Trim Healthy Lifestyle has taught me how to bake while keeping my blood sugar stabilized, my waistline slim, and without the feeling of being bloated and run down. I'd like to show you how it's done with this delicious carrot cake and cream cheese frosting. Your guests will have no idea it's healthy, sugar-free, and gluten-free.
I will even show you how I shaped the cake into a cross for an Easter celebration.
R's Carrot Cake is from Trim Healthy Future on page 280. Let's make it together.
Step 1 - Prep the carrots & batter
The star of the show in this cake is the carrot. Let's take a look at the benefits.
You can check out my blog and learn everything you need to know about carrots here:
Step 2 - Batter into pan
This is a 16X10 Pampered Chef pan
and what the batter looks like before it goes into the oven at 350.
Step 3 - Time to shape
I transfer the cake onto a serving board and let it sit for a while so it can drop out on its own. Because the cake is so thin, it was done in 25 minutes. The reason I chose this size pan is because it's Easter and I wanted to turn this into a cross. I don't have a cross pan, so my husband helped me create straight lines to create the cross shape. He has an excellent eye for this!
Step 4-6 - Shaping and Frosting the Cake
Next, I made Rashida's Cream Cheese Frosting from Trim Healthy Future on page 372. It is super easy to make and tasty with only four ingredients like cream cheese, maple flavoring, and THM sweetener that you whip up in your mixer.
Now I'll show you how I finished the cross and frosted the cake:
Have you tried hiding veggies in your cake before?
Trim Healthy Mama taught me all the tips and tricks to get my family to eat their veggies without even knowing it!
If you would like to learn more about baking in a healthy way, I also made the Coconut Cake from Trim Healthy Indulgence into a piano shape for my mother's birthday. You can check that out here!
If Carrot or Coconut cake doesn't interest you, you can check out my videos on making the Strawberry Cake from Trim Healthy Indulgence here!
If you would like to learn more about how to live a sugar-free life that can be full of sweet treats, eating every 3-4 hours, and slimming down, I have created a step-by-step course that will help you live a healthy and energetic life.
Sending all my love and blessings to you.
Let's talk about how to stay on plan during vacation! I love this topic, and I feel like I have mastered it since I've been doing it for eleven years!
My very first Trim Healthy Mama vacation was Christmas 2013, when I packed for six people for a road trip to a very cold trip to Mall of America in Minnesota! We always book a place with a kitchenette or kitchen, so I have access to a refrigerator and stovetop. I remember spending quite a bit of time in the kitchen ten years ago packing, so we could stay on plan the entire time. I made a lot of soups to keep us warm. Over time, I have gotten much faster packing, so I want to share all my tips and tricks. First, I want to say that I always stay on plan during vacation because I want to feel my best and have the most amount of energy, so that I can enjoy all the sightseeing without feeling bloated. I encourage you to do the same! Don't make it complicated and do the best you can and remember that it's always worth it!
What do you need to invest in on your THM journey?
My essential items for food storage are the following:
Cooler backpack
Cooler
Watch my video to see how I packed for a week's beach vacation for four.
Here is our food:
Let's start with hydration!
My favorite part of THM is the sippers because they keep me hydrated, energetic, and clear-minded and help curb my hunger. I don't leave the house without a sipper or two. I always make them in bulk for our long drives and while we are at our destination. First, I made ginger juice in my Vitamixer by adding a lot of fresh ginger to water. Then, I poured it into ice cube trays to freeze. After it's frozen, I put them in Ziploc bags. I like to use the cubes as ice packs in coolers and also for easy drinks. You can easily add ACV and a healthy on-plan sweetener to make GGMS ice cubes. All you will need is water to add to it for a healthy, anti-inflammatory drink. 
I also like to take mini sizes of ACV along.
I've been drinking spuice from the THM membership website for years and drink it daily as it has the most amount of superfoods in it of all the sippers. I don't want to miss a day while on vacation, so I made a gallon and stored it in a plastic jug to throw away, and so I don't risk the glass jars I use at home breaking. I left some space on the top, so I could freeze it, so it also doubles as my icepack in the cooler. 
My pink water bottles all have the Shrinker sipper in the to keep us awake on the 19-hour drive.
Next up is preparing healthy breakfasts and snack packs.
Oatmeal is a go-to since it's quick and easy and you can find hot water at any gas station or hotel. I added collagen, stevia, baobab, cinnamon, and a 1/2 cup of oatmeal in each zippie.
On the right, the zippies are for smoothies. I added a scoop of whey protein powder, collagen, stevia, and baobab for a quick smoothie. I love the Pina Colada, so I packed a whole bag of frozen pineapple. I am also a kefir girl, so I took my grains with me to have kefir smoothies every day. The beach, sunshine, and smoothies go so well together!
I really like to make all the food ahead of time, so I can relax and enjoy my vacation time. I also like to take my own protein and food with me because I can get it cheaper at home. I don't mind buying fresh fruits, fish, and veggies while gone.
I did this trip very simply, by grilling meat poolside, sipping on my drinks, and enjoying fresh fruit and veggies.
This time, it all fit in one cooler, my backpack cooler, and a bag.
Here is another vacation packing video for an on-plan vacation road trip:
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Blessings,
Are you looking for a good detoxifier and cleanser?
Let me introduce you to the king and queen of greens -- Moringa and Spirulina.
What is Moringa?
You can buy these two superfoods separately or buy Trim Healthy's version called Dynamic Duo.
If you have a hard time eating your greens or just want to amp up your health, I suggest this Dynamic Duo superfood powder.
Let's look at all the benefits of this duo.
If you're interested in healing in any of the areas above, I encourage you to buy organic moringa and spirulina.
On the back of the Dynamic Duo bag is a super fast and surprisingly tasty drink called Sweet N Easy Greens Drink using a nut milk and water.
How do you use this powder?
First up, let's give you an all-day sipper to keep you hydrated.
Are you tired of eating your greens and not in the mood for a salad?
Do you need an elixir to help with weight management or a metabolism boost?
Let me introduce you to a green, creamy slightly sweetened drink!
Earth Milk Sip
TH cookbook, page 402
Trim Healthy Mama original book page 425
There are two versions, the one on the left is the original recipe and the one on the right is the chocolate version.
How about a hot fuel pull drink?
I think the Dynamic Duo works great in this drink.
A cold fuel pull drink is the Super Swig.
Next up, Smoothies!
Hiding the greens powder in your smoothies is also an excellent way to get it in.
Serene created a smoothie that uses a tablespoon of the greens powder.
This is Serene's Bid Dween Smoothie.
Let's move on to some green treats!
Are you wondering what the two green balls were?
My favorite superfood treat to make is Greenie Meanies because they are packed full of healthy goodness, super fast to make and are tasty.
These treats come from Trim Healthy Future and there are two S versions and one E version.
Let's make the E version above.
The bottom of this pan is the S version of Greenie Meanies using unsweetened coconut flakes. These freeze well and also are great to keep in the refrigerator for a quick snack or dessert.
Another dessert is Mint Chocolate Chunk Skinny Truffles from the Trim Healthy Cookbook on page 385.
I love to include greens in every meal and the Dynamic Duo makes it easy to do that.
Are you ready to give it a try?
If you have any questions about eating healthy, balancing your blood sugar or getting more greens and superfoods into your diet, I'm here to help you.
Green all day,
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Blessings,
My absolute favorite part of doing the Trim Healthy plan is the all day sippers! I call myself the "sipper queen" because I love my drinks so much! There are so many sippers to enjoy, but I also like specialty drinks like Kombucha because of the benefits. Kombucha is not a sipper, but it's a drink that is a Fuel Pull or S friendly up to a half cup due to the carbs in it.
My family enjoys it as an E drink in the evenings because we often drink more than a half cup of it.
What is Kombucha?
Kombucha is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black tea drink commonly consumed for its purported health benefits like your gut health. Fruit, herbs or other flavorings are often added in the second ferment. I like to think of kombucha as an all-natural probiotic that will cleanse and heal your gut! 
Here is a store-bought Kombucha we had while on vacation and enjoyed in wine glasses.
When buying it from the store, look for 2 grams or less of added sugar.
What do you need to make Kombucha?
A scoby
(Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria & Yeast)
Kombucha starter
(This will have a kombucha scoby and 1 cup of already made kombucha tea)
Black Tea or Green Tea
Sugar
(this gets eaten up in ferment process)
Water
Glass Jars
A cheesecloth or linen with a rubber band to hold cloth on.
From left to right:
Two black tea bags in boiling water, my scoby hotel and the tea choices I have to make the tea.
I'm adding one cup of cane juice crystals to the gallon jar of black tea and I left room at the top to add the scoby and Kombucha starter from the last batch I made.
I'm adding one cup of cane juice crystals to the gallon jar of black tea and I left room at the top to add the scoby and Kombucha starter from the last batch I made.Where do you get your scoby from?
I got mine from a friend to save money, but Cultured Food Life is my go-to for fermented foods.
I just added pure water to the gallon jar after steeping the tea and letting it cool, so it doesn't hurt the scoby. Then I placed the scoby and a cup of kombucha from the last batch in the gallon jar. The scoby is floating in there and will work it's way to the top. I placed cheesecloth over the top.
How do you make Kombucha?
Boil a cup of water and add two black tea bags.
Let cool.
Put the cooled tea in a gallon glass jar or crock
Add one cup of Cane Sugar
Add the scoby and Kombucha starter
Fill to the top with pure water.
Place a cloth over the opening of the jar and secure with a rubber band.
(This keeps dust, mold spores, and vinegar flies out of the fermenting tea.)
Let it sit for 10-14 days.
After sitting in an undisturbed and a well-ventilated place away from direct sunlight 10-14 days, I prepared a second ferment. This is my lemon-ginger double fermented Kombucha.
For this batch, I placed a whole peeled lemon and around three to six inches of peeled fresh ginger in my vitamixer with a little bit of the Kombucha, then used a funnel and distributed it equally among the jars and added in the Kombucha, leaving out the scoby and a cup of the Kombucha starter.
I leave the second ferment on the counter for three more days and then place in the refrigerator.
I often make drinks in batches for the week!
From left to right:
First ferment Kombucha, kefir, Parrot Punch from Trim Healthy Future, Spuice from the Trim Healthy Membership, Lemon/Ginger Kombucha and Hydrated Hummingbird from Trim Health Future.
From left to right:
Kefir, Strawberry Kombucha on second ferment and the scoby hotel on end.
(I make Kombucha at 16 minutes in)
I love drinks, so if you would like more information, here are drink blogs I've created to help you on your journey:
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