Low Carb Rolls- The Original Atkins Revolution Rolls

Here is another recipe that I have been making for my husband in place of regular rolls (since he is allergic to everything).  He actually really likes them!  The consistency is definitely different from regular rolls, but he doesn't mind.

The Original Atkins' Diet Revolution Rolls 

  Ingredients 

3 Large Eggs, Separated 

1/4 tsp Cream of Tartar 

3 Tbsp Cream Cheese 

2 packets Splenda

Directions

           Preheat oven to 300°F.

Separate eggs very carefully (make sure NONE of the yolk gets into the white.) Spray PAM on a Teflon cookie sheet. Use an electric beater to beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff (but not dry).

Mix egg yolks, cream cheese and Splenda in separate bowl. Fold yolk-mixture carefully into egg whites being sure not to break down fragile whites — mix no longer than 1 minute.

Place the mixture carefully on the cookie sheet, gently putting one tablespoon on top of another until it is two (2) inches in height. Repeat until you have 6 little "pillows." Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 55 minutes.

Makes 6 rolls. 1 net gram of carbohydrate per serving.

Click HERE to watch a video on how these rolls are made.  It REALLY helped me out!

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Spring is Here

I love this time of year!  All of the blossoms and warmer weather is something that I look forward to during the cold winter months.  I love the smells of the flowers and the new foliage on the trees.  

For those of you who keep up with our blog, you might know that I have five boys.  So that means we do a lot of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts!  We have amazing Scout leaders here in El Paso and the boys earn so many awards.  It's really impressive!  Last month the Bears (the 9 year old boys) worked and completed their Photography Belt Loop.  Their assignment was to take pictures and show them to the den.  My son was so excited!  He asked his Scout leaders if he could edit them in Photoshop as well.  They told him he could and these are the pictures that he came up with.  I did not take any of these pictures or edit them.  These are all the works of a nine year old boy.  I love how they just scream SPRING!

Happy Spring!

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BillionClicks.org

A couple of weeks ago, all of us sisters went to the Time Out for Women in Albuquerque, NM.  I posted about it last week.  We had so much fun!  There are so many speakers that I absolutely loved, in fact, I loved them all!  I just wanted to take the time to talk about Hilary Weeks and a project that she is doing right now called BillionClicks.org.   

I think that this is such an excellent program that I shared it with my family for Family Home Evening Monday night.  For those of you who don't know, every Monday night we gather together as a family and spend time together.  We sing, have a lesson, activity, pray and always end with a treat!  Anyways, my older kids knew that I had something special to share with them all week and they knew that it involved a clicker and they were so excited about it!

I shared this video with my family.

And then I explained that I have a clicker that each person will take for a day and will "click" their positive thoughts onto.  We will then record our "clicks" onto BillionClicks.org.  They were all so excited!  The only problem is that I only had one clicker and they all wanted to go first.  So we had to come up with a rotation schedule and these boys are really clicking away!

Next week at Family Home Evening we are going to discuss the difference  that clicking made in our personal lives and the difference in our home this experiment makes.  I really think that this was an inspired program that will aim our focus onto the positive things in life.  There are so many distractions in life that can get us down and make us feel useless and worthless.  But with all of the blessings and opportunities that come our way everyday, it's important to acknowledge and focus on the positive things. 

Hilary Weeks and our Sisterhood!

So go ahead and CLICK away!

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Iron Rake Jewelry Holder

I was walking around my parents yard the other day exploring their collection of antiques. I found this rake head and thought it would be perfect to hold all of my necklaces that always get tangled. It works perfectly and I love the way it adds a vintage flare to my room!

General Conference- VT Ideas

General Conference in next weekend- here are some gift ideas for your Visiting Teaching in case you have not done it yet.  

Here is a General Conference Packet that I did for my sisters last conference.You can find the entire post HERE!

Here is another General Conference Goodie Bag done by Everyday Food Storage.

Blue Skies Ahead also had a really cute idea for a General Conference Gift.  You can find it HERE.

All of these ideas are SUPER cute and cheap to do.  Giving little things like this to your sisters really goes along way.  Good luck with your Visiting Teaching!

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