Cream Cheese Zucchini Bread

This bread is very moist - almost a cross between bread and a cake, so we eat it with a fork. The kids have been devouring this every day and keep asking for more.

 

Hodge Podge Lunch

Towards the end of the week my pre-made food supply starts to get thin. But put the leftovers all together and he still has a great meal.

5 oz protein via: 1/2 of a cheeseburger, 1/2 hotdog, slice of LC pepperoni pizza
40g peas
1 slice of cream cheese zucchini bread

7 net carbs.

Whole Foods for Breakfast

When traveling I have a habit of going to Whole Foods for breakfast. I like that their hot food bars list all ingredients. (Check their bacon though... sometimes has sugar added!)

High protein, low carb breakfast for $9 (including the cold brew coffee).

Take a hike

We had a rare, breezy 83° today so I told the family to take a hike - literally. I packed up lunches of salami, bacon & cheese sandwiches, carrots, pickles, nuts, protein chips, and lots of water.

I prefilled a syringe with Samuel's lunch bolus, an extra prefilled correction shot, glucose and his blood sugar meter. And off they went!

They had a great time, BG stayed between 70-105 mg/dL - no glucose and no correction shot needed the whole time. 

(And Mommy got some alone time.) ❤️💙💚

Dessert Kabobs

These are so easy and the kids thought they were SO fun! 

I used 3 strawberries (2 oz), vanilla & chocolate KNOW marshmallows, and low carb Magic Shell (search in "Desserts").

Make your kabobs. Put in the freezer for a few minutes. Drizzle Magic Shell over and place in the fridge until ready to serve.

3 net carbs

Chocolate "Magic Shell"

I'm finding all kinds of uses for this hard chocolate coating. I find as long as what you put it on is really cold/frozen, it will harden up nicely. If it needs a little help, just place whatever you've dipped/drizzled it on in the freezer for 30 seconds. Endless fun ideas with this!!!

I started with the recipe below, but made a few edits...

1) use a refined, neutral tasting coconut oil or your chocolate will taste like, well, coconuts.

2) This is a recipe where I think weighing works WAY better than volume and I've changed the original amounts a bit. (Maybe my cocoa powder is just really bitter, so you can try as the recipe states first and always adjust to your taste.) 

Here are my amounts:
150g coconut oil
72g powdered Swerve
48g cocoa powder

3) I use less salt - just a healthy pinch.

4) whisk for several minutes to get it really smooth.

5) you can store any extra sauce at room temp in an airtight glass container.

http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/magic-shell-ice-cream-topping/

Orange/Vanilla Dreamsickle Ice Cream Float

This is a labor intensive dessert, so bear with me! :)

🔸Fill glass half way with diet orange soda
🔸Top with low carb vanilla ice cream
🔸Insert straw and/or spoon
🔸Enjoy!