Let's Share The Love...
With the Holidays upon us, I'm in the spirit of sharing and caring. Now, granted, I tend to be like this all year round, but any excuse to do some more, right? You might have noticed from some of my other posts that I'm big on sharing recognition for the other health type bloggers out there*. This whole blog writing thing takes a lot more time and effort than you might think. Add recipe development, photography, editing and all the rest that goes into a post and you've got yourself a full time job. With that said, most of these people do this on the side with very little (or no) compensation. They do it because they love it and they want to help.
So with that said, I want to share with you a recipe from one of my favorite low carb bloggers. This was one of the first not directly WLS related blogs that I really started following after surgery. She's got lots and lots of wonderful stuff. While some of it might not be applicable to our diets, a good bit of it is. She has wonderful ideas and a knowledge of low carb products that benefits all of her readers.
Today I want to share a recipe of hers that I found a couple years back when looking desperately for a pecan pie that I could have. I'm big on sweets (unfortunately, I wasn't one of the lucky ones that lost their sweet tooth after surgery), and pecan pie is one of my favorite desserts. Equal parts ooey-gooey, crunchy, nutty, buttery and sweet; pecan pie ticks all of the "yum" boxes for me and screams "holiday season" as well.
This particular recipe has an added touch of chocolate to make it extra delicious. Luckily, Lily's Dark Chocolate is now fairly easy to find these days and fairly affordable as well, so you don't have to go searching too long. I find it in my local grocery store's organic section and they usually have a good few choices flavor wise. Lately I've been seeing a caramel and salted dark chocolate which might add a nice layer of flavor to this recipe in place of just plain dark chocolate.
With nutrition stats you can't argue, this recipe is definitely one of the best holiday dessert replacements I've seen in the years that I've been eating low carb. It is a bit higher in fat from the pecans and almond flour, so keep that in mind. However, a lot of people choose to follow a low carb/high fat (LCHF) diet when they get further our from surgery, so this would fit in perfectly into that. If you don't like too high of fat in your macros but still want to try this, just keep in mind that you'll want to reduce your fat intake from the rest of your food. If we're talking Thanksgiving, stick to white meat turkey, not a lot of cheesy foods, no whipped cream, no extra butter. I'm pretty sure we all know the deal, because even if you aren't that familiar with this lifestyle, how to avoid fat in our diets has pretty much been beaten into souls at this point.
For the complete recipe, along with links to all of her other amazing foods, her cookbook and some of her favorite resources and products, head on over to All Day I Dream About Food or click the image below to be taken directly to the Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars recipe.
So with that said, I want to share with you a recipe from one of my favorite low carb bloggers. This was one of the first not directly WLS related blogs that I really started following after surgery. She's got lots and lots of wonderful stuff. While some of it might not be applicable to our diets, a good bit of it is. She has wonderful ideas and a knowledge of low carb products that benefits all of her readers.
Today I want to share a recipe of hers that I found a couple years back when looking desperately for a pecan pie that I could have. I'm big on sweets (unfortunately, I wasn't one of the lucky ones that lost their sweet tooth after surgery), and pecan pie is one of my favorite desserts. Equal parts ooey-gooey, crunchy, nutty, buttery and sweet; pecan pie ticks all of the "yum" boxes for me and screams "holiday season" as well.
With nutrition stats you can't argue, this recipe is definitely one of the best holiday dessert replacements I've seen in the years that I've been eating low carb. It is a bit higher in fat from the pecans and almond flour, so keep that in mind. However, a lot of people choose to follow a low carb/high fat (LCHF) diet when they get further our from surgery, so this would fit in perfectly into that. If you don't like too high of fat in your macros but still want to try this, just keep in mind that you'll want to reduce your fat intake from the rest of your food. If we're talking Thanksgiving, stick to white meat turkey, not a lot of cheesy foods, no whipped cream, no extra butter. I'm pretty sure we all know the deal, because even if you aren't that familiar with this lifestyle, how to avoid fat in our diets has pretty much been beaten into souls at this point.
For the complete recipe, along with links to all of her other amazing foods, her cookbook and some of her favorite resources and products, head on over to All Day I Dream About Food or click the image below to be taken directly to the Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars recipe.
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| Chocolate pecan pie bars are a decadent holiday dessert, typically loaded with sugar. But this recipe is grain free, low carb, and gluten free, making these chocolate pecan pie bars the ultimate keto holiday dessert! Deliciously gooey sugar-free filling packed with pecans and chocolate. Updated recipe with a how-to video! This post is sponsored by Lily’s Sweets. |
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