Doug:  Please check the ingredients on the Pumpkins Cookies as well.  Thanks.

PUMPKIN COOKIES
1)  Cream together in large mixer bowl (using whip attachment):
     ½ cup room temperature butter
     ¾ cup xylitol
2)  Add:
     1 egg
     1 cup pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
     2 tsp. vanilla
Whip together.
3)  In another bowl, mix together:
     2 cups soy flour or almond meal
     ½ cup protein powder
     1 tsp. baking powder
     1 tsp. baking soda
     3 tsp cinnamon
     ½ tsp ground nutmeg
     ½ tsp ground cloves
     ¼ tsp salt
4)  Add to wet ingredients in mixer bowl.  Mix well with dough beater
5)  Make cookie dough into balls and press down a little with a spoon or fork
6)  Bake on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper at 350º for 20 minutes.

Yes, by October 17th, you could already have 10 pounds gone, detoxing finished and well on your way to the new fabulous you!

I like the idea of using this recipe as stuffing.  I was thinking of making the muffin recipe with poultry seasoning, breaking it in pieces and setting it out to get a little stale or popping it in the oven for a little bit to get stale.  Then I was going to saute a little celery and onions in butter and toss with the stale "bread" pieces, wrap in tinfoil and put in the oven while I had something else in there, that way I didn't have to dirty another pot.

Well I tried this recipe as stuffing tonight and didn't like my results.  I made the batter out of 1/2 tsp butter, 1/4 cup golden flaxseed meal, 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning (I made 4 of these).  I put the batter in a  4 sandwich size plastic containers and microwaved for 1.5 minutes each.  I then dumped them out on a cookie sheet and broke the "bread" into pieces and put in a 200 degree oven to get stale in a hurry.  I then sauteed onion, celery & red pepper in butter in a frying pan and tossed the bread pieces in it when they were dry enough.  I added more poultry seasoning, chopped fresh sage and parsley.  I transferred the bread mixture to a sheet of tinfoil, closed it up and cooked it in the oven with my chicken.  It was sooo dry.  It may have been better if I hadn't dried the bread cubes first, or maybe if I poured on some chicken broth, or not left it in the oven so long.  I think it would have been good if it hadn't been so dry.  So this was my failed experiment.  Let me know if anyone else tries something similar

Keke, I'm sure you have read on other posts, this is not a diet.  It is your new life and you will feel amazing!!

If you really "need" some chocolate, 'TREAT' yourself to Russell Stover Sugar Free Candy!  I think it is great and helps get me through my chocolate cravings!
Just don't over indulge!!!    Have a great day!

SouthCarolinaLady (Susie)

Yes, the Russell Stover sugar free chocolates have helped me out before.  I just don't want bags of "regular" choclate bars in the house.  And Umpa, I don't think there is such a thing as chocolate bars that I don't like.  As for giving kids sugar free chocolates, I don't think their parents would appreciate the urgent bathroom trips they may cause (and they are not always fast enough to get there) because I'm sure the kids would eat more than one at a time.  Maybe I'll forget things to eat and go to the dollar store and see if I can find some little trinkets.  I don't get tons of kids and they are mostly family that stop by.

Welcome to the forum  SGMK!  I will leave the answer to this question to Doug or someone who can answer it properly.  I have been eating the FTS way since mid-July and have never felt better in my life.  My weight is coming down at a steady pace.  My blood sugars and blood pressure are also waaaay down.  I will be going to my doctors in 2 weeks and I can't wait to see what he has to say.  I eat plenty of food, am never hungry, don't have those crazy craves and when I do want something there is a FTS alternative.  I do try to chose a good variety of the healthy things to eat and not just fill up on low carb treats.  I'm not qualified to answer your medical questions, I just know how I feel...and it's amazing!!

The best part of the FTS eating plan is that there is no set menu.  The recipes are just suggestions and you alter things to your taste or as to what is in your cupboard or fridge.  Just stay within the 20 net carbs and try to eat things with the lowest carbs possible so you don't use up all your carbs at one meal.  Go ahead and be creative with any recipe and make sure if you come up with an new idea that you share it with all of us.