Great Low Carb BBQ Sauce

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This low carb BBQ sauce not only taste amazing and easy to make, but it's only 2g of net carbs per serving.

This low carb BBQ sauce not only taste amazing and easy to make, but it’s only 2g of net carbs per serving.

Yesterday we fired up the grill and tossed on some country-style pork ribs. We love ribs, but I can never find a tasty, low carb BBQ sauce for basting. Most brands have more than  7g of carbs. Too rich for me.

I do make a great BBQ sauce, but it calls for gobs of brown sugar. Needless to say I haven’t made the sauce in more than 2 years. So I took to the web and hunted down a recipe that would fit my low-carb lifestyle.

I stumbled upon Kent Altena’s YouTube page of low-carb cooking and decided to give his simple BBQ sauce recipe a try. Boy, and I’m glad I did.

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Awesomely Amazing Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

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Whipping up some delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies Saturday night.

Whipping up some delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies Saturday night.

I indulged myself this weekend. The urge to bake was strong and I came across a cookie recipe in my Livestrong newsletter that I just had to try — Pumpkin Chocolate Chip!

The timing was perfect. I normally bake cookies and treats as Christmas presents for family and friends.

I started looking for recipes about a week ago.  The plan is to bake a few test batches, taste a cookie or two and see how it holds up for shipping (Does the cookie get too dry/stale? Crumbly?). The remaining I’ll send with my husband to his office for his teammates to devour.

A little indulgence now and then prevents the binging! These cookies are awesome and hit the spot!

A little indulgence now and then prevents the gorging! These cookies are awesome and hit the spot!

How awesomely amazing are these cookies? I think I ate about 5 cookies the last couple of days – always right after a workout!  They are amazing, but I need them out of the house.

In this recipe I substituted the cup of granular sugar with Xyla. It’s a tree sugar that tastes, cooks and bakes just like sugar but has 40% fewer calories and 70% fewer carbs.

I’m also on the hunt for a gluten-free version of this recipe for a particular friend. If I find something equally tasty, I’ll post it.  My guess is the gluten-free recipe will have fewer carbs!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Net Carbs: 17
Weight Watchers PointsPlus: 4
Serving Size: 3 Cookies
Makes 40-45 Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 cup Xyla (Xylitol)
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • cooking spray

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
  • Cream the Xyla, applesauce, pumpkin and vanilla extract together. Make sure Xyla is completely mixed in with the other wet ingredients. Set aside.
  • In another bowl, mix flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Once mixed, add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix to combine.
  • Add in chocolate chips and mix well.
  • Use a spoon and drop cookies onto the prepared sheet and bake for 15 – 18 minutes, or until browned.