So, if you read my recent review on Trim Healthy Mama, you won't be surprised that I'm having a lot of fun trying out recipes and developing my own twists on old favorites. You don't need to read the whole book in order to benefit, but I just want to clarify my personal position on nutrition and ways of eating, lest anyone misunderstand any of my recipes to mean that I espouse a low-fat diet or a low-carb diet. I DO NOT. However, I do believe that Serene and Pearl are onto something here, at least for those whose bodies are giving them indications that what they're eating and/or the way they're eating it is not working. If you have ANY reason to suspect that your metabolism/endocrine system/liver could use some healing, then I strongly recommend that you give this "way of eating" (WOE) a try. Doesn't mean you'll need to eat this way forever (but that would NOT be a tragedy, once you really learn the ins and outs of preparing meals this way), but using this system for a while can truly help your body do some serious healing. Weight loss can be a sign that your body has been asking for this all along.
Anyhoo, Trim Healthy Mama (hereafter referred to as THM), is a system of separating carbs and fats, while eating as clean as you can possibly manage. This means that you will be eating high protein, low-fat, complex carbohydrate meals, as well as low-carb meals. You just won't be combining them. So, when you see a recipe of either variety on this blog, you'll understand the context within which is was posted, and not think, "Has Moyne lost her mind?! I can't BELIEVE she's promoting low-carb eating!" I haven't and I'm not. But even if you don't follow the whole THM plan, low-carb desserts are not a bad thing under any circumstances. I think we can at least agree that high-carb, high-glycemic foods are tough on your body, whether the source of sweetener is natural or not.
I will post the recipes that are favorites for my family and me. Many come from ideas that I've found in others' recipes, but then tweaked to meet my own tastes and/or personal tolerance for amount of work involved. I've been having fun playing with some new ingredients, and I'll give you as much info as I can about them, but in some cases, I might just refer you to the THM book, rather than try to reinvent the wheel and do a better job than Serene and Pearl have done at explaining why an ingredient is a good choice for your body. I am also planning on giving some tips I've come across (or devised myself) to help make this easier to get the hang of and incorporate into your life.
But before I start pontificating on the benefits and ins and outs of eating the THM way -- I'm going to share what I'm cooking for dinner tonight.....
Anyhoo, Trim Healthy Mama (hereafter referred to as THM), is a system of separating carbs and fats, while eating as clean as you can possibly manage. This means that you will be eating high protein, low-fat, complex carbohydrate meals, as well as low-carb meals. You just won't be combining them. So, when you see a recipe of either variety on this blog, you'll understand the context within which is was posted, and not think, "Has Moyne lost her mind?! I can't BELIEVE she's promoting low-carb eating!" I haven't and I'm not. But even if you don't follow the whole THM plan, low-carb desserts are not a bad thing under any circumstances. I think we can at least agree that high-carb, high-glycemic foods are tough on your body, whether the source of sweetener is natural or not.
I will post the recipes that are favorites for my family and me. Many come from ideas that I've found in others' recipes, but then tweaked to meet my own tastes and/or personal tolerance for amount of work involved. I've been having fun playing with some new ingredients, and I'll give you as much info as I can about them, but in some cases, I might just refer you to the THM book, rather than try to reinvent the wheel and do a better job than Serene and Pearl have done at explaining why an ingredient is a good choice for your body. I am also planning on giving some tips I've come across (or devised myself) to help make this easier to get the hang of and incorporate into your life.
But before I start pontificating on the benefits and ins and outs of eating the THM way -- I'm going to share what I'm cooking for dinner tonight.....
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