Low Carb Bread

Who doesn't love the smell of fresh bread baking? Yum! It has to be one of my favorite smells. I have tried several times to make a really good loaf of low carb bread, but wasn't thrilled with the final outcome. After several failed attempts I finally got it right! This recipe makes a very tender bread with a light wheat taste. I used my bread machine to do the mixing and kneading, but you can do it the old fashioned way, by hand. If you use your bread machine, remove the dough after the kneading cycle. Don't let it rise in your machine, it will not rise well a second time.

This recipe makes about 16 slices of bread, about 5.5 carbs per slice. I multiplied this recipe by 1.5 and got two large 10" loaves, 32 slices with 4 carbs per slice. 

Low Carb Rum-Soaked Coconut Cake

Here is a to-die-for coconut rum cake recipe! It is very similar to a basic chiffon cake recipe, which made this cake very moist and tender. I used my Baking Mix, vanilla whey protein and coconut flour in this recipe. If you can't find coconut flour you can make your own by adding 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut to the Baking Mix and pulsing it in your blender until smooth. The coconut palm sugar can be replaced with your favorite sweetener to reduce the carbs (about 4 carbs per slice), but I love the rich flavor it adds to this cake and it is a low glycemic sweetener. Rum syrup adds amazing flavor as well. You can top this delicious cake any way you like, a simple glaze would be wonderful, but a coconut-pecan frosting is Oh so good on this cake! 

This recipe makes 12-16 servings depending on how big your slices are. With 12-9 carbs per slice. If you replace the coconut palm sugar with a zero net carb sweetener you will reduce the carb count to 6.6-5 carbs per slice.

Low Carb Chicken Caprese

This recipe was suggested to me by my good friend and walking partner Keri. We chat about everything while we walk, especially food. Thanks Keri :) 
This is my low carb version of Olive Garden's Caprese Chicken. All I can say is Wow!! This is absolutely delicious! My family raved over this one, saying it was one of my top 5 best recipes. I used Dreamfields Low Carb Pasta, and breaded the chicken with my Low Carb Flour Mix, but you can use any low carb breading that you like. You can make a good "mock" buttermilk to dip the chicken in prior to dredging in flour by adding 1 tbls white vinegar to a bowl and adding 1 cup of half & half to it. Let it sit for 5 minutes and it thickens just like buttermilk, but without the added carbs, gotta love that.

This recipe makes 6 servings. With 10 carbs per serving without pasta and 15 per serving with pasta.

Low Carb Key Lime Sponge Cake

I absolutely love key lime pie! I figured why not a key lime cake. This sponge cake is so light and tender, very similar to the carb loaded version. I used my Low Carb Flour Mix, vanilla flavored whey protein and powdered Xylitol for this recipe. I recently purchased my first bag of Xylitol, despite the tummy bloating it is said to cause. The difference between it and Erythritol is the cooling effect is less noticable with Xylitol and it costs quite a bit less than Erythritol. Both are natural sugar substitutes but Xylitol is sweeter and tastes more like real sugar in my opinion. So far my tummy doesn't see any difference either. I think this will be my new go to sweetener. 

This recipe makes 12-16 servings. With 3-4 carbs each.