NEW TEAM - clean eating - JOIN HERE

I'm becoming cleaner and would like to continue to learn.

leanlioness, do you have calorie/nutri info for your granola? I have a recipe but always like to see others for tweaking mine into something better.

I did just switch to natural peanut butter. I like but when I go shopping today DH will buy his own kind. He said YUCK to the natural. We don't have kids at home so I don't have to worry about food attitudes rubbing off. But even he is getting better about his eating.

Does anyone have a recipe for catalina dressing or poppyseed dressing? Those are two I like on occasion. I usually only use EVOO & balsamic vinegar. But sometimes I like a change.

Hope you all have a good Monday:flowerforyou:

Ingredients:
1/4 cup all natural peanut butter
1/4 cup butter or oil
For ALL NATURAL sugar-free sweetening:
-3 tablespoons erythritol or xylitol, powdered
-1/2 teaspoon blackstrap molasses
-1/4 teaspoon pure NuNaturals stevia extract
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon flax meal
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
2 tablespoons nut meal (almond, pecan, whatever you like)
1/4 cup roasted unsalted peanuts
1/4 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Melt butter or oil with peanut butter in a small bowl in microwave until liquified. Powder erythritol in a coffee grinder or blender. Whisk erythritol, blackstrap molasses, additional sweeteners, and sea salt into peanut butter mixture. Mix dry ingredients together and stir in wet ingredients, using your hands to coat the nut and seed blend. Spread mixture over a parchment paper-lined baking pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes, stirring the mixture around occasionally. Remove from oven and spread over a paper towel set on a baking rack. It will continue to dry out as the moisture evaporates. Store in an airtight container for up to a week, or freeze.


~7g net carbs per half cup

1/2 cup of flaxseeds
1/2 cup of flaxseed meal
3/4 cup of oatmeal..use the steel-cut if you can
1 1/2 cups of almond flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 Tbs. cinnamon
1/2 cup of Splenda (to taste)
1/4 cup of Poly-D (optional)
1/2 tsp. of salt
1/4 cup of chopped almonds or pecans, etc..
2 T raisins, or unsweetened dried berries (optional)
1/2 stick of butter, softened
CC milk or cream (1/4 cup or so)

Preheat oven to 350* F.

Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Then cream in the butter until evenly dispersed. Slowly pour in the milk until the dough is about the consistency of a slightly wet cookie dough (not really stiff).

Grease a 9 x 9 pan and pat the dough in the pan. Bake 30 minutes until slightly brown on the top/edges..

If you want them to be crunchier, then cut up the bars and place them on a cookie sheet at 300 degrees for 30 minutes until they are crunchy on the outside. Then remove and cool.

Makes about 12.

Nutrition facts for the recipe as shown, using old-fashioned rolled oats, 1/8 cup of raisins, chopped almonds, and heavy cream:

Per Serving (12 servings): 252 Calories; 20g Fat (62.5% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 17mg Cholesterol; 175mg Sodium.

No raisins:
Per Serving (12 servings): 248 Calories; 20g Fat (63.6% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 17mg Cholesterol; 175mg Sodium.

I would love to join I have been doing some clean eating for the last few weeks, its taking some getting used to especially after doing a little research and realizing the few mistakes I have made. I have a question about carbs. I have cut them out almost entirely but am unhappy about it . Is there a type of pasta or rice that can be consumed and considered clean. Also I noticed that fresh bakery bread has all natural ingredients so I am assuming it is okay to eat as well.

I want to join but im trying to gain weight.......any suggestions!