Saturday Snack - Pin Fail - Cloud Bread

All I ever do is think about food, because it seriously seems there's nothing I'm ever allowed to eat. I spend my nights hunting for recipes I can eat the next day. I wake up starving and all day I have to plan how to make the next meal while I continue non-stop cleaning the house all day. What makes matters worse is having mealtimes where I have to make three meals. One for myself, one for my daughter, and one for my husband (who doesn't eat vegetables, cheese, or condiments.)

I am alone in my struggle in this household.

Once again I was truly starving and needed to find something I could eat. I was still having periodic energy crashes, plenty of fatigue, and regular migraines.

Cloud bread sounded heavenly, and not just because you can associate heaven with a land of clouds.

No money in the bank account and no gas in my car, I only had four eggs left in the refrigerator - this recipe really had to work or I'd now be out of a source of protein that I was in desperate need for.

3 eggs, separated 3 tablespoons cream cheese 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 packet of stevia - which by using this chart I tried to substitute with 2 tsps of sugar


Preheat oven to 300 degrees.


Separate the eggs.
 

In one bowl, mix together the egg yolks, the 3 Tablespoon Cream Cheese and the one packet of Sweetener until smooth. My Magic Bullet was still out from the morning so I chose to use that.
 

In the other bowl add 1/4 teaspoon of Cream of Tartar to the whites and beat the whites on high speed until they are fluffy and form nice peaks. I accidentally put 1/8 tsp into the wrong bowl but I sallied forth and put the other 1/8 into the correct one. Genuinely week with hunger I did my best to whip the egg whites.

 Very carefully fold the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites until mixed, but try and not break down the fluffiness of the egg whites too much.

Prepare two baking stones or sheets with parchment paper.
 
With a large spoon, "scoop" the mixture into 8 rounds on the sheets. And that's where it all went to crap. I tried putting it on a pizza stone.

Then I tried putting it on some aluminum foil on a baking sheet (I have no parchment).

Having the correct amount of cream of tartar was key as was properly whipping the eggs until they formed peaks. I'd meant to use the Magic Bullet to do this but in my desperation to get some food into my body I got it all mixed up.

I threw everything into the sink and came back into the bedroom to post about my epic fail. I have no idea what I'm going to eat tonight.

Another Look Into Gestational Diabetes - Good Carbs and bad Carbs

In the beginning of my first pregnancy I was exhausted. I needed a nap every day and I would sleep the sleep of the dead. The ability to stay awake during the day came back to me during the middle of the pregnancy but at the end I was once again almost immovable if I were asleep. This time around I thought my fatigue seemed different somehow, unusual. My husband thought it was all in my head so I went with him and just ignored it. There is a small chance that he may have been moderately correct.

The further a woman gets along into her pregnancy, the placenta grows, increasing insulin resistance with each week. Meaning, in a way my possible problem wasn't quite as bad as it was going to be - at least not yet.

Gestational diabetes is not the same as type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

If you have gestational diabetes you are most insulin resistant first thing in the morning which only further proves that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Like fats there are good carbs and bad carbs. The best way to recognize a good carb, is a carb that is in its purest and least processed (preferably unprocessed) form.

According to the intarwebzes:

Examples of good carbs:
Fruits
Vegetables
Low-fat plain dairy products
Nuts
Seeds
Whole grains
   Quinoa
   Brown Rice
   Buckwheat
   Whole wheat bulgur
   Whole wheat couscous
   Oats
   Corn
   Hulled barley
   Millet
   Wild rice
   Amaranth and
   Whole cornmeal
Beans
Legumes

Examples of bad carbs:
Pasta
Potatoes
White rice
White bread
Bagels
English muffins
Crackers
Chips
Pretzels
Most cereals
Pancakes
Waffles
Ready-made desserts