I was in the mood for a blueberry muffin this morning. I made us the famous "microwave muffin" and it was delicious. I made enough for 2 medium muffins. I had never used coconut flour in a micro muffin and decided, what the heck! So I used a combo of coconut flour, almond flour and golden ground flaxseed.

 

Here's what I did-- 1/2 cup flour mix {2tbsp of of flour, coconut, almond flour, ground flaxseed}

                            1/2 tsp baking powder

                            4 drops of   liquid splenda or 2 tbsp of granular splenda

                            1 tbsp of sf vanilla syrup

                            1 egg

                            1 tbsp of liquid spray butter

                            handful of blueberries

I used my hand immersion blender to mix the liquids together (egg, syrup, butter, splenda) and then added dry ingredients.

I poured this in 2 ramekins sprayed with butter spray and with blueberries.

Microwave about 2 minutes and it's ready-pops right out of the ramekin.

Now we want to try other flavors-strawberry, chocolate chip, nut.....

 

It's 2 weeks until Spring Break!

 

I'm thinking about trying some cauliflower concoctions I saw on The Lighter Side of Low Carb---http://cleochatra.blogspot.com/.  Cauliflower breadsticks and pizza crust.

I'm very interested to see how this tastes. Wish me luck.

 

I searched for the high fiber pasta we ate over the weekend and found the pasta info- Ronzoni Smarttaste  http://ronzonismarttaste.com/. 

In comparing with Dreamfield's nutritional values

Dreamfields                                      Ronzoni Smarttaste

calories 190                                      calories 180

total carbs 42                                    total carbs 43

fiber 5                                              fiber 6

 

Now for the sugar free sweets. I'm looking at Wifezilla's Way--http://wifezillasway.blogspot.com/ . and her low carb sugar free almond cookies. These look very similar to a Basic Vanilla Cookie recipe I used for my cheesecake crust, except this wifezillas has some coconut and is a much bigger batch--yeah.

I can make a pie crust with some of the cookies. I'm looking at a chocolate filling from Linda's site http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/chocolate_truffle_torte.html---however, I will try it with chocoperfection bars.

 

 Progress is noted--My veggies are sprouting...I'm starting to see a few little green things sticking out the dirt.

 

 Exercise is something that I need to fit into my schedule.......how about some Sweatin to the Oldies?

 

Go Spurs!

 

 

 

Well, this weekend I tried a coconut bread recipe----it was not good.  Actually, it was very bad. Guess I did something wrong. I will try, try, again.

My muffins and choc chip cookies from last week were better as the week went on. I ate every single bit of it. 

My daughter bought some new pasta with extra fiber and it was tasty. She bought it at Walmart. I can't remember the name-think Ronzoni??? I checked the nutritional value and it seemed close to Dreamfield's--would like to research this.

 

Something very interesting happened last week. We had our Texas State Convention for Speech Pathologists in San Antonio!!! I ran into

one of my very best friends from college. We had lunch together on Thursday and Friday. I watched my carbs and everything!!

 

 We had a beautiful weekend in S.A.  I planted some vegetable seeds on Sunday.  I'm excited to think that I might have me some fresh veggies growing in my yard.

I just bought some flower seeds and hope to plant them this weekend.

 

I want to give a shout out to Jimmy Moore at Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Blog ----Happy Cruisin!!  That is our numero ono favorite vacation!  Hope he's having a great time.

 

 

I made low carb blueberry muffins and chocolate chip cookies. I am disappointed with my results. I made the muffins with coconut flour and the cookies with almond flour. I will eat them, but the muffins are too moist and the cookies are too crumbly. Try, try again. I have alot blueberries that I need to use.

My oldest daughter will be 29 on Valentine's Day. I can't believe Jessica will be 29.

 

I'm thinking of making a vegetable garden. Maybe I'll do a container and a small in-ground garden. I got some info off the net from Texas a & m about gardening in containers. I actually want to start from seed. We'll see.

 

I'm eating up my pumpkin bars and thinking what I'll make next-something with chocolate!!

 

 

 

 

I made some pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting-pretty tasty!!

I will make another cheesecake very soon. I really like my crust.

 

We went to the rodeo last week-it was great!

 

I'm looking forward to my tv week--American Idol, Big Brother, and Survivor!

 

I can't believe I haven't written here since October. It's a new year-2008. Now it's February. Sunday we hosted a super bowl party. We had a blast. Tonight we're going to the rodeo!

My newest low carb challenge- a cheesecake! I will post recipe later.