When making chicken nuggets or fish fingers, bread crumbs are one important ingredient. Also for meatballs and other similar food, when it helps to hold the mixture together.
When making your own keto bread, cookies and crackers, time to time happends, that something goes wrong- it won`t rise, won`t stay together or just leftovers dry out.
In that case i make bread crumbs out of the leftovers or messed up baking experiments. Here`s an example on the photo above of one failed seed cracker experiment, that turned out one of the best bread crumbs that i have tried. I believe that most keto bread and cracker recipes are also very good bread crumb substitutes as well, since they usually contain some flour (coconut or almond), maybe psyllium, seeds, and fat.
When i don`t happend to have any homemade bread crumb substitutes i use crushed sesame seeds mixed with my favorite alternative- Potex potato fiber. Maybe add some salt, sweet pepper powder or some other herbs depending on the food and volià 🙂
My name is Ingrid Joya. I am educator, coach, therapist, inspirational speaker and a mother for two gorgeous girls and one keto boy. My every day starts and ends with cooking, as inspiring and tiring as it sounds. I educate people on mindful eating and special diets (keto, low carb, gluten and caseine free etc) and provide personal consultations.
My son is on long-term ketogenic diet due to health reasons, that`s where my keto journey started. It was pretty rough in the beginning, but quite soon i realized that even very restricted diet (like keto) can be tasteful, versatile and enjoyable. I have learned that food is also our medicine, it heals our body, feeds our soul and brings us together. There is great power in every herb, flower, fruit and root, and in love we put into cooking. All together it is a playful journey from the ground to the plate.
Food, whatever kind, has to have three important components for me- it has to look good, it has to taste good and it has to be good for the body and soul! I started out writing down the recipes for me and my family, so it would be easy and fun for us to figure out what to cook tonight. Maybe you, who you are peeking through my kitchen door in this blog, will find little inspiration, too!