LOW CARB GRANOLA (GF)

I'd like to pass on a great recipe that I discovered on YouTube recently and tried.  If you've never checked out HomeMade Healthy be sure and do so for some awesome recipes.



I loved this recipe!  I made a larger batch and made some adjustments for myself, just because I always do.  I used what I had on hand and wanted a large batch.  Her recipe is in the notes under her video. I have never really been a granola eater, but I just became one. I had a half cup this morning with a little Cashew milk and it was very filling. I woke up this morning at 4 a.m. before the Rooster crowed and had breakfast and it's 9:30 now and I am not at all hungry.  I plan on heading out to an exercise class this morning at 10:30 so I'm fueled for the morning.

Thank you Lisa and Rob for a great recipe!
Here is my adaptation...
                     
LOW CARB GRANOLA

Serving Size  : 12  

1 cup  slivered almonds
1 cup  pecans
3/4  cup  coconut oil -- melted
1/4  cup  Torani vanilla flavored sugar free syrup
1/4  cup  Pyure (equal to 1/2 cup sugar)
1/2  teaspoon  salt
1 cup  almond flour - Honeyville
1/2 cup  whey protein isolate, Isopure
1 teaspoon  vanilla extract
1 tablespoon  cinnamon

Roughly chop slivered almonds and pecans with a chopper, knife, or in a food processor.

In mixing bowl add chopped nuts, melted coconut oil, Torani syrup, Pyure sweetener, salt, almond flour, whey protein, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Mix together until well incorporated.

Line a large baking sheet with sides with parchment paper or a silicone mat.  Spread mixture out on pan.

Preheat oven to 300F.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes checking after 20 minutes and baking longer as needed until crisp.  It gets crisper as it cools also.

Cool completely and break up into pieces. Store in ziploc bag or covered storage container.

Description:
  "Eat in a bowl with almond or cashew milk as a cereal or use to top yogurt or pudding or ice cream"
Source:
  "adapted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg4w1Xk6Zkw"
Yield:
  "6 cups"
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Per Serving: 318 Calories; 31g Fat (82.3% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber

NOTES : per 1/2 cup serving (12 servings): 318 Calories; 31g Fat (82.8% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber

per 1/4 cup serving (24 servings): 158 Calories; 15g Fat (82.8% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber

per 2 tbsp serving (48 servings): 79 Calories; 8g Fat (82.8% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber;

GRILLED CHEESE WITH A CUP-O-SOUP

Wasn't feeling so good today, but as I was laying down with comforting things around me, it all brought me back to my younger days, as a child at home, where my mom took care of me.  Why is it, that not feeling good always brings memories of the comforts of our childhood memories and our mothers?  I am 62 years old, but when I don't feel good, I still want my mommy.  I was suddenly hungering for one of the favorite lunches of my childhood - grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup.

Unfortunately, tomato soup tends to raise the blood sugar quite a bit. I use to just pour a 6 ounce can of tomato juice into a cup with a few seasonings and a little milk or cream and microwave it, for a nice cup of tomato soup with my sandwich.  Can't do that if I want to stay in my carb limit.

The bread is just a microwave version of my cheese and wine bread recipe which I microwaved.  Instead of the nutritional yeast that I use in that recipe I just used a little baker's yeast to give it a yeasty, real bread aroma and taste.  That along with the cooking wine does the trick for that.  The soup came out wonderful, with the tomatoey taste without all the carbs.  If you don't like using the beef base for all the ingredients in it, you can just use beef stock in place of the water and skip the beef base.

                   

Grilled Cheese

Recipe By     :Ginny
Serving Size  : 1

2  tablespoons  Parmesan cheese
1  tablespoon  almond flour - Honeyville
1  teaspoon  psyllium husk powder
1/4 teaspoon  baker's active dry yeast
1/4 teaspoon  baking powder
1 large  egg
1 tablespoon  marsala wine -- (cooking wine is fine, or just use water. The wine gives a wonderful flavor and aroma to it)
1 slice  Muenster, deli sliced, Happy Farms
1 slice  American deluxe Slices, Happy Farms
1/2 tablespoon  butter

In small bowl add Parmesan cheese, almond flour, psyllium powder, yeast, and baking powder.  Whisk until combined and there are no lumps.

Add egg and wine (or water).  Whisk until smooth.

Pour into square microwavable container that is about bread size. Tap on counter to get out air bubbles.  Microwave for 1 min. 40 seconds until done in the middle (my microwave is 1000 watts, if yours is different time may vary).

Remove and cool until you can handle it easily.  Carefully, with a bread knife, slice into two pieces.

Butter each piece with half the butter.  Place cheese slices on top of one and cover with remaining slice.  Butter the top and place buttered side in frying pan.  Butter the other side.

Fry until browned on one side, flip, and fry on the other side.

Copyright:
  "2/4/2017, Ginny Larsen"
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Per Serving: 389 Calories; 29g Fat (69.9% calories from fat); 21g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber

NOTES : 2g net carbs

CUP-O-SOUP

Recipe By     :Ginny Larsen
Serving Size  : 1  

2 tablespoons  Mezzetta homemade style marinara
1/4 teaspoon  Better Than Bouillon Beef Base
6 ounces  water
2 ounces  Silk unsweetened almond milk, original -- or cashew milk

In mug, add marinara, beef base, and water.  Heat in microwave for 1 minute.

Stir until beef base is completely dissolved.  Add almond milk and heat another 20 seconds.

Copyright:
  "2/4/2017, Ginny Larsen"
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32 Calories; 2g Fat (65.3% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber