Keto recipes you can actually cook in Honolulu

I’m Jay. I shop Costco, Foodland, Times, and Don Quijote. Kalua pig, garlic shrimp, ahi, musubi, mixed plates – without the rice and without the sweet sauce. Five years of this at home. No miracle claims. Just dinner.

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Slow-cooker kalua pig with cabbage

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Weeknight Mixed Plate: Rotisserie + Kalua Leftovers + Chili-Cabbage Slaw

A mixed plate in Honolulu is two proteins, two sides, and a mountain of rice. I still want the two proteins and a crunchy side. I do not want the rice or the mac salad...

Pan-Seared Ahi with Ginger-Garlic Butter

Fresh ahi is one of the actual luxuries of cooking in Honolulu, and it is wasted under a sweet glaze. I sear steaks hot and fast and spoon ginger-garlic butter over the...

Portuguese Sausage Breakfast Skillet

Portuguese sausage and eggs is a Honolulu breakfast I ate long before I ate keto. The usual plate is sausage, eggs, and two scoops of rice. I kept the sausage and the...

SPAM Musubi Without Rice

Musubi is convenience food in Honolulu. It is also rice wrapped in nori with a slice of SPAM, which does not fit how I eat. I still want the shape, the nori, and that...

Spicy Ahi on Won Bok (Not a Rice Bowl)

I like poke as much as anyone who lives here. I do not like pretending a sweet, sticky bowl with a scoop of rice is “keto because ahi.” This is spicy ahi the way I...

Kahuku-Style Garlic Shrimp (No Flour)

The North Shore shrimp trucks are a Honolulu ritual, and they dredge. Flour is how Giovanni’s and the rest get that crust and that clingy garlic butter. I want the same...

Slow-Cooker Kalua Pig with Cabbage

I do not have an imu in the backyard. I have a slow cooker, a Costco pork shoulder, Hawaiian salt, and a bottle of liquid smoke, and that is how kalua pig happens on a...

The Dirty Keto Diet Explained

Dirty Keto is a variation of the traditional Ketogenic (Keto) diet that places a primary focus on macronutrient composition while paying less attention to the quality of...

7 Day Meal Plan – Balanced with Intermittent Fasting

This 7 day meal plan is structured to ease beginners into a lifestyle that combines the benefits of ketosis with a disciplined eating schedule...