Saturday, March 2, 2019

Super Food Saturday- Keto Cheesecake






I started my 30 day Keto Diet this week. I am following the plan from the new Keto Diet book by Dr. Axe.  A few years ago I did a lean and green diet which is a very strict Keto. I felt deprived the whole time.  Under the Dr. Axe plan I can have berries and full fat yogurt, cheese, kefir, sour cream and cream cheese.  With this diet there are no carbs. So no sugar, no grains, no potatoes and not starchy veggies/    The Dr. Axe book has 80 recipes including desserts. I did not expect to be able to eat desserts.

After the 30 days I will probably do Keto cycling for a bit where I will go on for 3 days and go off for a few days. With food like this cheesecake it is easy to follow the plan.

Keto Cheesecake

Crust
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1 tablespoon stevia
5 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Filling
24 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon stevia
1/2 cup coconut cream
2 eggs
1 teaspoon lemon zest

Berries for topping ( I used both fresh blueberries and thawed frozen raspberries shown here)

Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a small bowl, mix together the crust ingredients. Press into the bottom of a 9-inch spring form plan and bake for 10 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.

Reduce the oven temperature to 300 F.
To make the filling, in a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese and stevia. Slowly add the coconut cream until fully incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.  Add the eggs, one at a time, while whisking.  Add the lemon zest.  Pour the cheese mixture on top of the crust in the spring form pan. Bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.  Cool in the refrigerator overnight. Do not remove the cake until it has chilled.  Serve topped with berries.

10 to 12 servings


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Chris Wodke
Founder & Manager Team CMT
www.run4cmt.com

Chris is a triathlete and long distance runner. She is a three time participant of the Boston Marathon.  In 2012 she finished 2nd at Boston in the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs exploded.

She has appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open Division Champion.

In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented Team USA at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago in 2015i, Cozumel in 2016 and Denmark in 2018. In 2018 finishing 5th in the 60 to 64 age group.

 In 2014 she represented the U.S. as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas, Texas.  She has won state championships in cycling and triathlon as a senior Olympian. In 2017 she placed 2nd in her age group at the Winter Triathlon National Championship, earning a spot on Team USA for the World Championship.

She travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.

She is the author of the book, “Running for My Life” that details her experience as a CMT affected athlete and the book “Soup Sundays, A Journey Toward Healthy Eating”.

You may visit her author page at:
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Wodke/e/B00IJ02HX6

Team CMT is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and to find a cure for CMT. We have 218 members in 39 states. We also have members in Australia, England, Scotland, Canada, Vietnam, Turkey, Finland, France, Ireland, Poland, Iran, Norway and Sweden. If you wish to join us visit our web site; www.run4cmt.com or www.hnf-cure.org

CMT or Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS).  It is a disease of the nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.

Symptoms include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor balance and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual dexterity.

Structural foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.

Poor tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold hands and feet.

Additional symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties and hearing loss.

Additional Link
Follow CMT affected Paratriathlete Timmy Dixon
http://cmtamputee.wordpress.com/

Follow CMT Author Chris Steinke
https://cmtandmesite.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/what-is-charcot-marie-tooth-disease/


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