Summer Iced Coffee Treat-KETO!

Hello, tender friends!

You know when Pooh Bear says it’s “time for a little smackerel of something?” We all have our Pooh Bear moments, but the good news is that your Pooh Bear moments can be keto!

Real green leaf stevia was the only sweetener that was permitted when my mom was treated for clear-cell ovarian cancer, and it has a glycemic index of 0. So in this case you can have your coffee and drink it too, without worrying about a blood sugar spike.

Here’s how I use it:

  1. Grind your coffee, then place ground coffee and a half teaspoon of green leaf stevia in the bottom of the French press. (You can adjust the green leaf stevia to taste, but be warned that it is quite sweet, and more than a half teaspoon per serving is too sweet for me.)

2. Cover the French press and let the ground beans and stevia steep for 14 minutes, or to your preference. 14 minutes is my sweet spot.

3) Use a milk frother to froth either heavy cream or coconut cream. The milk frother actually works better with half and half if you like to mix the creamer into your coffee, as the heavy cream tends to create a denser foam that’s better sitting on top. But half and half isn’t keto. Guess who loves the milk frother in my house. 🙂

4) Top the coffee with your frothed cream and a dash of cinnamon. Cinnamon is another amazing way to add sweetness with only a negligible carb increase, and cinnamon lowers blood sugar by increasing insulin sensitivity. It’s a win-win!

I like to put my coffee in the coldest part of the fridge so that it turns into a sort of coffee slushie. I only take a few sips of coffee a day if I drink it at all, but it’s such a treat to look forward to when it’s blazing hot outside and I need a little afternoon pick me up.

I love my guilt-free little smackerel of something. 🙂

Ok, that’s all for today, tender friends! Thank you for stopping by, and thank you for sharing!

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    1. Jon

      I finally determined that I was sensitive to dairy and abandoned heavy cream in my coffee. I used to drink it black and after an adjustment period, I am again happy with it black. We do put stevia in a lot of things though.

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      1. Stacey

        I’m so glad you determined what your sensitivity was so that you could cut it out to feel your best, Jon! That is so important, and older that I get the more I realize that what I put in my body and what I don’t are equally important. 🙂

        Kudos to you for enjoying your coffee black! And I’m glad you have discovered the stevia sweetness trick in your life too.

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    2. Awakening Wonders

      Yes, to sipping smarter – iced coffee is a powerhouse of antioxidants! It’s protecting your cells from damage while staying cool!

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      1. Stacey

        Yes, I think we sometimes forget that if we go back to basics coffee can be healthy!

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    3. Nancy Ruegg

      I’ll have to check out stevia. I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes a few years ago, even though I was already consuming less sugar and simple carbs because of high cholesterol. (This, in spite of a sensible diet and exercise!) But most recently my A1C was 5.6, and I’m doing my best to keep it there! With stevia, perhaps I could enjoy a little something sweet now and then. Thank you, Stacey!

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      1. Stacey

        It’s challenging when you feel like you’ve done everything right with a sensible diet and exercise and still have to deal with prediabetes, Nancy. It doesn’t seem fair when so many people don’t follow a healthy diet or exercise and don’t have that problem!

        I hope stevia works well with your body, and you can enjoy a little smackerel of something soon!

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