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Healthy and YUMMY Hi-protein snack !!
SALMON TOAST WITH AVOCADO ============================ Ingredients: - Smoked Salmon, 4 slices - 1 Avocado (Medium) - 4 Spinach leaves - 4 Red Onion slices - 2 tablespoon of Capers - Toasted Integral Bread (4 slices) Produces 4 salmon toasts, serves 4 persons as a appetizer, or 2 persons as a meal. This snack is super easy…
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comfort food-type meals
My parents are coming to visit this weekend. We usually eat out the entire time, but obviously I want to avoid that now that I am trying to lose weight. I would love to cook for them, but my dad is a big meat-and-potatoes, comfort food type of guy (doesn't eat healthy at all!). Does anybody have recipes for meals that…
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Moroccan Beef Stew - 256 calories per serving!
This healthy stew is a great week-night meal; easy to make, loaded with flavour, and very hearty and filling. Serve with cooked couscous, rice, or a salad, as desired. 45 mins prep/cooking time. Modified it from a recipe I found at epicurious (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Moroccan-Beef-Stew-234422)…
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Pumpkin Mousse made with Greek Yogurt (145 cal)
I made this for breakfast and it is awesome!!! Ended up being more of a dessert though. I'm always experimenting with different flavors in my yogurt and the cool weather had me wanting pumpkin. Tastes like a cool creamy pumpkin pie! 1/2 cup plain nonfat greek yogurt 1/2 cup pumpkin puree, canned or fresh (no pie filling) 1…
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Need Chicken Marinade Ideas
Help? I've got 4 chicken thighs I need to cook before they get freezer burned. Anybody have marinade recipes that aren't loaded with sugar or fat?
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Help with side dish.
I need a healthy sauce recipe to pour over roasted garlic cauliflower.
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Oatmeal Apple Brulee
I found this recipe in a magazine and modified it a bit and it is soo good for desert or a quick breakfast. You'll need 5 little bowls and a brulee torch. Ingredients: 1 cup oatmeal (I use steal cut but it shouldn’t matter) 1 large red apple (I used a honey crisp mmmm) 1 packet of splenda 4 tbs. brown sugar 1 tbs. cinnamon…
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Homemade, health Pizza
Pizza is my weakness and I need a recipe that will give me a pizza fix without busting my diet... anyone have any good recipes they would be willing to share? Thanks in Advance:wink:
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Brain food nacho dip !
1 pkg Cream Cheese 1 pkg Sour cream ( Small container ) 1 cup light mayo ( I prefer hellmnans ) 1 small bottle seafood sauce shreadded cheese chopped green pepper shrimp ( optional ) tostitos tortilla chips In a bowl, mix Cream cheese, sour cream and mayo until smooth. using a mixer on high power usually works. let the…
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Awesome protein muffins/cake
I found this on a web site and I'm in love! 1-egg beaten 3 TBS- Unsweeted Vanilla Soy Milk (or whatever kind you like) 2 TBS- Sugar Free Torani Vanilla Syrup (or whatever kind you like) 2 TBS- Sugar Free Apple Sauce (you can use oil if you want) 3 TBS- Multi-Grain Pancake Mix 1 TSP- Sugar Free Jello Mix (I used kiwi…
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How do you eat your rice?
I'm a rice addict it stems from my Chinese addiction.. I have taken to sauteing onions, mushrooms, green, and red bell peppers and then adding in White rice.. And eating it with anything from fish, meatloaf and chicken.... I also add a bit of pepper and hot sauce... I add hot sauce to everything to help with my water…
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Morning, quick, but filling recipes.
My mornings consist of popping some toast in the toaster then slapping some butter on it.... Wheat toast of course, but the carbs SUCK and the butter sucks as well. What can I do to "better" my toast? Peanut Butter? Regular Jelly? Peanut Butter would be more filling. What do you do in the mornings?
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Help with egg question? (w/ egg nog recipe)
So I was just sitting here, thinking about how I have everything at home to make egg nog... and then I thought, "If you can get salmonella from an undercooked egg... how do you not get it from egg nog? It's raw. And how did Rocky not get salmonella from eating raw eggs?" Is salmonella just a farce? Anyway, here's the…
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Gluten Free?
Hello! My husband has Celiacs and I'm looking for some yummy gluten-free ideas that are nutritious and filling... I'm rapidly running out of ideas! Any suggestions would be awesome :) thanks!
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Gluten allergy
I have food allergies and one is Gluten which is in about everything. As this time I have to take dairy products, eggs, chicken, oatmeal, corn and of course Gluten products completely our of my diet. . This will go on for about 6 months and then I can start putting the allergy causing foods back into my diet and see what…
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It's fig season!
Need some good, healthy recipes / ideas using fresh figs! Thanks in advance! :bigsmile:
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orange ginger peanut chicken stir fry
This was my lunch today as a co worker had 'bad oranges' and I said I would love to use the zest for my lunch... it was so amazing i thought it was worth sharing Celery - Raw, 1 stalk large (11"-12" long) Onions - Raw, 0.5 medium (2-1/2" dia) Mushrooms - Raw, 2 large Red Bell Pepper, 0.5 medium (148g) Raw Cabbage -…
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Low carb recipes PLEASE!!!
Hello! I am new to this website. I am on a low carb (not no carb) diet. More like a diet that a diabetic would follow. Does anyone have some quick low carb meals that I can throw together for my husband and I???
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60kcal Stuffed Mushrooms
These are so good to have with any dinner really. About 60kcals/mushroom 4x Large Mushrooms (any type-portobelloe ones are good) 3x Laughing Cow Lite Squares Onion Green Pepper Salt, Pepper etc Preheat oven to 180/200 Wash mushrooms, cut off stem Chop onion and pepper finely Take Laughing Cow blocks and mash up in a bowl…
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Angel Lush cupcakes
1 box of angel food cake mix 1 pckg (4 serving size) jello=pudding, vanilla, fat free 1 can-14oz, crushed pineapple in juice, undrained 1 cup thawed light cool whip strawberries or raspberries for garnish preheat oven to 350 degrees, prepare cake batter as directed on package. Pour into 24 paper lined muffin cups. Bake 26…
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Gorgonzola Chicken Pasta
This recipe is made from my own personal preferences, so if you want to change something, go for it! Post it on here too because I would love to hear some variations! 1 Serving (3/4 of a cup or 2 oz.) of DeBoles' Penne Pasta, dry - 210 Cal 1 oz of Gorgonzola cheese - 99 Cal 4 oz of skim milk - 45 Cal 1/2 cup of zucchini,…
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Lean Cuisines
I tend to eat....a lot. And I'll be the first to admit, that a little tiny lean cuisine is not about to fill me up. Anyway, tonight I was searching for something to eat and since I haven't yet made my weekly shopping trip, there weren't many options. When that happens I usually create some abnormal hybrid meal out of…
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Anyone have a good chicken and noodles recipe?
Does anyone have a good lowfat recipe that does not call for cream cheese?
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Cilantro Rice with Chicken
A sauce of fresh cilantro, green onions, ginger, and garlic is stirred into the cooked rice to give it intense fragrance and flavor. Shiitake mushrooms add an earthy, smoky flavor. Yield: 8 servings (serving size: about 1 cup rice mixture and about 1/4 cup tomato topping) Ingredients RICE: 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cups…
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Brownie Recipe from last nights Losing it with Jillian
Fudge Brownies These brownies are outrageously moist and intensely chocolaty. Whip up a batch the next time you're jonesing for chocolate and you won't be disappointed. Makes 16 two-inch squares Ingredients •Olive oil spray •2/3 cup mild honey, such as clover or orange blossom •1/3 cup natural, unsweetened cocoa powder…
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Better than a sandwich - and only 125 calories (pics)
For lunch today, I decided to try something besides a boring sandwich. It's super easy and only 125 calories! This could also be a great appetizer for parties (less than 32 calories per piece). 4 Old London Melba Sancks (any variety works, but mine are Spicy 3 Pepper. I've also used the Roasted Garlic, which is nummy too)…
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Shrimp fried rice
Sauté snow peas for a side dish. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups) Ingredients 3 (3 1/2-ounce) bags boil-in-bag long-grain rice 1 (10-ounce) package frozen green peas Cooking spray 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 cup chopped green onions 1 tablespoon bottled ground fresh ginger (such…
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Chicken and Rice Casserole
Although the yellow and green squash give this one-dish meal a colorful appearance, you can use one or the other, if you prefer. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 1/4 cups) Cost per Serving: $2.16 Ingredients Cooking spray 1 cup chopped onion 1 (8-ounce) bone-in chicken breast half, skinned 1/2 teaspoon black pepper,…
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Arroz con Coco (Cuban Coconut Rice Pudding)
This rice pudding comes from the author's Cuban friend who uses starchy, short-grain Valencia-style rice to achieve a creaminess reminiscent of risotto. Valencia-style rice can be found at most supermarkets; you can also use a short-grain rice like Arborio or Japanese white rice. Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)…
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Gingered Pear tart
Yield: 8 servings Ingredients PASTRY: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons chilled butter or stick margarine, cut into small pieces 5 tablespoons ice water FILLING: 3 Bartlett pears, peeled, cored, and cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices (about 1 1/2 pounds) 1/3 cup sugar 2…