Christmas Stollen for Christmas party!

How do I avoid gaining weight for my upcoming Christmas party? 

Hohoho! Let's make some smart splurges so you feel satisfied with your holiday indulgence (no guilt!).

After a few times failed to bake an edible low-carb version of Ginger Breadman cookies for my Christmas holiday cookies craving, I was so demotivated. :( Eventually I changed my mind (understand that cookies is not my kinda thing). So I decided to bake Christmas Stollen! This is my first trial baking low carbs, gluten-free and "healtified" version of Christmas Stollen, it turns out to be perfect- moist, nutty, and perfected with the soft sense of cinnamon fragrance. I can't wait to share with all my dearest bimbos.

More good news for my dearest friends that complaints to me that they do not have a electric mixer making excuse that they couldn't bake - i mixed the ingredients using a blender (usual juice blender or food processor). Ha! Ha!


Ingredients A:
1. 4 eggs
2. 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
3. 1/2 cup of non-GMO coconut palm sweetener (or natural honey)
4. 1/4 cup of cranberry or other non-sugar added dried fruits
5. 1/2 cup of chopped walnut
6. 1/2 cup of grapeseed oil (or olive oil)

Ingredients B:
1. Half cup of coconut flour
2. Pinch of salt
3. 1 teaspoon of baking soda
4. 2 teaspoon of cinnamon power

A bit of icing sugar for dusting & deco.  

Step: 
1. Pre-heat oven at 175 °C, greased the baking pan.
2. Mix ingredients A to blender and pulse.
3. Add in ingredients B and pulse.
4. Pour batter into greased baking pan.
5. Bake for 35 minutes or until toothpick check comes out clean.

Let cold, decorate with dust of icing and serve! Dig-in!

Stollen is a traditional German cake, usually eaten during the Christmas season, when it is called Weihnachtsstollen or "Christstollen." - Wikipedia

xoxo, Ms.SS

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Simple Cranberry Bread - low-carbs & gluten-free

My another recipe! This low-carb and gluten free cranberry bread is so easy to make and yet so delicious. It is especially tasty to toast with butter, to bright-up a Monday blue morning. Good recipe for low-carb dieter who craves for bread breakfast, this bread definitely works for your carbs craving. Come on peeps, stay on track!

Ingredients:
200g of almond flour
Pinch of salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
3 eggs

½ tablespoon no sugar added honey (you may substitute honey with sugar substitute such as Splenda or Stevia (can get from Jaya Grocer Cheras Central) - Splenda only contains approx. 0.01g carb per packet, it is good for your first two weeks of your low-carbs induction)
½ teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon of Olive oil
25g of dried cranberries (unsweetened) (depends on personal preference, i'm on low-carb diet and cranberry is naturally sweet, i reduced it to minimal)

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, mix well the almond flour, salt and baking soda
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, then add honey, lemon juice, vanilla essence and olive oil.
3. Blend wet ingredients into dry and add cranberries
4. Batter texture would be very sticky, add a bit more of olive oil to smoothen the texture and scoop batter into a greased baking pan
5. Bake at 175°C for 30 minutes; or until a toothpick comes out clean
6. Cool and serve
   

Makes 1 mini loaf of about 8 slices and a mini bun.

Enjoy your low-carb bread!

Like chocolate but on low carbs diet? Don't worry, make healthy Low-carb Chocolate Almond  for your chocolate craving!

xoxo, Ms. SS

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Low carbs Chocolate Almond Bread

A simple, delicious and sugar-free bread and what's more - it's LOW CARBS. Perfect dessert/ breakfast treat for low carbs dieters! It's so easy to prepare and only 5 ingredients are required. I made this for my weekday breakfast to go with my favourite office pantry's Americano.

Ingredients:

130 g Almond flour (2g carbs) 

1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda (1g carb)
1 tablespoon of melted butter (0g carb)
1 tablespoon of melted non-sugar-added dark chocolate (5g carbs)

(nutrition data from: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/custom/2419135/2?quantity=2.5)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Greased baking pan with olive oil.
2. In a medium size bowl, mix almond flour, salt and baking soda
3. Melt chocolate and butter in microwave for 1 minute. Fold over the batter every 20 seconds
4. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs for approx. 2 minutes until frothy
5. Mix butter and chocolate mixture into eggs and combined well
6. Mixed almond flour mix into wet mix
7. Bake at 200°C for 30 minutes. Check by inserting toothpick if it comes out clean.
8. Cool and serve

Make one loft of 8 slices, each contains approx 1 g net carb.

Low-carbs is not as boring as you may thought (not only egg/meat and vege), with a bit of effort, you can discover tonnes of tasty yet low-carbs (most of them are gluten-free too) receipes. May this keep you on track and achieve your weight loss objective fast!

Stay tune for more low-carbs and healthy recipes!

Also, read about how i shed 4 kgs in 2 weeks here: http://miss2mrschic.blogspot.com/2014/11/i-loss-4kg-in-2-weeks.html

xoxo, Ms. SS

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