More food

Having eaten enough chips and dip (Ruffles + Lipton Onion Soup Mix dip) to very nearly make myself puke yesterday afternoon, today I've redoubled my efforts to have good, low carb options at hand. (Although, I have to say that the occasional overindulgence could be a good diet trick for me, in that I really don't care if I never see another chip + dip, let alone eat it, again. Bleeeeechhhhh.)

So, today I've got happy little Peanut Butter...Bloops? They're certainly not "cups". See for yourself:

These are pretty simple, and quite tasty, I must say.

1 c. natural (no sugar) peanut butter

1/2 c. Splenda

1/4 t. vanilla

1 16 oz. bag GOOD semi-sweet chocolate chips (I'm partial to Ghiradelli, myself)

Mix first three ingredients. Melt chocolate. Shape peanut butter mixture into small balls (size is up to you). They will be kind of goopy...do your best. Dip into chocolate, set on wax paper to cool. Dust with cocoa powder b/c it's pretty.

You have to work pretty quickly with these...if you linger, the peanut butter ball will melt into the chocolate, and you'll quickly have a little pot of goo. Tasty goo, yes, but not quite what you're going for, really.

I also made a low carb pumpkin pie, using Laura Dolson's recipe. (She's my hero.) But I just used my almond meal crust (1 1/2 c. almond meal, 3 T butter) instead of the pecan one she suggests. It's looking good, but I haven't tasted it yet. Update on taste tomorrow.

I also recently made the cauliflower souffle thing (I follow the recipe except for adding 1/4 c. sauteed onion), that I describe in the For the Love of Side Dishes post. It's really a very happy food. You will want to roll in it. Or possibly rub it in your hair. Or both.