Low Carb Diva

This weekend hubby made the most delicious pumpkin cheesecake I have ever had. It was difficult but I managed to only have one slice everyday.

We decided to use a fresh pie pumpkin from the grocery store but feel free to use canned if you want.

Here's the recipe - I don't have exact measurements on everything as hubby likes to wing it with the ingredients but I will do my best below:

For the Crust:

1/4 - 1/2 cup pecans

1/2 tbsp butter

1/2 tsp vanilla

unsweetened dark chocolate - optional

Stevia - 5-10 drops

Mix ground pecans, melted butter and stevia together. Pat down in the bottom of a pie dish and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes. Let cool while you start work on the filling.

Filling:

1 Pie Pumpkin (cut and steamed until fork tender)
*save the seeds and roast in oven at 275 for 15-20 minutes with a little salt and olive oil for a tasty snack.

8 ounces of heavy cream

2 packages of cream cheese

Pumpkin Pie Spice

1/2 - 1 tsp vanilla

Cinnamon

Stevia 5-10 drops

Whip up the heavy cream until get stiff peaks add a few drops of stevia if you want). Mix the cream cheese and steamed pumpkin together (the warm pumpkin helps make the cream cheese nice and creamy) Add your spices and sweetener to the cream cheese and pumpkin mixture. Mix well. Taste. If need more spices or sweetener add now. Fold in the whipped heavy cream. Taste. If need more spices or sweetener add now.

Pour the filling into the pie crust. Put in fridge to cool. I found that after 24 hours the flavors were even better than waiting a few hours for it to cool in the fridge. After 2 days it was even better! It kind of reminds me of Ben & Jerry's Pumpkin Cheesecake ice cream. Only low carb and with all natural ingredients and no preservatives.

Eat and enjoy!

September Day 15 Day 14

Decided to make butternut squash for the first time today. Debating if I will add some Erythritol and cinnamon to it or just go with the salt and olive oil. May do one side of each just to see the taste difference as this is the first time I have made this. I do love the bright orange flesh inside the squash. Of course a cup of this is 22 carbs so not something to eat everyday!

Stay tuned for my report on how this squash tasted and my next adventure in cooking with new foods will be....Acorn Squash.

July 25, 2011

Normally I don't post twice in one day but I can't help it today. If you are pregnant please do not follow the doctors orders of a low fat diet.


Seriously babies need fat. It helps their brains develop! They also need cholesterol which you can get from the devil of all foods saturated fat (gasp..the horror of even suggesting it).

If your doctor tells you to eat lots of fruit, veggies, lean meats and low-fat cheeses ask them how is the baby's brain supposed to develop on apples, bananas and romaine lettuce. When you get a stock answer tell them they are a moron and find another doctor!

I am starting to wonder if autism can also be linked to this supposedly healthy diet they want women to go on. Not to mention all the chemicals in the processed food and diet sodas women consume during pregnancy.

I just wish people would stop demonizing fat. Tune in later this week for my rant on Paula Dean.

June 27, 2011 Day 1

Just one more day and I will have hit the four month mark on clean eating! The time has flown by and I am pleased to announce that I only have seven more pounds to lose and I will be in onderland.

Onderland is that magical place where you are finally under the 200 pound range. It's the place I never dreamed I would finally get to after last summers failed attempt at weight loss (I did not lose one pound for 3 months and then fell off the wagon after a trip to a wedding and started a pig out fest that I continued until I started my 30 days challenges four months ago).

I think that limiting the protein has kick started my body into weight loss mode and I am a little scared at the lightening fast progress I have made in just a couple of weeks.

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June 17, 2011 Day 12

Why is it that some that low carb keep losing and regaining the same three pounds over and over? Despite sticking to low carb and not having any significant change in their eating?

This strange phenomenon can happen to any of us, but what I want to know is if low carb is so effective at weight loss than why are some struggling so much?

If seems that the simple formula of cutting carbs does not always work. For example, Jimmy Moore has been trying unsuccessfully to lose a 30-50 pound regain and to date has been unable to achieve this goal?

Is there something wrong with the low carb diet or the low carb dieters?

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