It's no secret how much sugar affects our health and body goals. The hardest part of staying consistent with a healthy lifestyle is giving up "treats". What if you didn't have to give up treats? What if you swapped out just a few ingredients so your treats support your goals rather than sabotage AND they still taste great?
By swapping out sugar for ingredients with flavor and nutrients, you'll have an easier time making and keeping results that you've worked so hard for.
This Silver Fern Brand Kakato Sweetener is the only sugar replacement that my body loves. I hate the way sugar alcohol's, agave, and many of the other replacements taste, affect my recipes or make me feel. Research now shows most of those are unhealthy! Even though they don't contain sugar, their highly processed ingredients affect gut inflammation due to aggravating chemicals.
Kakato Sweetener is a mix of pre and probiotics, stevia and monk fruit extract. I love it because it doesn't change the way my recipe is meant to taste and it doesn't affect my stomach the way those other replacements always have!
Mindy's Simple & Healthier Nut Butter Cups
Makes 24 mini muffin tin sized cups
Calories 60, Carbs. 2.6, Fat 7.5g, Protein 1.8g *
Ingredients:
2 scoops Silver Fern Brand KAI Meal Shake Chocolate Flavor
8 Tbsp. Coconut Oil
1 Tsp. Silver Fern Brand Kakato Sweetener
8 Tsp. Any Nut butter (I used my cashew/almond butter )
Directions:
Spray mini muffin tins with non-stick spray
Microwave in a glass bowl 1 scoop of protein powder, 4 Tbsp. coconut oil, 1/2 tsp. Kakato sweetener until just melted. Stir and spoon out a little melted chocolate into the muffin tins--this amount fills all 24 tins.
Freeze for 1-2 hours.
Remove from tins from freezer and using your Tsp., scoop out and add 1 tsp. of nut butter into each tin. Microwave the remaining 1 scoop of protein powder, 4 Tbsp. coconut oil, 1/2 tsp. Kakato sweetener until just melted. Stir and top off a little melted chocolate onto the nut butter.
Freeze another 1-2 hours, remove from freeze and pop out the nut butter cups by turning tins upside down on counter. Store in a baggie in the freezer. (They're a bit softer and separate a little when stored in the fridge.)
*Calories based on an almond nut butter
If you need just a little treat that can help you stay on your healthy lifestyle plan give these a try!
Silver Fern offer's my clients a discount by using the code Mindy10 or BODYJOY10. I've linked the ingredients so you can easily find them on the bottom of my home page www.mindybuxton.com. Thank you Silver Fern for giving us the best pricing compared to amazon or their direct website!
They're a Utah based company who uses quality ingredients and cares about helping other's improve their health. That's why I use Silver Fern Brand items to create healthier swaps for my family!
