Archive for the ‘Desserts’ Category
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
These low sugar, gluten free brownies put any "diet" dessert to shame. One of the unique things about baking with coconut flour is how low carb it is. Because the flour contributes almost no carbs you can afford to use some real sugar. My taste buds are like drug ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
These are simplicity itself. I love these in the summer and so will you. You can actually do them on the BBQ after you have cooked your meal but I do them in the oven. If you choose to do them on the BBQ melt the butter and brush it ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
You don't need an ice cream maker for this fast dessert. As you sit down to eat, take the mango out of the freezer and let it thaw on the counter. 15 minutes should do the trick, since you want the mango to be mostly frozen in order to get ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
My personal philosophy is that if you wish to eat sweets you should eat only the best you can get. When it comes to ice cream the best is what you can make in your own kitchen. Making ice cream is fun, not very hard and it can ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
A family favorite for many generations. They are a bit more tender than the wheat kind, so handle with care.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 egg white
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 cups almond flour
2 T coconut flour
3/4 cups finely chopped walnuts
Powdered sugar for rolling
Directions
Cream the butter, egg white, ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
So Simple. So Good.......
Ingredients:
12 oz bag of semi sweet chocolate chips
3 T butter
3 T cream
3/4 lb walnut halves
Directions:
Over low heat melt the chocolate, butter and cream until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts halves. Stir until all the walnuts are well coated then spread ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Tastes like candy, but good for you. Not a gourmet quality treat, notice there is no waiting over the stove with candy thermometer. But a tasty way to get more coconut in your diet and the diet of your young ones. Often times, children with food restrictions feel left out ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
The perfect Christmas cookie! Unbelievably low carb at 1 gram per cookie, gluten free and easy. I love spritz and am hard to please. These are dainty, and light and undistinguishable from wheat cookies. I don't know why anyone wouldn't just make these instead. I think ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
I've been working on chocolate cake recipes for a while, trying to find one that would satisfy the biggest sugar and wheat junkies around. I wanted to lower the sugar content without lowering myself to using Splenda. I wanted the cake to be a powerful kind of chocolate experience, ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
We eat this hot for breakfast, and it fills us up all morning. The pinch of Stevia helps make up for the low amount of sweetener added
Custard
6 eggs
3 cups of hot whole milk
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup honey or sugar
1/4 tsp concentrated stevia
1/4 tsp salt
fresh ground nutmeg
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350, ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
This are very moist and even my picky youngest child likes them. If you grate the zucchini on the finest grater, it totally disappears in the mix. I won't tell...
Ingredients:
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cup applesauce
1/4 cup honey
2 eggs
1 4-5 inch zucchini grated fine, squeezed free of its juice
1/4 ...
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