I just had the most delicious breakfast!
I tried a similar recipe last week and although nice, they were a little dense and thick.  I found another and tweaked it this morning - was delicious!

5 tbsp almond flour (I used Bob Mills (I think its called) and its more like almond meal?)
1 tbsp cream *
1 tbsp water
1 egg
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 pkts Xylitol **
generous splash vanilla extract ***
2 tbsp oil (I used canola)

I mixed all the wet ingredients and added it to the almond flour and baking powder.

They were quite runny, but I just cooked two at a time.

The original recipe said it made 2 large pancakes - I actually made 5.

My calculations are around 3.5 for the flour and 1 for my egg - 4.5 total

They were so good with no sugar maple syrup and a little butter!

*(the original called for sour cream, but I used cream - way better and 0 carbs)
** (the original called for a couple of pinches Splenda)
*** (the original used DaVinci French Vanilla Syrup  but I didn't have that)

I also think they only used a pinch or so of Splenda because they used the Syrup which I didn't have, so I just increased the Xylitol.

The last time I had these, I was not hungry until dinner time!

ENJOY

Hi Umpa,

I went to the local Nutrition House (health food store) where they have finally got some low carb goodies.

After my disaster with the mug chocolate cake (using Stevia - was gross), I thought I'd buy some Xylitol.  They only had it in powder form or individual packages. 

They also had liquid maltitol.  I thought that would be better for baking, but I wasn't sure if I'd read somewhere that it wasn't good to use liquid maltitol.

I bought the Xylitol instead - $7.99!!!!!!! for 50 packets, but not having a sweet tooth helps, so I don't intend to make too many goodies with it.

Can you use the maltitol or did I make the right choice?

Thanks

Hi Doug,

In another thread - what did you have for breakfast - it has come up that there are carbs in multi-vitamins!!!!

I just read my ingredients, no sign of carbs, but the non-medicinal ingredients said SUGAR!

I also take a Vitamin B 100 complex, but that didn't mention anything about sugar in the ingredients, still didn't have a carb count though!

How do we know if its not listed?

I just cut and paste what I had said in that thread, but Tony (mouseissue) suggested I re-post in a new topic cos he is interested in the answer too!
Help!

I had to get some blood work done a week or so ago and I got a call today from the Doc's office - not urgent, but he wants me to come in to discuss my cholesterol.  Uh-oh, looks like I might have high cholesterol?

I have searched through the many posts and I can see that I can continue on with the FTS lifestyle - but how do I tell my Doctor exactly what I'm doing?  This might be a stupid question, but I'm in Canada and I'm not too sure there's as many of us that have read the book here as there are in the States.

I'm just wondering if he's going to tell me I have to give up cheese, butter, cream (not that I use a lot of cream), but you see where I'm coming from?  There all the things that I'm sure I've heard people say in the past that they had to give it up when told their cholesterol was high?

HELP!  Any suggestions?

Hi everyone,
I found a lovely recipe for "pancakes" online, will post later, and I had them this morning for breakfast with a Joseph's Sugar Free Maple Syrup.

The Low Carb Grocery said it was 0 carbs and when I looked at the ingredients it said 9g carbs, maltitol 9 carbs = 0 net carbs.

Is maltitol ok to have?

I did a search on it and found that a few of you have had it and have had stomach problems.....which I have encountered today....lol

Hi everyone
I've hit the ground running on my new lifestyle, but unfortunately (even though he knows he should be following my lead) my husband hasn't quite got to the point that I have and begun living the FTS lifestyle.
I am not letting his evil ways sway me at all, I just wanted some tips on how I can convince him to become sugar/carb free.
He needs to lose weight, his cholesterol is high, but he LOVES chocolate and bread, and as a Canadian, is a typical (why would you cook from scratch when there's so many easier options out there).
I have always been a cook from scratch girl, and I do all the cooking, so he is actually eating what I eat at dinner time (if I have a cooked meal), however because he works shift work, takes sandwiches etc. to eat while at work.
I purchased an Atkins DVD for $1 not so long ago, and we watched it together and he was pretty gung-ho to start, but always just goes the easy option.  I'm not stressing about it, because this is my health, my body and I'm ready to do something about it.  I'm making positive changes and introducing him to it too, its just the other meals in the day that I worry about.  He had a visit with his 13 year old daughter last night - they had McDonalds (I told them to eat it there, I don't care for it anyway, but did not want to be around it) and I had my (yukky! lol) pasta....
Any advice would be appreciated on how you might have got through to your "other halves"!

Hmmmm, frustration is setting in....I'll give it another go!
Ausgirl