Low-Carb Iced Blonde Vanilla Latte

A normal iced blonde vanilla latte from Starbucks is pleasant and sweet, but it contains 30 grams of carbs, 28 of which come from sugar. You're better off making a few changes to the typical sequence unless you're ready to splurge on this beverage for your full day's quota of carbohydrates. Ice, milk, espresso, and vanilla syrup are usually used to make the drink, start by omitting the usual dairy milk and substituting a lesser amount of heavy cream instead. You'll get a rich and pleasant texture, as well as a few grams of fat to keep you satisfied and fewer carbohydrates overall. If you want to make a non-dairy version, replace the cow milk with unsweetened almond or soy milk. You need to check with the barista whether or not these milk alternatives are sweetened or else you'll quickly overdo it on the carb count.

The vanilla syrup, on the other hand, is heavy in sugar, so that's out. Although Starbucks' sugar-free vanilla syrup includes only 1 gram of carbohydrates per 2 tablespoons (approximately two pumps), because it contains artificial sweeteners, you may want to go easy and limit yourself to one or two pumps to avoid a blood sugar reaction.