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Smoky Black Bean Soup
The hubs and I have a real thing for plantain chips lately. If you haven’t tried them, they’re like extra thick starchy potato chips. So yeah, it’s not like they’re health food, but they do have this fun perk… Unlike the banana chips you typically find in the store, they’re savory instead of sweet and don’t have any added sugar. We discovered this during our 30-day challenge to exclude added sugars, and we may have gone overboard. (It turns out that when your only nutritional strategy is to avoid added sugar, you end up eating a lot of cheese and chips. Maybe don’t follow my example.) Anyways, I’ve been questing…
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Shrimp Creole with Cauliflower Rice
We are in the midst of one of those trendy 30-day no sugar challenges. We’re not doing anything fancy, just avoiding foods with added sugars (any refined sugar, as well as honey, maple syrup, agave, etc.). Don’t feel too bad for me. I’ve already eaten my body weight in raisins this month, and we still have another few days. We were relieved to realize that we didn’t have to make too many dramatic changes. Admittedly, we were already trying to be cautious about high sugar foods, but this challenge made us think even harder, and it kept me from rewarding myself every night with a spoonful of ice cream…
