Sweets by the Season: Low Carb Recipe Magic

By Rene Averett

We celebrate holidays year round with family, friends, and good food. All those wonderful desserts can really put a bulge in your waistline when you're trying to stick with a low carbohydrate lifestyle.

The good news is that you don't have to deprive yourself of those holiday treats. Most of the recipes in this book can be easily made with low carb flours, including almond flour and coconut flour, meaning the carbohydrates in a serving are all under ten effective (net) carbs per serving. Most are much lower than that. The assorted recipes are arranged by the season and cover most of the standard holidays. You'll find recipes for pumpkin pie, cranberry tortes, cookies, sweet rolls, cakes and more.

Low carb can be deliciously sweet. See for yourself, because low carb doesn't have to be boring!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rene Averett
• Release date: Apr 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311088628

Rene Averett

Rene Averett blogs regularly on her Skinny Girl Bistro site where she shares information about low carb foods, living a low carb lifestyle and many recipes. She lost 150 pounds in 2010 using the Atkins Diet and is sharing her weight loss recipes via her low carb cookbooks.  Rene hails from El Paso, Texas a good many years ago. She has lived in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and has made her home in Reno, Nevada since 1977. The latter part of her career centered on doing technical writing for a large gaming manufacturer and she enjoyed it right up until her retirement. She is now pursuing a career as an author and e-book publisher under Pynhavyn Press. She is a proud member of the Fiction Writers Group and the High Sierra Writers. She is inspired by the view of both the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Virginia City Foothills from her house in South Reno that she shares with her long time companion, a dog, and three cats. In addition to cooking, she attempts a bit of gardening, plays the guitar and sings, and loves to read. She writes fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal suspense novels as Lillian I. Wolfe and suspense romance under Riona Kelly. Feedback is welcome. You can contact her via her website at: http://reneaverett.me/skinnygirl/ or at [e-mail] You can also connect at her Facebook page, Skinny Girl Bistro at: https://www.facebook.com/sgbistro Follow Rene on her Low Carb Pinterest page at: https://www.pinterest.com/reneaverett/low-carb-ideas/

Book preview

Low Carb Recipe Magic Series

Books in this series:

Meal for Two – Book 1

Sweets by the Season – Book 2

Comments for Meals for Two:

I'm really pleased with this collection. Also, it's nice to find some recipes for smaller portions. Leftovers sound wonderful in theory, but are less fun in practice. Highly recommended.- Mary (Amazon Review)

Although it is a fantastic book for low carb cooking, the recipes for appetizers, main dishes and breakfast and brunch dishes are tasty in their own right and your friends and family will love them, too.- Valoise (Amazon Review)

...am so pleased that the instructions are well thought out and easy to follow. – Cindy L. Western

All photos taken by Rene Averett

Low Carb Recipe Magic™ is a trademark of Pynhavyn Press

Copyright © 2015 Rene Averett

First Edition:  October, 2015

Published through Pynhavyn Press

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All rights reserved.

DEDICATION

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED to everyone who is struggling to have a good life while keeping their weight in check.  Not everyone is blessed with an efficient metabolism and it is very difficult to deny yourself the flavors of good desserts and sweet treats.  This book is for you because it is possible to enjoy the sweet life and still keep the pounds off.

It is also dedicated to my long time housemate, family, and friends who had to suffer through eating the various desserts as I tried out the recipes.  Your assistance and critique is much appreciated.

Contents

Low Carb Recipe Magic Series

DEDICATION

Introduction

Almond Pear Cheese Torte

Applesauce Waffles

Pumpkin Madeleine Cookies

Hazelnut Chocolate Cake

Almond Sponge Loaf

Pumpkin Pie Bars

Caramel Apple Dessert

Classic Pumpkin Pie

Low Carb Pie Crust

Butternut Spice Cake

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Candies

Pumpkin Nut Scones

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Magnificent Mocha Hazelnut Pie

Chocolate Madeleine Cakes

Rene’s Low Carb Tiramisu

Peanut Butter Quick Bites

Pomegranate Napoleons

Cranberry Almond Shortbread Tart

Black Forest Chocolate Soufflé Cakes

Chocolate Nut Tweed Torte

Choco-Berry Sweetheart Torte

Frozen Strawberry Hearts

Sweetheart Strawberry Cream Cheese Buns

Cream Puff Cake

Frozen Mint Ice Cream Pie

Ginger Nut Biscotti Bites

Eggnog Cup Cakes

Cranberry Coconut Macaroons

Dresden Stolen Bread

Pomegranate Cream Cheese Candies

Creamy Egg Custard Pots

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake

Individual Chocolate Lava Cakes

Irish Berry Fool

Chocolate Whiskey Soufflé Tortes

Irish Apple Cake

Irish Mist Cupcakes

Irish Mist Mocha Balls

Lemon Shortbread Cookies

Chai Tea Cookies

Hot Cross Buns

Pistachio Pudding Muffins

Blueberry Almond Soda Cookies

Watermelon Sherbet

Georgia Peach Shortcakes

Microwave Brownie Cake

Peanutty Chocolate Chip Scones

Quick Clotted Cream

Peach Dumpling

Peach Upside Down Cake

Butter Almond Cake

Peaches & Cream No-Bake Cheesecake

Apricot Jam Cake

Orange Berry Shortcake

Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Red, White & Blueberry Cheesecakes

Peachy Baby Puff Pancakes

Special Ingredients

Conversion Tables

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Other Books by Rene Averett

Introduction

I HAVE BEEN A YO-YO dieter for most of my life and I learned a lot about how to lose weight and how to gain it.  How to keep it off is the trick.  Add to that, how to keep it off while still enjoying the foods I love is the real challenge.  I knew that if I couldn’t find a way to enjoy my favorite foods while still maintaining a very low carb lifestyle, then I would fail once again to keep the weight under control. 

Let’s face it, I love food.  I love sweets.  I love bread.  These are part of what makes life so pleasurable.  Now, I’ve known people who only consider food as fuel, but I savor the flavors.  So keeping flavor in my dining is important to me.  My low carb lifestyle isn’t perfect, but it’s better than most. 

The truth is that baked products with low carb flours don’t taste like the ones made with wheat flour, white flour, rye flour and cornmeal, but they have  do have a very pleasing flavor that comes close to the real thing.  After a few months of not eating any bread or sweets of any kind, these taste pretty good. 

This little book is filled with delicious sweets that take you from one season to another without adding too many net carbs to your meal plans.  Granted, some of the servings aren’t large, but take your time and enjoy the flavors and you’ll find that they are satisfying.

Really, with a low carb diet, the choice of low carb flours and sugar-free products that are available, you really can have your cake and eat it, too.  Because low carb doesn’t have to be boring...

Now for a bit of a disclaimer.  I use primarily CarbQuick for my baking mix, which is 3 net carbs per 1/4 cup.  I use Almond Flour that is also 3 net carbs per 1/4 cup.  All low carb products are not created equal, so be sure to check the net carb count of the flours, sugars, jams, etc. that you use and adjust the carb counts if needed.  The carb counts will vary slightly based on products used and serving sizes, so while they may be close, they may be a little bit more or less.

Rene Averett, October 2015

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Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year.  The weather is beginning to cool and the days have a bit of a golden glow as the trees begin to change colors and the last of the summer fruits are ripening and coming to market.  Look for pumpkins, pears, quince, apples, figs and many other fruits that mature at this time of year.  Luckily, with year round imports of fruits, many of these are available throughout the year, but sometimes you get caught short on some items.

Pears aren’t always readily available, so I like to freeze some to use later in the winter and spring.  One year I couldn’t find any canned pumpkin at the store, so I make it a point now to stock extra so I can enjoy it any time.  Same thing with fresh cranberries.  These are only in season in the fall, so I buy several extra packages to freeze.  Quince and persimmons only seem to show up in late October to early November around the Reno, Nevada area, so again, buy and freeze these if you want some later in the year.

Almond Pear Cheese Torte

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THIS IS AN AMAZING tasting dessert made with fresh pears and cream cheese.  Low carb flours tend to break easily after they are cooked so if that happens, just patch them back together carefully and it will still taste wonderful.

1/4 cup Butter, softened

1/2 cup Sugar Substitute

1/4 cup Low Carb Flour or Baking Mix

1/4 cup Almond Flour

1 tablespoons Vanilla Whey Protein Powder (optional, if not using, use 1 more tablespoon of low carb flour)

4 oz. Cream Cheese, softened

1   Egg

1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1/4 teaspoon ground Cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground Cloves

2 small fresh Pears, peeled, sliced

2 tablespoons Sliced Almonds

Preheat oven to 425°F.  Prepare a 7 spring form pan (inside is about 6 1/2) by spraying lightly with cooking spray.

Bring a pan of water to boil.  Cut the pears in half, remove the seeds and slide them into the boiling water.  Remove them after one minute and run cold