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Low Carb Cinnamon Dippers

October 22, 2013 By Gwen Brown 47 Comments

Low carb Cinnamon Dippers are so yummy, and perfect for keeping your holiday appetizers low carb and your waistline trim.

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Filed Under: Appetizers & Snacks, Low Glycemic Sweets & Desserts, Recipes, THM Appetizers & Snack Recipes, THM Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM FP Desserts & Sweets, THM FP Snacks & Appetizers, THM Party & Holiday Recipes Tagged With: Awesome Sugar Free Recipes, coconut free, egg free, nut free, THM sweet snack, Trim Healthy Mama, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Sweet Iced Tea-Sugar Free

October 8, 2013 By Gwen Brown 39 Comments

Can REAL Sweet Iced Tea be sugar free?  This southern girl is here to tell you YES it can!  I’m an artificial sweetener despiser, but I promise that a good brand of stevia is all it takes to take your sweet tea from flab to fab.  I’ve read many a story of a true southern…

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Filed Under: Drinks & Beverages, Recipes, THM Drinks & Beverages, THM FP Drinks & Beverages Tagged With: Awesome Sugar Free Recipes, coconut free, dairy free, egg free, grain free, kitchen tips, nut free, Trim Healthy Mama, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Banana Cream Cake Recipe

October 1, 2013 By Gwen Brown 34 Comments

Banana Cream Cake recipe today.  Y’all.  This is SO fantastic.  Now, you KNOW that I’m a Trim Healthy Mama at heart, but I promise you that this morsel from heaven is on plan, and approved by Pearl.  If you’ve missed nanners on THM, then you’re gonna LOVE this! This recipe gave me fits at first. …

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Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes, Low Glycemic Sweets & Desserts, Recipes, THM Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM Breakfast Recipes, THM Desserts & Sweets, THM E Breakfast Recipes, THM E Desserts & Sweets, THM E Recipes, THM Recipes by Meal Tagged With: Awesome Sugar Free Recipes, coconut free, gluten free, nut free, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Sourdough Pancakes Recipe

September 17, 2013 By Gwen Brown 23 Comments

This REAL sourdough pancake recipe uses the easy starter mix that I made last week here on Trim Healthy Tuesday…it’s shared in the THT links below. BOY howdy is this good.  They are SO filling and surprisingly NOT sour!  They have a really nutty/hearty whole grain flavor, and amazing texture.  I’m in love. For all…

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Easy Sourdough Starter Tutorial

September 10, 2013 By Gwen Brown 37 Comments

This EASY sourdough starter is on tap for this Trim Healthy Tuesday!  Somehow, sourdough has never really held much appeal until now, but this woman wants some yummy homemade bread that’s Trim Healthy Mama friendly!  And that means that it needs to be slow glycemic…either sprouted or sourdoughed.  And it needs to be EASY.  Because…

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Filed Under: Recipes, THM Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM E Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM E Recipes, THM Recipes by Meal Tagged With: bre, coconut free, dairy free, egg free, nut free, Sourdough, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Berry Breakfast Cake- Sugar Free

September 3, 2013 By Gwen Brown 27 Comments

Berry Breakfast Cake is a quick E breakfast treat, and I’m excited to share it with you this Trim Healthy Tuesday!  I love to mix this up for Friday’s breakfast, and then we eat the leftovers as a convenient and fast treat on Sunday morning. It’s delicious topped with lemon yogurt, or a little fat…

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Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes, Condiments, Spices, & Homemade Ingredients, Recipes, THM Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM Breakfast Recipes, THM E Breads, Crusts & Baked Goods, THM E Breakfast Recipes, THM E Recipes, Trim & Healthy Tagged With: Awesome Sugar Free Recipes, coconut free, nut free, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Tomato Cucumber Salad

August 13, 2013 By Gwen Brown 8 Comments

Tomato cucumber salad is the quintessential summer salad in the fridge of grandmothers all over the south.  Grandmother Porter used bottled Italian dressing as the marinade, and simply added more veggies to the bowl after each meal, creating an everlasting summer side dish.  It’s best with fresh tomatoes, but the mix even elevates grocery store…

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Filed Under: Recipes, THM FP Sides & Salads, THM S Sides, Salads, & Dressings, THM Veggies, Sides & Salads, Veggies, Sides & Salads Tagged With: coconut free, egg free, gluten free, grain free, nut free, Trim Healthy Tuesday

Portobello Pizza Recipe

July 30, 2013 By Gwen Brown 18 Comments

Lunch: portobello pizza recipe.  Check. Delicious?  Check. Enjoyed without the scrutinizing gaze and looks of disgust from the fungal-phobes…CHECK. The truth is, my husband and kids wouldn’t touch this with a ten foot pole, and would make all sorts of death wails and moans of despair if I even attempted to serve this as dinner. …

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Filed Under: Grill It, Main Dishes, Recipes, THM Main Dish Recipes, THM S Main Dish Recipes, THM S Recipes Tagged With: coconut free, egg free, gluten free, grain free, grill it, nut free, THM Grill, Trim Healthy Mama, Trim Healthy Tuesday

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