My Six Fix

Fruit Pizza This a universal dish as it has served me well in the dessert, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack area.  You can replace strawberries with any kind of other berry.  I think that banana extract would be yummy in the cream cheese filling, too.  This is definitely and S meal with all its nut and creamy goodness!   Ingredients: Crust 1 c almond flour  1c pecan flour 1/4 tsp sea salt  1/2 c of sweetener 1/3 c melted butter 1/2 to 1 tsp of almond extract Filling 8 oz. Greek yogurt cream cheese (Or half cream cheese half greek yogurt) SOFTENED! 1 tsp vanilla  1 tsp of almond extract 1/4 c powdered Truvia 1/2 c whipping cream OR almond milk 1 tsp glucci Glaze Topping 2 c strawberries blended with 1 Tbsp lemon juice *I used a bag of frozen then defrost strawberries.  I think they are sweeter and blend nicely) sweetener to taste  1/2 tsp glucci  nuts & berries for toppi...

Taco Soup A dreamy, creamy addition to my soup collection for sure! Who doesn't love tacos?   Who doesn't love soup? Ingredients: 1 lb grass fed beef 1 TB coconut oil Taco Spice mix (pre bought -how dare you- or make your own) 4 cups Beef Broth 2 cans tomatoes (fire roasted or Rotel) or a jar of salsa 8 oz cream cheese shredded monterey jack chesse avocado olives lime juice joseph's pitas salt Instructions: Brown meat in coconut oil.  Add taco spice mix.  Add tomatoes in juices and broth.  Simmer.  Add cream cheese and break up and stir until melted.  Give a good couple squeezes of lime juice.  Divide into serving bowls and add toppings.  Serve with Lime & salt pita chips.  Lime & salt Pita Chips Cut up a Joseph's Pita into 2 circles, cutting along the edge with a pair of kitchen scissors. Then cut each circle into triangles. I arrange my pita triangles on a cookie sheet with ...

HASH Back in my previous food life, I loved a good potato hash.  Something about fried potatoes smothered in onions and cheese and dripping with ketchup makes a breakfast fit for queen.   Partnering with a THM lifestyle is so wonderful I never have to feel like I'm sacrificing.  Potato Hash is one of them. In my hunt to replace the white potato with something I was full of ideas.  I came across the lovely Rutabaga! Now... Why not Potato and why rutabaga?  Potatoes are starchy and when have you ever eating a potato alone.  It's almost always fried, drenched in sour cream or spread with cheese.  They are also high on the  glycemic  index.   All a no-no in the THM world.    Enter: The Rutabaga. It is lower in carbs (about half a white potato) and only rates a 5 on the glycemic index.  White potatoes are 13.   They golden up nicely and while people say they taste like a turnip, I've ne...

Will You Be My Valentine? I started Trim Healthy Mama last February 2013.  I don't remember the exact date, so I was either frustrated with not being able to eat my yearly gifted Tolberone or I had just had my last Tolberone on Valentines.  Either way, I don't miss it.  That's HUGE coming from me.  I really needed to attend    C. A. (Chocoholics Anonymous).  I ate chocolate daily.   Low and behold... I still do !  I just eat it smarter now!   I am sure if you are an avid THM follower, Skinny Chocolate is your go-to chocolate.  It's the most healthy, being made with coconut oil.  I wanted to make something different for my Valentine treats.  I did some experimenting with Cacao Butter.  It smells wonderful.  Like chocolate, of coarse.  I order mine from Amazon .   First batch dilemma: I melted the Bakers Chocolate and Cacao Butter over a double broiler.  When it was all mel...

****** If you are having an intense burning from cutting jalapeños and found this blog on the web, scroll to the bottom.  I have labeled what you need to do!!! It was Saturday afternoon. I had a wonderfully planned party at my house for 6pm. I diligently cleaned all day. I had let my house go, so a deep clean was in order. I was saving all my cooking for the last hour of the party so everything would be warm. It was 5pm and I was ready to cook. Being 6 months pregnant, the breaking back work of cleaning had almost done me in, but it was worth it. The house looked great. I planned to make a few dishes, but my star dish was 'Jalapeno Poppers'. I had them in restaurants in the past, but never made them. I got the recipe off a Facebook page. She hand typed it (no blog or star winning website) so it was simple instructions. I destemmed, cut them length wise and deseeded 15-20 jalapenos. Followed the rest of the instructions and into the oven they went. I de...

I recently went out to eat with some friends.  It was Mexican and I ordered the Taco Salad.  When they brought it to me, it was in one of those giant fried tortilla shells.  Blak! I was so offended.  It never said 'served in a giant, fried, tortilla' on the menu.  I dumped the salad out and low and behold half the food was the shell.  I don't like to waste my calories on stuff like fried shells.  Just so not worth the love handles.  Since then, I have designed my own 'healthy' shell!  This has certainly been done before, so I'm no genius here.   Tortilla Cups Ingredients: Low Carb Tortilla (this one is from Trader Joe's at 4 net carbs) butter 1 Tbs granulated  erythritol and 1 tsp cinnamon Fillings  (here I have sweetened with stevia greek yogurt and strawberries) Preheat oven to 350 smooth out a very small amount of butter on tortilla sprinkle with cinnamon mix fold in such a way that is forms a ...

ONE WORD.... Snickers!  Yep!  Makes your mouth and mind BUZZZZZZZZ ! This recipe was graciously shared to me by a trim healthy mama.  I am always skeptical when something says 'healthy' and has a name brand tagged on it.  Like brownies made with cottage cheese.  Or how about 'Doritos' kale chips!  C+C Music Factory comes to mind with "Things that make you go hmmmmmm!"   BUT................. This really has a Snickers-ish flare to it.  And- I love it.   Go all out on your extract.  I have friends that get theirs at Walmart, but quality verses quantity wins me over.  You usually have to use more of the cheap stuff to get that punch of flavor.  My favorite is Bakto .  The other spotlight in this Snickers Shake is Glucomannan.  You can read its wonderful qualities  here. Snickers Smoothie Into your favorite blender add the following:  1 cup of Unsweetened Almond milk (or if you're i...