Brambleberry Crisp, A Low-Carb Dessert

I found this original recipe on Pinterest and it's just amazing the way it is, unless you are watching your carb intake. So I made a few changes to make it a little more carb friendly. 

This is a 1/2 cup serving with 2 tbsp of cool whip that brings it to _____grams.

Here's the link to the original recipe:

http://www.tasteslovely.com/triple-berry-crumble-made-with-frozen-fruit/

Low-Carb Brambleberry Crisp

120 carbs total ; makes 4-5 servings

Roughly 24 grams per serving

Ingredients

For the fruity filling:

•3 cups fresh or frozen fruit

     -blueberries, raspberries,   

      strawberries, apples, and/or 

      tangerines (36 grams)

•1 tbsp honey (17 grams)

•lemon zest or 2 tsp lemon juice

For the crisp topping:

•2 1/2 cups oatmeal (50 grams)

•2-3 tbsp almond meal/flour (3 grams)

•1/4 cup almond slivers or walnuts

•2 tbsp brown sugar (10 grams)

•1 tbsp cinnammon 

•1 stick of cold butter, cubed

In a mixing bowl, mix all the fruity filling ingredients together and spread into a greased baking dish. In that same bowl, now mix together all of the crispy topping ingredients. Use your hands to work the butter into "crumbles".

Spread mixture on top of the fruit and bake in a 350• oven for about 30-40 minutes. You want a golden brown top.

Now I would normally eat this with a delicious scoop of vanilla ice cream, but the good news is frozen cool whip tastes just as good! (Only 2 grams per tablespoon!)

Yes there are carbs in this dessert, but it's a much friendlier type of satisfying sweet treat. And hey we're using fruit and oatmeal so it can't be that terrible. 

I added some frozen blueberries just to up the ante...the blueberries are pretty awesome in this dessert.

I'm officially on a chick-fil-a boycott but we keep getting gifted some of their food products and my need to conserve means I have to utilize this free food! So this particular mixture is the fruit cup variety from their restaurant. This fruit is actually the reason I started making this dessert so I guess something good has come of chick-fil-a. 

Sidenote: My husband loves the original recipe and gobbled up the altered version!

Yummm!