Low-carb diets support thread

Mercy - can you post up your final almond slice recipe please? You were experimenting and faffing around with it and hope that you've now perfected it!

Thanks.

Gers wrote: »

Mercy - can you post up your final almond slice recipe please? You were experimenting and faffing around with it and hope that you've now perfected it!

Thanks.

Faff?!!! I do not faff. I perfect :rotfl:

Here it is then you salivating low carber, you! It's a long one!



Almond Slices

Base
50g butter
50g cream cheese
150g Ground Almonds
pinch salt
1 teasp vanilla extract
½ teasp baking powder
1.5 tablespoons splenda
1 large egg

Filling
Sugar free jam or similar. I used raspberry coulis 100g

Topping
150g Ground Almonds
3 large eggs (I used 4 medium)
4-5 tablespoons of double cream
1.5 tablespoon splenda
1 teasp Almond extract
1 teasp baking powder

For base first
Cream softened butter and cream cheese
Add egg, mix til creamy
Add vanilla, salt, splenda and baking powder, mix
Add almonds and mix well.
Put into fridge to cool. (makes it a bit easier to use)

For topping
Beat eggs with cream
Add splenda. Almond extract, and baking powder, mix
Add ground almonds. Mix well.

Assembly
Press base into suitable container(s), I used a 6 case muffin tray and an 8in cake tin. (Grease if not silicone baking stuff)
A wet spoon helps to spread it all out.

Add jam stuff, evenly.

Spoon over topping evenly. It may not look like it covers it all but cooking mostly sorts that.

Sprinkle with flaked almonds and press into mix a little with back of spoon.(I used about 50g as I love ‘em)

Cook at 160’C for 30 mins or so.

I cut cake into 8 pieces giving 14 in total (including small ‘muffins’). Each has 3.3g carb using raspberry coulis @ 20g carb per 100g. Using sugarfree jam should be more like 2g carb per piece.

Very yummy indeed.

Hope you like it! It looks like a long job but not really, nothing complicated but I did use a lot of dishes

MXXX

iwilldoitthistime wrote: »

hi everyone

there are some great ideas here - I will definately have a go at the muffins - stupid question I know, but would I just put the bacon in raw?? (i havent cooked bacon before)

the almond slice sounds yummy - I will get the ingredients tomorrow. Its my favourite anyway, so to be able to have it on this diet will be heaven - with the cream of course!

Can I ask another stupid question - when Ive been looking at previous posts for ideas and inspiration (Its working!!) there is mention of porridge oats. Am I allowed these?

thanks for the handy tips everyone x

Not sure about the bacon, sure someone will get back on that.

If you like almond slice do try the Bakewell Tart on recipe list. It's a big fave of mine and tastes just wonderful.

Oats aren't low carb really. Which low carb plan are you following? It's generally accepted that you should decide, get the book and follow it. I'm doing Dr Dahlqvists plan. It and links to other choices are on page one of this thread.

Hope you like it here, hunni, we're lovely

MXXX

Morning, dark isn't it?

Bacon - yes, it needs cooked first so either fry it up or stick it in the oven and then cut it up into the muffin cases. You can also microwave it but we don't own such an instrument of torture!

Mercy - thanks for the almond slice 'refined' recipe, it's my next mission. My only worry is that I'll scoff it in one evening so may have to freeze some of them and take out each day.

I've had my cup of tea and coconut oil and breakfast is lined up. Lunch will be salady type stuff (only cos I'm really enjoying it) and evening meal is still a mystery.

Last night before I went to bed I tried on a variety of 'less fat' clothes and was overjoyed :j when some of the more cherished items fitted me, well, not quite fitted but I was able to get them on and off and the time for them fitting completely is not too far away ahead. My plan was to take them to the local charity shop but now a few of them are back in the wardrobe awaiting more regular use. I am really enjoying this way of eating and don't feel deprived, restricted or ashamed any more. And my skin is so smooth too.

Happy LCing Tuesday!

My menu for today :

B - 2 pork escalopes & a rubbish poached egg
L - tuna salad (lettuce, tuna, spring onions, coleslaw)
D - fajita chicken, garlic mushrooms & cauli mash

Was only supposed to eat one pork escalope but I was hungry
My poached egg was a disaster!! Forgot all the tips & I ended up with just a yolk with a bit of raggy white bit - the rest was floating around the water in bits!! Think I might have scrambled egg tomorrow :rolleyes: