Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

3 Oct By Leah Kanaan 14 Comments

When people hear that I am on the Keto diet, they have so many thoughts and opinions. Usually I am told that I am going to end up with a heart attack because I am eating fat; or I’m told that I’ll never be able to stick with it. Well, sure…I could have a heart attack, but not because I’m eating fat. I get blood work done a couple times a year and my numbers are just fine. As for sticking with it, I’m almost to the 2 year mark and I haven’t gained a single pound back. So I think I’m good in that area too! But, what if I told you that you can be on the Keto diet AND eat Keto chocolate peanut butter bites? Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well it’s not!

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Halloween is coming up. One of my favorite candies, before I stopped eating sugar, was Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I used to confiscated all of them from my kids trick or treating stash and hide them in the freezer. The first Halloween, since being on the Keto diet, was a tad rough. It seemed like my kids got more peanut butter cups than they ever did, but I never ate one. Not a single one. This year, while my kids are eating their peanut butter cups, I will be enjoying my Keto chocolate peanut butter bites. The perfect Keto treat!

Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

Ingredients

4 TBS Coconut Oil, divided
8 TBS Sunbutter, divided
4 TBS Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract, divided
1/2 tsp Stevia, divided
Silicone mold

Pack of 2 Spooky Halloween Rubber Ice Cube Tray (Orange Pumpkins)

Directions

For the chocolate layer, combine 2 TBSP of melted coconut oil, 4 TBSP of Sunbutter, 4 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp of Stevia and mix well.
Using a spoon, fill each of the pumpkin molds half full. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes to set.
For the peanut butter layer, combine 2 TBSP of melted coconut oil, 4 TBSP of Sunbutter, 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp Stevia. Mix well.
Using a spoon, fill each pumpkin mold the rest of the way up. Place back in the freezer and allow to fully set for about 1-2 hours.

If you are following the Keto diet and using My Fitness Pal, you will want to put all of your ingredients into My Fitness Pal to create a recipe to get the appropriate macros for this recipe. Things may be different depending on the mold you use, ingredients, etc. With the molds I used, I got 25 Keto chocolate peanut butter bites. The nice thing about this recipe is that you can use any silicone mold you want!

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So, the next time someone tells you they can’t do Keto because they can’t give up chocolate, tell them they don’t have to!

Other Keto Recipes You May Enjoy:

Homemade Gummy Bears

Fuzzy Navel Gummy Bears <—seriously so good!

Cheesecake Fat Bombs

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Fat Bombs

25 Sep By Leah Kanaan 20 Comments

I’m not going to lie…one of my favorite things EVER is cookie dough. Before Keto, I used to make cookie dough, not because I cared about baking the cookies in the oven (though, these Rolo stuffed cookies are my kids favorite), but because I wanted to eat insane amounts of raw cookie dough. Now that I have been successfully following the Keto diet for almost two years now, I no longer eat cookie dough or have the urge to. However, there are times when I need to get some extra fat in at the end of the day (or I just want a little treat) so I make these delicious peanut butter cookie dough fat bombs!

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Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Fat Bombs

Ingredients

8 oz Cream Cheese
1/2 Cup Salted Butter
1/2 Cup Sunbutter or Peanut Butter (I prefer Sunbutter)
1/3 Cup Swerve Sweetener or Stevia
1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Directions

Set your cream cheese and butter out and allow it to come to room temperature (trust me…don’t skip this step).
Combine all of your ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly with your hand mixer (I like this mixer and it’s on sale!).
Once your peanut butter cookie dough is mixed up, spoon it into your favorite silicone mold.
Place in your freezer for at least 1 hour to allow it to set. You can keep them in the mold and take them out as you need one or store them in a small container in your freezer.

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Starting the Keto lifestyle was one of the best decisions of my life. If you are thinking about starting your own Keto journey, then you need to check out these posts:

How to Start the Keto Diet

Top 10 Keto Diet Must Haves

A few of my must try recipes (besides these yummy peanut butter cookie dough fat bombs) to get you started on your Keto journey are:

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Creamed Spinach

Chorizo Chicken Soup

Bacon Wrapped Smokies

Homemade Gummy Bears

As always, if you ever have any questions about the Keto lifestyle, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me! Click on the contact me up above and send me an email. I am happy to help you out! Good luck!

“Show my Photos” on your Amazon Fire TV

22 Sep By Leah Kanaan 2 Comments

What if I told you that you can use your Amazon Fire TV for so much more than just watching your favorite Netflix show (side note, I’m currently watching Friends From College, a Netflix original show and it is hilarious)? When you have friends and family over, unless you’re there to watch a sports game, your TV typically just sits there. Why not use the biggest screen in the house to showcase your beautiful photos? With Prime Photos and your Amazon Fire TV, you can do just that!

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First of all, if you are not familiar with Prime Photos, then you need to be! Your Prime membership not only gives you that super fast 2-day shipping, but you also get free unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos. In the US, all Amazon.com customers receive 5 GB of FREE digital storage for your photos, videos, and files. This is huge you guys! If you are a Prime member and you are not taking advantage of this amazing deal, then you need to hop on it!

Now, with the Alexa Voice Remote that has launched just in the United States right now and the Prime Photos app, you can view and search for your favorite photos and albums on your Amazon Fire TV! With simple phrases like, “show my photos from last summer” you can share your summer vacation pictures quickly and easily!

So not only does Prime Photos give you a place to store your memories and keep them safe, but it works hand in hand with your Amazon Fire TV to help display those pictures too! I just received my Amazon Fire Stick and I have to tell you, I really like this thing! Not only can I watch my favorite shows, but I’m already thinking ahead to when my son and daughter graduate. Using Prime Photos, I can set up different albums to play a slide show at their graduation party! Now I can stop stressing about those scrapbooks that seem to be stuck on age 4 (they are 11 and 13)!

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Sparkling Sangria with Cascade Ice

16 Sep By Leah Kanaan Leave a Comment

The kids are finally in school and it looks like summer is hanging on. For the next ten days, our temperatures, here in Michigan, are in the mid 80’s! That’s crazy! Though, being Michigan, it could totally snow tomorrow! Not even joking. Our weather is crazy here sometimes! While we are having these amazing temperatures, take advantage of it and continue grilling out (again, who am I kidding…we grill in the dead of winter too) with friends and family. This sparkling sangria recipe is perfect for any occasion. Especially while we enjoy these final moments of summer that are hanging on.

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Sparkling Sangria

Ingredients

White Wine of choice
2 cups Club Soda
1-2 bottles of Pink Grapefruit Cascade Ice
Slices of grapefruit and strawberries

Libbey 7 Piece Sangria Set

Directions

Pour the white wine and club soda into your punch bowl or glass pitcher.
Start by pouring one bottle of the Pink Grapefruit Cascade ice. Taste a little and see if you need the second bottle.
Add slices of grapefruit and strawberries. Save a little to garnish each glass, if you choose.
Chill in the fridge for a few hours and enjoy!

If you have trouble finding the pink grapefruit Cascade Ice for your sparkling sangria, play around with the other flavors that Cascade Ice has to offer. The peach mango flavor would be really good with slices of peaches and strawberries! This sparkling sangria recipe is one of those that you can change depending on your mood, produce that is available, etc!

Having friends and family over for a brunch, serve this orange mango mimosa! I know when we have my mom over for Christmas morning, orange mango mimosa’s will be on the menu! Who doesn’t love a delicious mimosa?!?

What’s the weather like where you are? Are you getting an extended summer like we are?

HELP! Scale Not Moving on Keto Diet

5 Sep By Leah Kanaan Leave a Comment

One of the hardest things I had to do a year and a half ago was believe that the Keto diet (when done properly) will work. The idea of eating fat to lose weight was foreign to me. It went against everything I had ever been taught about dieting and losing weight. However, I was at my breaking point and knew I needed to do something. Having the scale not moving at all should freak me out, right? WRONG!

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Pre-Keto Diet

A few years prior to starting the Keto diet, I tested in the Type 2 diabetic range. I started monitoring my carb intake, like my nutritionist suggested. However, I was not committed to it and I gained everything I lost (and then some) right back. I had ballooned up to 250 pounds. My highest weight ever. I was miserable; hated shopping for clothes; and I had begun to resign myself to being fat for the rest of my life. My friend Summer (go read her blog, The Dirty Floor Diaries) started telling me about the Keto diet. To be honest, I thought she was crazy. No way you can eat cheese and bacon and still lose weight. But…I was 250 pounds. What did I have to lose?

At my highest weight, I wore a size 22 for pants, a 22/24 for shirts and I was absolutely miserable.

Keto Diet Success

In the year and a half that I have been following the Keto diet, I have lost 83 pounds! I am currently holding steady at 167 pounds. My pant size dropped to a 10/12 and I went a medium or large in shirts. Here is a picture of my husband and I this past weekend:

The three biggest things I can tell you to do to be successful on the Keto diet are:

Weigh everything you eat
Track everything on My Fitness Pal
Drink your water

If you hear the words “lazy keto”, don’t listen to them. There is no such thing as lazy Keto.

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Scale Not Moving

I hinted at the beginning about the scale not moving. Which is true. I’ve been stuck at 167 pounds for months and months. I’d be lying if I didn’t say it upset me. We put so much stock in what the scale says. However, I’m here to tell you to stop that! If you still feel amazing; if your clothes fit great; THEN WHY CARE ABOUT THE SCALE NOT MOVING? I just told you that I am a 10/12 in pants. That JUST happened. A few months ago, I tried those same pants on and I couldn’t button them. This weekend I tried them on again and not only did they fit, but they fit well. And I don’t mean in a, “I crammed my body into them” kind of way!

I love that Facebook shows you what you posted over the years. The other day, a picture popped up from a couple years ago. It really helped to show me that I have come a long way and while the scale not moving may be annoying, it doesn’t mean I’m not still losing inches, etc.

If you find that the scale doesn’t seem to be moving, but you still feel that you have weight to lose, then try doing these things:

Recalculate your Macros
Read up on Ketogains (and use their macro calculator)
Change up or begin an exercise program

All in all, I know this plan is working for me. While I still get upset with the number on the scale, it’s definitely not the be all and end all when it comes to my success on the Keto diet. Try finding little wins elsewhere. I guarantee you, they are there!

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