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THM Cookies N Cream Protein Dalgona

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The dalgona coffee craze started during quarantine and has branched off into all kinds of fun drinks! I’ve seen strawberry flavored and even a Nutella dalgona. 

This Trim Healthy Mama version skips the coffee and includes the THM cookies n cream protein powder in this dalgona style beverage. 

THM Protein Cookies N Cream Dalgona

I’m not on Tik Tok (I think I might be too old for that!) but some of my friends are and during quarantine they taught me about dalgona coffee. 

A what kind of coffee?! If you were like me and didn’t know about this Korean beverage, you are not alone. The traditional version is made by whipping instant coffee, sugar and hot water together to make a whippy, foamy topping. 

Then the topping goes over a glass with ice and milk. And while a coffee version of this would also be good, I skipped it in this recipe making this a great bedtime snack option! 

This THM cookies n cream protein dalgona drink is easy to make for a quick sweet treat. 

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THM Cookies N Cream Protein Dalgona

I’m all about quick and easy on plan meals and snacks. I particularly like this one because it feels a little fun and fancy even though it takes just a couple of minutes to make. 

Here is what you need for the THM Cookies N Cream Protein Dalgona drink:

Making the THM Dalgona Beverage

To make this dalgona inspired beverage, start by adding the cream and protein powder into a bowl. Using a stand or hand mixer, whip the cream and protein powder until it is thick and forming peaks. 

Add the Sweet Drops and mix briefly again. 

In a small cup (I used a stemless wine glass), add ice and fill about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way full. Next, spoon the whipped protein mixture on top. 

Garnish with a couple of crushed High Key brownie bite cookies and serve immediately. 

Fuel Type: S – the fat from the HWC and cookies make this an S drink.

What if I don’t have the THM Cookies N Cream Protein Powder? 

You could sub a vanilla protein powder and mix in a couple of extra High Key cookies for a similar taste. 

You could also mix in a little black or regular cocoa powder. 

Can I Add Coffee? 

Of course! Coffee makes everything better! 

You could add the instant coffee with the whipping cream for a traditional Dalgona. However, I think it would be really good to fill a cup with ice and a cold brew coffee and then top it with the cookies n cream whipped protein mix. 

More Ideas for THM Cookies N Cream Protein Powder

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  1. Place the whipping cream and the protein powder in a medium bowl.
  2. Using a stand or hand mixer, whip the cream and powder until peaks are forming and the mixture is the texture of whipped cream.
  3. Add 2-5 drops of Vanilla Sweet Drops or your desired sweetener. I did 2 drops and it was moderately sweet. If you like it sweeter, just taste and add until it gets to your desired level of sweetness.
  4. Add the ice and almond milk to a small glass. Top with the whipped dalgona style cream.
  5. Garnish with 1-2 crushed High Key brownie bite cookies and serve immediately.

Party Foods for Trim Healthy Mama

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Whether you need something to take to a potluck or a football tailgate, these party foods for Trim Healthy Mama will be enjoyed by your THM & non-THM friends and family.

Trim Healthy Mama Party Food Appetizers

We just had my son’s birthday party this past week and I wanted to have some on plan appetizers to go with the pizza and cake that he requested. 

I have some goals that I am trying to hit & didn’t want to go off plan, even for a birthday. But that doesn’t mean that I wanted to fell deprived during the event and because of THM I didn’t have to! 

This post on party food for Trim Healthy Mama is letter “P” of our Trim Healthy Mama A to Z series. You can find everything you need to know about THM from A to Z by clicking here. 

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Party Foods for Trim Healthy Mama

I know we have all been in this boat. We need to go to a party and take an appetizer but what can you bring to stay on plan and that will please all guests? A lot! 

All of these are things that I have served to non-THM followers and they are eaten up and enjoyed! So you can feel confident that pretty much anyone can enjoy these snack ideas and you can stay on plan and meet your goals.

Most of these starters can be eaten on other low carb and Keto diets as well. 

THM Appetizers to Serve At Your Gathering

Deviled Eggs, Cheese Nuts & Charcuterie - S Meal

  • Deviled Eggs – I don’t really use a recipe. Just enough mayo to get the egg yolks creamy and a dash of paprika. 
  • Charcuterie Trays – Meats, cheeses, nuts and fruits are always a hit. The link has E & S board ideas
  • Chicken Salad – For this one I added some diced jicama, sliced almonds and Dukes mayo. Serve with celery, make Joseph’s Lavash crackers or you can throw in an off plan roll of some sort if you want for the Non-THMers. 
  • Everything But the Bagel Goat Cheese Log – a 2 minute recipe
  • Pimento Cheese – This is one of my faves. So easy and tastes so rich. All I do is shredded cheddar, enough Dukes mayo to make it creamy and some drained pimento, salt & pepper. 
  • Rotel Dip Stuffed Mushrooms – You won’t need the chips when you stuff your mushrooms with the dip.
  • Cocktail Sausages – To make these you need just three ingredients: 2 packages cocktail sausages, Simply Fruit Grape and Dijon mustard. Add the sausages and jar of Simply Fruit to a small crockpot. Then fill the empty jelly jar 1/2 way with Dijon mustard and add that to the crockpot. Cook on high for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. 

THM S Cocktail Sausage

  • Sandwich Rollups – Using a low carb wrap, add deli meat, cheese, romaine, mayo and mustard. Roll up and slice using a sharp knife. 

Turkey Bacon Ranch Rollups

Cream Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms (1)

  • Chili Dip – Spread one block of cream cheese in an 8×8 dish, add a layer of on plan “S” chili (great if you have some made up in the freezer) and top with shredded cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes until warm and starting to bubble up. Serve with Pork Rinds. 
  • Buffalo Chicken Dip – 2 cans of chicken (drained), 2 packs of softened cream cheese, 1 cup ranch, 1 cup wing sauce, 2 cups shredded cheese. Bake it at 350 for 20 minutes until hot and bubbly. Serve with pork rinds. 

Need more easy apps? Check out this huge list of low carb / THM S dips that you can eat with pork rinds. 

THM Appetizers for Party or Tailgate

THM Charcuterie Board for S & E Meals

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Find ideas to make a THM charcuterie board for S & E meals for your next party, holiday gathering or just a simple snacky lunch. 

Trim Healthy Mama Charcuterie Board Ideas

My favorite part of any party is the appetizers by far. In fact, I love meals that are “snacky.” If you share the same sentiment, you probably love charcuterie boards as well. It’s like a grown up Lunchable & who wouldn’t love that?!

Making an on plan THM charcuterie board for S & E meals is easy and fun. You can create these boards on a large scale as an appetizer for a get together or create a mini charcuterie board for a weekday lunch! They are so easy to make. 

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THM Charcuterie Board for S & E Meals

Charcuterie boards often consist of meats, cheeses, crackers, nuts, fruits and jams. It is simple to create an on plan version depending on the THM Fuel that you are going for. 

Here are a variety of THM on plan snacks that you can include on your platter.

More THM On Plan Appetizers:

Sausage Rotel Stuffed Mushrooms 

Easy Everything But the Bagel Goat Cheese Log

Chicken Bacon Ranch Stuffed Mushrooms

Pigs N a Joseph’s Blanket

THM S Charcuterie Board Ideas

THM Veggies - Boiled Eggs and Pickle Roll ups
*Ignore the carrots on this plate – they were for the kids!

Here are some ideas for S charcuterie plates:

  • Ranch Dip
  • Cheese
  • Smoked Meats (Pepperoni, Salami, Jerky, Summer Sausage)
  • Whisps
  • Nuts 
  • Dark Chocolate 
  • Boiled Eggs 
  • Pickle, Cream cheese and Ham roll ups 
  • Pork Rinds 
  • Homemade Pimento Cheese 

THM E Charcuterie Board Ideas

THM FP Charcuterie Board Ideas

These items can be made into a snack plate by themselves or you can add them to either an S or an E plate. 

The thing I love about these boards is that you can make them as fancy or as simple as you want. I make a mini charcuterie board often for lunch. You don’t have to lay it out in a complicated manner. In fact, a bunch of zip lock bags or a divided container will help you take your snack lunch on the go. 

Here are some S & E snack plates that I have made recently to give you some ideas. 

S Plates:

Trim Healthy Mama On Plan Snacks - S Plate

And here is a snack plate ready for the car or ball field. Here are the containers I use.

THM S Charcuterie On the Go

E Plates:

THM E Low Fat Snack Plate - WW

E snack for the office

THM E Snack Plate

Helpful THM Resources:

Trim Healthy Mama A to Z 

THM Food Analyzer App – Know your Fuel

THM On the Go – Snacks & Light Meals for Road Trips and Office Snacks

Join the Protecting Your THM Pennies Facebook group for on plan sales & coupons. 

Cheesy Taco Sprouted Pretzels – THM E

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These cheesy taco sprouted pretzels are a healthy snack for Trim Healthy Mama’s in an E setting.

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I have been following the Trim Healthy Mama plan on and off since 2016. All that time, I had always wanted to try the on plan sprouted pretzels but never gotten around to it in the last 4 years.

A few weeks ago I put the pretzel twists and the shells in my Amazon cart and pulled the trigger right before we went on our beach trip. I was hoping to include them in my THM beach vacation meal plan. 

But I got them, tried them and didn’t love them. Not bad but nothing amazing (full disclosure, I’m not a big pretzel lover anyway so that could be the problem). Pretzels just always seem a bit plain to me, sprouted or not. 

But I do love them seasoned up with a bunch of flavor! In this Trim Healthy Mama E recipe, taco seasonings and nutritional yeast are combined to create a batch of cheesy taco sprouted pretzels.

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Cheesy Taco Sprouted Pretzels – THM E

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The taco seasoning is combined with nutritional yeast to give the pretzels their cheesy flavor. Plus you get all the nutritional benefits of the nutritional yeast added in to your pretzel snack. 

To make these cheesy taco sprouted pretzels you need just a few staples from your THM pantry and 30 minutes. 

What You Need for Seasoned Sprouted Pretzels 

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Seasoning the Spouted Pretzels

Mix all the seasoning in a gallon zip bag. Place the pretzels in the bag, spray with olive oil spray and zip the bag. Shake, shake, shake! 

Open the bag and spray the pretzels again and shake until all or most of the seasoning has coated the pretzels.

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Baking the Taco Pretzels 

Spread the pretzels in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. 

Bake at 250 degrees for 15 minutes. Flip each pretzel and bake for an additional 15 minutes. 

Carefully remove the pretzels from the sheet and allow them to cool completely. 

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Serving Size 

The serving size on the pretzel bag is 3 pretzels so that is what I would stick to with this Trim Healthy Mama recipe. 

You would still have a few “leftover” carbs before you hit the max carbs for an E meal if you wanted to add something to it (or even an extra pretzel). 

Now, if you have never bought these before you are probably losing it over the serving size being three measly pretzels. But these pretzels are big! Like the size of the palm of my hand. So it won’t be a tiny serving. 

Pair your cheesy taco sprouted pretzels with a lean protein like some turkey deli meat for an extra boost of protein to round out the meal/snack. 

Cheesy Taco THM E Vegan Sprouted Pretzels (1)

Try these easy Crockpot Pumpkin Spice Almonds – THM S.

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  1. Preheat your oven to 250 degrees.
  2. Combine the seasonings in a gallon zip bag & add in the pretzels.
  3. Spray the pretzels with the olive oil spray and seal the bag.
  4. Shake until all of the seasoning has coated the pretzels. You may need to open the bag & spray with olive oil once more.
  5. Spread the sprouted pretzels onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Do not overlap.
  6. Bake for 15 minutes.
  7. Flip the pretzels and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
  8. Allow the pretzels to fully cool. Store in an airtight container.

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Keto Chicken Bacon Ranch Stuffed Mushrooms

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Chicken, bacon and ranch make everything better, right? These Keto chicken bacon ranch stuffed mushrooms make great appetizers or even a nice side dish for your meal. 

     Chicken Bacon Ranch Stuffed Mushrooms

I think the first time I ever heard of the chicken bacon ranch combo was when Subway came out with their sandwich years ago. And I’ve been hooked ever since. 

Mix up a bowl of crack chicken and you can put it in anything. We love it in low carb quesadillas, in chicken puffs, or even just piled high on a salad. So why not stuffed in a yummy mushroom? 

Yes, add that to my Trim Healthy Mama S plate! 

These mushrooms are loaded with creamy cheese, bacon, rotisserie chicken and ranch to make these the perfect low carb appetizer for your next party. Well, are parties still a thing since COVID? Who am I kidding – you can make these for yourself and sit at home socially distanced BUT at least you will have good food!

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Keto Chicken Bacon Ranch Stuffed Mushrooms

Crack Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms - A Keto Low Carb Appetizer

You are seriously going to love these. I made them one night to go with some chicken quarters that my husband smoked on the grill. And then I made them again the next day. 

And mid-week, I made them again and we just ate a big plate of stuffed mushrooms for dinner. They were that good.

Do you like appetizers for dinner? I swear the starters are usually my favorite part of the whole meal.

Ingredients for Low Carb Crack Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms

Chicken Bacon Ranch Baked Stuffed Mushrooms

If you have read many of my Keto/Trim Healthy Mama recipes, you know I like to get help from the grocery store when I can to make life a little easier. And these baked stuffed mushrooms are no exception, getting their start with a rotisserie chicken. 

Here is what you need to grab from the store or your fridge and pantry.

  • Rotisserie Chicken
  • Philadelphia Cream Cheese (I buy generic EVERYTHING but Philadelphia really is better)
  • Bacon (either cooked/crumbled bacon or real bacon bits) 
  • Ranch Dressing – This is my favorite. You could make your own also.
  • Shredded Cheese
  • White Mushrooms or Portabella (baby bella) Mushrooms

How To Bake Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms With Cream Cheese

These bacon cream cheese stuffed mushrooms are easy to mix up and bake for a tasty low carb starter. 

Start buy washing the mushrooms with water and removing the stems. You won’t use the stems in this recipe but frugal Trim Healthy Mama’s don’t throw them out! Try the sister’s ground beef mushroom hack to stretch your grocery budget!

I set mushroom caps on a paper towel to absorb any extra water while I move on to the next step. 

Then combine the shredded rotisserie chicken, room temp cream cheese, bacon bits, ranch and shredded cheese in a medium bowl. Mix it all together until well incorporated. 

Using a teaspoon, fill each mushroom until full but not overflowing with filling. 

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I like to use a Broiler Pan to cook these because it lets any excess moisture from the mushrooms drain away – avoiding a mushy mushroom.

Place your crack chicken stuffed mushrooms on the broiler pan and bake until the cheese is melted and warm in your 400 degree preheated oven, about 18-20 minutes. 

Yum!

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Looking for more Keto – THM S – Low Carb Stuffed Mushrooms? Try these Sausage Rotel Cheese Dip Stuffed Mushrooms.

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  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Remove stems from the mushrooms and set aside or discard (THM followers - slice them up and brown them with ground beef for another recipe). Wash and dry the mushroom caps.
  3. Combine the cream cheese, shredded cheese, bacon, chicken and ranch dressing in a medium bowl and mix together well.
  4. Using a teaspoon, fill each mushroom cap with a generous amount of filling.
  5. Place the filled mushrooms on a lightly greased broiler pan.
  6. Bake for 18 minutes or until lightly browned and cheese is melted.

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