Post by Pearl on Dec 8, 2012 10:00:28 GMT -5
Serene Chats:
Do you ever get the all of a sudden "gotta have food now" munchies? They can hit hard out of nowhere. Since I have either been pregnant or nursing for the last 15 years, I am very familiar with that feeling.
They can also hit through the distraction of errands or the simple busyness of being out and about, away from the safety of your new Trim Healthy Mama kitchen. What about when you walk in your front door with a long list of "to do's" in your head and you need a food fix fast?
These scenarios are dangerous and leave your health and waistline vulnerable to the pitfalls of intense hunger with little time to use your brain to know what you should eat.
My little secret is to use our "slick trick" pudding/mousse recipe (pages 366-367). In this picture you see my fridge with different variations in jars ready for me when I'm famished and can't think. I pre-make large batches and refrigerate for a few days worth. This way I can pop a jar in my bag if I have to go out. Or, at home it is always a safe "go-to" when dinner is still an hour away and I need a healthy and sweet Fuel Pull filler that will harmonize with either an S or E meal.
I promised I would get back with the recipe for the slimming "slick trick" pudding I am into right now. It's a remake of the original idea in our book but tweaked a little more to rock your taste buds even further - and I've upped the protein content.
I use Protein Plus peanut flour for the peanut butter flavor in this pudding. Pearl and I buy it from www.netrition.com. Thankfully, even in a 2 pound bag it is quite inexpensive.
Real peanut butter is a bit like a drug for me. I find it very hard to stop after one spoonful. Anyone relate? This peanut flour is vastly lower in calories than real peanut butter so it saves the guilty feeling I get after downing 3-4 Tbs. of peanut butter straight from the jar. You've never done that, have you?
Peanut Power Pudding
Basic Ingredients: unsweetened almond milk * water * vanilla * sea salt * plan approved sweetener * Protein Plus Peanut Flour * whey protein powder * glucomannan powder
1 Put 1 cup unsweetened almond milk in blender (we use Silk brand).
2 Add 1 cup water.
3 Add vanilla to taste, a couple of generous pinches of sea salt (I use Celtic sea salt) and 6-8 shakes of nustevia concentrate powder for sweetness (or you can use truvia to taste).
4 Add 2 heaped Tbs. Protein Plus Peanut Flour
5 Add 1/4 scoop whey protein powder (I use Swanson Premium Whey Protein)
6 Start blender then add 2 tsp. glucomannan powder while blender is running.
7 Blend to thicken pudding which will take a couple of minutes - turn blender off.
8 Taste for flavors, adjust as needed then add more water (about another 1/2 cup) and blend further until re thickened.
The above recipe is a basic frame work. You need to make this your own. I find after the first blending, there is a fuzzy taste from the protein powder. Adding more water helps get rid of this and smooths the texture out. Enjoy.
Pearl chats:
Well, Serene's Peanut Power Pudding is pretty good. In true sisterly competitive fashion I can't let her get all the glory.
I've been enjoying a similar pudding and coincidentally I took a picture of mine yesterday. I enjoyed it outside as an afternoon snack, taking in the beautiful sight of my Tennessee wooded back yard in the fall. She simply beat me to posting it. But don't you just love mine more ha ha?
Mine was made as a simple one serving with 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, one flat tsp. glucomannan powder, plan approved sweetener to taste, a pinch of salt and 1 Tbs Protein Plus peanut flour. Easy and Yum
Do you ever get the all of a sudden "gotta have food now" munchies? They can hit hard out of nowhere. Since I have either been pregnant or nursing for the last 15 years, I am very familiar with that feeling.
They can also hit through the distraction of errands or the simple busyness of being out and about, away from the safety of your new Trim Healthy Mama kitchen. What about when you walk in your front door with a long list of "to do's" in your head and you need a food fix fast?
These scenarios are dangerous and leave your health and waistline vulnerable to the pitfalls of intense hunger with little time to use your brain to know what you should eat.
My little secret is to use our "slick trick" pudding/mousse recipe (pages 366-367). In this picture you see my fridge with different variations in jars ready for me when I'm famished and can't think. I pre-make large batches and refrigerate for a few days worth. This way I can pop a jar in my bag if I have to go out. Or, at home it is always a safe "go-to" when dinner is still an hour away and I need a healthy and sweet Fuel Pull filler that will harmonize with either an S or E meal.
I promised I would get back with the recipe for the slimming "slick trick" pudding I am into right now. It's a remake of the original idea in our book but tweaked a little more to rock your taste buds even further - and I've upped the protein content.
I use Protein Plus peanut flour for the peanut butter flavor in this pudding. Pearl and I buy it from www.netrition.com. Thankfully, even in a 2 pound bag it is quite inexpensive.
Real peanut butter is a bit like a drug for me. I find it very hard to stop after one spoonful. Anyone relate? This peanut flour is vastly lower in calories than real peanut butter so it saves the guilty feeling I get after downing 3-4 Tbs. of peanut butter straight from the jar. You've never done that, have you?
Peanut Power Pudding
Basic Ingredients: unsweetened almond milk * water * vanilla * sea salt * plan approved sweetener * Protein Plus Peanut Flour * whey protein powder * glucomannan powder
1 Put 1 cup unsweetened almond milk in blender (we use Silk brand).
2 Add 1 cup water.
3 Add vanilla to taste, a couple of generous pinches of sea salt (I use Celtic sea salt) and 6-8 shakes of nustevia concentrate powder for sweetness (or you can use truvia to taste).
4 Add 2 heaped Tbs. Protein Plus Peanut Flour
5 Add 1/4 scoop whey protein powder (I use Swanson Premium Whey Protein)
6 Start blender then add 2 tsp. glucomannan powder while blender is running.
7 Blend to thicken pudding which will take a couple of minutes - turn blender off.
8 Taste for flavors, adjust as needed then add more water (about another 1/2 cup) and blend further until re thickened.
The above recipe is a basic frame work. You need to make this your own. I find after the first blending, there is a fuzzy taste from the protein powder. Adding more water helps get rid of this and smooths the texture out. Enjoy.
Pearl chats:
Well, Serene's Peanut Power Pudding is pretty good. In true sisterly competitive fashion I can't let her get all the glory.
I've been enjoying a similar pudding and coincidentally I took a picture of mine yesterday. I enjoyed it outside as an afternoon snack, taking in the beautiful sight of my Tennessee wooded back yard in the fall. She simply beat me to posting it. But don't you just love mine more ha ha?
Mine was made as a simple one serving with 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, one flat tsp. glucomannan powder, plan approved sweetener to taste, a pinch of salt and 1 Tbs Protein Plus peanut flour. Easy and Yum
Thanks ladies
