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COFFEE MATE CREAMER
One thing that I have a lot of clients complain about is giving up their Coffee Mate coffee creamer. It is quite frustrating that they can claim “trans-fat” free when clearly, it is listed in the ingredients. The marketing “loop holes” allow them to make the serving size so low that once they are below a gram, they can claim “No Trans-Fats.” But really, how big and how many servings are people getting in a day? Even 1 gram of trans-fat changes the structure of our cells and makes them “partially hydrogenated.”
INGREDIENTS: WATER, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, COLOR ADDED, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN.
Partially hydrogenated oils don’t just damage your cells, causing allergies, arthritis and auto immune diseases, but in they also make you fat!
Essential fatty acids are called ‘essential’ because your body NEEDS them and you can only get them through food. Your brain and body are very smart, even though your stomach may feel full, your brain never tells you to stop eating, because it still needs the essential fatty acids to sustain life. You will never be full until you do.
Partially hydrogenated oils make you gain weight because they interfere with the body’s ability to ingest and utilize the healthy fats that you want to fill your cells with.
Imagine this, your cells are like neat parking lots. When you eat omega 3 fats, they are like little Smart Cars that park nice and neat into the parking spots that feed our body by decreasing inflammation (everything from joint pain to asthma to heart disease). BUT when we eat trans fats they are like huge SUVs that don’t fit into these parking spots, but they force their way in anyway…damaging the cars around them so they can’t run anymore (or help our body) AND they cause our fat cells to grow! If you eat even more trans-fats, those SUVs get mad because they can’t find a parking spot, so they just drive around furiously in your body and bounce into all the cells causing free-radicals. To read more on how to decrease free-radicals, go to Supplement chapter in Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism.
Over time, more and more SUV are filling the parking spots which leaves no room for the Smart Cars. So new parking lots (fat cells) have to be built to make room for them. So now our body gets bigger, we have more inflammation and more health problems like asthma, arthritis, heart disease…not a good outcome!
“HEALTHIFIED” PUMPKIN PIE CREAMER
1 vanilla bean (OR 1 TBS pure vanilla extract)
1 cup unsweetened almond milk (or coconut milk)
½ cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin filling)
2 TBS Swerve (or 1 drop stevia glycerite) to desired sweetness
½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
½ tsp cinnamon
Cut and split open the vanilla bean (if using). Heat almond milk, pumpkin, natural sweetener and vanilla bean over medium heat until bubbling vanilla beans are extracted from pod. Remove from heat. Wisk in spices until well blended. Makes 12 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per 2 TBS)
Coffee Mate Creamer = 70 calories, 3g fat, 0g protein, 10g carbs, 0g fiber (10 effective carbs)
“Healthified” Creamer = 7 calories, 0.3g fat, 0.2g protein, 1g carb, 0g fiber (1 effective carbs)
Maria, what id the difference between pumpkin puree and pumpkin filling?? Maybe I am not thinking clearly at this hour of the morning…LOL
Thanks,Ruth
Pumpkin pie filling is loaded with sugars. 🙂
So just check the label for contents, correct?
Yes, make sure there is no sugar. 🙂
Sounds delicious! Where do you get your little bottles like the one shown in the picture–so cute!
The one I used here isn’t available right now but I have other options here;)
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For how long do you think this would be good? A week?
I would keep it as long as you would keep cream. 1 to 2 weeks. 🙂
I love your parking lot analogy. Very descriptive. And thank you for the creamer alternative. I am going to recommend this to my patients. They’ll love the idea od trying it and think I’m smart at the same time 🙂 Coffee is very controversial, but I believe it’s the additives that make it unhealthy.
Thank you! I hope they like it. 🙂
I’m loving all your recipes…this is perfect for me as I am a BIG coffee drinker this can be my buffer for pumpkin baked good cravings.
Good idea. 🙂
made it this morning, very nice addition to my coffee, totally feels like the fall!
Awesome! Thanks
As usual you provide so much great info!! We used to drink that creamer…peppermint mocha was my daughter’s favorite!! This one looks fabulous. I have some coconut milk and pumpkin on hand…may have to put some together!! Thank again for your info and great recipes!
Thanks Lisa! 🙂
It doesn’t stay mixed for me? Any thoughts??
Hmm, maybe try putting it in the blender?
I, too, have trouble with the pumpkin and spices settling out. I shake it up right before I put it in my coffee, but I’m still left with sludge at the bottom.
I am going to use a Snapple bottle to put it in or one of my daughter-in-laws starbucks frapachino bottles.
The poor peeps that are older than you, Maria. We lived off margarine for at least 10 years – told to eat it over butter. Waah!
Hi Maria,
As always thanks for all your wonderful and awesome ideas and all your trial and error putting new recipes together!
Speaking of “coffee”, it seems “Green Coffee Bean Extract” supplements are really popular now. Are you aware of these supplements? If so, is this something you recommend?
Thanks for all you help. You are awesome!!!
Thanks! I need to come up with a canned response whenever Dr. Oz promotes something on his show. He gets paid to promote those products. The one study that was done on Green coffee been extract was a very small study funding by the company that sells it in Texas. 🙁
cool!nice sharing
Is the heating part only for the vanilla bean or to make everything thicker? I’m lazy and wanted to avoid the heating since I don’t have beans but vanilla extract? But I’ll give it a go anyway tonight (I was craving this in my coffee this morning, not that I ever had the Coffee Mate one, but my coffee was so good and I started thinking about pumpkins!) So off I go. Then later on this week I’ll make the cheesecake I think, if there’s any puréed pumpkins left from the pumpkin ice cream which I also want to make! So many things to make, so little time =)
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A little of both but mostly to steep the vanilla bean to impart the flavor into the liquid. 🙂
Vanilla beans added to my shopping list! I’ve made this, and added the vanilla extract after heating, it is DELICIOUS (wish I could write this in even bigger letters!)….. But, do my dismay, I discovered that the last ingredient in my Organic Vanilla Extract is…. yep… “organic sugar”! It is indeed everywhere. I will be making my own soon I think! (I do not know why sugar is needed in vanilla extract?!)
I hope you are having a great day! I am, because it started with this pumpkin coffee!!!!!
Yup, way to be a detective! It is sad we have to read every label but it is necessary. 🙂
Do you have A “list” of things that one should not eat in order to lose weighT? Or maybe I should ask for a list to stock my pantry in order to start living/eating correctly…I know that chemicals and such might make for a long list to avoid, but I want to do what is right as I have health issues and need to lose alot of weight also.
I have lots of suggestions and pantry list in this book. 🙂
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I love my coffee & creamer so much. I have tried to just add stevia, but that doesn’t work. Might try almond milk & stevia, otherwise what would you substitute to make a peppermint mocha flavor? (would I leave out the pumpkin & add peppermint extract in place of the pumpkin spice?
I would try leaving out the pumpkin and adding a little unsweetened cocoa powder and peppermint extract. That sounds yummy! 🙂
Thank you for this Maria! With fall coming up sooner than we think, this will be in my rotation for sure! I’d love to see a Peppermint one {officially} for winter. 🙂
Thanks!
Could I use Agave instead of stevia? If I can how much would I use?
No, please don’t. Agave is almost all fructose and not good for our bodies. Here is a post with more info. 🙂
http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/rhubarb-crisp-and-fructose-facts/
just made this and added it to my yerba mate caramel tea. all cravings satisfied! Plus it was really ejennoasy and quick!
Thanks!
I have never made my own coffee creamer until this recipe! It is amazing! Thank you Maria!
Thanks!
Could I use the Stevia extract instead of the swerve? I do not have the liquid stevia.
This looks amazing and like it should be part of my life every morning basically forever. Can’t wait to make this. I’m so happy that pumpkin is allowed on keto. ^_^
Hi there!
If I didn’t use the pumpkin and cinnamon would this be like a vanilla creamer? I’m trying to find a low carb/low sugar substitute for Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer… Thanks so much! 🙂
Yes, that should work. 🙂
Can I substitute the almond milk with cream?
Yes, that will work. 🙂
I made a double batch and used half pumpkin spice extract and half caramel extract! Also, used unsweetened cashew milk too. Turned out amazing!
Awesome!!!
have one of those Zoku Ice Cream Maker bowls to make a single bowl of ice cream. This mixture makes a great bowl or two of pumpkin ice cream. I made my recipe with heavy whipping cream, but I don’t see any reason it wouldn’t work just as well with almond or coconut milk.
Thanks! Great idea!