Lowcarbezine!

Cooking Low Carb: Irish Cream Coffee Latte

Here's a sample recipe from Low-Carb Smoothies! You'll need sugar-free chocolate coffee flavoring syrup. Try the local fancy coffee joint; they often sell these things, and my grocery store carries them at their coffee kiosk; my beloved Sahara Mart here in Bloomington has sugar free coffee syrups, too. If you can't find them locally, they're worth ordering! The low carb etailers have them (http://www.carbsmart.com) The biggest selection comes from DaVinci, and you can order direct if you want: http://www.davincigourmet.com . They were kind enough to donate a whole bunch of syrups to help me develop the recipes in the book, so I think they deserve the business!

I found a recipe for making your own Irish Cream liqueur, and took it from there. My Irish Cream loving husband says I got it right.

1 1/2 cups Carb Countdown Dairy Beverage
2 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
2 tablespoons vanilla whey protein powder
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons sugar free chocolate coffee flavoring syrup
1 tablespoon Splenda

Combine everything in your blender, and run until smooth and well-blended.

319 Calories; 14g Fat; 40g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 8g Usable Carbs.

Posted by HoldTheToast at April 1, 2005 01:10 PM