zucchini cinnamon pecan muffins

[toddy44]

Oh Umpa, I wasn't doubting your counts!
I'm just confused because I used almond meal from the bulk food section in the grocery store, I'm afraid the nutrition information was absolutely non-existent so I have no idea.  It makes a huge difference to my carb count for the spinach bread, so I don't know how to calculate it!
HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!  Either I'm being very good with each slice, or I may not be!

[umpa]

The almond meal I use is 2 carbs per 1/4 .if you need to reduce carbs even more you can cut your flours with soy protein.Toddy you ask all the question you like thats what we are here for. It gets confusing because people are buying different brands of flours so the carbs counts are different.

[toddy44]

And you know Umpa it is confusing because I had no idea that they were all so different.  Sounds stupid, but just thought that almond meal would be generic. 

The one I bought was (as I said) from the bulk bin and had no nutritional information.  I therefore guess I should be counting it as 18 for the almond meal alone.

I bought some flax meal today, 0 carbs, so I'm going to use some of that, perhaps a half/half mixture.  What do you think?

Linda

[beebs]

Careful with the flaxseed or you will end up  with breadsticks that look like giant turds. giggle.

[toddy44]

hahaha beebs, thanks for the heads up

[umpa]

i think experimenting is good.I would cut it 2/3 almond flour to 1/3 flaxseed.

[toddy44]

I love to cook, so experimenting to me is a lot of fun.
I'm going to try it with zucchini, I love zucchini bread and I also made these great zucchini muffins....kind of like little quiches, when I was on a low calorie "diet"!
I'm going to work out the carbs and will post a recipe probably over the weekend.
Linda

[umpa]

Play with the flaxseed and hazelnut flours.i use them both and they are wonderful!

[toddy44]

Oh no, you're throwing another flour in the mix for me?  I had enough trouble finding the almond meal here LOL

[shawn116]

Hi guys

I was wondering if you make your own almond meal what the carb count would be.  It may be a silly question but it made me think when you said that different brands have different counts.  Thanks  this forum is fantastic!!!  I keep reading and reading.... so much to learn   

[joagain]

depends on what your package of almonds say . The now brand of almond flour is 1 carb per 1/4 cup which is the lowest I have ever seen and it is good too 1

[zombiegirl74]

Okay, I live in a VERY rural area, so not a lot of selection on some of the ingredients, I need to order online, can anyone point me in the correct directions for the most affordable stuff? like what is the GG brand stuff..can I buy it online, and I can find almond flour here..but it's 5$ for a pound  I also need xylitol... THANK YOU every one! I really want to try lemon squares the lowcarb/sugar way...but need ingredients!

[mouseissue]

Okay, I live in a VERY rural area, so not a lot of selection on some of the ingredients, I need to order online, can anyone point me in the correct directions for the most affordable stuff? like what is the GG brand stuff..can I buy it online, and I can find almond flour here..but it's 5$ for a pound  I also need xylitol... THANK YOU every one! I really want to try lemon squares the lowcarb/sugar way...but need ingredients!

Hi Renae!

I find most everything I need at Netrition.com or Amazon.com.

I buy GG Bran Crispbread at: http://brancrispbread.com/

Also, I use Goggle Advanced Search site at: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8
It is very efficient at locating most anything on the web.

[jen1975]

I've been lucky in finding the lower carb options of these things; I found almond flour that is 1g per 1/4 cup for $3.75/ 2lb. bag.  Natural Grocer by Vitamin Cottage.  It is a lot cheaper than Bob's Red Mill; if any of you have the Natural Grocer near you, GO!  Their television ads are the most annoying things in the world, but I have found several things there I can't get elsewhere (except online of course).

[umpa]

My almond meal /flour of choice is Now unblanched almond flour at 4 carbs per cup.(yes I said 4 carbs per cup ) I like amazon and netrition