Briana Thomas

Velvety Peppermint Mocha

April 19, 2019 By Briana Thomas Burkholder

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This creamy, froth-topped Velvety Peppermint Mocha is my sugar-free take on the Starbucks holiday favorite! I blended in some good ol’ Bulletproof-style fats to create one of my Velvety THM Deep S drinks! These drinks are perfect for Fuel Cycles – or just any time you want to get your metabolism going.

As I said in the Peppermint Cheesecake Bars recipe I posted a few weeks ago, I have a pile of seasonally inappropriate recipes to share with you. 😛 Shall we continue with the peppermint theme? Christmas in April, how about it? I’m game!

When can I have this drink?

Since this drink does contain protein, you can have it as a stand-alone snack or meal. (You can also enjoy it as a dessert after a THM Deep S, regular S, or Fuel Pull meal.) Personally, I would use a drink like this for a snack most of the time because if I would drink it for breakfast or lunch when my body is expecting more of a main meal, my tummy would be rumbling in an hour. For a snack it’s perfect to tide me over – like between lunch and supper. One other consideration: you need to be sure to get plenty of “real food” into your diet and not just rely on shakes and drinks for nutrition. That being said, using a drink like this Velvety Peppermint Mocha for a meal on occasion is just fine.

NOTE: In the recipe I used 2 tablespoons of vanilla whey protein powder for protein, but you can use a full scoop (usually about 4 tablespoons) if you want more protein to hold you over when using this drink as a meal or snack on its own. I’m usually trying to use my protein powder sparingly so I don’t have to order more so soon, and I get plenty of other protein throughout my day. If you’re dairy free, collagen would be a good substitute for the whey protein powder, but it won’t make the drink quite as creamy….

Peppermint Cheesecake Bars

April 3, 2019 By Briana Thomas Burkholder

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These Peppermint Cheesecake Bars are easy to make and have the most amazing texture! They’re the perfect Christmasy THM S and low carb dessert! You don’t even need a spring-form pan to make them.

“Uh…wait a minute,” you may be saying. “It’s the beginning of April.” Yeah, about that…. I currently have a very long backlog of recipes waiting to be turned into blog posts, so you’ll be seeing some more seasonally inappropriate recipes before too long if I can get my act together. I worked on this cheesecake recipe back in December but when it still hadn’t worked out perfectly by try #3, I abandoned it until February when I gave it another whirl and PRESTO! It was amazing. And I totally did not mind eating peppermint cheesecake in February, so I didn’t think you’d mind doing the same in April. I’ll resurrect this recipe around the holidays and pretend it’s new and only my faithful fans who follow me in every season will be the wiser. :P…