Blackberry Cobbler with Pecans

Blackberry Cobbler with Pecans

• 12 ounces of fresh blackberries (frozen would work too but would not taste as fresh)
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/2 teasp of xantham gum for thickening the
   sauce
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup Swerve, divided
• 1/2 cup Blanched Almond Meal Flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (nuts are optional)
• additional swerve to sprinkle on top
• 3/4 cup of heavy whipping cream in mixing bowl mix on high until nice and fluffy add about 1/4 cup of powder Swerve. 1/2 teasp of clear vanilla extract (If you have regular Swerve you can put in a coffee grinder and grind until powder sweetener) Put a scoop on top of cobbler.  

In a saucepan mix berries with 1/4 cup Swerve (add more Sweetener to your liking) bring to a boil then turn down to medium heat. Now add your Xantham gum and stir really well....it may have a few clumps however, as it cooks it will disburse out and make the sauce thicker.
Now put in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. 

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, 1/4 cup swerve, and vanilla. Combine the almond flour, coconut flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture.

Using your hands break off bits of the dough and place over top of berries. Add pecans or walnuts to top and bake at 350 degrees f0r 12 to 15minutes. Sprinkle remaining sweetener on top after cooking.

*** You may use all Almond Flour in this if you so choose.  It is a matter of taste.

Sugar Free Candy Bar

Sugar Free Candy Bar

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

10 mins

Author: Maria Emmerich
www.mariamindbodyhealth.com
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• WHITE CHOCOLATE BAR:
• 2 oz cocoa butter
• ⅓ cup Swerve confectioners
• 1 vanilla bean (OR 1 tsp vanilla extract or other extract like MINT, make sure it isn't alcohol based or it will seperate)
• ⅛ tsp Celtic sea salt
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• MILK CHOCOLATE BAR:
• Add ¼ oz unsweetened baking chocolate
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• DARK CHOCOLATE BAR:
• Add ½ to 1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate (depending on how dark you like it)

Instructions

1. Place cocoa butter in a double boiler and heat on medium high until fully melted (or microwave safe bowl and heat on high for one minute, check and heat for 30 seconds until melted). Melting cocoa butter takes longer than traditional fats.
2. Stir in natural sweetener.
3. Stir in vanilla beans (split and strip beans from vanilla bean) or extracts and salt.
4. Place into truffle mold and cool in refrigerator until white chocolate is solid, about an hour. Or the speedy method; you can place the molds in a freezer till they are set up, which will only take a couple of minutes versus and hour.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Chocolate Bar = 155 calories, 9g fat, 1.4g protein, 18g carbs
"Healthified" Chocolate Bar = 131 calories, 14.2g fat, 0g protein, 0.1g carbs
"Healthified" Milk Chocolate = 139 calories, 15.1g fat, 0.2g protein, 0.7g carbs

(99% fat, 0% protein, 1% carb)

Peanut Butter Chocolate Energy Bites

Peanut Butter Chocolate Energy Bites

1 3/4 cup of soaked walnuts (soften)

3/4 cup all-natural Peanut butter (Or Almond Butter)

1/2 cup of powdered confectionate Swerve ( or equivalent) 

**I just take regular Swerve grain sweetener and put in my coffee grinder to make it powder like....

1/3 cup of Lilly's Stevia Chocolate Chips

Optional 1/4 cup of hemp seeds, flax seeds, unsweetened shredded coconut or chia seeds.

Drain water off of walnuts.  In your food processor place walnuts in and pulse until minced.

Then add all other ingredients to a med mixing bowl pour in walnuts.  If dough is sticky, you can refrigerate it for 2 - 3 hours or pot it in the freezer for 30 minutes to slightly firm up.

Form the dough into about 24 tablespoon-sized balls and refrigerate for about an hour before enjoying.

To store, place energy bites in a ziplock bag or storage container. Refrigerate for up to 3 weeks or freeze for up to 6 months

These are so yummy...try not to eat them all in a day.....

Nutritional Data:
per one serving
Calories 81, Fat Grams 6.9, Carbs 2.2, Fiber 0.8, sugar 0.4