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The BEST Protein Ice Cream

Anyone else LOVE ice cream? I DO!

Skip the Dairy Queen this summer and get yourself an ice cream maker! Your wallet will thank you and so will your body!

Ice Cream is probably my favorite dessert. No matter what time of year it is! I love the creamy cold texture and my easy protein ice cream is smooth, creamy and is the BEST keto ice cream you’ve ever had!

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST PROTEIN ICE CREAM

To make my easy Protein Ice Cream, I used Equip Prime Protein!

I LOVE how healthy this ice cream recipe is! Equip Prime protein is truly my go-to ingredient for making healthy desserts. The vanilla Equip Prime Protein is only 4 ingredients: Grass fed beef, coconut cream powder, natural flavors and stevia.

If you are having a hard time hitting your protein macros, pick up a few bags of Equip Prime protein and make the BEST protein ice cream!

Equip is so generous, they are offering 15% off when you use code MARIA!

The BEST Protein Ice Cream

Prep Time 5 min

Total Time 5 min

Course Dairy Free, Dessert, Egg Free, Nut Free

Cuisine American

Servings 5 servings

Calories 210

Place the heavy cream into a blender and puree until light and fluffy. Add the rest of the ingredients and gently pulse to combine well. Taste and adjust sweetness to your liking.
Place the protein ice cream into an ice cream maker and follow the directions of your ice cream maker. (click HERE to find the ice cream maker I LOVE)!
Store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a month.

Doesn’t Tracy look AMAZING??? I’m SO proud of her! I had to share her story!

“On the left we have what appeared to be a very confident 207 lb Tracy. That was all a lie!!!
I was depressed, unhappy, sick, and felt very ugly. I’ve struggled with my weight loss since I can remember. I remember being made fun of when I was 8 by the lake with my mom and sister. I remember being called thunder thighs at 14 right before I dove into a pool. I felt so big that sometimes when I walked I heard it like an elephant stomping. I was very insecure. I just hid it very well. I became somewhat of an expert putting on my masks as I was literally torturing myself in my mind. Not being very kind to myself at all. Those were dark times. There were many nights I would cry myself to sleep.
5 months ago I changed that with Emmerich Keto. Sure I had family and acquaintances tell me that the way I was eating would hurt me in the long run or it wasn’t sustainable, or depriving my body would only lead me back to massive weight gain. I chose to ignore those voices and kept going. I’ve tried many different styles of eating. And they all left me with cravings.
However, eating the Emmerich way has kept me very satisfied and I have no cravings!!!
I make my own foods to take with me when traveling. The way I see it I spent so much time getting away from what I never wanted to be so I’ll be damned if I use vacationing as an excuse to eat in a way that makes me feel bad. I do exercise daily because again if I have time to sit and watch TV for almost an hour a day I’d rather use that time to take care of me.
Here I am on the right weighing 148.2 lb. I’m actually very confident, happy and I no longer hear the elephant stomping when I walk. I have no more knee pains, backaches or migraines. I can climb up the stairs without getting too exhausted or stopping to catch my breath.
I can walk in a room and actually feel pretty on the inside as well as the outer appearance.
Be kind to yourself even when you’re not feeling your best and know you can always change that.” Tracy

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Carnivore for Weight Loss – Maria Mind Body Health

My Carnivore for Weight Loss book is FINALLY here!

The past 3 years I’ve been working on my latest book Carnivore for Weight Loss. I believe it’s the best book I’ve written so far!

Craig and I worked late into the night to get this out before we left for my Keto/Carnivore Retreat! And it is amazing! It is truly the easiest and best weight loss and healing book we have ever created.

If you like me and prefer to have a printed book, feel free to download this Carnivore ebook and print it so you can have it in your kitchen (it’s a printable PDF)! Click HERE to get your copy where you can get it printed at PrintMe1.com! They even make color books!

In this Carnivore for Weight Loss book there are 116 recipes including 30 Protein Sparing Modified Fasting recipes and a bonus chapter with sous vide recipes. Most ebooks give you 40-50 recipes. This book is basically 3 ebooks in 1!

Carnivore is a great option for anyone who has any chronic disease or issue like autoimmune, mood issues like bipolar, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Lyme, or other chronic issues that have seen some relief with keto, but not total resolution or reduction in symptoms. Carnivore can be the next step to realizing full relief. That is why we outlined the carnivore autoimmune protocol (CAIP) in this book to give you the tools to fully heal and reverse your issues and find your threshold for what foods you can add back in and keep symptoms away.

WHAT IS IN THE CARNIVORE FOR WEIGHT LOSS BOOK

About the authors journey and healing with carnivore for Craig’s Lyme disease.
What are the issues with plants?
What is carnivore and why can it help?
What are the levels of carnivore?
What is the Carnivore Autoimmune protocol and how to do it.
How to do Protein Sparing Modified Fasts correctly.
Charts of the best cuts of meat for PSMF.
116 total recipes.
30 Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF) recipes.

I love carnivore so it was sad to see people who think it is a limited diet. It can be if you are not inventive. So I jumped into the kitchen to create the most delicious carnivore recipes!

WHERE TO GET THE CARNIVORE FOR WEIGHT LOSS BOOK

If you would like to make a difference and support a small family rather than making a minuscule sale for a large company, I am happy to announce that you can now get my books as a high quality ebook that works on any platform (all done by my wonderful husband!).

This is an ebook format that works on any computer or mobile device. It is a beautiful pdf that has all the full color pages and layouts as the printed book with a click-able table of contents and searching capabilities. This is extremely useful when trying to find a recipe. These books are of much higher quality than the ebook platforms (kindle, apple). Plus, most of the profits don’t go to Amazon or apple!

Thank you for your support!

Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Concrete Mixer

Have you ever had a Strawberry Cheesecake Concrete Mixer from Culvers?

Culvers is a midwest fast food chain that serves Concrete Mixers such as Strawberry Cheesecake and since summer will be here in no time, I thought a recipe for a homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Concrete Mixer would be perfect!

If you love strawberry cheesecake, this easy keto recipe is perfect for you!

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE CONCRETE MIXER

To make my homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Concrete Mixer, I used Equip Prime Strawberry Protein.

I love that I can make a delicious and easy homemade ice cream shake in minutes and it’s healthy! Packed with protein on those days I don’t have time to cook!

There have been times I am stuck in an airport and I made a version of this Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Concrete Mixer (without the ice). I always have Equip strawberry protein powder packed in my carry on! I seriously do! I have a flight to Bali that is 36 hours long and since I know it will be hard to find quality food at the airport, I plan on making some Strawberry Cheesecake shakes!

Equip is so generous, they are offering 15% off when you use code MARIA!

Please share this YouTube video making my delicious homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Concrete Mixer with your friends to show them how delicious and healthy eating can be!

Strawberry Cheesecake Mixer

Course Dessert, Drinks, Egg Free

Cuisine American

Servings 1 servings

Calories 415

Place all the ingredients into a blender and puree until smooth. Taste and adjust sweetness to your liking.
Enjoy immediately. This Strawberry Cheesecake Concrete Mixer tastes best eaten while the ice is still frozen.

I’m so grateful to finally meet Twila in person! Doesn’t she look AMAZING???

Through the years of working with her and watching her lose 270 POUNDS and is off ALL medications! She was even featured on the cover of Woman’s World magazine back in 2020 and has continued to lose weight!!!

Most people I consult are doing keto totally wrong. Get fast results with the my Mind-blowing Keto School!

Click HERE to check out my supplement plans!

Carnivore Deviled Eggs – Maria Mind Body Health

I love deviled eggs! Who doesn’t?

Deviled eggs are always the first thing to disappear when I bring them to parties!

When I was on the carnivore tv show in Costa Rica, I was also the chef. I wanted to make delicious food, not just steak for the carnivores. So I made the best deviled eggs and they were completely carnivore!

To make my carnivore deviled eggs you can use my bacon mayo or my butter mayo recipe! Either works great and tastes delicious!

Please share this video with your friends to show them how delicious healthy eating can be!

Carnivore Deviled Eggs

Prep Time 5 min

Cook Time 15 min

Course Appetizers, Carnivore, Dairy Free, Nut Free

Cuisine American, CARNIVORE

Servings 12 servings

Calories 157

Place the eggs in a large saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then cover the pan and remove it from the heat. Allow the eggs to cook in the hot water for 11 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the bacon. Heat a cast-iron skillet over high heat. Place the diced bacon in the hot skillet and cook, stirring often with a wooden spoon, for 4 minutes, or until cooked to your liking. Remove the bacon from the skillet, leaving the drippings in the pan, and place the bacon on a paper towel–lined plate to drain.
Place the ground beef in the skillet with the bacon drippings and cook over medium heat, crumbling the meat with a wooden spoon to break up the clumps, until the beef is browned and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside.
After the eggs have been cooked, drain the water and rinse the eggs under very cold running water for a minute or two to stop the cooking. Peel the boiled eggs and cut them in half lengthwise.
Carefully remove the egg yolks and place them in a medium bowl (or a mini food processor). Mash the yolks with a fork until they have the texture of very fine crumbles. Add the mayonnaise, fish sauce (if using), and salt and mix with the fork until evenly combined. Add the cooked beef and stir gently to combine.
Fill the egg white halves with the yolk mixture. Garnish with the bacon and serve. Store extras in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

I’m so grateful to finally meet Twila in person! Doesn’t she look AMAZING???

Through the years of working with her and watching her lose 270 POUNDS and is off ALL medications! She was even featured on the cover of Woman’s World magazine!!!

Most people I consult are doing keto totally wrong. Get fast results with the my Mind-blowing Keto School!

Click HERE to check out my supplement plans!

Croque Monsieur Protein Bread Pudding

Easter is coming! I love Easter brunch and the past few years it always includes a recipe using my protein sparing bread! This year I am making my protein sparing bread Croque Monsieur Bread Pudding!

Croque Monsieur bread pudding is filled with ham, Gruyere cheese, onions, garlic and thyme.

My son Kai did not want to be the taste tester for this but once he took a bite, he quickly asked for a large piece!

HOW TO MAKE PROTEIN SPARING BREAD CROQUE MONSIEUR BREAD PUDDING

To make my protein bread for Croque Monsieur Bread Pudding, I used Further Food Gelatin!

Further Food gelatin and collagen peptides are both excellent sources of collagen. Both their Collagen & Gelatin are sourced from the highest quality, grass-fed, pasture-raised, hormone-free, and antibiotic free bovine collagen.

The benefits of collagen and gelatin are amazing! Just eating my delicious Protein Sparing Bread helps support skin elasticity & hydration, longer hair & nails, stronger bones & joints, faster recovery between workouts, increased flexibility, improved digestion, and it even keeps you feeling full and satisfied for longer!

Further Food Collagen Peptides dissolve instantly in any recipe, and Gelatin Powder naturally thickens recipes. It’s perfect for making my protein sparing bread have a chewy bread texture! It also makes dairy free ice cream, jello, sugar free gummies, no bake cheesecake, or panna cotta!

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Croque Monsieur Protein Bread Pudding

Maria Emmerich

Prep Time 10 min

Cook Time 45 min

Total Time 55 min

Course Bread, Nut Free, Side Dish

Cuisine French

Servings 12 servings

Calories 314

CHEWY PROTEIN SPARING BREAD:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Separate the eggs (save the yolks for another recipe like my keto ice cream, hollandaise, mayo or lemon curd), and place the whites into a large CHILLED bowl or stand mixer (if the bowl is warm, it activates the gelatin and will gum up). Add the allulose, gelatin, salt and cream of tartar if using and whip the whites for a few minutes until VERY stiff.
Turn the mixer to low and gently mix the egg white protein powder into the whites.
Note: If adding yolks, lightly combine. But note, the yolks will increase fat and can increase the likelihood of falling.
Grease a bread pan with avocado oil spray and fill with Chewy Protein Sparing Bread mixture.
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Turn the oven off and leave the bread in the oven for 15 minutes to prevent the bread from falling.
Let it cool completely before cutting or the bread will fall. Cut into cubes and set aside.
To make the Croque Monsieur Bread pudding, place the butter flavored coconut oil into a skillet over medium high heat. Add the chopped onions and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and thyme and saute another minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a large bowl, place the eggs, cream, broth, Dijon, hot sauce and salt. Stir well to combine.
Spray avocado oil spray into an 11 by 7 inch baking dish. Place half of the cubed bread into the dish. Top with half of the shredded Gruyere cheese, diced ham and half of the onion mixture. Repeat with another layer of bread, cheese, ham and onion mixture. Pour the egg mixture into the dish to cover the bread. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Bake for 30 minutes, then remove from the oven and sprinkle the Parmesan on top and increase the temperature to 375°F. Bake for another 15 minutes or until the Parmesan is golden.
Remove from oven and allow to sit for 5 minutes before slicing. Serve with hot sauce if desired.

“Almost one year to the date I received my Certification as a Keto Coach, one of my awesome clients shares this! To say my heart is full is an understatement! Thank you Craig Emmerich & Maria Wojcik Emmerich for the opportunity you’ve given me to change people’s health & lives by offering this. You’re my inspiration! Thank you Tasha for your incredibly kind words!! I LOVE being your coach!!”

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Easy Homemade Deli Meat – Maria Mind Body Health

I’ve had recipes for decades using deli meat such as my protein noodle lasagna, protein spare chips, protein noodle pad Thai, protein noodle soup and even enchiladas! But through the years, my favorite healthy brands started to add fillers and sugar. That’s why I needed to write a recipe and I wanted an easy recipe for homemade deli meat!

The recipe for making homemade deli meat was intimidating to me at first. Then my new friend Aubrey, who came on my keto trip to Greece, sent me step by step photos. We keep in contact and text almost daily. She showed me how easy, affordable and healthy making homemade deli meat can be! I am grateful for Aubrey!

TESTIMONY ABOUT MY EASY HOMEMADE DELI MEAT

“Cost me 13$ to make 2 pounds cooked. (I got the chicken on sale). I can get the same amount of deli meat at Costco for $20, but the pre-sliced is way thicker and hard on the teeth. It also isn’t perfectly clean. So, I saved money AND have clean deli meat! Only takes a little work! I love that I can adjust the thickness and seasoning! And it tastes WAY better!” Aubrey

HOW TO MAKE DELI MEAT IN AN INSTANT POT

If you don’t want to go through the trouble of boiling a pot of water for an hour, you can use an Instant Pot!

Spray 2 wide mouth canning jars with avocado oil spray and place the pureed chicken into them. Put on lids onto the jars. Pour a cup of water into the bottom of the Instant Pot. Place a trivet into the bottom and place the jars on the trivet. Press Manual and pressure cook for 20 min. Once finished, place the jars in the fridge for 8 hours before removing and slicing.

TIPS ON MAKING HOMEMADE DELI MEAT

As you can see in my photos, I have a lot of holes. This is user error. I should have pressed the pureed chicken into the meat press as I added it. After I made a few batches, I found that when I packed it tightly, I didn’t get the holes.

VIDEOS MAKING HOMEMADE DELI MEAT

Don’t miss my helpful YouTube video making easy homemade deli meat! I have been working so hard making YouTube videos for all of you, please share this video with your friends to show them just how delicious healthy eating can be!

Easy Homemade Deli Meat

Prep Time 10 min

Cook Time 1 hr

Total Time 1 hr 10 min

Course Carnivore, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free, Poultry, PSMF Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 10 servings

Calories 168

Place the chicken and salt into a food processor and pulse until smooth.
Spray the inside of the deli meat press with avocado oil spray and place the mixture into the press. Press down firmly.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Place the meat press into the water and boil on a low simmer for 1 hour or until the internal temperature reaches 158 degrees F.
Place the unopened container in the fridge for 10 hours or overnight. Remove and slice. Enjoy as a sandwich with my protein sparing bread recipe or dehydrate in an oven or dehydrator for 6 hours on lowest temperature (155 degrees F) to make protein chips!

“Every morning when I get up I thank God for Maria and Craig Emmerich!
I will never be able to convey my thanks for showing me the way to lose weight.
I tried every diet possible, I was in TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) at the age of 12, I tried WW, and a few other well known diet programs. None of them ever worked long terms. I’d lose a few pounds and gain it right back.
Wish I could send you a huge bouquet of flowers Maria, but once again I will just send you my thanks and deepest gratitude! I don’t have many pictures of myself at 420+ pounds. So I have to go way back to find pictures to share. Hit 200 pounds this morning. I have to say it feels unbelievable!” – Felicia

Most people I consult are doing keto totally wrong. Get fast results with the my Mind-blowing Keto School!

Click HERE to check out my supplement plans!

How to Naturally Increase Your Human Growth Hormone

I am always on the quest to enhance my health.

One thing that I have been really interested in lately is increasing my HGH (Human Growth Hormone) production.

WHAT IS HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE

Growth hormone is synthesized by the pituitary gland, located at the base of the brain. HGH has many benefits for body composition, sexual and mental health.

Human Growth Hormone is our hormone that helps with bone health, recovery, muscle building, tissue regeneration after injury as well as fat burning. It is a peptide hormone that stimulates the liver to produce insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1); along with Growth Hormone, it promotes tissue development and cell reproduction.

Do I have your attention now?

Yes, the human growth hormone is helpful in many ways but don’t go out and buy growth hormone supplements on the internet. Instead, use healthy natural ways to increase HGH. The higher your level of HGH, the healthier and stronger you will be.

HGH declines with age and there are reasons to be interested in increasing it. Let’s look at some ways to increase HGH naturally.

HOW TO NATURALLY INCREASE HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE

There are some really powerful ways to naturally increase human growth hormone.

Exercise
Don’t eat 3 hours before bed (no wine either or any drink with calories either)
Sauna

The increase in HGH levels is found to be large enough to remain elevated after an hour for most people.

Sauna has the capability to increase Human Growth Hormone up to 200-300%! (source) That is huge!

Sauna use combined with exercise has a double bonus increase in HGH as well as brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which is awesome for your brain and cognition. Studies have shown that sauna can increase norepinephrine between 300-500% and prolactin up to 500%!! This results in increased brain activity and betterment of learning, memory, and ameliorating depression & anxiety stimulating the beta-endorphin system.

WHERE TO GET A SAUNA BLANKET

We do not have a lot of space at our Keto Condo in Maui so a sauna blanket is perfect for getting all the benefits without taking up space!

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The BEST Pure Protein Noodles

I took a group of people to Greece this past September for a keto trip of a lifetime! I always make friends for life with people who come on my adventures around the world and 2 of my new friends are Vito and Aubrey!

Vito and Aubrey are from Toronto Canada and they own a successful restaurant. Vito is quite the chef and I learned a lot from him when we were in Greece.

Oh and YOU should join me on my next adventure to Italy this June! I also have a trip this September to Croatia! Click HERE to learn more!

WHERE THE RECIPE FOR PURE PROTEIN NOODLES CAME FROM

They recently visited us in Maui and they cooked for us at the Keto Condo! Vito made us the BEST pure protein noodles with a truffle cream sauce! He also made garlic shrimp to go with the dish since he knew I loved shrimp (I ate Shrimp Sakanaki in Greece just about every single day!).

I’ve never made pure protein noodles like this before! They are made from water, gelatin and egg white powder. They told me they adapted Indigo Nili’s recipe and it was an absolute hit! Even Kai ate the leftovers the next day and said it was even better leftovers!

HOW TO MAKE PURE PROTEIN NOODLES

To make my Protein Sparing Noodles, I used Further Food Gelatin! Adding gelatin to my protein sparing noodles adds a delicious chewy texture!

The benefits of collagen and gelatin are amazing! Just eating my delicious Protein Sparing Noodles helps support skin elasticity & hydration, longer hair & nails, stronger bones & joints, faster recovery between workouts, increased flexibility, improved digestion, and it even keeps you feeling full and satiated for longer!

Further Food Collagen Peptides dissolve instantly in any recipe, and Gelatin Powder naturally thickens recipes. It’s perfect for making the BEST pure protein noodles, dairy free ice cream, jello, sugar free gummies, no bake cheesecake, or panna cotta!

Use code MARIAMINDBODY for 20% off site-wide !

The BEST Keto Noodles

Maria Emmerich

Prep Time 6 min

Cook Time 12 min

Total Time 18 min

Course Carnivore, Dairy Free, Nut Free, PSMF Recipes, Side Dish

Cuisine italian

Servings 8 servings

Calories 100

Place all the ingredients into a blender and purée until smooth.
Heat a large 12 inch non-stick pan to medium heat. Lightly spray with avocado oil spray and dab it with a paper towel. Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto the pan and tilt the pan to spread the batter all over the pan in and so it is a very thin crepe. Once the batter has set and is almost cooked through, gently flip the crepe (I used my fingers but be careful not to burn yourself). Cook another 30-60 seconds. Make sure the crepes don’t brown at all.
Remove from pan and repeat with remaining batter.
Place 4 cooked crepes together in a stack. Roll up like a jelly roll and slice into fettuccine noodles.
Serve with your favorite sauce. Store extras in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Isn’t this story inspirational? This couple is off ALL their medications!!!

“Hopefully this will provide some inspiration for people who are on the fence about Emmerich Keto.
In the before picture, my husband was pre-diabetic and was also on blood pressure medication. His knees hurt to the point that he went to the doctor to find out what he could do about it. And me, on the other hand, I was a walking bag of inflammation and so uncomfortable on my own skin. By the end of each day, my feet were swollen beyond recognition and it hurt to walk. I was also on two different blood pressure meds. Now, a few years into this lifestyle, we are both OFF ALL medications, our joints are pain free and it no longer hurts me to walk!
Do we get off track sometimes? Oh yes! But, we have the tools provided by Maria Emmerich and Craig Emmerich to get back on.
Being a new year, I decided to take my measurements and really track my macros for a while, also incorporating some PSMF days. In ONLY 6 days, I’ve lost 7 pounds. I’m not sure of my total weight lost from the beginning because I didn’t dare weigh myself for the first little while, but 30 that I know of.
My husband has lost ~65 pounds.
If we can do this, anyone can!!!” – Janna