Dessert ideas on Keto?
lgressell
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Hi! I have been on keto for a little over a week and I am doing great. However, sweets are my weak spot and I’m afraid I’m going to fall off the wagon if I don’t find something to satiate my sweet tooth. Any ideas? (It cannot contain nuts or almond flour). Thank you in advance!
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Cheesecake is my favorite...lots of cream cheese and eggs and you can use your favorite artificial sweetener. Make it without a crust if you want to cut the carbs even further.2
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Thank you! GREAT idea.0
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For me, not eating sweets was the better move. I'm assuming you're trying to change habits long term if you're going on keto and plan to stay with it. Keto desserts can be just as bad at triggering food issues as anything else. Cutting them out for a few months was much easier to introduce some later on, especially when the sugar and carb cravings died out.
If you're set on keeping sweets, which I get, and aren't a good cook, or just don't want to figure out keto recipe substitutions, try these:
Atkins Meal Replacement Bars
Low Carb Snack bars
Aldi's Fit and Active Bars
Breyer's Carb Conscious Low Carb Icecreams - taste like a frosty from Wendy's.
There are plenty more out there to be found with some googling. Just read the nutrion labels, track everything, and don't lie on your diary entries. Some artificial sweeteners can cause a kick from ketosis, IIRR.
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I found in the beginning if I craved sweets on keto it ment I was craving something else and because my body had not been switched to fat burning long enough, my brain sent the the sweet craving signal.
For me the sweet craving message ment three things salt,bacon or comfort. So I would pre make a batch of cunchy bacon and if a sweet craving hit I would have one piece and the craving was gone. The other thing I found was, and this may seem a bit out there, but sugar used to make me feel, loved, home, comfort.
I found that a hot cup of chicken stock (granules) with table spoon of cream gave me the salt and that warm cozy kid feeling, that as an adult I had hoped I would find in sweets.
At 1 1/2 weeks you are still in detox, stay strong and try these ^^^^
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I’m a chocolate girl! We make our own now by melting coco butter, cocoa, sweetener and a dash of salt.
Also make jello with plain gelatin, zero carb flavoring and sweetner. That is killer with fresh whipped cream.
I blend my own stevia:erythritol in my magic bullet for the right amount of sweetness.
Definitely do not eat dessert often but occasionally it’s a nice treat. A bit of a science experiment weighing everything and adjusting to hit both macros and flavor but once you get your recipes it’s pretty simple.
Oh and just straight up mascarpone cheese with cocoa and some sweetner is the most decadent spoonful ever.
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if your are on pinterest there are lots of recepie ideas that look simple and delish0
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Google "Maria Emmerich" That's all you need. Haven't made a bad recipe yet. Wife made her Tiramisu recipe - should be illegal - way too good. Next up her Butter Pecan Truffle. Who ever said Keto is way too restrictive has no clue whatsoever.1
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Cheesecake, or my new fave is a crust made of toasted coconut flakes and butter pressed into a pan and then dump a mix of melted unsweetened bakers chocolate and heavy cream sweetened with your choice of sweetener into the crust. Let set int he fridge and top with a few berries per slice.0
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Green and blacks 85 percent cocoa
Mascarpone and berries
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Are you supplementing sodium? Low sodium will drive sweet cravings.0
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@Sunny_Bunny_ thank you for the tip on that. as far as you are aware, is that a standard item (sodium deficiency can/will lead to sweet cravings, whether going keto or otherwise)?0
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calcium and/or magnesium deficiency can also cause sweets cravings...and iron deficiency, but I think that one is specifically a chocolate craving, not a general sweets craving...those are not related to keto specifically1
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My favorite is sugar free jello with some cool whip on top. It's delicious, low-cal and low-carb.1
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thank you, @tcunbeliever0
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@Sunny_Bunny_ thank you for the tip on that. as far as you are aware, is that a standard item (sodium deficiency can/will lead to sweet cravings, whether going keto or otherwise)?
If sodium is low, insulin production increases because it causes sodium and fluid retention. This can exaserbate insulin resistance which we already know makes people feel hungry and causes overeating.
Also, your body will be needing sodium so you’ll be hungry and stay hungry until it gets it.
Low carb increases your sodium excretion due to the reduced insulin production. This makes you require much more sodium intake. Eating carbs or sugar increases insulin which stops your wasting sodium. Your body will do whatever it takes to keep sodium at an acceptable level.
Supplement sodium daily (3000-5000mg, possibly more) to avoid all this mess.1 -
Thank you ma’am0
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I look forward to whipped cream sometimes- made with sugar substitute.
I also make low carb chia pudding once or so times per week.
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