Kitchen Sink (aka Zen Blog)

Welcome to my kitchen sink. Everything gets tossed here—low carb recipes, accidental wisdom, messy moments, some spicy attitude, and usually bacon grease where it shouldn’t be 🥓. All served up with extra butter 🧈 and zero judgment. Whether you’re keto-hardcore or just carb-skeptical, you’re in the right place.

  • All Progress is Good Progress

    What is “Good Progress?” It may be open for debate, but I know my answer… When I offered encouragement on low-carb forums, I’d frequently say, “All progress is good progress.” People almost never felt like they…

  • Health and Dealing With Now (Simply)

    Catching Up on Health… “I was completely healthy until I started seeing all these damn doctors!” I complained to my husband. He laughed with me. I was (mostly) joking. The only doctor I feel like seeing… That…

  • Turning Crossroads into Wins

    “Your dad said I should lose weight,” Mom says to me one day. “What?!? That doesn’t sound like Dad…” “I told him I had to either buy new clothes or lose weight. He said, ‘Lose…

  • Magic of Vitamin D: Avoid Demetia, Diabetes & More

    The Magic of Vitamin D can help protect against dementia, diabetes, self-harm and Covid. But nobody makes commercials to advertise solutions that don’t make much money and Vitamin D is cheap. So let’s spread the word ourselves!

  • Hot Mess Instant Pot BBQ Chicken (or Ribs)

    “Hot Mess” Instant Pot BBQ Chicken – Fast, easy and you don’t even have to fully defrost your chicken to get falling-off-the-bone tender. Like, very hard to mess up!

  • Meal Prep Must-Haves (Humble Home Edition)

    Meal prep must-haves: When I started meal prep, I also started building up my collection of tools. Here are some of my favorites, suited for people on a budget with limited space.