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Low Carb Grain Free Bread
I went to a conference last weekend, and asked my husband, who is hands down the better baker in our family, to find a grain free bread recipe. He found one and modified it a bit and made this for me when I returned home on Sunday (what a guy!) and it was very good. It is hard to find “bread-like” consistency without using grain or yeast, and this bread is denser, more like pound cake consistency, but it worked for my craving to occasionally have almond butter on bread! I have used it as a quick snack this week, and it has survived for 7 days now in our frig in a ziploc. Sharing with you, and I’d appreciate feedback! Pros: amazingly low carb (3 net carbs!), high protein (7g) and easy to make, especially for non-bakers! Cons: not “tall” like sandwich bread, and denser, and less flavor that flour based bread Low Carb Grain Free Sandwich Bread 2 cups + 2 T blanched almond flour (we use Honeyville) ½ cup coconut flour 1 …
Strawberry Cookies GF, DF, Low Carb
I had a bunch of organic strawberries last weekend, and I didn’t want them to go bad, so I made this recipe based on a paleo recipe I saw. You can also substitute blueberries, blackberries or raspberries. And, because of their nutritional value, they make a great breakfast! This makes 36 small cookies. You can freeze them too. The one thing our family has learned is once you stop eating processed food, most of it taastes too sweet once you try it again. So, these cookies have only ½ cup of raw honey for 36 cookies. I like using natural sweetners vs. others, but you may want your carbs even lower. There are websites you can look up substituting Stevia for the honey, I just haven’t done it. Each cookie has about 5-6 carbs and they are full of protein from the almonds, and net carbs are probably lower due to the fiber. preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) Ingredients 3 cups blanched almond flour (Honeyville is my fav) ½ cup raw honey 1 tsp sea …
10 Ways, 10 Days to Lower Carbs, Day 3
Eat a Low Carb Breakfast My mother battled her weight her entire life. She was never heavy, but it was a constant struggle for her, and she passed on to me and my sister a “deprivation mindset” about food. But, that is a story for another day. I have truly battled my weight, for a variety of reasons (read my story later) and changing how I ate breakfast helped enormously. A carb free/low carb breakfast is one way you can start your day off to not sabotage yourself! My mother complained that “If I eat breakfast, I’m hungry the rest of the day“. She probably was. With the American custom of high carb, low fat, low protein breakfasts, you sabotage yourself. Here’s what happens: First, you eat a carb heavy breakfast. (BAGEL, OATMEAL, TOAST, CEREAL, JUICE, PASTRY…)→ your body gets a sugar load (that’s what carbs convert into once you digest them) so your body produces INSULIN in response to the spike in your blood sugar (Insulin stimulates the cells throughout your body to …
Almond Flour Pancakes (WF/GF/DF/Low Carb)
If you are sugar free, wheat free and dairy free, and want to eat low carb, breakfast options are limited, just because our American culture is SO heavy on carbohydrates as the way to start our day. I remember my Mom, who always seemed to be dieting my entire childhood, say “If I eat breakfast, I’m hungry the rest of the day”. And she was right! She would have a bowl of cereal (mostly CHO/Sugar) and milk (again, mostly CHO/Sugar), and toast (CHO), and NO PROTEIN. Without protein and fat to slow down the digestion into your system, the typical American breakfast shoots a giant sugar load into your bloodstream, which in turn, causes a huge insulin spike, and overcompensates, and with many of us, we are STARVING 2 hours later. Why? Because although we’ve digested our breakfast, we still have too much insulin floating around screaming “feed me”!! Again, it isn’t your fault. You just have to know how to eat carbs wisely. Here is a very low carb, low sugar, high protein breakfast …
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