations Of The Week 🤌

💪🥞 Protein Pancakes

Macros for each 10-12in Protein Pancake:
320 Cals, 40g Carbs, 4g Fat, 31g Protein

Here's the video & recipe:
👉 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CYr6KnyFPok/

Zach's Beats 🎧

Oceans - ARMNHMR

This Week’s Flavor 🎥

Low calorie fall desserts too good to be healthy!

With fall in full swing, I thought it was only right to share some great fall recipes with you.

Click here to get the recipes.

One FAQ ❓

Question of the Week:
"What’s the deal with artificial sweeteners? Are they really that bad for you, or is it all bad publicity? I see you use them in your recipes a decent bit.”

Answer: Ah, artificial sweeteners. The most controversial ingredient in my kitchen.

Years ago, someone jokingly called them “Satan’s sugar,” and it stuck with me.

But are artificial sweeteners actually bad for you?

Honestly, it's not as black-and-white as you might think.

First off, what even are they?

Artificial sweeteners (like aspartame, sucralose (Splenda), stevia, and monk fruit) are zero-calorie alternatives to regular sugar.

They're 200-700 times sweeter (so you only need a tiny amount to get the sweetness you're craving).

But just like too much water can harm you, artificial sweeteners have a similar logic.

Let’s look at aspartame (the stuff in most diet sodas) as an example:

The safe limit (ADI) is around 50 mg/kg body weight per day.
For someone weighing about 150 pounds, that's about 19 cans of diet soda daily. And you'd need to maintain that insane intake consistently over many years for it to be harmful...

If you're drinking 19 diet sodas per day, we've got WAY bigger problems to tackle first!

So should you worry about them?

Honestly? Not really.

But I still prefer playing it safe. I diversify my sweeteners. I might use aspartame or stevia for sodas and sucralose or stevia in my recipes.

I don't love monk fruit personally, but spreading out my sweetener usage minimizes any potential risk even further.

And here’s the bottom line:

If enjoying a diet soda or sweet treat made with artificial sweeteners helps you stick to a healthy body weight and keeps you happy, that benefit massively outweighs the tiny potential risk.

Stress is what really harms us.

So choosing an 80/20 approach that includes things you love (without guilt) is better than striving for dietary perfection and being stressed about it.

Hope that clears things up!