{"id":24180,"date":"2026-06-10T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/?p=24180"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:56:17","slug":"amorepacific-ive-become-the-kind-of-person-who-carries-walnut-pie-in-my-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/amorepacific-ive-become-the-kind-of-person-who-carries-walnut-pie-in-my-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Become the Kind of Person Who Carries Walnut Pie in My Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    My week has a simple rhythm: on weekends, I bake low-carb treats (no sugar, no flour) and on weekdays, I bring them to the office to share with my colleagues. I started this column for AMOREPACIFIC STORIES to share my own way of staying true to myself while taking care of both body and mind. I hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    #INTRO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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    Until now, I had been baking purely by eye, but since starting this column, I\u2019ve been doing something new: measuring precisely and testing my recipes. I may be a hobby baker, but watching my skills improve bit by bit has been surprisingly rewarding. These days, I find that the joy of sharing what I love with more people is just as satisfying as eating something delicious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The body of someone in their thirties, however, tells the truth without hesitation. Miss a few nights of sleep and breakouts appear; eat lunch in a hurry, and drowsiness sets in for the rest of the afternoon. I know for certain that my younger self could eat her fill of greasy, sweet, and indulgent food without a second thought! However, I can\u2019t spend my days longing for the years when I was practically invincible around food. And giving up delicious things is not an option! My plan is to build up my collection of healthy-yet-delicious recipes, one by one, and learn to understand this body and mind of mine as they grow more candid with time. That is the approach to \u2018Holistic Longevity\u2019 I have found for myself. <\/p>\n

    For six years now, I\u2019ve been running a social media account dedicated to low-carb recipes made without flour or sugar. What began as a habit of photographing the food I made before it disappeared into my mouth has, before I knew it, settled into a routine: healthy snacks made over the weekend, brought in and enjoyed at work during the week. Keeping a record on social media led me to put more care and thought into how I ate, and the time spent making and enjoying snacks gradually became a form of self-care. In the end, I think Holistic Longevity is less a grand philosophy and more a matter of repeating small habits like these: eating well, getting enough rest, and keeping yourself feeling good. Small habits that look after you, consistently, as though giving yourself a little gift each day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    A collection of low-carb dishes made without flour or sugar (Source: Instagram @jjoyummy_diary)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Snack Tin, Snack Routine!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    There’s something I’ve been trying recently. As a self-proclaimed food connoisseur and content scroller, I spotted this trend in my social media feed. It\u2019s the \u2018Snack Tin.\u2019 The concept is to portion out your favorite snacks and carry them in a small tin case, ready to enjoy whenever and wherever the mood strikes. Simply put, it\u2019s a miniature snack box. Looking back, I\u2019ve actually been living the Snack Tin lifestyle for quite a while. I\u2019d pack the low-carb snacks I made on weekends into zip-lock bags or small containers to take with me. The packaging was admittedly a bit rough around the edges, but since it helped keep binge eating at bay in a healthy way and gave me a sense of satisfaction, I\u2019d say it qualifies as a \u2018Snack Tin\u2019 in the broader sense. Lately, in a bid to fully lean into the trend, I\u2019ve been heading to work with a tin case I found on a recent trip, packed to the brim with snacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The Snack Tin trend (Source, from left: Instagram @shellness.kr @conniethepope @elsalawrence) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The best thing about the routine of heading to work with a Snack Tin is that I no longer have to white-knuckle my way through the day. There was a time when I would promise myself, \u201cNo snacking today!\u201d only to end up reaching for store-bought snacks anyway, time and again. Resisting in the first place was hard enough; when the guilt of eventually giving in piled on top of it, my disappointment in myself only deepened, and I felt truly awful. Now, thanks to my Snack Tin routine, I\u2019ve gone from being \u2018someone who can\u2019t resist snacking\u2019 to being \u2018someone who eats healthy snacks.\u2019 I\u2019m still eating snacks either way, but the \u2018me who eats healthy snacks\u2019 is less stressed, healthier, and happier than the \u2018me who can\u2019t resist snacking.\u2019 No longer swinging between hunger and guilt, I\u2019ve found my work focus improves too \u2014 a welcome bonus!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    A Low-Carb Walnut Pie Recipe to Beat the Afternoon Slump<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Today\u2019s recipe, perfect for your Snack Tin, is a low-carb walnut pie. You\u2019ve probably heard the saying that \u2018walnuts look like the brain, so they\u2019re good for the brain.\u2019 When I actually looked up the facts, the benefits turned out to be genuinely endless. Improved cognitive function, cardiovascular disease prevention, antioxidant and anti-aging effects, relief from insomnia and stress, and even diabetes prevention! That said, I\u2019m not actually recommending walnut pie for those impressive reasons. It holds together when cut into bite-sized pieces, making it perfect for a Snack Tin; the satisfying crunch is just right for those little cravings; it\u2019s beginner-friendly; and above all, it\u2019s delicious. To be fully honest, I had quite a lot of walnuts left over from the brownie decoration featured in my last column. Making the most of every ingredient you have on hand is an essential mindset for sustainable baking (call it a convenient excuse), so here is my low-carb walnut pie recipe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    [Low-Carb Walnut Pie Recipe]<\/p>\n

    Pie Crust Ingredients: 55 g almond flour, 25 g 100% dairy butter, 13 g allulose
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    (1)-\u2460 Beat the room-temperature butter and allulose together until smooth and creamy.
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    (2) While the crust bakes, mix the filling ingredients: chopped walnuts, allulose, egg, almond flour, and cinnamon powder.<\/p>\n

    (3) Spoon the filling onto the partially baked crust and bake in the air fryer at 160 \u00b0C for 13 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.<\/p>\n

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    (4) Once the pie has cooled slightly, cut it into pieces of your preferred size, and it\u2019s ready!<\/p>\n

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    <A Quick Review from Colleagues Who Tried the Low-Carb Walnut Pie><\/strong>
    \n\u201cIt tastes just as good as something you\u2019d buy \u2014 and I\u2019ve never had such a generously walnut-filled pie before!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Of course, I\u2019m still the person who hesitates in front of the gelato shop on my way home from work, and who, under stress, searches for the perfect dessert to pair with spicy instant noodles. What\u2019s changed from before, though, is that now I know a kinder, gentler approach for myself \u2014 and I choose it more often. And it turns out to be tastier and more satisfying than I expected! I’ll always carry a tin case of low-carb snacks in my bag, like a good-luck charm. After all, a working professional\u2019s life always calls for an emergency snack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Staff Column(Eunyoung Cho)” Winging It to a Happy Ending: Low-Carb Baking as an Act of Self-Compassion I\u2019ve Become the Kind of Person Who Carries Walnut Pie in My Bag Columnist Eunyoung Cho Amorepacific Foundation Editor’s note My week has a simple rhythm: on weekends, I bake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":24183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"post_list_apon":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,1252],"tags":[220,1262,1410,1575,1571,1572,1576,1573,1574],"post_series":[1377],"class_list":["post-24180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspire","category-trend","tag-amorepacific","tag-amorepacific-stories","tag-amorepacificlog","tag-healthy-snack","tag-holistic-longevity","tag-low-carb-baking","tag-recipe","tag-snack-tin","tag-walnut-pie","post_series-staff-columneunyoung-cho"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/amorepacificlog_Baking_2_500x329-eng.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24180"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24197,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24180\/revisions\/24197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24180"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.stories.amorepacific.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=24180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}