Before
starting THM, I was big on drinking raw milk and using grass fed
butter. I am still big on those things with the exception of the milk.
Milk is for growing animals and small children, but not for adults. I
personally don't drink the raw milk I buy every week from my farmer, but
my kiddos love it. I do, however, indulge in just about any other kind
of dairy! Most of my dairy would fall into the S category but there are
few exceptions.
1.
Heavy cream or half and half: I use this in my coffee almost every
morning (unless I'm having a E breakfast, which is rare). I also use
this in my skinny chocolate recipe and another lovely desert called
peanut butter whip.
Skinny
chocolate (S): 1/2 cup coconut oil, 1/4 cup of raw cacao, 3 Tbs. of
ground xylitol/erythritol (grind in coffee grinder or ninja cup), 1/4
cup of cream or half and half, and optional 2 drops of peppermint
essential oil (gives it a minty taste). Warm all ingredients together
and whisk. Line a flat pan with wax/parchment paper or even Saran Wrap.
Pour mix and put in freezer. After frozen, break it up into pieces, put
in a bag and store in the freezer. It's seriously delicious. It's how I
got my stubborn 2 year old to potty train!
Peanut
butter whip (S): 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 2
Tbs peanut butter, 1 doonk of stevia powder (or sweetener of choice).
Whip it up in a bowl yourself manually or it goes much quicker in a
kitchen aid mixer if you have one. Sprinkle with some shavings of
skinny chocolate. So rich that this single serving could be shared.
2.
Cottage cheese: Can I say that I do not like cottage cheese? Just to
eat it straight up, no thanks! But I do like it in the THM pancake
recipe and in the cottage berry whip. I use daisy 2% cottage cheese
because the fat free and 1% varieties do not appeal to me whatsoever!
There are a bunch of things on the ingredients that I can't even
pronounce, and I'd just rather not if I have a better option. I'm not a
total purist. I can get 2.5lbs of the daisy 2% brand at Costco for
like $6, which is a stellar deal. Speaking on Costco, I get a lot of
THM stuff there! It's totally worth the membership fee.
Both
the pancake and cottage berry whip recipes are in the book and in order
to protect the book, I don't like to give out recipes in a public forum
as this is. But I will go over them...
THM
pancakes (E): equal parts ground oats, cottage cheese and egg whites
with some vanilla, salt, sweetener and baking powder. Super easy and
yummy. My kids like them and they are a win because they are also gluten
free (my son is on a gf diet).
Cottage
berry whip (FP): In your food processor... Cottage cheese, few frozen
strawberries and a little sweetener. Makes an awesome creamy ice cream
like substance, haha. It's sooooo good! And a great dessert.
3.
Cheese (cheddar, havarti, pepper jack, Mexican blends): I have cheese
on my Joseph's pitas and lavash bread. I have chosen to incorporate the
low carb breads because I like a sandwich with full fat cheese. I
don't like feeling deprived and I can't do something long term if I feel
that way so there you go! :) I use cheese on my casserole dishes that I
make and my low carb lasagna. My low carb lasagna, I just replace the
noodles with zucchini. I do not use the dream fields pasta. I'm not sure
about their low carb claims, so I just stay away. But pasta is not a
huge hurdle for me and definitely not a deal breaker. Anyway, there I go
getting sidetracked...
A
word on the light cheeses like laughing cow, I don't really use them
often because I do not like the consistency of it! However, my husband
loves them on Ezekiel bread with turkey for a nice E sandwich. I rather
have my cheese on S, but if I am really trying to buckle down and do a
whole day or two of E at a time, then I will use laughing cow.
I can get all these cheeses at Costco including laughing cow. They have a great selection of cheeses!
4.
Yogurt: I only use plain Greek. Unless it's plain, then yogurt can be
filled with lots of sugar to make it taste good. I typically don't eat a
lot of yogurt, but I do make things with it and will have the
occasional bowl from time to time. I add sweetener and berries, peanut
butter or protein powder for a quick breakfast. I also use it as a
replacement for sour cream. It tastes so similar, I just add a little
salt to it. This is another item I can get at Costco.
5. Buttah!!!!!!! LOL.
Love
me some grass fed butter. If you are thinking, what's the big deal?
You have no idea! Regular and even most organic butter is lacking
compared to grass fed. I use kerrygold unsalted. It is more expensive,
but honestly has so many health benefits (yes, I said health benefits)
that I will gladly spend the extra. Some people are wine and coffee
counesours, I am totally into butter. Butterfat is a short chain fatty
acid that supports colon health, rich in antioxidants like beta carotene
and selenium that protect your body from free radical damage. It it an
excellent source of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA's), which fight
cancer, build muscle, and boost immunity. If that's not enough for you,
it's also rich in iodine (think thyroid health) and vitamin A (eye
health). It's also a great source of vitamin D, K, and A. These
vitamins help with maintaining strong bones, LOWERING your risk of heart
disease (contrary to what you've been told your whole life), reducing
inflammation, increasing immunity, making your skin look healthier and
clotting your blood. Plus butter also enables your body to better
absorb the vitamins from other foods. (Thm, pg 52) Now you can see why
I'm such a butter lover!! On my S meals, I load all my veggies with
butter. I also like to indulge in bulletproof coffee. I put butter on
my muffin in a mug. Oh it's all so yummy!
Bulletproof
coffee (S): In your blender or ninja cup, add 10 oz of HOT organic
coffee (ok it doesn't have to be organic but it does taste better and is
better for you), 1 Tbs of grass fed butter (that's a must), 1 Tbs of
coconut oil (preferably the cold pressed organic), sweetener of choice,
and a little vanilla extract. Blend it up nicely. Finished product will
have a nice frothy top!!
So there it is! I hope this has helped you better understand the dairy side of THM! Feel free to ask me any questions!
** Thank you SOOO much Abbey for taking the time to write this awesome THM post. I know it's gonna help so many people who are dairy lovers and want to try THM. You are the bomb! **
