Jeri Kay's World

I just had to try some protein ice cream made with candied nuts. Vikki, at Vikki's Low-Carb Kitchen had a recipe on her blog for candied nuts..they sounded so yummy ... http://vikkiskitchn.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C34F22B307DAF53B!1589.entry .

I couldn't resist adding 2 tablespoons of these yummy nuts to some vanilla protein ice cream with 5 drops of Capella Pralines n Cream flavor drops. I used erythritol/stevia mix as my sweetener for the ice cream. I'm having some trouble getting the erythritol to dissolve. This ice cream came out very creamy.....here's my recipe

 

1 1/2 cups Hood's Calorie Countdown

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

1 tbsp vanilla da vinci's syrup

sweetener---

1 tbsp erythritol

1/8 teasp pure stevia extract

(could use splenda to taste--1/4 cup?)

optional-5 drops of Capella Pralines n Cream

I mixed this and put in fridge this morning,let it get good and cold

 

toasted 2 tablespoons nuts (I used pecans) in pan with a little butter and stirred until toasty-added a pinch of Splenda QuickPack-let this cool.

 

Put ice cream mix in ice cream maker slowly, when just about ready add cooled nuts slowly.

Here's the end result.......

 

I was so close to Whole Foods that I just could not resist the urge to stop and stroll down the aisles. I picked up some flax seed bread that I .

I got my 1st bag of coconut flour-and yes, it looks different than when I grind it up. I'm anxious to make something yummy with it. I picked up a bag of Xylitol and a pound of blanched almond slivers. I also bought some Stevia.................

I put a roast in the crockpot this morning.  I'm trying a new recipe and I'm hoping that it's as good as it sounds.

Pepperoncini Roast

 

3-4 pound roast

 1 cup pepperoncini peppers with juice

1/2 pkg. dry ranch dressing mix

garlic powder

2 tbsp worcestershire sauce

salt/pepper to tasteI served the roast with a yummy salad...I made my husband some mashed potatoes cuz he just s them.  I didn't have any of those things.

This roast is very yummy. My hubby thought it was a little spicy. It didn't seem spicy to me.

 

Today we went shopping with Corey and Nathaniel.  We went shopping for shoes and backpacks. It is "tax free" weekend in Texas for clothes, shoes, and backpacks. While we were out, I was able to visit a new Vitamin Shoppe hear the the house. I bought some Stevia and Erythritol. I've been wanting to try these sweeteners out. They were a little over priced-checked out internet prices when I got home.

I've got some vanilla ice cream going in my ice cream maker while I'm watching the olympics. I used the stevia/erythritol to sweeten my ice cream.

I tried something totally off the wall last night. Chia Seed Chocolate Pudding Ice cream. I ate the whole gosh darn thing. I might be on to something. I will keep you posted.

I found a nifty pan at Big Lots. I paid $10 for it. I tried it out today. I made some blueberry mini muffins and some delish ham and cheese egg bites and it didn't heat up the house! I like it better than microwaving....my muffins and egg bites look "cooked". In the microwave they don't get browned. I forgot to take a picture of my pretty muffins and egg bites-they are already put away in baggies in the fridge.

 

I'm going back to school tomorrow. The start of another year....................

 

I bought some Chia Seeds today. I've read some interesting things about these little things. These seeds are very good for us. I found some at GNC and they aren't cheap.  I made some pudding with them this afternoon.  I used a recipe a found at Dar's blog. I just used a different flavor of SF syrup and used a drop of sweetzfree for the sweetener.

It was very interesting.  Not as good as ice cream-lol.  It filled me up and I didn't even think about ice cream tonight.

My veggies are starting to ripen! I'm proud of my baby veggies.

We are really enjoying the Olympics-watching it on tv and on the computer.

 

Made some caramel/mock payday ice cream this evening......................

  I think I got it accomplished today. I had to qweak my recipe a little and work on the camera.

Here's the recipe

1 1/2 cups low carb milk of choice

1/2 cup heavy cream

3 tbsp peach sf syrup

1 scoop of vanilla protein powder

1/4 cup chopped peaches

blend well and chll

 

pour into ice cream maker and let the machine do its magic.

 

I decided to get familiar with the new camera today. I'm hoping that my videos come out better. I got everything  ready and the batteries died on me. Not a good sign. Sometimes things just don't go my way.  I will not give up................I really wanted to get a video finished this week.

 

My sis is coming to town this weekend!! Lookin forward to having some quality girl time. It will be so good to see her. We usually stay up late and get caught up with all the latest gossip.