Not So Serious Keto Interview #3 - Alycia from Keto Upgrade

[@SeriousKeto]

NOTE: The video on Alycia's end was a little messy initially in this video (pixilated and not sync'ed with the audio). I'm guessing it was an internet issue. It gradually gets better after about 10 minutes in. Also, out of curiosity, I let KZbin auto insert ads into this video. It inserted 15 ad breaks. LOL. I dialed that back to 3.

[@PinkLady54]

Thank You kind Sir on the ad breaks :-) Alycia has been in my rotation for a quite while. I also NEED desserts. ;-) Unfortunately after going squeaky clean keto for a bit I am finding I really should NOT be having them. Even fairly squeaky clean treats just don't do well. Any sweeteners are less than ideal :-( Dam!!! Erythritol & almonds have been out but now... DAM! I am left with clean veggies & meat. BUT IF I stay clean for a while maybe I can get all my health & energy back & clean treats will be OK again. If I said it once, I said it a hundred times - YOU ROCK!!

[@jdmosaics]

@@PinkLady54 I was like this a while back and found that I just can’t have Almond flour anymore. I think my body built up an intolerance over the years. I am happy there are now different things to use these days. Lupin flour and Chia flour all seem to be ok. But when I stick with Dr W’s Page 4… everything is fine.

[@PinkLady54]

@@jdmosaics Thank You for the reply. I'm sorry You are having to go through this too. I don't know what "Dr W's page 4" is; can You give me more information so I can study it. I really am not happy with my lack of health when I work so hard to eat well. Thank You again for the info.

[@carolinacadabra8278]

Hadn’t come across Alycia before but anyone who is about delicious desserts is someone I want to hang out with

[@trishabee2229]

Agreed

[@KetoUpgrade]

Thank God the video and audio got better, was hard to watch in the beginning! Lol. Thank you Steve for conducting a great interview and thank you to my awesome fans for recommending me as a potential interviewee! I had a great time and looking forward to the future of all our channels and keto creations we are working towards! Update: 13 week ultrasound later today!! So excited!! And new recipe video coming Saturday! 😁❤️

[@clicquot2271]

SO much has changed for you since this interview, Alycia! It was fun to watch this again.

[@KetoUpgrade]

@@clicquot2271 certainly has! Glad you enjoyed it again! 😁

[@azwndrwmn9713]

Love Alycia aka the new Mrs Hesketh!! Wishing her well with her new marriage and bakery!!

[@KetoUpgrade]

❤️ thank you!

[@lisae1032]

And baby 🤗

[@ivetteme3707]

When my husband's grandmother taught me her cake recipe the best tip she gave me was: always read the recipe even if you think you know it by heart. I've passed along that tidbit to everyone whom I talk about baking.

[@cweaver6792]

What a great interview with Alycia. I do think that she has great baking skills and if you do what she says, you will have a better outcome. Some people skip things or say "that's good enough".... like when beating a batter, or creaming eggs and sugar. If she is saying to beat something for 8 minutes, you should beat it for 8 minutes. Sometimes people are just too impatient and then wonder why their baked good didn't turn out well. Good luck on the bakery Alycia!

[@KetoUpgrade]

Thank you, thank you!❤️

[@theresesolimeno4651]

Regarding the "gateway" concern: my feeling is that if there weren't lower sugar/lower carb options out there, when I do get cravings I'd be reaching for much more harmful alternatives so I'm glad these options are out there.

[@craigslitzer4857]

My thoughts exactly. I see it as a gateway towards low carb, not away from it. Over time, eating low carb has lessened my sweet tooth. I think it's sort of like how much weight you can bench press - everyone is at a different place and has different needs & tolerances.

[@tristaware2119]

Yes, I love sweets so these things help me. I have to use some self control so I don’t go crazy, but I find my sugar cravings are less on keto anyway

[@anoldladi]

me too!

[@Nazketo444]

Oh my gosh, what another wonderful interview Steve. I love the idea of collaboration , without Keto police. Like a lot of other people Keto is life style for us, on the other hand there is no reason not to have cake, desert, ice cream. Thanks for another wonderful thoughts.

[@greeneyes2256]

Alicia has another subscriber. Can’t wait to get into her recipes. Enjoyable interview, Steve, thank you.

[@beckyboopz1]

I started watching keto upgrade because of this video and I can’t thank you enough!

[@dianem3123]

Puff pastry!! Thank you!! I hope your business is a great success!! If you ever do mail order, I’ll be a regular customer. Your talent and skill is so needed in the keto world. Kudos to you Alycia!!

[@goodnewsketo178]

Love love LOVE Alycia!! ❤️ 🥰 ❤️ I've been following her for a while and her recipes are da B0MB!! (subbed zero for "O" so no flag! 😆) Love the interview series! I have lots I want to see on! 😊 Thanks Steve and Alycia! ❤️💙💜 ~Lana

[@KetoUpgrade]

❤️😁thank you!

[@michelebarros8331]

AGREED 👍

[@goodnewsketo178]

@@KetoUpgrade you're most welcome, hon!! ❤️

[@izibear4462]

Absolutely. Lovely lady who gives out great vibes! Found her recently and has been a lifesaver!

[@carolnain9042]

Thank you so much for introducing me to keto baking because I hope to not "NEED" cheat days for sweets 😀

[@paulholland3232]

Best interview ever!!! Thank you Steve Thank you Alycia

[@KetoUpgrade]

❤️

[@misspug]

I am usually in tears when I have to bake something, I hate having to look for keto ingredients, so much easier just to reach for the flour and sugar canisters, grab my other ingredients in the pantry. Now I feel like a scientist looking for xanthum gum, different flours, different sugars, very frustrating.

[@m.obscura5009]

I would love to see a “geek out round table” sometime. Great interview, I had never seen keto upgrade before! Thanks Steve

[@GIRLINA101]

Congrats to Alycia in her new business venture!!! 🥰 I still use her angel food cake recipe to make a mini strawberry shortcake for my weekly treat every Sunday.

[@KetoUpgrade]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jacqchurchm2293]

I adore the tiramisu recipe. Ice cream, well who doesn’t love it, and though keto my family still doesn’t know 🙏! Yes try the puff pastry recipe it will SO surprise you and you can use it in so many ways.

[@MsLee51]

I'm an older keto person who loves to bake...and eat delicious stuff! Alycia makes the most delicious recipes, except for ice cream, LOL. I really love the no-machine ice cream I make, which got even better after Steve introduced us to tara gum (that I now add) for his version with a Ninja, thanks Steve! Great interview, sending much love to you both.

[@anniebrenn]

Love, love, love Alycia’s Keto Upgrade channel. Her recipes saved me from ditching keto when I craved good desserts. Her coffee cake is the best! I’m desperate for Keto Food Network shows. Why can’t we have that?

[@SeriousKeto]

She’s wonderful.

[@EK--ry3lr]

I think it has more potential of being a gateway drug to becoming keto and getting hooked on ketones than turning to the dark side. Found her on accident, or YT algorithm... but have enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

[@michelebarros8331]

Wow..guess you don't have a sweet tooth! No it lessens the urge for the completely suger filled poison. You can reach for something that will scratch that itch without falling off the wagon completely. And usually people on low carb/keto end up developing a lower suger threshold anyway.

[@judyghander3666]

I love the recipes Alycia creates and as an academc, I appreciate the explanations and tips she gives. She is a veritable baking scientist! I have been subscribed to her channel and yours for those reasons! You are both appreciated as professionals

[@darlas9250]

Great hearing you both discussing all the topics! Thank you!

[@jcnorton9948]

just love Alycia... and you too Steve!

[@cynthiaanderson14]

I love her recipes. Thank you for highlighting her.

[@a-trainsandroid6731]

Awesome! So glad you 2 finally linked up.

[@gladysobrien1055]

This interview was awesome!

[@shyne41]

Oh wow! I use her non nut flour keto bread loaf recipe all the time.

[@kellystephens3784]

I'm really glad I hung in there through the bad audio to get to the good stuff! LOL unfortunately I do have a sweet tooth and my diets have always failed but I'm really looking forward to living a keto lifestyle from now on.

[@marshahenry9276]

Awesome interview, thanks for having her!

[@annebeck2208]

You need to have Chris from cooking Nashville on!!! I had no idea growing up that I was a serious foodie...my mom called me picky, but made me eat things anyway, I learned that if I tweaked it, I could eat it. So I love, love listening to you because I can tell if I am going to like it before I try it!

[@SeriousKeto]

I've quit doing the interviews. They are consistently my lowest viewed videos with the highest percentage of dislikes. Not a lot of point in investing time in something that people don't want to watch... ☹

[@lovetomarket]

Huge fan of Alyica! Check out any of her desserts! They are all amazing...

[@astroworfcraig9164]

Nice interview.

[@Andreatf]

If you make mason jar ice cream with allulose it is wonderful. Mine never turns into a brick.

[@tangomcphearson74]

I will have to try some more of her recipes. I made the keto bread and it was beautiful to look at - but I did not like the taste. It was made with coconut flour and Oat bran - it was very dry tasting. I much prefer the zero carb bread (carnivore). I hope she will come out with additional bread recipes that do not use much coconut flour.

[@Alina-kz2sn]

I hope you’ll ship your variation of Indigo Nili’s egg powder bread. Please 🙏 (can’t wait ‘til you start shipping!)

[@annavelasquez4147]

I love her!

[@Yvonne-]

Congratulations again Alisha!!! You look awesome, was surprised but happy to see you. I ❤️ your ideas and the time you put into this! I even repurchased some coconut flour which is a big deal for me. Sweet treats are not a trigger for everybody, even me and I was a 3 times a day sugar and chocaholic.. Please don't be discouraged by the keto police! We appreciate you for sure, some need your ideas to feel their keto diet is complete. Delete the negative people, you are a wonderful chemist and pastry Chef. Pat that little baby for me!

[@JulieMelberg]

I'm with Alycia, there's a good need for desserts. My mother was deep into diabetes. It was the sweet foods that won her over and gave her the ability to do low carb. She even had to stop all insulin because she healed so much eating this way! Thank you Steve for this interview. I love following you both!

[@ah3710]

Love Alycia’s psmf bread recipe and the coffee cake,been making them regularly❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@janed3863]

This was so interesting, Steve. I hadn't heard of Alycia before. Like you, I am not much of a sweet/dessert eater but often I want to make a recipe for my daughter, who is Keto. And these recipes sure take it up a notch. Very ambitious!

[@22qcat]

Great interview! I just subscribed to her channel, because you asked all of the right questions. And that voice-you have THE best KZbin voice. Thanks so much for all you do!

[@SCash-rl5ee]

Another great interview. She's new to me, but I'm definitely going to start checking out her videos. I think it's wonderful that she's willing to devote so much of her personal time to help others on keto make delicious foods they might have thought were no longer achievable. One of the difficult aspects of going keto for me is that I often feel a bit isolated as I'm the only one in my family doing keto, so we rarely eat the same food, and at parties there's usually little I can eat, so you feel like the odd man out. Her making foods that are usually at parties and celebrations accessible can help reintegrate keto eaters into the social aspect of eating with non keto people. My congratulations on her wedding, the pregnancy, and her new bakery! I wish her great success. I'm really looking forward to your thoughts on the honey substitutes when you've got that ready as I really miss honey mustard.

[@joane8651]

Thank you Steve, so glad to find a new channel showing ideas on desserts, who knew??? Although we don't realize the time it takes to make KZbin videos, it is good to hear you both talk about the procedures and the process. It is great to hear you both discuss it. Nice to meet you, Alycia!

[@joancook8454]

WOW! I thoroughly enjoyed this collaboration best one yet ! Thank you both please do another. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

[@tamitarekolayan9918]

Steve, thank you for having Keto Upgrade! Love her channel due to my massive sweet tooth! All the recipes I’ve tried are brilliant!!

[@doracanals1003]

That was very cool of you to have her on your podcast. I’ve been following her for a while and can attest that her recipes work. Love you and Dennis at blacktie.

[@Carol32547]

Just loved Alycia channel forever and I love your using coconut flour more than almond. Your zuchinni bread I've made 4 times. Good interview!!

[@donastrickland3626]

Thanks so much for this interview! I've subscribed to Alycia's site and I'm going to rush over and see all the episodes. How exciting!

[@jenniferbrown2976]

I love her baking video. Looking forward to perhaps being able to order from her shop someday. Anyone that can come up with Keto puff pastry is a GENIUS...

[@barbarasnow4304]

I’m glad you said that about the mason jar ice cream, I thought it was just me! I assume that no one lies in these videos, you’d think I’d learn 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@vickig7033]

Thanks for introducing us to another keto baker. I have a sweet tooth for baked goods. That has actually been my biggest stumbling block to sticking to keto and losing. I'm definitely going to follow and subscribe to her channel!

[@debbiearchibald]

I love Alycia!!! Have made several of her recipes and they are the BEST! Thanks Steve for this interview. I have been keto for almost 6 yrs and her recipes are the closest to the real thing.

[@wildflower1335]

Thanks Steve for this interview, It was great I 've always been a baker, and watching Alycia and following her amazing skills for a while now I know I can bake again ❗❗❗👸

[@juliedavitt1371]

Another great one! I love watching Keto Update too! I have been trying to make sponge candy too (i'm french canadian and the Crunchie candy bar is a favorite) i have failed with every attempt yet... including allulose too. Please keep trying! Love both your channels!

[@wade2u671]

I really enjoyed this interview. I decided to follow Alyssa since so many sweets are just not good but the people who make them act like they are so delicious. Hopefully I will learn from her how to bake keto tastefully. Thanks so much.

[@deannefalise2784]

People that say you don't crave sweets on Keto never craved them in the first place IMO. I finally found a keto dessert treat that is sooo yummy. Bought a Can Do Keto Krisp- the chocolate raspberry. I wish it didn't have the krisps though.

[@CuttoothsRoom]

Great interview! I love her channel and have tried some of her recipes which were all good. The latest was her graham cracker crust recipe for a recent cheesecake and it was the best keto cheesecake crust Ive made for sure. Awesome that she's opened a keto bake shop now, she's really talented.

[@KetoUpgrade]

Aww thank you!

[@brendashope1558]

Another fun and interesting interview. I really appreciate getting to know these creators better and the conversations are fascinating. I am ready to take a road trip up to Alycia's bakery!

[@alicek412]

Love Alycia's recipes. She is so real and down to earth. I would go to her bakery and buy her products if I live near her bakery. But the closest thing would be to bake stuff myself.

[@angelacross2216]

You guys are so generous. I’m looking forward to trying more keto baked goods. Thank you both.

[@cherylmorris5708]

I love listening to her point of view, I want to try to check out her channel also. I appreciate that you're bringing on some other people and this is great

[@annhaynesparker]

Love, love, love her channel, recipes and personality! And yours, too, of course💜

[@germangirl1509]

This was a wonderful interview. I appreciate the opportunity to learn from both of you.

[@roseanndiguglielmo7647]

Good interview. Some great insights into you tube production. Congratulations on your pregnancy best of luck to you with new family and bakery Thank you Steve I like this segment.

[@lanamcquown3063]

It was so great to see the two of you collaborate. Alycia, Keto Upgrade, has one of the best desert channels and like they say in the video, she goes above and beyond to bring her watchers reliable delicious recipes, I am a one of those very grateful followers. Please check out her channel and support her by subscribing, especially if you like to bake. Steve, I love how you are building a community among you all Keto geniuses and appreciate you even more that you invited Alicia on your channel and you don’t even do a lot of sweets. I wish the both of you all the best of success

[@KBryan1964]

Love Alycia's channel. HUGE fan of her keto Snickers. Changed my life!

[@KetoUpgrade]

❤️

[@KBryan1964]

PS. Alycia, I did purchase that scale and candy thermometer. Thanks.

[@lisabrown431]

Yay!! I’ve been waiting for this one!! Love Alycia and Keto Upgrade! 😍

[@KetoUpgrade]

❤️

[@sunflowerrosem.8651]

Thanks Steve for this interview. You do a great job asking questions and this was very interesting. I went over to Alycia’s channel and watched the Snickers recipe. It looks so good!

[@mildrednieves5106]

Thank you so much! Loved this interview! 💕

[@cw1626]

Love this video! Alycia is one of my favorites! Her psmf bread is so good. Takes a while to make but very satisfying. Thank you Steve!

[@philindagates15]

Thank you Steve for this great interview and all the content you bring. You are blessed with a voice that one will stop and listen to.

[@ahealthierkirk2558]

You know from the viewer side the most valuable thing both of your channels have given us viewers is a well tested recipe. I have not had one total failure from either channel. Which gives me confidence if I have to buy a special ingredient because I know it will work! I have a tote full of products I have bought that other channels have pushed. multiple hundreds of dollars wasted it is enough to make me a little pessimistic when I see a new video because taking a bite, looking in the camera, and exclaiming how great it is has become a normal lie!

[@raewise6345]

Wishing you much much success! Your work keeps people healthy, thank you so much ♥️... Yes to a roundtable 👍👍

[@debracorbett8808]

I have Ben watching her for a while! Congratulations Alycia

[@Sbannmarie]

Oh already knew your show is my holy grail Steve-O… being a baker this is my dessert 🍮 with ganache.

[@annmarie4230]

Just subbed for her channel. :-)

[@karipeterson3443]

Great interview! Her recipes are brilliant and loved watching you two swap stories. So appreciate all the work you all put in and share to make this lifestyle sustainable and enjoyable.

[@JenniSchaffer]

Steve, thanks for this introduction! I've enjoyed watching Nili so I'm happy about these videos! Meeting people new to me. Love it. Alycia, nice to meet you and love the name of your bakery!!!

[@KetoUpgrade]

Nice to meet you! Thank you!

[@risasklutteredkitchen1293]

I started my KZbin channel in January 2018 and still haven't reached 1000 subscribers. It's so aggravating. My biggest issue is that I my son is my editor (I'm slowly learning) and I have to wait until we have time to get together to do it. That's why it takes sooo long between videos. Life happens and u cantt get to it.

[@dawndolinski768]

I love her! She has alot of terrific recipes.. We all fight the same battle, I am a total sweet eater & I love her stuff!!!

[@agolfiend]

Glad you brought Alycia on. I have watched and enjoyed learning from her. So happy for others to get to know her. Thanks, Steve!

[@cathyc2866]

Thanks for this interview! I’ve been following Alycia since January. Her version of egg white bread, with yeast and psyllium, is a game-changer for me and I make two loaves a week as a well as hamburger buns. Also love her vanilla ice cream, mixed berry cheesecake, and several others.

[@gracefaith444]

❤ Hi Steve! Hi Alycia Congratulations on your Marriage, your Pregnancy 🤗 and your New Bakery 🤚 I just joined your Channel Thanks to this interview. I wish you all the very best ❤ May the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen❣😘

[@KetoUpgrade]

Thank you!❤️

[@gracefaith444]

@@KetoUpgrade ❤ You are most Welcome! I live in Connecticut but my Family lives in Ohio, if I get to go visit them next month I hope to make a pit stop @ your shop 😋 I'm so excited for that 😘😘

[@KetoUpgrade]

@@gracefaith444 that's awesome! Kinda on the way! Would be great to see more of my subscribers!

[@holleylynnesmalt3555]

Loved this interview/video! Super excited to hear where Alycia's bakery is. Will be taking a road trip soon :) I am from the Southern Tier of NY.

[@GARYHYPERAMPED]

What a great interview! Alycia is a fountain of knowledge. I'm glad trained experts like her put in the time to perfect recipes that I love. I hope she has great success in her new business. Thank you!!

[@giselesmith7795]

Alycia, I want to thank you for your excellent recipes. I am with you; I would never be able to stick with any dietary change if I couldn't have a decent sweet once in awhile ( and fat bombs ain't makin' it). Your ice cream is so good! This was a great interview guys, very interesting.

[@KetoUpgrade]

Aww you're very welcome! I am so happy to help!❤️😊

[@cindydemanche3839]

Great interview!! I have been following Keto Upgrade (Alycia) for a while. Would love to also see you interview Wendy and Harry from Loving It On Keto, and Joe and Rachel of 2KrazyKetos. Those would be great too!! Thank you for sharing this video.

[@SeriousKeto]

Joe and Rachel will probably be in August.

[@cindydemanche3839]

@@SeriousKeto YAY!!

[@John1.1.14]

Thank you for doing this. I have subscribed to several keto cooking YT, and I noticed more than half of time, recipe turns out not so good as they are making it out to be, sorta like mason jar ice cream, yeah, I tried that one. It's discouraging to have bad outcome. Her YT sounds more promising that I wont waste expensive keto ingredient on trying out the recipe. I subscribed and will be trying out her recipes with better confidence! While some people feels like this is gateway and rather to not eat any sweets, it's good on them, but for some of us, it's better than buying questionable "keto" sweets in the grocery stores when we have cravings. I tell myself to say no when I go to the store but I still grab chocolate chip cookie with low carb, even tho I know it have terrible ingredients, absolutely not good for me! But only reason I'm buying it is because I'm craving choc chip cookies, I have not yet found perfect choc chip keto cookie recipes. If I had one, I would not be buying that. It's good to have those recipes out there so that we each can have freedom to have better healthier dessert alternative! 🥰🥰

[@kathyemmenecker8351]

Love both of you! So happy to listen to you together.

[@-.Steven]

OH! MY! GOSHNESS! I've checked out several recipes, YEOUZA! I am definitely glad I found keto Upgrade thanks to Steve! Life will be better now!

[@nat8429]

Hi there. I love Alycia's channel. Great interview. Love your channel too Steve. Found you from your Chaffle video.

[@cheryldoorbar7187]

Great interview. I love baking and discovered Alycia awhile ago. I really appreciate all her hard work and her perspective as a pastry chef.

[@KetoUpgrade]

❤️

[@lisacauthen4623]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!’ Thank you for having this guest!

[@michelebarros8331]

Oh yeah...two of my favorites! Love ❤️ both of you! Learned much from both of you! Actually learning what I did wrong and can fix it next time. Am working on developing recipe now that's actually drawned on 3 U tubers recipes. Thanks for all you guys do. It's a big learning curve to cook/bake keto.

[@lisae1032]

She's a doll! Thanks to both of you 😁

[@thewellfedhuman3043]

Love the interviews Steve! In my effort to use Social Media instead of letting it use me I have limited my You Tube subscriptions to 20 accounts. I just wanted you to know that it wasn't even a close call to keep Serious Keto in my lineup. Your channel adds to my life in many ways. Your content inspires, teaches and entertains me every week. Thank you!

[@garrettmineo]

Thanks for the introduction to Alycia, more smart videos to watch.

[@KetoRitas]

Oh wow love her my coconut flour lady havnt even whatched yet I know its great

[@veee1437]

EVERY dessert I tried from her was amazing

[@susan-fd4kv]

Subscribed to keto upgrade! ☺️

[@karenleary6330]

Me too!

[@KetoUpgrade]

Thank you!