Recipes using packets
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I'm not sure if this is allowed or not, but I thought I would experiment.
- 1 Packet Mocha Shake
- 7 oz cold water
- 2 oz iced coffee (no cream or suger, just black)
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yellowdaisy3321 wrote: »Have you had the strawberry beverage? What do you do to alter the taste? Oh my I won't get that again!
I put this in my nutribullet w strawberries and bananas ............... help!
Strawberry is gross. I don't think there is anyway to help with that flavor. People either seem to love it or hate it there is no inbetween based on what I've heard from my behaviorist at the clinic.
It has an aftertaste that taste like *kitten*. I will never get that again!
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yellowdaisy3321 wrote: »Have you had the strawberry beverage? What do you do to alter the taste? Oh my I won't get that again!
I put this in my nutribullet w strawberries and bananas ............... help!
Strawberry is gross. I don't think there is anyway to help with that flavor. People either seem to love it or hate it there is no inbetween based on what I've heard from my behaviorist at the clinic.
It has an aftertaste that taste like *kitten*. I will never get that again!
I agree. Very disappointed. If i had my choice of milkshakes, I always go for strawberry. I guess that is all part of "resetting my connection with food".
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Ladybug_Karen wrote: »Hey all, I have a 52 page PDF of ND recipes that I got when i first joined. If you want a copy, give me your email address and I'll send it. It's 1.3MB.
It has a lot of muffins, drinks and different concoctions. Also at the end of the booklet it has nutritional information for some of their products. It doesn't have the newer ones introduced since 09.
I know I am very late on this, but Karen could you email me this pdf? I would love to see what some of the recipes are.
Does anyone else have trouble with the brocolli cheddar soup? I am still new to the program but I honestly dread my soup everyday and can barely handle it. I've tried adding a little seasoning but if anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated! I won't buy this flavor again but I surely don't want it to go to waste
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I am sure my email address would be helpful. It's sebrina.campbell13@gmail.com0
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Ladybug_Karen wrote: »
Does anyone else have trouble with the brocolli cheddar soup? I am still new to the program but I honestly dread my soup everyday and can barely handle it. I've tried adding a little seasoning but if anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated! I won't buy this flavor again but I surely don't want it to go to waste
Do you have to eat the soup? I didn't like them so I never ate them. The chicken is bareable with some Frank's Red Hot or Buffalo Wing Sauce or Mrs Dash Fiesta Lime.0 -
I've been making biscuits with the chicken and the cheddar broccoli soup. They are actually pretty okay. And it's nice to be able to eat something with a knife and fork.0
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My program is super strict so the majority of recipes are off limits for me. I can make biscuits, but only using bouillon, a packet of soup and water. They were ok with some seasoning, but after a while I just got in a routine with shakes and didn't miss chewing anymore.0
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I don't have to eat the soup I just thought it would be nice to have something that reminded me of a more traditional lunch or dinner. I will try to the biscuit recipe this evening. I tried the cornbread recipe and it was ok; but when I tried it with the broccoli cheddar it was an epic fail! I ended up throwing it away.
My program is a LCD so I have some flexibility. Is anyone else on a plan with one meal a day and 2 meal replacements?0 -
Ladybug_Karen wrote: »Hey all, I have a 52 page PDF of ND recipes that I got when i first joined. If you want a copy, give me your email address and I'll send it. It's 1.3MB.
It has a lot of muffins, drinks and different concoctions. Also at the end of the booklet it has nutritional information for some of their products. It doesn't have the newer ones introduced since 09.
I know I am very late on this, but Karen could you email me this pdf? I would love to see what some of the recipes are.
Does anyone else have trouble with the brocolli cheddar soup? I am still new to the program but I honestly dread my soup everyday and can barely handle it. I've tried adding a little seasoning but if anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated! I won't buy this flavor again but I surely don't want it to go to waste
Just sent the PDF, Sebrina.0 -
Beware of making the Hot Cocoa hot. I did this for the first time this morning (I usually drink them cold), and instead of hot cocoa, I got runny brownie bread pudding!0
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Beware of making the Hot Cocoa hot. I did this for the first time this morning (I usually drink them cold), and instead of hot cocoa, I got runny brownie bread pudding!
The hot cocoa snack, the 70cal one? I make it hot all the time and have no issues. Although any of the full meal replacements can only be made hot if you have a blender of some type otherwise the protein clumps. I make hot drinks all the time straight from the keurig, but I blend them in my ninja travel mugs. My clinic says if you want things hot you should make them cold and then microwave them.0 -
yellowdaisy3321 wrote: »Beware of making the Hot Cocoa hot. I did this for the first time this morning (I usually drink them cold), and instead of hot cocoa, I got runny brownie bread pudding!
The hot cocoa snack, the 70cal one? I make it hot all the time and have no issues. Although any of the full meal replacements can only be made hot if you have a blender of some type otherwise the protein clumps. I make hot drinks all the time straight from the keurig, but I blend them in my ninja travel mugs. My clinic says if you want things hot you should make them cold and then microwave them.
--I made the meal replacement hot cocoa cold first in the blender and then microwaved it; i do the same thing with the soups. I'll try the hot cocoa hot again one day when I am feeling lucky.
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I don't think my clinic even sells the hot cocoa meal replacement. I love the mint hot chocolate snack though. It's so good. The snack cocoas and cappuccino disolve in hot water just like normal instant mixes.0
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As a beginner these tips give me hope that I won't be so bored doing this program! I have copied them to a Word document. Thanks!0
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I'm 20 days in and have been a purist so far, but I just started adding a shot of hot sauce to the veggie chilli and it has made me so happy. Was totally getting bored with the food. I haven't been flavoring water or anything. My only vice is making my morning chocolate shake with black coffee - if I didn't do that, I think I would have died by now. Karen, any chance you can shoot me the pdf of recipes? I'm at marallewis@gmail.com
My clinic pushed me thru the start phase pretty fast and even with the meetings, I still feel like I am kind figuring things out. I am on VLCD - just went from 4 meal replacements to 3 (although I struggle daily with that) and down 22lbs in 20 days.0 -
Hi marallewis!
Congrats on your weight loss! I am 31 days in, down 27 pounds on 4 replacements/day (that is our clinic's guideline but I get behind sometimes, especially if I sleep in later (I am an RN and work different shifts) then I have 3. I have more of a savory-salty tooth than a sweet tooth so I've been craving more of a balance.
I also was not a big water drinker. The clinic says I have to have my body weight/2.2 to equal the number of ounces I had to drink, not including the water used to make the meals. OH MY--that's a lot of water! I use the 0 carb liquid sweeteners and that has really helped. I have also changed up the flavors of the vanilla puddings with extracts which I also make with more water as a shake.
Yesterday I made Chicken Biscuits as I have been craving something chewy with the creamy chicken soup packet. I had high hopes and they looked so cute and yummy but sadly the chemical taste was too strong and they were really dry. I did enjoy chewing them though! It made 10 mini biscuits. I ended up tearing the last 3 into chunks and using them as croutons in my chicken bouillon!
I also mix one packet of chili with the packet of sloppy joe mix, they taste better together than separate and I also don't boil the water down so much so it's more of a soup.
We were given a 41 page packet of recipes our 2nd week. It's got a lot of great looking ideas but haven't gotten into the recipes too much. Like you the first month I was figuring things out.
You said you are down to 3 meal replacement now and read that others have been on 3. The dietitian at our clinic said we really had to have one every 3-4 hours and needed to have all 4. Maybe because we are a lot heavier in my group and we need the extra calories? I told her sometimes I only have 3 and she said as long as that doesn't happen too often but told me less isn't better. I would like to cut down to 3 and have 1/2 bar for a snack if I needed it to speed the process up but that would be discouraged at our clinic!0 -
bhinton919 wrote: »Hey Ladies - my nutrition center provided recipes which I ignored until last week. Just curious if you have recipes for chicken chips, pizza and cookies? If not, I will certainly share!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
If you can send it to erock281990@yahoo.com I would appreciate it so much.0 -
I found a decent recipe book here: http://yourwellnesscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/New-Direction-Recipe-Book.pdf0
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I found a decent recipe book here: http://yourwellnesscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/New-Direction-Recipe-Book.pdf
Thank you!!0 -
Lesson learned of the day... The Pineapple-Apricot powder does not make for tasty pancakes. :-P I was really looking forward to having something solid-ish to eat. I figured if you can make pancakes with the vanilla, the pineapple would work. Nope. It brought out the chemical taste and was pretty much inedible. Oh well... now I know. 0
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Lesson learned of the day... The Pineapple-Apricot powder does not make for tasty pancakes. :-P I was really looking forward to having something solid-ish to eat. I figured if you can make pancakes with the vanilla, the pineapple would work. Nope. It brought out the chemical taste and was pretty much inedible. Oh well... now I know.
You can make cookies with pineapple apricot. Try a packet of pineapple apricot and 1-2 tbsp of water to make a thick dough. Go slow with the water because if it's too watery they don't work. You will have to kind of smoosh the water into the packet vigorously in order to not add too much and get runny goop. Drop by the spoonful on a shiny paper plate sprayed with Pam and microwave for 45-60 seconds. I used to carry these around with me in a baggie and snack on them when I would go to the movies or planned to be out for a long time.
*If your clinic allows it add 1/2 - 1tbsp of psyllium husk to the packet before adding water. The psyllium adds some extra heft to the cookies but is 0 net carbs because of the fiber count. Psyllim sucks up water so you may need to add a little more just go slow.
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Lava cake is another good recipe, but requires 2 packets.
Mix one packet of chocolate pudding and one packet of chocolate shake with 1/2 cup water. Pour into microwave safe dish like a ramekin that you sprayed with pam. Cook for 60-90 seconds in the microwave. Surprisingly this is very good and the center does turn out like a lava cake.0 -
@yellowdaisy3321 The lava cake sounds promising! Thanks for sharing.0
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any way to get that pdf file of ND recipes? Please send to kfattig@bowdoin.edu - thanks!0
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