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This was the first time the boys experienced carving pumpkins! It was so fun watching their reactions of the whole process of digging out the guts. I was right about my assumptions... Kai loved it (and wanted to eat it!) and Micah wanted to wash his hands after every scoop!
My dad's favorite Christmas cookie is the Italian Wedding Cookies. I thought... hmmm, we can make these into cute little pumpkins!
"HEALTHIFIED" PUMPKIN BALLS
6 TBS coconut flour
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tsp vanilla
Natural orange food coloring
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
3/4 cup butter or coconut oil 1/2 cup erythritol (or 1/2 cup Swerve) 1 tsp stevia glycerite (omit if using Swerve) 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp peppermint extract 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp...
- Fudge Ecstasies
If you are craving a chocolate Christmas cookie...watch out! These are addicting! 3/4 cup ChocoPerfection Chocolate, chopped 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate 2 TBS butter or coconut oil 1/4 cup peanut flour 1/4 tsp aluminum free baking powder 2 eggs...
- Sweet "potato" Casserole
Thanksgiving wouldn't be complete without my mom's sweet potato casserole. I thought of an interesting twist to lower the calories and carbs... See you don't have to gain the estimated 15 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Years and still enjoy...
- Pumpkin Muffins
Option: Make mini muffins like shown above using a mini muffin pan and baking for 20-30 minutes. I was asked to do a presentation at a large company in Stillwater, MN. The woman I am working with asked me to bring a few samples of foods from my...
- Peanut Blossoms
1 3/4 cups peanut flour 1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup erythritol or xylitol 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 egg, beaten 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 TBS almond milk 40 sugar free peanut butter...
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Pumpkin Cookie Balls
For those of you in the Owatanna, MN area, I am holding a Maximize Your Metabolism class on Wednesday November 7th from 6-8pm. To sign up please email: [email protected]
I will be bringing treats!
This was the first time the boys experienced carving pumpkins! It was so fun watching their reactions of the whole process of digging out the guts. I was right about my assumptions... Kai loved it (and wanted to eat it!) and Micah wanted to wash his hands after every scoop!
My dad's favorite Christmas cookie is the Italian Wedding Cookies. I thought... hmmm, we can make these into cute little pumpkins!
"HEALTHIFIED" PUMPKIN BALLS
3/4 cups butter or coconut oil
1/2 cup powdered Swerve (or erythritol powdered and 1 tsp stevia glycerite)
1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
1/2 cup powdered Swerve (or erythritol powdered and 1 tsp stevia glycerite)
1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
6 TBS coconut flour1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tsp vanilla
Natural orange food coloring
Pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds)
Beat butter with powdered sweetener, add flours, salt, pumpkin pie spice, nuts and vanilla and mix well. Roll into balls about a tablespoon in size. Place a pepita into the top of each cookie for the "stem". Bake at 300 for 15-20 minutes. Makes 48 cookies.
NOTE: Not all coconut flours are created equal. My suggestion is to bake one cookie first. If the cookie flattens too much and doesn't look like a pumpkin, add 1 TBS more of coconut flour and try again until you get a nice round pumpkin shape.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per cookie)
Traditional Cookie = 74 calories, 6.2g fat, 0.6g protein, 5g carbs, trace fiber (5 effective carbs)
"Healthified" Cookie = 65 calories, 6.2g fat, 1.1g protein, 1.4g carbs, 0.8g fiber (0.6 effective carbs)
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
3/4 cup butter or coconut oil 1/2 cup erythritol (or 1/2 cup Swerve) 1 tsp stevia glycerite (omit if using Swerve) 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp peppermint extract 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp...
- Fudge Ecstasies
If you are craving a chocolate Christmas cookie...watch out! These are addicting! 3/4 cup ChocoPerfection Chocolate, chopped 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate 2 TBS butter or coconut oil 1/4 cup peanut flour 1/4 tsp aluminum free baking powder 2 eggs...
- Sweet "potato" Casserole
Thanksgiving wouldn't be complete without my mom's sweet potato casserole. I thought of an interesting twist to lower the calories and carbs... See you don't have to gain the estimated 15 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Years and still enjoy...
- Pumpkin Muffins
Option: Make mini muffins like shown above using a mini muffin pan and baking for 20-30 minutes. I was asked to do a presentation at a large company in Stillwater, MN. The woman I am working with asked me to bring a few samples of foods from my...
- Peanut Blossoms
1 3/4 cups peanut flour 1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup erythritol or xylitol 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 egg, beaten 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 TBS almond milk 40 sugar free peanut butter...