Raise your hand if Thin Mint cookies are your favorite…
They are mine too!! With cookie season right around the corner this cereal makes indulging in the flavor of our favorite cookie possible all year long FOR BREAKFAST!!
I've been missing cold crunchy cereal for breakfast, and let's face it some of the options just aren't nearly as fun as crispy minty chocolate cereal with some nice cold almond milk. I was looking to find a cereal that could be enjoyed in my Trim Healthy Mama journey as a fuel pull meal, and couldn't find one. Most of them contain nut or seed flours which aren't allowed during a fuel cycle, See Chapter 28 for more details about that. This is an S though because of the amount of coconut oil.
So I played with ingredients and here we go!!!
Trim Mint Cereal
2 Scoops of Whey Protein Isolate
¼ cup Psyllium Husk Powder or Oat Fiber
¼ cup Cocoa Powder
¼ cup Coconut Oil
4 TBS Sweetener, I used Pyure, Organic Stevia Sweetener
¼ tsp Baking soda
4 TBS Water
1 tsp Pure Peppermint Extract
- Place dry ingredients in a larger mixing bowl.
- Cut Coconut oil into dry ingredients with a fork until crumbly, Add extract, then water 1 TBS at a time incorporating until dough sticks together.
- Roll dough to 1/8th inch thickness and cut into pieces with a pastry cutter or pizza wheel.
- Bake at 400(F) for 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and break pieces apart allow to cool on baking sheet.
Store in an airtight container.
Makes 4 servings
For trim Healthy Mama's this is an S
This is my favorite meal planner. it allows me to set goals, make notes and label my meals by type ( for my Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle). I first saw this style of planner at this blog, although they don't allow you to print a blank one for personal use which is what prompted me to make my own add a note area and offer it as a free printable
If you aren't following that lifestyle, this works wonderfully for diabetes management in that you can note the carb counts in the little boxes or b/s readings.
Planning and logging your food is a major component in successful weight loss and diabetes management. I can say from experience that having a food and b/s log has helped me see what foods trigger b/s spikes and when I may not have eaten enough.
Using forms like this to plan also help with grocery shopping and compiling the list of ingredients needed. Noting things like the recipe page number helps my husband to locate recipes if he is the one preparing the meal.
