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Suuuuper Fudgy Keto Brownies

Suuuper Fudgy Keto Brownies

  • Servings: 16 brownies
  • Difficulty: easy
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Extra Fudgy and Super Easy


Ingredients

  • 9 tablespoons unsalted grass-fed butter
  • 2/3-1 cup xylitol powdered erythritol or swerve
  • 11 tablespoons cocoa powder – don’t over pack the tablespoon
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup almond flour

Directions

  1. Position a rack in the lower third of your oven and preheat to 350 deg F. Line with parchment paper the bottom and sides of an 8×8 baking pan. Set aside.
  2. Add butter, sweetener, cocoa powder and salt to a medium heatproof bowl. melt over a water bath whisking constantly (or use microwave, in small increments). You’ll want to heat it up until most of the sweetener has melted and the mixture is well incorporated (note that erytritol, unlike xylitol, won’t dissolve much at this point). Remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool slightly.
  3. Add one egg at a time, whisking well after each one until completely incorporated. the texture should appear smooth, with all the sweetener dissolving into the mixture. And if using erythritol, and your batter ends up too thick, you may want to add an extra egg. Just be sure not to over-whisk, or your brownies could end up more cakey rather than fudgy.
  4. Add the almond flour, whisking vigorously until fully blended (about a minute).
  5. Bake for 15-25 minutes or until the center is just set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out moist. This really does vary a lot from oven to oven. so give them a check from minute 15 the first time around and remember that your brownies will continue to cook while they cool.
  6. Sprinkle with flakey sea salt or himalayan pink salt (optional) and allow to cool completely on a rack. Lift brownies using the edges of the parchment paper and cut into desired size (we do 16). To get extra clean edges, place in the freezer for 10 minutes prior to cutting.
Stevia doesn’t work at all in these brownies. Use Swerve powdered as a substitute. Recipe courtesy of gnom-gnom.com

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How to Stay Motivated Week 2

Surround Yourself with Positivity!

Have you ever tried to do something and the people that you love laugh at you or remind you of all the times you have failed in the past??!?!?!?!?!?! Remember Colonel Sanders of KFC? Remember Thomas Edison? Take a look at the chart below and see how many times different people tried something before they were successful.

So to reach your goals and stay motivated you have to surround yourself with positivity. If your family only laughs at you, then join a facebook group or find a blog (like this one) where you can ask questions or get suggestions as to how to stay on target.

Don’t let the Negative Nellies control your life! I sometimes have allowed myself, in the past, to be bogged down because we’ve made a statement to a family member about losing weight and then when we don’t take any off, they just sit there and shake their head at us. Don’t give that person control over you.

You need to take control over yourself and be headstrong and willing to step up and eat different, or go for a walk, or exercise at the gym, or take ketone supplements. Ketone supplements can help to jump start your body into that lifestyle that you want. They are good for your brain, your joints and every other aspect of your body. And they taste good too!

So SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVITY! to help you stay Motivated.

Click the blue link above for more information on Pruvit Ketone supplements and how they work.

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Gluten Free and Keto Meatballs

  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ultra juicy, incredibly tender and totally delicious Keto Meatballs


Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon grass-fed butter
  • 1 medium white onion finely chopped
  • 1 pound ground beef chuck*
  • 1/2 cup ground pork rinds or 1/3 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley finely chopped
  • 1-2 teaspoons pink himalayan salt to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 clove garlic finely minced or pressed
  • 1 egg lightly beaten

Directions

  1. Melt a tablespoon of butter in a skillet or pan over medium heat. Add the onion, a pinch of salt, and saute until it just begins to caramelize (6-8 minutes). Remove frm heat and set aside to cool.
  2. Add the ground meat, crushed pork rinds (or almond flour), Parmesan, heavy cream, parsley, cooked onion, egg, salt and pepper to a large bowl. Mix everything thoroughly together using your hands and taste for seasoning by cooking a small amount (only way around it!) Form into rounds (either 20 smallish ones or 14 large).
  3. Heat up a touch of olive oil (I use avocado oil) in your skillet over medium heat and cook the meatballs until brown all over and cooked through. You’ll want to turn them around a few times so they cook evenly. If you’ve got an instant thermometer, your meatballs are cooked through once they reach 165deg F in the center.
  4. Place the cooked meatballs on a paper towel to drain. If adding a sauce, heat up the sauce and then add the meatballs back into the mixture gently stirring before serving.
*I use ground deer burger with some chuck added. I have also substituted Italian seasoning for the parsley. Serve over Zoodles or mashed cauliflower.

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How to Stay Motivated!

I’m going to be doing a series of posts over the next couple of weeks as our Monday post on “How to Stay Motivated” Each week we will go over one way of staying motivated.

So our first one is “Take It One Day At A Time”. I think as we get started on anything that we have as a goal in life – we jump forward and think about how we want it to end, but we sometimes forget the process.

So as we set that goal to lose weight, get better health or just plain take better care of ourselves, we need to remember to put down where you want to get to – Lose 50 lbs., Get rid of Joint Pain, Go to the Gym, etc. If you don’t sit down and write down the goal you want to get to then you won’t ever know if you have reached where you want to be.

  1. Write down goal you have in mind.
  2. Write a plan of action.
  3. Then Remember to Take One Day At a Time.

So, for instance you want to lose 50lbs by December 25, 2019 – now you have your goal.

Second step is to make a plan – Do a Low Carb or Keto Lifestyle. Now do your research on this lifestyle and figure out – are you going to do it with just food or are you going to add a supplement such as Pruvit Keto O/S. So now you have your plan written down and in your head.

Now the final step is all about Remembering to Take it One Day At a Time. We tend to forget how long it took us to get where we are weight wise or heath wise and we want it to go away over night. I can tell you though, if you have a plan, it will make things a whole lot easier.

I lost 27 lbs over three months and have kept it off for 2 years. I do a keto lifestyle (eating Keto 90% of the time) and I also take Pruvit Keto O/S. This assures that I will be putting my body into ketosis in under an hour instead of just having to rely on food to help me get there – which that process can take 3-10 days.

So remember – set a goal, write a plan of action and TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.

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Keto Peach Cobbler Cake

Keto Peach Cobbler Cake

  • Servings: 12 slices
  • Difficulty: Easy
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Peach Cobbler on a keto diet!!!!!


Ingredients

  • 2 cups Fresh or Frozen Peaches peeled and diced
  • 1 1/4 cup Erythritol or Sweetener of Choice divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon Xanthan Gum
  • 2 1/4 cup Almond flour divided
  • 11 tablespoons Butter Melted, divided
  • 1/4 cup Coconut Flour
  • 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F and grease a 9×13″ baking dish with non-stick spray.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the peaches, 1/4 cup of erythritol, cinnamon, and xanthan gum. Stir to combine and set aside.
  3. Next, in a small bowl combine 3/4 cup of almond flour, 1/4 cup of erythritol, 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and 3 tbsp of the melted butter. The mixture should resemble coarse meal. Set aside.
  4. In a large mixing bowl combine 1 1/2 cups almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, 3/4 cup erythritol, eggs, 8 tbsp melted butter, and vanilla extract. Mix well with an electric mixer.
  5. Once the batter is smooth and uniform, spread into an even layer in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
  6. Next spread the peaches on top of the cake batter. Then, sprinkle the cinnamon topping on top of the peaches.
  7. Cover the dish with aluminum foil then place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake an additional 10 minutes or until the op is golden brown and the center of the cake is no longer jiggly.

Recipe courtesy of thismomsmenu.com.

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Keto Cream Cheese Pancakes

Keto Cream Cheese Pancakes

  • Servings: 3 large pancakes
  • Difficulty: easy
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Loved by my grand daughter


Ingredients

  • 2 oz Cream Cheese
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/3 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
  • 1 packet of Stevia (optional)

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients in your blender for about 2 minutes til thoroughly mixed.
  2. Pour into heated skillet and add ingredients to fit your low carb or keto lifestyle.
  3. My grand daughter loves mint chocolate chips added to hers as shown in the picture above.

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