Testimony of the Day
“Hi Maria! I’ve been putting off doing this for awhile but finally decided its time to share! After 10 years of struggling with my weight due to the effects of enduring chemo for breast cancer, I was frantic to find answers. I don’t know how I stumbled upon your blog, but it has worked wonders for me.
You can see the left photo I was very pasty, puffy, and miserable! About the same time (one year ago) that I decided to follow your plan, my husband was having extreme digestive issues, he’d had ah Pylori, was unable to sleep at night due to bile and acid problems-no matter if he ate a banana or pizza! He was about to go on a special diet to try to remedy his problems as Prevacid and every other rx was doing no good at all. The problem was, everything his “new” diet proposed, was completely opposite from what I had been reading about and was preparing to try. I asked him to do one thing for me first. That was to try this “other way” (“Maria way”) for 2 weeks to see what would happen. I told him I’d be happy to prepare his meals separately if necessary but if he would please give this a try first.
He agreed and his heartburn and indigestion went away within 3 days!!! He has never turned back!!! He dropped 30lbs quickly-he wasn’t overweight but now he looks great! It took my body a bit longer to acclimate and begin the fat burning process but I did not give up. I kept hard at it, as well as exercising faithfully.
By week 8 I began to see some changes. My clothes began to get loose, and by month 3 I had lost 20lbs. The photo on the right is me 3 months into this change. I was thrilled. I will never ever go back to that old way of eating…and I love when you post the question about what some of the worst questions or comments we get from people-it never stops! But that will not deter me from my plan. My 16 year old daughter does not need to lose weight but she has embraced this way of eating and now I am working on my three younger children. (A little more difficult) I have breakfast and dinner down, just mastering lunches and snacks!!!” – Kari
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Mmmmmm, chocolate! You’d never notice that the recipe uses Peanut flour instead of white flour. The peanut flour creates a soft, dense, fudgy outside with an explosion of chocolaty goodness on the inside.
6 ounces dark chocolate ChocoPerfection Bar
2 eggs
1/4 cup vanilla almond milk
1 stick butter
2 egg yolks
1/3 cup Swerve (or Just Like Sugar )
1 tsp stevia glycerite
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup peanut flour
To make centers, melt 2 ounces of chocolate and vanilla almond milk in double boiler. Whisk gently to blend. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm. Form into 6 balls; refrigerate until needed.
To make cake, heat oven to 400°F. Spray six 4-ounce ramekins or custard cups with cooking spray. Melt 4 ounces of chocolate and butter in double boiler; whisk gently to blend. With an electric mixer, whisk eggs, yolks, sweetener, and vanilla on high speed about 5 minutes or until thick and light. Fold melted chocolate mixture and peanut flour into egg mixture just until combined. Spoon cake batter into ramekins. Place a chocolate ball in the middle of each ramekin.
Bake about 15 minutes or until cake is firm to the touch. Let it sit out of the oven for about 5 minutes. Run a small, sharp knife around inside of each ramekin, place a plate on top, invert and remove ramekin. Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream. Serves 6.
Nutritional Comparison:
“Ghiradelli Lava Cake” using sugar and cream: 424 calories, 31.8 carbs, 0.2 fiber, 4.9 protein
“Healthified” Lava Cakes: 290 calories, 9.3 carbs, 7.6 fiber, 1.7 effective carbs, 6.9 protein
Serve with “Healthified” Ice Cream!
Oh, My, WORD!!! Delicious! I am going to TJ’s on Sunday…must stock up on Chocolate 🙂
Is there a peanut free alternative that gives the same results? We are a peanut sensitive household and I try to keep it out of the diet as much as I can.
Thanks,
Nancy
Yes, you could use almond flour.
Happy baking!
Hi Maria,
By almond or peanut ‘flour’ do you mean almond meal (ground almond)?
Thanks,
Michelle in Australia
If you click on the ingredient above it will take you to what I recommend. 🙂
How do these keep? Can I store the rest in the fridge ?
Yes, that will work. 🙂