(Not) wholly inappropriate food porn, *but could be triggery for some*

Had to put that warning in, as I know some of us struggle a lot with the head hungries, I don't want to be mean! But, I also wanted to make sure folks knew there are alternatives to higher-carb bready, biscuit-y, or desserty baked things.. Enter nut flours.

I'm basically in maintenance at this point, so I am upping my cals/carbs etc here and there.. but, this is low carb enough that it would fit in with a lot of plans out there.. in the right serving sizes. Not necessarily an "everyday food", but something occasional to enjoy when your plan allows.

Here's the recipe: http://247lowcarbdiner.blogspot.com/2011/09/berry-cobbler.html

Baking low carb is something new to me. Nut flours are not going to taste the same as wheat, but nutritionally, they sure can pack a  better bang for what you do make! I'm sure to be trying quite a few in the coming months, but here's my first foray into low-carb baking, made in an 8x8 pan:








What I was holding was a double serving, a single serving (about an inch square, what I actually ate) comes to: 98cals/9carbs- 2 is fiber and 3g protein.) This was very satisfying & yummy, and used up some frozen berries I needed to get rid of! 

Looks yummy. I'm hanging onto this recipe for maintenance, for sure.

 Looks amazing!

I have played a bit with nut flours. The best I have come up with is an alomnd meal cookie with hemp hearts and raw coco. I will have to search for the recipe again, but it comes out pretty tasty. Low carb, gluten free, with some protein even!


Nice to know about healthy alternatives :).

 In my Atkins days, I used nut flours (and coconut flour) and low-carb bread mix called CarbQuick (which you can get on Amazon now -- and it was way better than other low carb baking mixes). 

OMG that looks good!