Hey there!
Welcome to my blog and my kitchen! I'm a husband, father of 2, and restaurant owner.
If you ever shuffle off to Buffalo come visit me at my restaurant, Duff's Famous Wings! We are one of the oldest - if not the oldest - family owned and operated chicken wing restaurants in America. I'm a third-generation owner, as I took over for my father in early 2023 after his passing.
However, my passion for nearly my entirely life - over close to the past 20 years anyway - has been creating healthy recipes and cooking for almost 20 years now.
I started out developing recipes while I was in high school - in my parent's kitchen - and now I get to share them with the world here...as well as on my Instagram and YouTube Channel.
There's actually a community of almost 600,000 people subscribed to the YouTube Channel, and I'd love it if you were one of them!
My recipes have actually been featured in Men's Health, Delish, and Yahoo!
Initially, I started out making just low-carb keto recipes - since I was doing a mix of Atkins/keto - but as my diet has changed over the years, so have my recipes.
Transparently, I weighed almost 300 pounds at one point, and a lot of the recipes you'll find here on my blog helped me not only lose 100 of those pounds but keep them off too. Below you'll see a photo of me - I'm on the right - at my heaviest.
These days though I follow a more balanced approach to eating - I mostly count my calories/macros, and I try to keep added sugar and processed foods at a minimum.
With that said, on my blog you'll find everything from keto recipes, to low calorie recipes, to even some indulgent recipes...because, hey, sometimes you just have to indulge a little in life.
You'll also find some healthy "guides" for eating out at different restaurants on the blog as well.
I'll list a few of the most popular ones below:
- Low calorie Dutch Bros
- High protein McDonalds
- Low calorie Subway
- Low calorie McDonalds
- High protein Subway
- High protein Jack In The Box
Since I started taking my health more seriously 20 years ago - and especially after losing all of that weight - I've gotten into the habit of checking the nutritional info on restaurant menus before going to them.
Preplanning what I'm eating when I'm eating out has been a huge unlock for me in picking the most calorie/carb/macro-friendly meal, and in turn, it's really helped me keep the weight off. So that's really what began as the inspiration for me to put together those lists.
Anyway, if you do end up making something from the blog, I'd love it if you tagged me on Instagram so I could see it. Seriously, it makes my day, and I love resharing them in my stories.
Thanks for stopping by, I truly appreciate you being here.
Stay Well!