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A Low Carb Cheese Cake Recipe: Chocolate Strawberries and Cream

February 8, 2012 by Jimmy Moore CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

This Low Carb Cheese Cake Recipe was originally featured by Jimmy Moore on Livin’ La Vida Low Carb website and is reprinted here with dairy free low carb cake options for readers avoiding dairy products. Please read our notes for how to make dairy free whipped cream and a dairy free cream cheese substitute for your alternative dairy free low carb cake recipe.

Our own version of Jimmy Moore's recipe in individual sized cupcake papers.

A Valentine’s Day Dessert Treat from Livin’ La Vida Low Carb!

Let me tell you how this low carb cheese cake recipe came about. My wife Christine and I headed to Virginia for the Thanksgiving holiday and stayed with my sister-in-law and my beautiful little niece. It was so much fun cooking meals for them. We made high fat, grain free, low carb recipes of course! From fresh bacon and eggs for breakfast to gourmet chicken and pork chop dinner dishes with salad greens, I love low carb recipes that taste delicious and are a whole lot healthier to consume than anything else people are eating.

This low carb cheese cake recipe started with a chocolate bar. While visiting with them and shopping for food I found some 86% Ghirardelli dark chocolate. I hadn’t tried it before because I usually opt for the 100% dark chocolate and sweeten it to my own taste with stevia. Ghirardelli’s 86% dark chocolate only has a few carbs per square, so I purchased it. It’s advertised on the front of the packaging and “intense chocolate” and they weren’t kidding! But this stuff was utterly AMAZING! There’s no bitterness and it contains a really deep, rich dark chocolate. It was so good I had Christine try some and she was hooked too. I hate coffee notes in dark chocolate and this one didn’t have any. WOO HOO! …continue reading »

Need an Easy Low Carb Carrot Cake Recipe?

January 18, 2012 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Low Carb Carrot Cake with a dollop of cream cheese.

If you Want Cake but are on a Low Carb Diet, try This Recipe

I made this low carb carrot cake recipe as part of our gluten free family’s resolution to kick the refined sugar habit. We’ve been guilty of indulging in the sweets last year, especially over the holidays. We have an upcoming birthday in our house, and to keep in line with our new year resolution, I have decided to make a healthier cake for us to share together as a family. I recently got a bag of Pure Palm™ from Xylitol USA and thought I would give it a whirl with a few of my regular gluten free baked recipes. Unlike refined sugar and evaporated cane juice (the organic version of refined cane sugar) …continue reading »

Low Carb Baked Garlic Honey Brussels Sprouts Recipe

January 11, 2012 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Garlic Honey Brussels Sprouts Recipe

Garlic Honey Brussels Sprouts will add Vitamin K to Your Diet

Brussels sprouts are an antioxidant rich vegetable, but adding them to your child’s diet is tricky business. That’s why I was excited to see Rachael Ray feature a Brussels sprouts recipe on her show. I’m not a fan of balsamic vinegar, so I decided to create a baked garlic honey Brussels sprouts side dish that tastes a bit milder than Rachael Ray’s Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta and Balsamic Vinegar recipe. I added a few sliced onions, a little chopped garlic, and a few bacon strips to my honey Brussels sprouts and I was pretty surprised …continue reading »

Corn Free Candy Canes by Caring Candies available this Christmas

November 29, 2011 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

The sugar free candy company is also Feingold diet approved

Caring Candies are Made from Isomalt.

All natural corn free candy canes that are also sugar free are hard to find. Caring Candies is a South African company that makes sugar free hard candy using a sugar alcohol called isomalt.

In business since 2002, this family owned company won best product in 2004 in Milan, Italy. If you have corn allergies and you are looking for corn free candy canes this Christmas season you are in luck! Often times isomalt is derived from corn. Not in this case!

I am happy to report that Caring Candies sugar and corn free candy canes are derived from beet sugar. Their candy is also safe for the Feingold diet because it has no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives in it either. The company uses all natural herbs and plants to source their flavors and colors in their candies. They are even vegan.

You are probably asking yourself, “What is Isomalt?” Here’s a little background on this healthy sweetener. Isomalt is a sugar alcohol that is considered ‘low glycemic.’ This makes it perfect for …continue reading »

Celiac Book is Great for Kids who are on a Gluten Free Diet

November 14, 2011 by Theresa Roman CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Are you looking for a kid’s celiac book that would be a great teaching tool about the celiac diagnosis?

Cilie Yack is Under AttackThis holiday consider getting a funny children’s celiac book that teaches about being a good friend, a good sport on the football field, and a lot about celiac disease, too.

The main character in this celiac book for kids, appropriately named Cilie Yack, learns about common celiac disease symptoms and gluten free eating.  Cilie Yack is Under Attack is a fun, fast-paced celiac book just for kids. It packs a lot of  juvenile humor in its 16 small chapters. The novel is about a boy who lives on a farm and loves sports, particularly football. But it is also about learning to be on a special gluten free diet. If you have a reluctant reader, he or she will be delighted with the 60 cartoon-like illustrations. There is also plenty of silly humor in this fast-paced celiac book to make the most reluctant child reader turn the page. Cilie Yack’s story is the perfect addition to your teacher’s set of classroom books, too.

Taking place in rural Ireland, this story is a labor of love for all kids who are food allergic, and would make a great addition to any library collection of food allergy and celiac books. …continue reading »

Make a Gluten-free and Dairy-free Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving

November 8, 2011 by Caryn Talty Comments1 Comment »
Try our gluten and dairy free pecan pie recipe

Here's a example of our family's favorite gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, corn-free pecan pie!

As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, celiac and food allergy sufferers should consider adding a little pie to their holiday desert menus. We’ve used this recipe every year for the past several years during the holiday season. I finally decided to post it online because it is a top request with our non-allergic family members every year. So if our guests like it, and they can eat anything that they like, then your company will like it too! I’ve made several allergy-friendly alterations to the typical pecan pie’s standard ingredients but the resulting gluten-free dessert tastes very much like the ones you buy in the store …continue reading »

9 Easy Gluten free Holiday Cookie Recipes to Bake this Christmas

December 23, 2010 by Caryn Talty Comments1 Comment »

These recipes are gluten and corn free & one’s free from the top 8!

free from the top 8, gluten, and corn

This Sunbutter Blossom Recipe from cilie-yack.org is free from the top 8, gluten, and corn!

Here are nine of our favorite holiday cookie recipes. Okay, roll up your sleeves and turn that oven on! What’s Christmas without a few favorite holiday cookie recipes? Over the years we have worked hard to try to recreate familiar family favorites. If you are part of the celiac community there’s no reason you can’t bake a batch or two of these holiday cookie recipes to share with your family and friends. All of our recipes are also good for the Feingold diet and offer helpful tips for folks with corn allergies. So here’s our knockoff list of best allergy-friendly look and taste alike holiday cookie recipes:

Pecan Dreams

Nut Cups

Kolacky Cookies

Tumbprint cookies

Thumbprints

Sunbutter Blossom cookie

Sunbutter Blossoms

Coconutty Fruit Cookies

Tollhouse Cookies

Chocolate Coconut Bars

Chocolate Duplex Cookies GFCF

Chocolate Duplex Cookies

Allergy friendly Pecan Dreams

Pecan Dreams

Gluten free and Dairy free Chocolate Duplex Cookies

November 5, 2010 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »

Add this Cookie Recipe to your Holiday Party Plate

Chocolate Duplex Cookies GFCF

Chocolate Duplex Cookies

We tried a brand new allergy safe cookie recipe after I picked up the boys from school today. We were all chilled to the bone as we raced through the school parking lot on the way to the car.

The oldest one said to me, “You know, this is the perfect day for cookies and hot chocolate.”

Well, I couldn’t agree more.

After we landed in the door we got started on a quick TGIF cookie that we could all enjoy and even share with our aunt who is gluten free, dairy free, soy free, and corn free.

The recipe itself is very simple. It takes 10 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to bake each batch. These cookies are crispy and not too sweet. …continue reading »