Trim Healthy Chocolate Custard

 

Well, I succeeded and I won't lie, I am exceptionally happy!!!

Ice cream is probably my favorite food in the world. But custard is amazing and personally when I say ice cream, I mean custard or ice cream. In my book, they are both incredible.

A few months ago we found Breyer's Carb Smart ice cream and that tastes pretty good, but the sweetener that they use gives my Mom headaches and makes her feel light headed. Not to mention, only their vanilla tastes any good. Chocolate was bleck!

 

Needless to say, we really needed a good chocolate ice cream that actually tasted REAL!!! So that was my mission. To make a delicious, REAL tasting chocolate custard.

And I did. :-)

*happy dance*

 

Before I start, I should share the original recipe that I worked off of.

Click here to see the original recipe.

 

 

First you mix together 1 cup of Almond milk with 3/4 cup of Turvia (homemade), 4 Tablespoons cocoa powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.

 That may seem like a lot of Truvia, but our homemade stuff is about the equivalent sweetness as sugar.

 Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until it is at a hot simmer.

Then you are going to mix 1/2 cup of this hot mixture with 3 egg yolks. Once it's well mixed you add that to the pot and cook until it is about to boil. You DO NOT want to boil the mixture because your egg yolks will clump and that will not be a delightful experience.

Take the mixture off of the heat and refrigerate it for a couple hours or until completely cooled.

 

 

While the custard mixture was in the fridge, Rachel and I mad this scrumptious lunch of hot tuna on pitas, with a egg/spinach salad that had the most incredible flavor. I like spinach about as much as most people. But this had some red wine vinegar mixed in with some seasonings and it was the best!!!!

 

 

After the chocolate mixture is cooled, you add 2 cups heavy whipping cream and 1 teaspoon of vanilla.

Doesn't that just look like the most beautiful chocolate/cream painting ever?! Seriously, this makes me want to paint so bad!

 

Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker. For my machine, we churned it for 25 minutes which made it a soft serve consistency. It may take longer or shorter depending on your machine.

Now that is some serious yumminess right there!

I scooped mine out and put it in the freezer until after dinner, but you could eat it right out of the ice cream maker.

 

Sorry about the sad pictures. Our ice cream scoop broke, so I tried using this round plastic measuring cup and when I tried to scoop the ice cream up, the handle broke off. Very sad.

Yes Mom, now I need to add 1/3 cup to the list of kitchen utensils that I have broken in the last couple of weeks and need to replace. :-) 

 

 

And now here is the more official looking recipe that will be much easier to copy selection and print.....plus it will save printer ink without all of those pictures.

Please tell me I am not the only one who thinks like this.....haha.

 

Trim Healthy Chocolate Custard - S dessert

1 cup Almond milk

3/4 cup Truvia

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 Tablespoons cocoa powder

3 egg yolks, lightly beaten

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

 

Combine Truvia, almond milk, salt and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring to a simmer. Place the egg yolks into a small bowl. Gradually stir in about 1/2 cup of the hot liquid and return to the saucepan. Heat until thickened, but do not boil. Remove from heat and refrigerate for about two hours until cold, stirring occasionally. When chocolate mixture has completely cooled, stir in the cream and vanilla. Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.

 

I hope y'all enjoy this as much as we did!!!!

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Chocolate Custard - Are You Ready For A Challenge?

Today is a very emotional, difficult day for my family. I'm sure I'll share more later, but for right now I'm just going to ask you for your prayers.

One of the wonderful qualities of food is it's comfort capabilities. God is the only one who can totally fill our hearts with peace and comfort, but food can often help our emotions. Today is just one of those days where chocolate custard is a necessity.  So amidst the sadness and emotional struggles I am going to attempt to make a THM version of chocolate custard.

Hopefully it works.....we shall see.

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Energizing Peach Pancakes



 

 

It's finally that time of year when peaches start going on sale and the whole world just starts getting better. I used to dislike peaches immensely. They're mushy, hairy fruit for heaven's sake! But alas, they have won over my affections and I now love them.

Well, a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine from The Confessions of a Cookaholic blog, made these incredible peach pancakes and posted pictures of them on Facebook. Of course, that caused some instant cravings amongst the members of my family - myself included - so Mom established that I really needed to try making a THM version.

 

"Trim Healthy Pancakes" (pg. 223) are Energizing, which means we can have fruit with them so I just stuck to that basic recipe. It's so easy and I can whip up a batch lickity split.

I pitted and sliced up a couple of ripe, but not mushy peaches.

Then I went ahead and made a batch of pancake batter.

Heat your pan up before you pour on the batter. Sadly since it is an energizing meal, you can't grease the pan with butter so I just lightly misted it with cooking spray. This may be difficult for die-hard butter fans, but believe me, the peaches make up for the butter.

Ahem....my batter was a little runny this morning.  But if your pan is heated up all the way before you pour on the batter it won't matter if your batter is a little runny. The above issue only happened with the first 3 pancakes.

 

With the first batch, I just plopped on a peach slice right before I flipped them. The problem is, that gives the dough under the peach no time to cook. And doughy peaches are really not that appetizing.

So, I got a little smarter. I poured the dough on the pan and after 10 seconds I put the peach slices on and pushed them down as far as they went. This way, the peaches got to cook longer and the dough underneath them was cooked.

We topped our pancakes with Greek yogurt sweetened with homemade Truvia and I added some fresh peach slices cause it made 'em look perty.

 

 

 

Just a Couple Crumbs

Well folks, one of the first things we need to get straight right now is

I. Am. Not. A. Photographer.

AT. ALL.

So, I will probably always forget an important, necessary picture and when I do happen to get a picture, it will probably not look half as appetizing as the real thing.

 

Last night I was having a severe chocolate craving. On a normal basis I only have those cravings 2-3 times a day. Yesterday however, was extraordinarily difficult since I was craving chocolate pretty much all day long. So I made brownies.

These brownies.... Almond Flour Brownies from the Stacy Makes Cents Blog.

I only had 1 ounce of chocolate, so I added 2 Tablespoons of cocoa powder to the butter/chocolate mixture. I also added unsweetened, shredded coconut. Yum!

 

And as I promised, I forgot a very important picture.

Well, I only halfway forgot. I was sorta reminded that I should take a picture as I was getting ready for my first bite, and at that point I was like, "Who cares....I am eating now."

 

These are the remains, which I did remember to take a picture of.

See, that is evidence that they were scrumptious.

 

 

This morning we had eggs. I love eggs, however, my body does not and I usually get sick from them. One thing you will learn about me is that I am not easily deterred when it comes to food I love. This is why I end up sick from sugar/gluten overdoses so often. Usually eggs only bother my stomach when I have a cup of coffee with breakfast, so this morning I skipped, which was very difficult, but the eggs did not bother my stomach so it was well worth it.  

I always fry my eggs in a generous amount of butter. I love butter. Without butter life would be sad. :-)

I always season my eggs the same way: Salt, Hot Shot! (black & red pepper blend) and Nutritional Yeast. The Hot Shot is amazing because it gives the eggs the perfect amount of spice. Nutritional Yeast is the most wonderful thing that happened to eggs. Simply said, I am a biased egg eater. My way, or the highway.

 

I missed lunch but it was just leftovers.

 

For dinner we had "Lighter Side of Chili" which is an Energizing - E meal. (THM pg.330) We add 2 Tablespoons of cocoa powder which is splendid!

 

Then I had my evening chocolate craving. The problem was that earlier I was making some regular chocolate chip cookies for some friends and I stupidly had to try some. Oh come on, you know that feeling...."I'll just try a little to see how it tastes." Riiiiiiight.

So I decided to try making some Trim Healthy Mama approved cookie dough.

Now I didn't measure anything except for the butter so these measurements are approximate at best.

 

Cream together 1 stick of butter with 3 Tablespoons of whipping cream. Add 1/3 cup homemade truvia, 1 cup almond flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Then I put it all in the blender and pulsed it until it was a creamy, cookie-dough type consistency. I then added 1/2 of a batch of skinny chocolate chopped up.

Note to the wise: make sure your skinny chocolate tastes good before you add it. If you don't like the way your skinny chocolate tastes you will be unhappy with how your cookie dough tastes.

Of course this whole recipe is a play-by-ear, but I always find those to be the best! You can make it just how you like it.

I rolled the dough into balls and froze them. Pretty good. I think I may still tweak the recipe a bit, but for now it works. :-)

 

 

This just made my day. I must be one of the best people cause I love food. :-) Thank you Julia for always being there for us foodie people.

A Bite of Fudge

Mmmmm.......fudge. So deliciously smooth and sweet! It may seem strange to you that I am beginning a blog about being trim and healthy by eating a bite of fudge, but this is an important moment. This is the moment that I say my last goodbyes to food as I have known it. 

My Mom and Dad stared the "Trim Healthy Mama" diet this last February. I joined them, although I've never been one for diets and the tragic elimination of all the foods I love, so my joining was only half hearted at most. I'll be honest....I am a sugarholic. I love my sweets. Baking dessert is my forte! I just couldn't give up the sweets. But after having a pretty bad allergic reaction a couple days ago, I have decided that it is time for me to join in full throttle. I started reading the book and realized that, hey, this book is actually really interesting!

So now it's time for a new project: this blog! This is my spot to share my food triumphs and struggles as I learn about the Trim Healthy Mama Diet. I know it's going to be fun because it has been already. There will be ups and downs, but I'm hoping in the end to see some positive results. 

Join me for the ride y'all!

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