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I really like this coconut flour one. It's pretty low calorie since it takes so little flour. It's not exactly pizzeria crust, but it's pretty good and the one I end up going back to after trying others! https://healthyrecipesblogs.com/coconut-flour-pizza-crust/

I prefer erythritol which is the same as Swerve, but I buy a different brand in bulk on Amazon (Whole Earth.) If you have a problem with the *cooling* sensation, add a bit of pure stevia. Chemically it helps to negate that effect.

I make mine almost exactly as written in that recipe except that I add diced apples to the mix.

My current obsession is toasted light bread spread with a Laughing Cow cheese wedge and sugar free raspberry jam. The cheese magically becomes like a cross between cream cheese and butter with the addition of the jam...it's positively dreamy.

Check out https://amyshealthybaking.com! She has tons of lower sugar, lower fat cookies and other desserts as well. Her *ultimate* versions of cookies are excellent! 🤤 I can't rave enough about her!

Thank you so much!

I ALWAYS plan my food budget for the day by adding my bedtime snack first and working around that. I have to have that to look forward to. Otherwise I get cranky and pout. :D

I do use it to bulk up meals, but heat it separately. I find that if you cook it too much (like you would making baked rice), it becomes too strongly flavored and "cabbage-y" tasting. That might be okay for some recipes though. .. :)

This little gem of a fudgy brownie has saved my diet (it's only 50 calories if you sub splenda or stevia for the sugar)! http://brooklynfarmgirl.com/2013/08/23/100-calorie-single-serving-brownie/ Sometimes I put in a few chocolate or caramel chips or some dried coconut or walnuts. Sometimes I put a tablespoon of canned…

Fage whole milk or 2% reigns supreme. It's fluffier with an almost cheese-like effect. I love to plop some sugar free jam in the middle of a bowl of it and dip Wheat Thins in it! I also love to mix sugar free instant pudding mix into Greek yogurt. It magically makes this cheesecake texture that is wonderful, especially…

I am so sorry for your loss! I am a widow as well and my daughters flew the coop eight years ago so I cook for myself all the time (I can't afford takeout) and hate leftovers. I have become a master of separating the meats I buy, weighing and freezing them with the weight marked on the bag. I also freeze portions of things…

The same thing has been happening to me! I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone. I just bought a digital scale (which I love) and am being extremely careful to measure and level things perfectly that I don't weigh. I'm also trying to under report any exercise, steps, etc. a bit. Hopefully these things will help me get past…

Ranch chicken, pasta and veggie skillet.

A mountain of fried shrimp for an appetizer, then veal parmesan over spaghetti and lots and lots of garlic knots. For dessert a whole German chocolate cake. That's my three carbs - spaghetti, bread, cake...check!

If you like soft batch style cookies, Amy's Healthy baking has the best lower fat, lower sugar cookie recipes ever, especially the Ultimate Chocolate Chip, Ultimate Peanut Butter, and the sugar cookies! This brownie is my new favorite sweet obsession (and only 50 calories if you sub out the sugar). I add a few chocolate or…

Baked sweets - cookies, cakes, pies, oh my! If they are within my ability to obtain them, I will eat them ALL. I'm like a junkie. Anything else, I can portion control. Not flour and sugar. Although I did walk away from the cheese danish that was on clearance in the deli/bakery yesterday - yay me! :#

I like the PB Fit much better than any other brand I have gotten. OMG, that stuff is life! I put it in oatmeal all the time and use it in mug cakes a lot too. Must try the peanut butter popcorn!

I pinned this the other week when I was searching for oat fiber recipes. It was apparently developed by the author for people on a keto diet to have something besides zoodles and shirataki noodles, but it would be super low calorie as well, with only an egg, some glucomannan and oat fiber (which has zero calories).…

I feel your pain! Amy's Healthy Baking has healthy and/or low calorie cookie recipes that are really, really wonderful. Most have no weird ingredients (unless they are paleo). I've experimented a lot with subbing Splenda for some of the sugar in her recipes very successfully. Her Ultimate Chocolate Chip, Ultimate Peanut…

Fluffy peanut butter oatmeal. Whip an egg white into a 1/3 cup serving of oatmeal while it is hot. Then stir in some PB2 you have already mixed with water (I also add a little extra Splenda). Such a delicious carb/protein snack combo...seriously good! :)

I have just gotten on the cauliflower rice train and have discovered that it is an excellent way to bulk up meals with very few calories and it has an excellent chewy texture like brown rice!

Peanut flour, oatmeal, oat fiber, yogurt, eggs, boneless- skinless chicken thighs, chicken breast, brown rice, reduced calorie spaghetti, almond-cashew milk, bananas, frozen blueberries, baby spinach, pumpkin puree, sugar free raspberry jam...this sums it up for me!

I buy the reduced calorie pasta that Kroger makes their own brand of. It has only 150 calories per 2 oz. serving versus the regular at 210. I can't tell a difference in taste and it is minimally more expensive.

I make this a lot - I use bok choy in it though and don't put sprouts in it, but the sauce and methodology is spot on for old-school Chinese-American food! Old Fashioned Chicken Chow Mein : http://www.mastercook.com/app/Recipe/WebRecipeDetails?recipeId=581233

I'm still traumatized by trying them...the smell, the rubber band texture...just nope for me. :p

I'm pretty sure that you could put bacon lardons on Styrofoam and it would taste good! :D

I LOVE the chocolate vanilla creme ones. They went away for a long time, then they brought them back. Now they are gone again. The plain peanut butter ones rocked, but they are gone now too. :'( Back to my old standby the unfrosted strawberry.

Sugar, in any form. Anyway, anyhow, anytime! :/

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I could not live without plain Greek yogurt or oatmeal. There are so many different things to add to them that it really makes for a lot of variety!