Trim Mint Crispy Cereal {Low Carb, Sugar Free}

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

Printable Recipe

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

 

1. Place dry ingredients in a larger mixing bowl.
2. 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.
3. Roll dough to 1/8^th inch thickness and cut into pieces with a pastry cutter or pizza wheel.
4. Bake at 400(F) for 8 minutes.
5. 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 

 

Chocolate to the Rescue

     Part of what makes me happy eating my new healthier lifestyle is "Skinny Chocolate" it was one of the things that drew me to Trim Healthy Mama to begin with. (We are serious Chocoholics in this house.)

     So when  planning for my very first fuel cycle one of the administrators mentioned making chocolate fudge for Deep S days. She posted this link to a wonderful recipe over on Gwen's Nest that follows the Deep S guidelines.

     I'm not a huge fan of dark chocolate so I normally tweak my everyday chocolates with peanut butter, heavy cream or cream cheese...

 Hello!! Those aren't weight loss friendly...

     Protein powder makes Chocolate chewy, not my favorite... but it works to help make things a more milk chocolate taste. These don't even have that ...

     So I was looking at the variations that were listed and was like but I want chocolate and cherries... or maybe some with coffee as that makes the chocolates taste ohhh so yummy.

     And Chocolate Cherry Candies were born...

Chocolate Cherry Candies

Printable Recipe

1 cup coconut oil, I used refined
1/2 cup softened butter
1 tsp cherry extract
4 TBS ground Sweetener, (I use Pyure Organic Stevia All-Purpose Sweetener )
2 TBS Cocoa Powder, I used Hershey's Dark

Melt the oils, whisk the sweetener into the oils, add the extract.
(I poured this mixture into candy mold cervices about 1/2 way and froze them. Then added the cocoa powder to the remaining oil mixture while that layer was hardening in the freezer.)

When those were solid I whisked the oil mixture with cocoa again and poured into the remaining space of the molds, popped them in the freezer and let them harden all the way.

Unmold and store in the fridge or freezer.

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Stevia Sweet Juice Concentrate

Trying to cut the costs of using stevia and other sweeteners in our home. I've switched from using splenda for many years for a couple different reasons

1. It increases my pain level from Fibromyalgia and RA
2. It seems to make me crave more and more
3. It isn't as naturally sourced as stevia and some other sweeteners

For baking and cooking I am using Pyure Organic Stevia All-Purpose Sweetener, and found a couple articles about how to ferment Now Foods Organic Stevia, White, 4 Ounce for a liquid version to sweeten my coffee and teas.

I started the fermenting process today with

• 1 TBS  Now Foods Organic Stevia, White, 4 Ounce 
• 2 Cups of Filtered Water

 it takes 48 hours so we will see how it turns out.

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Coconut Flour Rolled Sugar Cookies

Coconut Flour Rolled Sugar Cookies
Printable Recipe

1/4 cup butter

1/3 cup granulated sweetener of choice.

1 large egg

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp salt

1/3 cup Bob's Red Mill - Gluten Free Organic Coconut Flour - 16 oz.

1/2 tsp NOW Foods Glucomannan Pure Powder -- 8 oz

    Preheat oven to 350ºF.

    In a medium mixing bowl add the butter , granulated sweetener, egg, baking powder vanilla extract and the salt and blend with a handheld blender for 2 minutes on medium speed.

    Add coconut flour and glucomannan and blend until combined.

    Allow the dough to sit for 5 minutes.

    If it is sticky or not firm, add another 1/2 tsp of glucomannan.

    Place between sheets of parchment paper and roll out to desired thickness.

    Use cookie cutters and cut desired shapes and place on cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.

    Allow to cool before frosting.

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