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Margaritaville recipes?
I have the Bahamas Margaritaville Frozen Concoction maker and I LOVE it. My neices and nephews love to make snow cones and slushies with it, but the snow cone syrup is high in calories (because it takes more than the 1 Tbs serving size to make one) and the sugar free stuff is just nasty. Does anyone have any low calorie…
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Anyone have a good quinoa recipe?
I bought some at the store today. I've never had it before but would love to try it. My husband and 10yr old son are VERY picky, so I hope that they will like it as well. I am hoping to incorporate it into my regular side dish rotation because it is so good for you.
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130 calorie Turkey and Black Bean Taco Salad...Scrumptious!
This I have to say is one of my new favorite salads. 12oz of Ground Turkey or Chicken 1 (15oz) can of black beans, rinsed and drained 1cup chuncky salsa divided 1/2 cup dairy sour cream (I use the Tillamook Fat free sourcream only 20 calories per 2 tbsp vs. Daisy Sour Cream 60calories for 2 tbsp.) 4 cups tortilla chips,…
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Amy's Indian Samosa fake
I love those microwavable samosas, but the sodium (680) had me a little uneasy. I made some fairly tasty potato and pea curry filling, and plopped it into a whole wheat tortilla. The tortilla has the bulk of the sodium (340), and the results are flavorful, and more filling than the commercial, tasty version. If anyone…
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How can I figure out calories in my cake?
I made a butter pecan cake (from the box) and homemade icing and have no clue of the calories in it. This is what I added Cake Mix 1 1/2 C Milk 1/3 C Oil 3 eggs Icing 1 c butter 3 c icing sugar 1 tsp of vanilla 3 tbsp water I have 580+ calories left today and really want a piece but have no clue were to start. Do I need to…
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Tasty, Greek plain yogurt snack : )
I love yogurt and like to consume it often to help with my lactose intolerance, but I was having a horrible time finding one that was not loaded with sugar or artificial sweetners so I got creative and am very pleased with the results..... 1 Greek plain non fat yogurt ( It is nice and thick and creamy) -80 calories 1 TBL…
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Any good shrimp recipes?
While at the grocery store yesterday I was in the seafood section stocking up (sale) and I bought a bunch of Shrimp, so today I was planning on making grilled garlic shrimp and I was wondering what some of you on MFP like to make with Shrimp. I love it very much...so does my family. I have made many dishes with it in the…
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Tuna "Salad"
It's a very nontraditional salad, no lettuce, though it couldn't hurt to add some. I'm on a 50/30/20 meal plan and thought I'd try for less sandwiches, hehe. It would work well with a 40/40/20 meal plan as there are almost as many carbs in this dish as there are proteins. Ingredients: 1 can chunk light tuna 2 tbs sour…
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Healthy meals for 4 for $10 or less
Hi everyone, One of the supermarkets here in Australia is running a campaign with chef Curtis Stone that provides recipes to feed a family of four for $10 or less. Most of the recipes are healthy and provide four good sized servings. For someone who lives alone like me, one recipe can provide nearly a week's worth of…
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Chicken Portabello Pizza - So good just made it up tonight
I was just playing around and came out with this and wow it was so good The recipe calculator says 160 calories. Pam Spray baking dish Preheat oven to 425 Flatten and role out chicken breast and cut to size to fit under Mushroom Put piece of chicken in baking pan put mushroom on top of chicken stem side up cut the stem off…
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Chocolate-Raspberry Frozen Yogurt Pops
About 10 (3-ounce) freezer pops Active Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 6 1/4 hours Ingredients •2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries •2 cups nonfat or low-fat plain yogurt, preferably Greek-style (see Note) •3-5 tablespoons sugar •1/2 cup mini chocolate chips Preparation 1.Puree raspberries, yogurt and sugar to taste in a food…
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substitute for soy sauce!
I found this ingredient online and I put it into my recipe database: College Inn Beef Broth - Fat Free & Low Sodium - Beef Broth, 0.25 Cup Bertolli - Balsamic Vinegar, 1.33 tbsp Molasses - Blackstrap, 0.67 tbsp Spices - Ginger, ground, 0.25 tsp Spices - Pepper, black, 1 dash Spices - Garlic powder, 0.25 tsp Water - Tap,…
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low cal chicken curry in the crock pot
Just made this Chicken curry and thought I would share. It is so good. Serves 4 1 lb chicken breast cut up 1/3 cup onion diced 2 tablespoon garlic 1 cup fresh green bean cut into bite size pieces 1 bell pepper cut into bite size pieces 1 & 1/3 cup chicken broth 2/3 cup light coconut milk 2 tablespoons corn starch 3…
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Tonight's dinner
Turkey burger. Mmmmmmmm
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PB2
I recently discovered PB2. It is awesome, the best way to eat it I have found: 6 oz of greek yogurt 2 tbsp of PB2 1/2 tbsp of cocoa powder 1/2 frozen banana ( I keep some frozen and take a fork and scrap over the top, perfect consistancy) cal 193 fiber 5 fat 2 protein 21 sodium 184 sugar 18 I entered it in the database as…
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Chopped Greek Salad with Chicken for Two
Ingredients U.S. Metric Conversion chart 2 1/2 tablespoon(s) red-wine vinegar 1 tablespoon(s) extra-virgin olive oil 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) chopped fresh dill or oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried 1/2 teaspoon(s) garlic powder 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt 1/8 teaspoon(s) freshly ground pepper 3 cup(s) chopped romaine lettuce 1 1/4 cup(s)…
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Ideas for 200-250 calorie snacks?
Hey!! I've got about 200/250 calories to spare at the end of the day and just wondering if anyone has any low fat recipes or ideas for a snack?
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Hot Air Popcorn... Spice it up
This might be old news to many but I had to share this. I was trying to figure out how to spice up hot air popcorn and I came to this site and got this idea. http://www.popcorn.org/ What I did was pop the pop corn used no calories butter spray sprinkled it with splenda and cinnimon and mixed it and wow it was good. Anyone…
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craving buster
Just a quick post to share my craving buster with you all :O) Personally i crave savory foods.. but once im eaten something savory.. i want some chocolate for the sweet sugary hit.. so its usually double trouble :( Yesterday I was craving everything and i decided to invent something healthy to try beat these crazy cravings…
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Sandwich thin as pizza crust?
I'm making home made mushroom pizza tonight for dinner. I have naan bread to use as the crust but it's really high calorie. I keep buying it because my boyfriend loves it. I was thinking of trying an alternative crust. I have some sandwich thins but I don't know if they would do well in the oven. Has anyone tried this?…
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need grape tom recipes
I have about a million grape tomatoes ripe and I can only eat so many salads :) Anyone know of any good recipes that you can use them in? Of course somewhat healthy is better, but don't limit yourself only to low cal. I can spare a good high cal meal now and then in moderation if it's going to be super tasty :)
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Eggplants... now what?
I bought two huge beautiful eggplants yesterday and then realized everything I know how to make with them involves a large amount of oil, cheese and bread crumbs. Any recipes that are low fat/low cal would be great! I'm not a picky eater at all (I love ALL food, that's how I ended up here) and don't mind putting a little…
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Corn and Black Bean Salsa
Corn and Black Bean Salsa 2 15-oz. cans black beans*, rinsed and drained 2 cups frozen corn kernels ¾ cup red bell pepper, seeded and chopped ¾ cup orange bell pepper, seeded and chopped ¾ cup white sweet onion, finely chopped 1 large fresh tomato, chopped 2 small jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely minced ½ cup fresh…
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under 300 cal pancake breakfast!
I have missed eating pancakes so much since I started my journey. I've tried making oatmeal pancakes but they tasted too much like diet food in my opinion so I decided to make up my own recipe. I've made this a few times but today it came out perfect. Pancake with Strawberry Syrup serves:1 person for pancake: 1/2 cup all…
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Egg Wite "Crepe"
I made this this morning and it was yummy 2 egg whites 2 pkts splenda 1/8 tsp vanilla extract cinnamon cook like a regular egg on med heat. top with whatever you like
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My tweeked Jillian Michaels Brownie recipes
I had to try these as chocolate would be nice every once in awhile. So I tweeked the recipe a bit to keep with my current plan of low fat/low calories. Have a batch in the oven now and have 8 minutes left. I didnt use 2/3 cups of the honey, used only 1/3 and 2 tbs more did not use any olive oil at all sub. the large egg…
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Peanut Butter Noodles
I've been looking for an awesome PB noodle recipe and have tried out a couple. This is my *tweaked* version. They turned out awesome! You can add veggies and I had it with chicken. Yum yum! You can use whatever pasta you like, I like the thicker linguine of fettuccine but have also made them with angel hair pasta. 13.25 oz…
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Low Fat, Low Cal Granola Recipe?
I am very interested in making my own granola, does anyone have a good tasting low fat, low cal recipe? Thanks in advance!
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HUMMUS
I would love to try hummus, but I am totally unfamilar with it, and no one I know eats hummus either. Can anyone give me guidance on good hummus? I live on the East Coast, so if you know any brands that are this side of the country, please let me know.........................
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Pickled Garlic Vegetables
I made this the other night, and it was soo good. Thought I'd share the recipe. 1 1/2 cups white wine vinegar 1 cup dry white wine 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp coriander seeds 2 tsp fennel seeds 2 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp red peper flakes 1 bay leaf 1 1/2 cups garlic cloves 2 carrots, cut into sticks 1 bulb fennel, trimmed, cored,…