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keto fudge crumb bars

Keto Fudge Crumb Bars

  • Servings: 16 bars
  • Difficulty: easy
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Low carb and grain-free, these chocolate fudge crumb bars are the healthy answer to Starbucks' oatmeal fudge bars.


Ingredients

    Crust:
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1/2 cup Swerve sweetener
  • 2 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • Filling:
  • 3/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1/3 cup powdered Swerve sweetener
  • 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate finely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F and grease an 8×8″ metal baking pan
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, sweetener, coconut flour, and salt. Stir in the butter and vanilla extract and toss until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Press 2/3 of the mixture firmly into bottom prepared baking pan. Bake 8 minutes, until just golden on the edges and then remove (it will not be baked through).
  4. In a large saucepan, heat the whipping cream and powdered sweetener over medium heat, stirring to combine. Bring to barely a simmer and remove from heat. Add the chopped chocolate and let sit 5 minutes to melt.
  5. Whisk filling until smooth, then add the vanilla. Sprinkle with xanthan gum and whisk to combine. Pour the filling over the crust and spread to the edges.
  6. Sprinkle the surface with the remaining crumb mixture. Bake 22 to 25 minutes, until topping is golden brown. Remove and let cool completely.

Recipe Courtesy of alldayIdreamaboutfood.com

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Crunchy chicken salad

Crunchy Chicken Salad

  • Servings: 5
  • Difficulty: easy
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Hearty, fruity and crunchy.


Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked chicken chunked
  • 1/2 cup celery
  • 1/4 cup green pepper
  • 1/4 onion
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 1/2 cup grapes
  • 1 apple (small, diced, leave the peel on)
  • 1/4 cup pecans
  • 1/4 cup yogurt, plain

Directions

  1. Use leftover cooked chicken, or cook enough chicken to make 2 cups of chicken pieces.
  2. Chop the celery into small pieces.
  3. Chop the green pepper into small pieces.
  4. Peel and chop 1/4 of an onion.
  5. Peel and chop half of a cucumber.
  6. Chop the apple into pieces. it’s okay to leave the peel on the apple.
  7. Cut the grapes in half.
  8. Put all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir together.
  9. Serve over a bed of lettuce or put on crackers.

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Peanut butter mug cake

Peanut Butter Mug Cake

  • Servings: 1
  • Difficulty: easy
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Yummy, peanut butter mug cake just for you!


Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter, creamy
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon Swerve sweetener (optional)

Directions

  1. Add all ingredients into a microwave-safe mug. Whisk until it’s fully mixed and the batter is nice and smooth.
  2. Microwave for 1-2 minutes. I suggest taking it out after 1 minute to check if it’s firm. If not, do an additional minute.
  3. Cool the mug cake for a few minutes and then enjoy!

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normalcy???

Have you thought about what your definition of Normalcy is? With all the changes that have taken place in the last few weeks, I can say that my definition has changed for sure.

My day to day of going to work and back hasn’t changed. I continued to work during all the shut downs. For which I am so grateful. But my life after work has definitely changed. Not getting to see my kids, not being able to take off and drive wherever I want, not being able to even go to the park of my choice!

My kids are old enough I didn’t have to teach them from home, but they had to teach from home and work from home. And for the ones of us who are social beings and love to be around people, it is a whole new definition of social media.

Thank goodness for Zoom, and Marco Polo, and Facetime and all those other aps that allow us to see each other.

I’m one of those people who is a hugger and I can say that this has been hard not being able to give hugs or get hugs. I’m waiting for the day that I can hug people again and not worry about where they have been or who’ve they’ve been in contact with. Cause I know where I’ve been!

One more thing that I miss when being in public is giving and getting smiles. It is pretty difficult to have anyone recognize that smile you are giving under that mask.

“A smile is your greatest social asset.” – Zig Ziglar So as we move forward with how our lives have changed, let’s be grateful for what we have, smile every day and pass them around and just be nice to each other.

Our planet has been given a rest from all the negative things that have been affecting it. Now that we’ve had time to give ourselves a rest – let’s remember the little things and live life to the fullest.

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Disposition vs circumstances!

“I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.” Martha Washington

There are a lot of people out there who can’t understand why they are miserable and unhappy. You do know that you are what you think!

Thinking good things and happy thoughts means that you are happy. Thinking about all the negative things and being miserable just leads to more unhappiness and miserableness.

But guess what – you are the only one who can control that! You have to make you happy, and if you think you are a miserable person and unhappy – you can change that. It only takes a second.

I’ve been listening to the book “The Secret” on audible. i listen to it actually for about 15 minutes every morning before I get my day started. It reminds me that I control my own destiny when it comes to happiness and everything else in life.

It also lets me know that I am normal! We have over 60,000 thoughts a day. When you catch yourself thinking something negative or talking bad about someone – you have the choice to change your thinking and you can walk away. Pull yourself away from the conversation if possible. Or change the subject.

I try very hard to have an awesome attitude every day when I get up. About 95% of the time I can stay in that awesome attitude. Life is too short to be miserable and unhappy. An attitude of gratitude also helps. When you’re thankful for what you have in life – even if it’s just $10 extra in your pocket, you will be amazed at how that will help to change your attitude around.

One of the other things that I’ve been trying to do is to give more. Whether it is my time – making masks and donating to a local hospital or $5 to a homeless guy standing along the street or paying for the person’s meal behind me in line – it always makes me feel better that I was able to give something to someone else. You never know when that little bit of kindness can make someone else’s day be brighter.

My daughter once asked me why I gave a homeless person $5. She was concerned that they would use it for something they shouldn’t or that they were just taking advantage of me! My answer back was that – that is on them. I give because I can and because of how it makes me feel. Whatever their circumstances are – I don’t worry about it. I’ve done more for myself by giving than worrying what they are going to use it for.

So as we move through these changing times – stop and smell the roses, look at the things you already have and be grateful, be excited about life and what it has to offer you, bless others with a little gift, and live life to the fullest every day.

“The ultimate source of happiness is our mental attitude.” Dalai Lama

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pros of a low carb keto lifestyle

Research has discovered that a keto diet can help you lose weight and reduce inflammation factors in the body. It can also lead to greater metabolic efficiency in consuming fats.

This way of eating usually has more people feeling fuller because all that fat really increases your satiety and if you feel fuller you’ll eat less, which translates into weight loss.

A new study from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky found that following a keto diet may help protect against cognitive decline.

Keto can bring great changes in weight loss and the results are outstanding. Keto can be followed as a lifestyle, and you won’t put the pounds back on as long as you stick with it.

The above items came from an article on Keto from the magazine “The Complete book of Diets that Work”.

Since we don’t consider eating Low Carb and Keto as a DIET, but as a lifestyle I am living proof that it does work and can be a continued lifestyle with only good things for side effects. I’ve been eating Keto for 3 years now and have had very minimal weight fluctuation. And the only time my weight did fluctuate was when I took a month off from eating Keto and added carbs and sugar back into my meal plan because of holidays. It was pretty dramatic, but the nice thing is I can go right back to eating my keto way and lose the extra pounds I had put on.

I also drink exogenous ketones on a daily basis which helps to keep my body in ketosis and gives me better Energy, better Sleep, and easier Fat Loss.

Have a fantastic week and see you next week!

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