Let’s be honest, yesterday’s food was probably a disaster, and possibly a previous day or two was as well. In a blink we’ll be ringing in 2015, another excuse for fattening foods and alcoholic drinks. But that is nearly a week away! Commit to eating on plan December 26 until the evening of December 31 and keep up with your workouts. If you’re off work, try some new or varied workouts – perhaps you can sneak in additional workouts or try new classes or times to help offset the food temptations!
While I may be on vacation (hallelujah!), Friendly Feasting is still here to supply you with weekly recipes. Today, while we’re in holiday mood, I have a muffin recipe for you that calls for chocolate chips - raspberry and chocolate is one of my very favorite flavor combinations. I used sugar-free chips which still have plenty of calories and additives so this is definitely a recipe to use as a treat or on a cheat day as a cleaner option. Certainly this could be made without chocolate chips or even a different type of berry. If you want an all-carb, fat-free version, try spelt, brown rice, or oat flour and consider subbing pumpkin for the oil.
Raspberry Chocolate Chip Muffins http://detoxinista.com/2012/06/raspberry-chocolate-chip-muffins-grain-free/
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 2 Tbsp sugar-free syrup
- ½ Tbsp vanilla
- ½ Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- ½ cup berries (fresh or thawed)
- ¼ cup sugar-free chocolate chips
- 6 muffin liners – USE these!
Preheat oven to 350 and put liners in muffin tin. Combine all except berries and chips and mix to uniformity. Gently fold in berries and chips. Use ¼ cup measure to drop batter into liners and bake 15 min. Turn pan halfway thru for even baking. Cool in pan 15 min then remove to cool completely. Omitting chocolate chips, this recipe makes a muffin is one fat and 1/6 carb serving, appropriate for L0-1. The all-carb recipe tweak mentioned above would make each muffin a carb with no fat serving and fit at any carb meal on all diet levels.
Enjoy your last week of 2014 and let’s prepare for 2015 in a meltdown-friendly fashion! I’ll be right back here next year! Until then, feast with berries, feast with sugar-free treats, and as always…FEAST ON!!!
~Coach Lauren
