So today I started from scratch again. Avoiding carb overload and avoiding cheese on everything.
Breakfast was a coconut protein pancake adapted from Carrots N Cake.
In the cake- 1/4c kodiak cakes pancake mix, 1/4c egg whites, 1/2 mashed banana and 1/4t coconut extract
Toppings- 1T peanut butter and 1t unsweetened coconut
Rolled up like a taco! I see a lot of these in my future! That pancake was one of the best I've ever made! Infact, I might even start using the egg whites on the kids pancakes to get that extra kick of protein in.
For lunch I used up the rest of our spring mix for a salad.
Greens, leftover roasted sweet potato and carrots, and an apple chicken sausage. I whisked together 1t dijon mustard, 1t evoo, and 1t balsamic for a dressing. NO CHEESE... and I didn't even miss it.
After lunch I was bored so I snacked on grapefruit.
I'm not a fan of grapefruit unless it has sugar all over it.
For mine I used Truvia which was perfect.
It really tastes like sugar but I really don't know how natural it is.
I'm so confused with sweeteners.
I can't afford the calories in honey, agave, and maple syrup so I'm stuck using something calorie free. Which is ok because I rarely ever use it. Maybe once a week or so.
I tried the NuNaturals Stevia....
BLAH. It was awful with such a bad aftertaste!
What sweetener do you use?
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I'm not down with Truvia or Stevia - I just don't like the artificial taste. I think keeping it real serves us better in the long run!
The truvia actually tasted pretty good. I'm surprised! I agree with you... I really try to avoid sweets in general.
I'm so bad with sweeteners. I like one sweet and low and one splenda in my morning coffee. I was not a fan of truvia. Besides coffee, I don't use sweeteners that often.
I don't use too many extra sweeteners. From time to time a little jam or maple syrup, but will try the truvia. The coconut pancake looks great. I've been working on cutting back on carbs and am glad for the recommendations.
Kelly, I love Splenda. It would be my preferred choice of sweetener but it doesn't seem as natural....? None of them seem natural though :(
@Buttercup It's hard for me mentally to limit carbs. Not really limit just keep an eye on. Carbs are my comfort foods and honestly I don't really like the taste of meat. I feel better physically if I don't eat many carbs but emotionally it's hard. I'll keep my lower carb ideas coming :)
I really don't sweeten things that much... I don't use sugar in my coffee and I don't sweeten my oats. When I do use a sweetener, although there are calories I like to be as natural as possible so I like sugar in the raw, honey and pure maple syrup. I think in moderation, the calories shouldn't be too big of a deal.
That pancake looks great!
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