Winner & Fat Bombs

Comment number 6 was drawn.  Unless I counted wrong, that means Amber from Me and Jorge is the winner!  Yikes.  I forgot to thank those of you who, although did not win, did leave a comment and visited me.  Thank you! 

I've been reading about fat bombs on various low-carb sites and blogs.  They sounded interesting.  Well, actually, I thought they sounded sort of gross at first.  Then interesting.  Now that I've made my own?  I discovered that they are pretty darn good.  I just threw a little of this and that in a glass measuring cup and nuked it until nearly melted, stirred, then poured into my silicone molds and stuck in the freezer to harden.  I'll keep them stored there so they are "out of sight, out of mind", less I eat them all within two days.  They have a wonderful, melt-in-your-mouth texture... sort of like a Lindt chocolate, which, by the way, was my absolute favorite sweet ever.  I will not keep thinking of Lindt, I will not keep thinking of Lindt...  I did eat one in lieu of lunch today as we were out and about.  While I'd like to be able to say, "it was so filling", as others have claimed, I was still wishing I'd had a bit of something more for lunch.

Fat Bombs
(made 8 servings at about 1.5g sugar/4.1g carb each)
1 - 1.19oz package Artisana Raw Cacao Bliss (cocoa coconut butter)
3T coconut butter
4T butter
1T cocoa 
2T peanut butter
2 packets Nectresse sweetener


Now for some bellyaching notes for self:

11/5-11/7  It's now been several days of no sore or pained muscles.  Well, other than the low-back pain that I've had for years.  Today, the 7th, I did go to the school nurse to check my bp and it was 138/88, which is good to average for me.  So I'm happy about that. Continued chest discomfort though.

11/12  On the 10th I checked my bp while at Walmart, which I'd figured would've been reason enough for it to skyrocket.  It was down to 132/78!  I realized this afternoon, the 12th, that my chest discomfort has not bothered me at all today and had barely disturbed my sleep last night.  I did make an appointment for the 15th the other day to discuss the continued chest discomfort after reading that too much potassium could cause permanent damage to organs and death.

11/15  Saw my doctor.  She said that it doesn't sound like it'd be my heart, thought muscle or nerve pain.  I told her I didn't want her to pursue it as it appears to have stopped, which leads me to think it was most likely due to Losartan and it's just cleared my system finally.  She did draw blood to check electrolytes and something about muscle enzymes or something (?) and I'll hear from them early in the week if there's anything worrisome.  I was given the "OK" to going back to my workout dvd's and the couple of "power walks" I do in the winter during the week while D's at judo.  Yippee!  Oh, and she was glad to see my weight was down another 5lbs since I was last there.  

Now Closed - I'm Hosting My First Giveaway!

Recently I received a wonderful package from Artisana, an organic foods company.  (In my previous two posts I made No-Bake Chewy Gooey Pecan Bars using the pecan butter and Quick Pork Stir-Fry using the coconut butter that Artisana provided me with.)  Of the nut butters that I have tried, I really like the sweetness of the pecan butter the most so far - though I have to admit that I haven't made it through all of them yet.  The packets are very convenient.  Can you see tossing a couple in your purse or having in your car or desk at work?  How about sending your child off to school with a packet of their favorite nut butter, jam and a couple slices of Ezekiel bread?  Pouches are 1.19oz and sell for about $2 each, though I did see some for a little less on Amazon.  All of their nut butters are produced in a peanut and gluten free facility and contain no sugar or preservatives.

When I contacted the Artisana team I requested the option to do a giveaway, which they generously agreed to.  The giveaway will be for the same package as what I received, which includes one pouch of Almond, Cacao Bliss, Cashew, Coconut, Macadamia/Cashew, Pecan and Walnut butters, as well as a pouch of Coconut Oil, and an 8oz jar of Pecan Butter and an 8oz jar of Coconut Butter.  Fantastic flavors and health benefits and, well, fun!  To enter is simple.  Just leave me a comment on this post telling me about your favorite uses for nut butters.  As my blog is young and unheard of, your odds of winning are pretty darn good, too!  I will take comments from when this post goes "live" through Saturday, Nov.17th.  Since I'm not real tech savvy, all names will go in a bowl and one will be drawn by my personal assistant, my son, D.  I will contact the winner (so make sure I can contact you through your post) to get your mailing info so that I can pass it on to the team at Artisana who will then ship your package.  The winner will have until Monday evening (the 19th) to get their info to me or an alternative winner will be drawn on Tuesday.