Did you know you can still enjoy sensible snacks while you’re on a low-carb, low calorie weight loss plan? It's true. If you carefully follow your specific diet plan, you can still eat certain snacks while you’re losing weight. Even better? You don’t have to limit your snack selections to only vegetables. Recipes such as the one below for Almond Thins allow you to enjoy a fun and tasty snack without feeling guilty!
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Almond Thins
Full recipe makes about 48 crackers
1 Serving (8 crackers) yields 88 calories, 7 grams fat, 3 grams carbs, & 4 grams protein
Ingredients
- 3 ounces (3/4 cup) almond flour
- 2 teaspoons granular Splenda
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (or less if you prefer)
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- While the oven is preheating, mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl until thoroughly combined (the dough should be moist and hold together).
- Place the dough on a well-greased sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil, about 15x18" (Original author’s note: “It's helpful to crumble the dough mixture and spread the crumbs in a roughly rectangular shape on the foil.”).
- Cover the dough with a piece of wax paper that's been sprayed with non-stick spray.
- Roll the dough out to about 1/8" thick or slightly thinner; the goal is to roll the dough to an even thickness.
- As often as necessary, carefully peel up the wax paper and reshape the dough to get it as close to rectangular as possible (about 9x9" square).
- Replace the wax paper and continue rolling the dough until nice and even.
- When you have finished rolling the dough, peel off the wax paper, then use a pizza or ravioli cutter to score the dough into approximately 1-inch squares. (Original author’s note: “I cut 8 strips one direction and 6 strips the other way after running the cutter down all four sides to even out the rectangle.”).
- Lift the foil and set it directly on the oven rack.
- Bake the dough at 325°F for 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Check after 10 minutes - if the crackers along the outer edge are turning brown, remove those, and continue baking the rest until golden.
- Use a thin spatula to gently remove the crackers from the foil.
- Break the crackers apart on the score lines and let cool.
- These crackers will stay fresh for weeks in an airtight container, or you can freeze them.
Note: Each cracker has just under 11 calories. Depending on what your allowed calorie intake is per day while you’re losing weight, make sure to limit your serving size to fit what your plan allows. A good rule of thumb is to stick with a serving of 5 – 10 crackers. Remember to choose healthy low calorie low carb toppings.
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View the original recipe here: http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/almond_thins.html