What's on your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?

I'm still watching your girl Val on Spring. It's getting down there she still has a good shot.

I was so excited by her macrons last night -- I mean, my attempt to make cookies with almond flour came out no where hear as lovely as her pecan flour macrons.....and those are usually so finicky. I think she could get all the way to the end!

I think she'll be in the final. DH and I perfected macaroons before WLS but have not done them since. I did make some good maple filled keto cookies Sunday that are

Maple Cream Cookies

Maple flavored cookies filled with maple buttercream? Oh yes. Keto Maple Cream Cookies that are sugar, gluten, & grain free, low carb, and trim healthy mama friendly? OH YES PLEASE. Prep Time15 mins Cook Time12 mins Total Time27 mins Course: Dessert Cuisine: American Servings: 8 sandwich cookies Calories: 161kcal Author: Taryn

Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup almond flour
• 3 tbsp Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet or my sweetener
• 3 tbsp butter softened
• 1 tsp maple extract
• 1/2 tsp gelatin

Maple Buttercream:

• 5 tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet or my sweetener
• 1/2 tsp maple extract

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine cookie ingredients in a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon. This dough comes together pretty easily. Divide into 16 pieces. Roll each into a ball and put on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. OR shape the dough into a log and slice 16 pieces.
• Using the bottom of a measuring cup or drinking glass flatten the cookies to 1/4 inch thick. They might stick to the bottom but just slide the dough off and put it back on the parchment.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges are golden. (One reader said 8 minutes was enough so if your oven runs hot start checking after 8). Cool completely.
• While the cookies are cooling mix the butter for the icing with an electric mixer. Slowly add the sugar and mix until smooth. Add the maple extract.
• When the cookies are completely cooled flip half upside down and divide the icing between them. Top each with a second cookie. Refrigerate for at least an hour. Otherwise the icing with ooze out when you bite them.

Notes

Notes on Sweeteners: I use my own blend of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia in my recipes. This is twice as sweet as sugar. It is comparable to Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet and Truvia. To sub in Swerve or Lakanto Monk Fruit use 1.5 times the amount of sweetener called for. To sub in Pyure or Trim Healthy Mama Super Sweet use half the amount of sweetener called for. Substitutions will work in most recipes. They may not work in candies, such as caramel.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 161kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 101mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron

Good morning everyone!

Breakfast: Protein Pancake + 1 egg

Snack: Turkey Jerky and string cheese

Lunch: homemade chicken soup with veggies

Snack: Ham and cheese rollup

Dinner: Edamame Pasta with meat sauce

I am happy that my husband and I still have jobs. He works in a bank in their IT team and it's his sole responsibility to make sure that all the remote staff has laptops and the programs they need for them to work from home. Kinda sad, but he has job security. Thankfully, I am able to work from home.