Well it’s been a year.  I’ve lost eighty pounds.  Yay!  Forty or so more to go.

After doing the low-carb thing for so long, I’m looking at it as a lifestyle change, rather than a temporary diet.  One of the ways I’ve kept myself sane these last twelve months is having plenty of low-carb fake sweets on hand to calm my legendary sweet tooth.  There are lots of good options in this area, but they are mostly quite overpriced.

To that end, and to introduce some very needed variety into my diet, I’ve recently ordered a whole slew of exotic ingredients with which to bake my own damn fake sweets.  Stuff like xanthan gum, soy protein isolate, almond flower, glycerin, liquid lecithin.  Yay! 

Last night I had my first expermental low-carb baking attempt.  Peanut Butter Cookies. 

Made with natural (unsweetened) peanut butter, almond flour, Splenda, pecans, cream, and coconut, they are surprisingly good!

Here’s the recipe:  http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/recipes/recipe-cookie01.html