Salted Caramel Pudding – Low Carb, Gluten Free, Straight-Up Yum

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Salted Caramel Pudding – Low Carb, Gluten Free, Straight-Up Yum

One of the things I miss the most since starting low carb is salted caramel ice cream. I have yet to find a low carb equivalent that tastes salty or caramel-y. I decided to experiment and come up with something to satisfy that craving when it hits. 

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I knew I would use Jello brand sugar free vanilla pudding as my base. And, just the other day I picked up some sugar free caramel DaVinci syrup at Sam’s Club. The problem I faced was how to mix up the pudding without all the milk sugars. I knew I had two options.

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Option # 1: Use almond milk

I prefer to not do this, because I don’t always have luck getting my pudding to set up. I know you have to use a bit less, but I just can’t seem to get it right without it being runny. I will experiment more but I was craving salted caramel and I didn’t want to risk ruining the dish.

Option # 2: Heavy whipping cream

I knew this would give me a pudding with a thicker, fluffier consistency, but it actually turned out really great with the mix of cream and caramel syrup. Next time, I may experiment with a mix of heavy cream and almond milk and see how that turns out. For this recipe, I used the heavy whipping cream. Should you choose to use almond milk, you’ll want to use less of it than is called for here.

If you are allowed a few more carbs than I am, such as if you are on maintenance, you could also try using whole milk or low carb milk. 

Low Carb Salted Caramel Pudding Recipe

 

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Salted Caramel Pudding – Low Carb, Gluten Free, Straight-Up Yum
Author: Crabby Housewife
Ingredients
  • 1 regular package of Jello sugar free vanilla pudding
  • 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon Davinci sugar free caramel syrup
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt I used 1/2 tablespoon, but I love it saltier, you can always add more
  • Whipped cream optional
Instructions
  1. Add wet ingredients to a deep mixing bowl.
  2. Add salt and sugar free pudding mix.
  3. Use your mixer to whip it together until completely mixed and smooth.
  4. If you'd like, you can add a bit of whipped cream for a fluffier texture and mix or fold it in.
  5. Add a dollop of whipped cream (just make sure there are no or few added carbs, by making it at home or checking labels carefully).
  6. Grab spoon.
  7. Enjoy!

This recipe is super simple. You can whip it up in about five or ten minutes, assuming you have the ingredients on hand. I think it would be an elegant addition to a dinner party by placing the pudding into small clear plastic cups, topping with whipped cream and then sprinkling some pink Himalayan salt over the top. 

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Low Carb Gluten Free Cloud Bread

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Low Carb Gluten Free Cloud Bread

As many of you know, I was diagnosed several years back as having prediabetes. I was able to get my numbers in the normal range by just making sure I cut back on sugar and didn’t eat carbs alone. However, a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling horrible. We had a very busy couple of months and had been eating out a lot and I’d been eating a lot of prepared and junky foods.

It is hard to explain how you feel when your blood sugar is high unless you’ve experienced it. The best way I can describe it is that feeling you get when you’ve gone 48 hours without sleep and you almost feel like you’re out of your own body. It is an almost dizzy, but not quite feeling. I immediately went home and took my blood sugar because it was the same feeling I’d had when I went to the doctor a few years back and found out it was running high.

Sure enough, it was about 150 that day, which isn’t crazy but is much higher than it should have been two hours after eating. I’ve met diabetes before. It runs on both sides of my family. It hurt my grandfather and he didn’t live long. It then attacked a cousin and he died from complications of it at a young age. I also don’t like medications. I prefer not to take any if I can help it and I sure don’t want to be on some of the diabetic ones that can cause some serious side effects.

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So, I immediately cut all the refined carbs and starches out of my diet. I am currently only eating lean meats, berries, non-starchy veggies, healthy fats, nuts, and seeds. I may later add in some legumes but not just yet. I am also exercising every day.

My blood sugar is back down to almost normal, but is still running high in the mornings. I think, over time, that number will come back down, too. 

The one thing I miss so much is being able to have bread. So, when I saw Sugar-Free Mom’s recipe for cloud bread, I knew I had to give it a try. My picture of how mine turned out is at the top of this page. The screenshot of her web page with the recipe is below. Notice how mine is much rounder like a loaf of bread? It did fall and look just like her picture as it started to cool.

Screenshot of sugarfreemom.com
Screenshot of sugarfreemom.com

Now, I was a little worried because you have to create a non-sweet meringue to fold in. I have never been abI am thrilled to be able to add this bread (some people make it as rolls, but I want to do some bread things with it). I’m going to try:

  • Cloud bread grilled cheese
  • French toast with cloud bread
  • Sandwiches
  • Pizza crust out of thin cloud bread
  • Toast with my eggs

I hope you’re as excited as I am about cloud bread. Give Sugar Free Mom’s recipe a try.

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Are My Kids the Only Ones Who Act Horrible?

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Are My Kids the Only Ones Who Act Horrible?

Dear Moms,

As I read through social media today, I realized something. There is no way that all of those kids are so perfectly behaved and every family picture perfect. Yes, Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate all that women do to keep the family running, but if you’ve never faced one of these situations, are you really mothering?

I’m even guilty of that picture perfect image here on Crabby Housewife. Look at the images for articles such as Mother’s Day Traditions . Look at that sweet image of the mom and baby. You just know the baby spit up right in her face two seconds later.

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Or what about the sweet photo below of a family on a road trip titled Top Ways to Save Money on Road Trips. Have you ever had a road trip go like this? The dog would be trying to sniff everything in site and the kids would be fighting.

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You know the feeling. You’re at church and every other child is sitting quietly with his parents during family Sunday, while yours runs up and down the aisle and maybe even kicks the pastor in the shin for good measure. If you dread family Sunday, you aren’t alone. 

Or, maybe you have the perfect family holiday planned, but just as family arrives your daughters get into a screaming match over a stupid stuffed toy and the one pulls the other’s hair and it’s a shrieking, insane World War III the likes of which would terrify the most evil fascist on the planet.

And, let’s forget that perfect family road trip like the one pictured above. Seriously? You would rather pluck out every eyebrow you have than be stuck in the car with your whining, fighting kids for six or seven hours straight. And, you are not alone.

Perhaps when the pinata bursts open and the candy falls out the other children all are sharing very nicely with one another while yours tries to grab all the candy and then gets mad at the other kids.

As the mom of a 19 and 22 year old, you would think that Mother’s Day was likely perfect. I had to laugh. It isn’t. While it was pleasant and my girls were very nice about wishing me a happy day and remembering me, my 19 year old got mad at me tonight and screamed at me so loud that she started coughing.

Some of my other friends were sharing what their kids did today. They opened up about punishments that had to be handed out, things their children had done, and being thankful they now know they are not the only one. It made me realize that everyone has these issues at one time or another. The key is to laugh about it and move on. Most things really are not life or death. She apologized to me and we moved on from that moment. I realized she was tired because she worked today. Being a server is hard work. 

So, Mom, don’t despair and think your kids are horrible. Yours aren’t any different than anyone else’s children. They are all horrible sometimes, but they are all wonderful much of the time. Happy Mother’s Day, everyone.

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