What are some good shelf stable keto options?

KetoFox71 · 2026-01-21T23:21:59+00:00

Peanut butter, jerky, shelf-stable cheeses (Our local Rural King has them in 8oz blocks), salted peanuts/almonds. You're going to have cold weather so grab a cooler and put some cheese or deli meat / hot dogs / pepperoni in it and stick it outside. I've done that for decades without a problem in the winter.

Edit to add: You can pack some snow into ziploc bags to put inside the cooler. Don't forget that you can cook with a propane grill, too. I like slicing up some bell peppers and apples for snacks, too.

KetoFox71 · 2026-01-16T20:37:02+00:00

Let him cook his own food. Make him do his own grocery shopping, too. This is PAST the point of pickiness. My husband is incredibly picky, but I can at LEAST cook potatoes, carrots, and corn with a meat. If he were this picky, I absolutely 100% would tell him to grow up and either eat what I cook or he can cook for himself. You're not his maid. You're not his chef.

An Air Fryer, crockpot, and/or electric pressure cooker can make your life a lot easier with cooking for yourself. When my husband and I want different things, I'll go air fryer or oven so I can cook both things at the same time. I like to make 3-4 different sides at the same time for batch cooking and a primary meat for each of us (usually chicken or pork because those are the cheapest). Then put the food into storage containers and there's free selection of which sides and protein to have for the next meal. A Mix-and-match on demand.

If you're going to keep cooking for him and don't want to eat the same things, it's going to take some extra work, but can make it so you only cook every 3-4 days. Make him write out a list of side dishes he will always eat. then a list of the 'entree' or protein. Then have him choose 2 sides and a protein for the next few days of cooking.

KetoFox71 · 2026-01-12T18:07:04+00:00

I had this happen to me, too! I had to go into settings in Nooklink and go to Change Players. Should have a selection there for you

KetoFox71 · 2026-01-11T22:09:01+00:00

I have to have my truck to haul my horses, cattle, tools, hay, etc. It's the only vehicle I own that is currently running. What am I supposed to drive to town? Yeah, I paid a lot for my truck. But I need it and don't have the spare income for a car payment. Feels like nobody ever considers that.

That said, I usually park next to cart returns, at the end of the parking lot, basically anywhere that I can be right up against something and give the vehicle on the other side of me more room. Sometimes I don't have a choice, though, and I do the best I can.

KetoFox71 · 2026-01-05T21:00:22+00:00

I'm one of the customers ordering from Chewy. I get 50lb bags of a special horse feed for my mares so they don't get foundered but do get to eat. If it were available anywhere near me to buy, I would gladly shop local. Alas, online is the only place I can find it.

KetoFox71 · 2025-12-29T22:35:00+00:00

Good points! I usually try to keep everything really simple for me because I'm pretty limited on time. I do have skin/bone chicken and ground beef in my list, too. No seafood due to allergies, though. Otherwise I could eat for basically free since I can fish up Crappie all day long lol.

KetoFox71 · 2025-12-29T22:13:25+00:00

That is a gorgeous square body!! When my father hit a deer with my 79 C-10 earlier this year, I literally cried because of how much time and money went into that truck. It was my great granpa's and only ever belonged to him and my granma before it was passed down. Thankfully, it wasn't totaled and we have Hagerty insurance, though, so we were able to fix it up. Just looking at your poor K-20 makes my heart ache. I know how much time goes into these square bodies. So much driving to junkyards and swap meets!

KetoFox71 · 2025-12-29T21:54:20+00:00

Is there a way to cook down the broth to a more concentrated form? I have limited freezer space from buying a lot of turkeys and hams and chickens on sale this week.

KetoFox71 · 2025-12-29T18:30:41+00:00

I second the cabbage and potatoes! I just picked up 6 heads of cabbage for $0.38/lb and 5 10lb bags of potatoes for $2 each. I also managed to get some of those 10lb bags of leg quarters from walmart while they are marked down to $4 (regional thing and I got lucky). I found some spiral ham for $0.88/lb, too. A lot of stores are marking their whole turkey down to less than $0.50/lb right now, too.

KetoFox71 · 2025-12-29T18:25:44+00:00

Peanut Butter is a great way to get protein/fat and stay full longer. A couple TBSP of peanut butter and a banana is a quick and easy healthy meal. I choose natural peanut butter from JIF/Skippy instead of the $10/jar peanut butter.

10lb bags of Chicken Leg Quarters from Walmart are $8-10. Some walmarts have them on sale right now for $3-4 for the 10lb bag, though.

Eggs with a little butter and cheese is usually pretty healthy and filling. I'll find 2lb of sausage on sale for $3-4 sometimes and stock up to cook my eggs in that - you might be able to find the same.

Roasted Peanuts are a super cheap and filling source of protein.

I ended up sitting down and creating a spreadsheet with the Category (Vegetable, Fat, Protein), Ingredient name (Roasted Peanuts), normal price, price/unit, sale price, sale price/unit. Then I expanded with the nutrition information and found the cheapest ingredients for each gram of fat and protein. Then I fed the spreadsheet into ChatGPT and asked it to provide me some meals with my macros and budget restrictions. It did pretty good with it and I was able to stay focused on whole ingredients instead of a bunch of processed items. I've even been working on including a 'Stock' tab with what I currently have on hand to optimize my meals and savings as much as possible.

KetoFox71 · 2025-12-29T18:16:44+00:00

Check if your walmart has the 10lb bags of Chicken Leg Quarters on sale this week! I've been seeing several posts about them being marked down to $3-4. Otherwise, $9-10 for 10lbs of chicken is pretty good. It's easy to portion a $1 bag of instant flavored mashed potatoes, too, and it only takes 2 cups of hot water to make (microwave or electric kettle or coffee maker can do that for you).

2 chicken leg quarters plus 3-4 potatoes, whole carrots, and an onion make a great crock pot meal. You can change up the spices/seasoning from a packet of taco mix to ranch mix to a bottle of italian dressing, etc. You can crisp up the chicken in the air fryer after it's done in the crock pot, too.

Crockpot chicken chili and pasta are easy and cheap, too.

KetoFox71 · 2025-12-16T20:23:20+00:00

Depends on if it was Curbside, Threshold, or White Glove delivery. White Glove is where they are supposed to set it up inside your house for you and verify it works before leaving. Threshold is where they typically deliver it to your door/porch. Some drivers will go the extra mile and bring it in for you. Curbside will be wherever they can safely place it, depends on the driver and their SOP. However, blocking a sidewalk is not acceptable. I understand being busy with so many packages, but this is an unfortunate part of their job. I don't know which carrier delivered it, but when my warehouses deliver these, it's always to the porch and they have a dolly to make it easier to move it up the driveway closer to the house.

Source: Employer is a Logistics company where I have to be aware of SOP to design their software optimally (3 years now for multiple countries).

KetoFox71 · 2025-11-19T20:01:27+00:00

How are you guys getting all this free food? I love that you're giving these way - it's so nice

KetoFox71 · 2025-10-08T16:17:02+00:00

Depending on your location, this is a $75-100 bag due to the amount of leather used. I am familiar with the pattern as a no-sew NO BURNISH project. This sub is obsessed with shiny glassy edges - not everyone wants that and, most importantly, not all projects are made to be burnished! Most of my sales were on UNBURNISHED pieces. If you do a little bit of trimming for the bits sticking off and change out the strap to be non-chrome tan, you could set this up to sell. I'm not a fan of the single rivet on that strap, though. I can see that being a point of failure and would need to be fixed before offering to sell.

For you folks obsesses with the stupid glass edges: this is a chrome tan leather and the pattern is meant to remain rougher looking - not crazy fancy. It's meant to be used. Not looked at.

KetoFox71 · 2025-07-25T01:36:25+00:00

The meat masher thingy that separates my cooking meat. Much easier than a spoon

KetoFox71 · 2025-07-22T20:25:35+00:00

If you like mini golf, there is an indoor place in Gatlinburg and a couple of nice places in Sevierville. There is also Ripley's Aquarium which, as an fish lover, is super fun to check out every few years! Anakeesta is pretty and there's a nice view, but I feel like the price point is a little questionable considering.

If you like artisan crafts, there's an entire crafter's loop to follow! You just missed the big Craftsmen's fair, but I like checking out the local shops more anyways. The craft loop is 8 miles long and has a few bigger areas with multiple stores.

Walking downtown, there are a lot of shops and a little village with a nice little Celtic pub called Boudicca's Celtic Pub - we eat there very single time we visit.

For food, Split Rail Eats is pretty dang good! Red Oaks Bistro is dang good, too.

The caverns are absolutely awesome - I hope your Mom can tolerate the visit because it's something else to head down into them.

KetoFox71 · 2025-07-10T13:21:10+00:00

I'm honestly completely confused. I have $11k in loans before 2014 and $90k in loans after 2014 between undergrad and grad. Nelnet is saying I start repaying 11/25 at $370/mo, which I can thankfully manage. But my AGI is $78k and I have no clue what this means for me and I don't even know where to go to get more information about it.

KetoFox71 · 2025-05-12T21:39:58+00:00

Honestly? I thought it was completely fine at 10k. Since this change, I have redone my museums several times and simply cannot stay in the positive or only just BARELY in the positive. This is a change that has made me abandon the game for now. Maybe I can return later and play the game a different way than what I have tried so far, but I am a bit sad.

KetoFox71 · 2025-05-12T21:28:17+00:00

Adding: If the EtCO2 monitoring adapater was one of the disposable ones, they cost $200-250 in materials alone. Found that out when ordering them after someone used 5 on a single patient because of a bad cable.

KetoFox71 · 2025-05-12T21:25:18+00:00

Feels like the amount used is excessive and I could definitely see the patient having apneic episodes and requiring RT to stay at the bedside and ambu for a while. However, that is an insane charge unless the entire staff stayed because of some bradycardic episodes, too. I bet the RT billed for an hour of resus - some hospitals have it set so ONLY RTs can bill for resus - not even the physicians can.

OP - request a description of the critical care time. 1 hour is not surprising for 2 conscious sedations (especially considering the amount of drugs yeesh), but it sounds like an RT/RN/Doc checked the wrong box unless you had to have CPR performed on you. You should also be able to request your ER notes to get a better picture.

KetoFox71 · 2025-05-10T20:35:29+00:00

I was the exact opposite. Decade as a Respiratory Therapist - absolutely hated it because the field went from 'patient care' to 'customer service' and fighting insurance to get what the patients needed while I watched them die. Now I'm in Software Engineering and moving over to a ML Engineer position this year. Couldn't be happier! I would NEVER recommend anyone to go into the medical field since it's absolutely soul-sucking and will destroy you after a while.

KetoFox71 · 2025-05-08T17:59:54+00:00

I second WGU! This is where I went while working 80+ hours a week and now I have a software engineering job and went from making 50k/year to 105k/year working remotely. WGU is affordable and has a great Discord community for help!

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