Unlike the typical
sugar bombs made by most other companies, our treats have higher protein and fat levels & were designed to create less of a demand on the body to produce insulin.
Loaded with protein and fat, these aren't like the typical
sugar bombs made by most other companies.
Not exact matches
So, merging that whole concept with wanting to
make a portable keto fat
bomb, I came up with these 4 - ingredient
sugar - free, keto cookie bars.
I love oats and brown
sugar together and the combo of raisins and dried blueberries and dried cranberries really
make these cookies «da
bomb».
We were out at a restaurant last night and there was a peppermint white hot chocolate on the menu, we skipped it as I am fairly certain it would have been a big
sugar bomb but now we will
make ours at home.
Everyone remembers the old - fashioned Magic Cookie Bars
made with a graham cracker crust, butter, chocolate chips, pecans, flaked coconut and sweetened condensed milk... heavenly, caramelly, chocolatey yummi - ness... with a nice side of gluten gut
bomb, a
sugar rush and then the inevitable crash!
This recipe actually has more fat than
sugar, which
makes it very satisfying and it doesn't taste like a
sugar bomb went off in your mouth.
-- Soy or Rice / Quinoa milk instead of Almond milk — Canned 100 % Pure Pumpkin instead of the bananas — Substitute whole oats for some of the flour — Add freshly ground flaxseed and chopped nuts (I like pecans)-- Bake in muffin tins instead of a loaf (usually takes about 20 - 25 minutes at 350 F, I
make these weekly for school snacks and they're the
bomb)-- Reduce
sugar to 1/2 cup for more of a snack and less of a dessert — If I'm in a hurry, I just do 6 T boiling water and 3 T cocoa powder and just mix it into the whole thing!
I like this recipe because it's a
sugar - free alternative to the dried fruit
bomb of a glucose syrup infused shop bought muesli bar and you can
make a big batch and store in the fridge or freezer ready for a «grab n go» type breakfast.
And, as we discussed last time, food manufacturers, supermarkets, and marketers are not friends to a parent's nerves,
making sure that their brightly colored
sugar bombs are strategically placed so that rugrats are inexorably drawn to them.
Even the «good» high - end bars tend to be heavily - processed
sugar -
bombs with hardly enough protein or fiber to
make them worth eating.
I went to a friend's wedding and asked the bartender to use his discretion and
make me the most creative, non-alcoholic (non -
sugar bomb) drink he could muster.
It's quick and easy to
make — but it contains refined flour, a lot of additives and processed ingredients, and combined with butter and syrup accounts as one of the worst
sugar bombs you could stuff your body with, especially at breakfast.
-RRB-, almond butter, and a layer of caramel
made from energy - boosting dates, they're certainly a better choice than the refined -
sugar bombs sold in convenience stores.
But with very dark chocolate (and its attendant health benefits), almond butter, and a layer of caramel
made from energy - boosting dates, they're certainly a better choice than the refined -
sugar bombs sold in convenience stores.
- Dried Fruits, Trail Mixes, Bars and Powders — both of these are touted as high - calorie, dense sources of energy, but upon inspection of the nutrition facts or ingredients on most such mixes, you'll find oodles of added vegetable oils,
sugars, preservatives, and chemicals —
making these snacks more likely to give you a gut
bomb or extra inflammation than they are to provide lasting energy.
«Depending on the ingredients they're
made with, smoothies can quickly turn into unhealthy calorie -
bombs filled with
sugar and saturated fat.»
Now, we all know that Starbucks
makes some
bomb - diggity holiday drinks, but most of them are loaded down with
sugar or just generally don't have as much protein as we might like.
But anything more can
make your smoothie a
sugar bomb and an unhealthy drink, so limit to just a teaspoon.
Make It Healthier: By switching to reduced - fat feta cheese, and stripping the
sugar - sweetened fruit from this Pan Seared Salmon Citrus Salad, you'll bid adieu to many of the calorie
bombs above.
One thing I will
make note of is steering clear of the
sugar -
bomb smoothies.
This warm, sweet and creamy drink
made with raw chocolate is a nutrition
bomb while low in
sugar.
Fruit juices, while considered to be healthy by the mainstream, are really nothing more than highly processed fruit
sugar bombs and should be avoided or consumed in very small quantities — far better to juice or
make a smoothie with fresh fruit and keep the fiber content with it.
Black's work is known for mixing both traditional artistic media and everyday objects, and her Turner Prize piece «More of Today» is no exception, with
sugar paper and pastels found alongside bath
bombs and
make - up.
The huge, sprawling installation comprised enormous sheets of crumpled
sugar paper and paint splattered cellophane, combined with pastel coloured powders
made from crushed bath
bombs.