Celery & Almond Butter

A healthy, easy, safe snack! Hooray! The first thing you have to do is find a brand of Almond Butter that has nothing but almonds in it. A lot of almond butter brands include sugars or bad oils, so be careful with that. Once you find the perfect plain jar of pure almond butter goodness, the rest is pretty easy. :)




Recipe:

(Creates 1 Serving)

2-4 Celery Stalks chopped into 3" pieces
1 Jar of Almond Butter (you won't use the whole thing)
Xylitol
Salt


Directions:

Get a spoonful of almond butter and plop some onto a piece of celery.

Sprinkle salt and xylitol on top of the almond butter plop.

Repeat with each bite. :)

Nutty Salad

Salad is a nice, safe thing to have on this diet. Salad can be just lettuce and dressing, but if you have the time to make it a whole meal, then try adding in some or all of the following components:

Recipe:

(Creates 1 Serving)

1 Bowlful of Organic Spring Mix

Coconut Oil - or - Olive Oil

Apple Cider Vinegar - or - Rice Vinegar

1 Stalk of Celery, diced

1 Thin Slice of a medium Yellow Onion, diced

1/4 Cup Pumpkin Seeds

1/4 Cup Sunflower Seeds

1/4 Cup Almonds

1/4 Cup Pecans

1/4 Cup Hazelnuts

1/2 a medium Tomato, diced

1/3 of a Red Bell Pepper, diced

Fresh Parsley Leaves

Fresh Basil Leaves

Rosemary

Oregano

Thyme

Ginger

Directions: 

Put the spring mix in a bowl. Wash and chop the veggies you have available from the list above. Put those in the bowl. 

(I personally think parsley stalks are delicious, so I put those in as well. You don't have to.)

Sprinkle nuts and seeds of your choice on top. 

Top it off with some coconut oil and rice vinegar, my personal favorite. You could also use olive oil and apple cider vinegar. The four of these are very healthy. 

Sprinkle the spices on top, and you're ready to eat!

Chunky Delicious Guacamole

I love guacamole. I also love salsa, but unfortunately, store-bought tomato products are not so great on this diet, mostly because they usually contain sugar, canola oil, or other forbidden ingredients. So I spice up my guacamole with some cayenne pepper instead. Note: If you do not have all the ingredients listed below, that's totally fine; just use what you have, and it will still taste great. The other day I made guacamole with just avocado, onions, garlic, apple cider vinegar, and a bit of lemon juice, because I did not have the rest of the ingredients handy. So you can pick and choose which of the ingredients you want to put in it. The only necessary one is avocado, obviously.


Recipe:

(Creates 1 Serving)

Several Brown Rice Cakes

1 Avocado, squished 

2 Spoonfuls of Plain Cow or Goat Yogurt

1 Handful of Salted Almonds

1/4 Cup Red Bell Pepper, diced

1 Tomato, diced

1/3 of a Yellow Onion, diced
1 Celery Stalk, diced

1 Garlic Clove, minced

1/3 of a Lemon

1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil

1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar

A Few Fresh Basil Leaves, diced

A Few Fresh Cilantro Leaves, (and stems, optional), diced

Cayenne Pepper
Rosemary

Xylitol

Salt

Directions:

Chop up all the ingredients as described above, and mix everything in a bowl. Juice the piece of lemon and add the juice to the mixture. Add in the rest of the ingredients listed above (vinegar, coconut oil,  spices, etc.) Taste it. Add more lemon juice, xylitol, cayenne pepper, and/or salt until it tastes right to you. Serve with brown rice cakes and enjoy!

Cheater additions: It wouldn't be too terrible to add a few sprinkles of goat cheese on top.