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Light stuffed eggplant

2009-10-29T03:45:00.000-07:00

2 eggplants
1 onion
olive oil
1 green pepper Italian
Parmesan cheese
1 tray of mushrooms
1 chicken breast into cubes
salt
herbes de Provence

Split the eggplants in half and roast in the oven until they are cuddly
Drain and chop the eggplant pulp fry onions, add pepper, chicken breast and eggplant pulp add rolled champis season with salt and herbs fill eggplant sprinkle with cheese and the oven to grill!

Milanesas oat

2009-10-28T01:38:00.000-07:00

3 cups oat bran
2 cups whole wheat thin
1 cup cottage cheese
3 tbsp. Provencal
1 teaspoon red pepper
Sea salt

Mix all ingredients trying to achieve a compact mass (if not using the curd rice, use water to moisten the dough), adding flour or water if necessary until you achieve the desired point. Cut the cutlets. Separating, when stacked with plastic spacers or dusting flour. Spread oil a baking dish and place the cutlets.

Savory rice

2009-10-27T05:51:00.000-07:00

- 3 small glass of Brown Rice
- 7 small cups water
- Sal
- 2 cloves garlic
- Half an onion
- Medium zucchini
- 8 thin strips of cured ham
- 2 tablespoons light olive oil

- Boil water and when it starts boiling add rice, salt and a whole garlic clove. Cooking time is about 20 minutes
- Put in a pan while you cook the rice oil and chopped zucchini and salt.
- When picking squash gold will add the chopped garlic and onions also cut into small chunks.
- Place the strips of ham in the sauce in the pan and remove it all when the ham begins to brown. - Once the cooking of rice, mixed with the sauce and eat.

Bacon & Egg Salad

2006-09-14T03:34:00.000-07:00

8 eggs
1 cup mayonnaise
½ pound bacon
1 cup hot pepper cheese
3 tablespoons chives
4 thin radishes – sliced thin
1 head lettuce – torn fine for salad
1 avocado – cubed

Boil the eggs, until hard and dice them. Fry the bacon and crumble it. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
NOTES:
Carbs for avocado based on 14.85 for 1 3/8 cup – adjust accordingly. Carbs for lettuce base on 2 for 1 cup – adjust accordingly Carbs for hot pepper cheese not included in above total – adjust accordingly.

Category: Salads

Black & Blue Salad

2006-09-12T03:39:00.000-07:00

2 heads of butterhead lettuce
6 oz. Of cold leftover steak,thinly sliced
8 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
6 oz. Bleu cheese
10 tbs heavy cream
2 tbs mayonnaise
1 tbs vinegar (optional)

Beat the heavy cream and mayonnaise together in a small mixing bowl. Crumble half the bleu cheese into the mixture (reserving the other half for a garnish) and stir a few times. Add a drizzle of the vinegar if it is too thick. Chill for at least two hours. (The longer it chills, the more intense the flavor becomes.)

Slice the butterhead lettuce in wedges (or tear into pieces if you prefer) and place on four salad plates. Pour the bleu cheese dressing over the lettuce. Arrange strips of the cold steak (cold filet is outrageously good in this dish!)and four cherry tomato halves over the lettuce. Sprinkle the reserved bleu cheese on top. Give each plate a grind of fresh pepper and serve immediately.

Category: Salads

Spring Mix Salad

2006-09-01T15:02:00.000-07:00

Good sized handful of spring greens lettuce mix.
Hidden valley ranch dressing package mixed with sour cream instead of mayo (much better that way). Mix a little water and/or cream to get a more fluid consistency.
1 Safeway Select brand Chicken, Parmesan, Mushroom, and Spinach Sausage, sauteed whole (slice when cooked), or any brand that has no carbs/sugar.
A small sprinkling of Planter’s mixed salted nuts instead of croutons (more natural and yummier than store bought croutons).

Toss all ingredients in a salad bowl with a tablespoon or two of your dressing, and you’ll have the most amazing brunch, lunch or dinner. Add a sprinkling of garlic powder and pepper for extra zip).

Category: Salads

Salmon with lemon pepper and cumin crust

2006-08-31T03:07:00.000-07:00

salmon filet or steak
cumin seeds -- freshly ground
freshly squeezed lemon juice
ground pepper -- five spice blendsea salt
bay leaves (2-3 depending on size)
butter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
-place salmon in a baking dish and brush on melted butter.
-Sprinkle salmon with lemon, salt, pepper and cumin until completely covered.
-Place two to three bay leaves on top and bake at 375 for 35-40 min.

This is an awesome way to prepare fresh salmon! It's quick and easy too.
The cumin combined with the lemon and pepper gives the salmon a unique taste that's both tart and spicy. I've found though that with this recipe, the longer you bake the salmon, the more cumin lemon flavour you get. (For those of you who prefer very moist seafood, try roasting the cumin before adding it to your salmon.)

Category: Fish

Strawberry Whipped Cream Crepes

2006-08-29T15:51:00.000-07:00

Crepes:
2 eggs
1/3 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup water
2 Tbsp. butter, melted
1/4 tsp. salt
1 dropper stevia extract
3 Tbsp. soy protein powder
Cream:
1/2 cup heavy cream (or more if you like lots of cream!)
1/2-1 tsp. vanilla
1/2-1 dropper stevia extract
1 1/2 cups strawberries, sliced

To make cream: beat cream until stiff, add vanilla and stevia to taste.
To make crepes: whisk together eggs, cream, water, butter, salt, and stevia until well-mixed. Add protein powder and whisk until smooth.

Heat frying pan to medium hot, melt a little butter in pan, and pour in 1/6 of crepe batter, tilting pan this way and that so that batter spreads out. Cook until top is dry and full of air holes, then turn and cook briefly on second side. Remove to plate and set aside while cook remaining crepes.

To assemble: Place crepe on plate with good side down. Spread with cream. Top with 1/4 cup strawberries, and fold top of crepe over cream and strawberries. Top
crepe with dollop of whipped cream and slice of strawberry.

Category: Desserts

Veggie Meatloaf

2006-08-28T15:41:00.000-07:00

1 lb ground beef (80% lean)
1 lb ground chicken
1 large or extra large egg, beaten
1 large red pepper, diced
1 medium sweet onion, diced
1 tbls minced garlic
2 tbls of minced carrot
1 medium celery stalk, diced
1/4 cup shredded monteray or mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated parmisian cheese
1 tsp Beef Boullion powder
cilantro or parsley, salt & pepper to taste

Mix meats and egg together.
Saute all veggies (celery, pepper, onion, garlic, carrots) in a saucepan with 1 tbls of butter until softened.
Cool mixture for about 10 minutes and then add to the meat. With clean hands, mix well until veggies are evenly distributed amongst the meat.
Add all the rest of the incredients except the shredded cheese. Make sure the mixture is well combined.
In a loaf pan or in a regular roasting pan, shape meat to make a loaf. Add the shredded cheese to the top.
Put aside to "rest". Preheat oven to 375 F. Put meatloaf into oven and cook for about 45 minutes - I use a termometer to check - 170 F internal temp.

Category: Beef

Spanish spinach omlet

2006-08-25T10:00:00.000-07:00

1 box frozen chopped spinach
1 dashes of: Salt, pepper, garlic salt or other prefered spicesolive oil
2 eggs

Thaw spinach and drain excess liquid.
Saute spinach in about 3 TBLS. of olive oil.
Add desired spices (also very good with chopped onions and fresh garlic).
Beat eggs in a bowl.
Add sauted spinach and mix with eggs.
Return to pan and fry on both sides till done. Yummy!

Category: Vegetables

Beef Salad

2006-08-12T04:29:00.000-07:00

Cold Roast beef – shredded or coarsely chopped
Boiled eggs
Chopped onion ( I use green onions)
Chopped dill pickle
Sliced celery
Mayo

Mix in desired amounts keeping track of the carbs you add. Let chill. Yummy on Wasa or maybe even with pork rinds for dipping!

Category: Salads

Cauliflower Casserole

2006-07-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

5 cups cauliflower
2 cups sour cream
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
6 green onions -- chopped (separate white and green)5 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6 slices bacon -- cooked crisp and crumbled

Cook cauliflower until tender but firm, chop into pieces about the size of hashbrowns.
Mix in sour cream, 1 cup of the cheddar, white part of the green onions, salt and pepper.
Stir in cauliflower. Place in greased baking dish and sprinkle rest of cheddar on top.
Bake at 350* for 20 minutes or until heated through. Crumble bacon on top and sprinkle on the tops of the green onion. Reheats well in the micro, but doesn't freeze well.
Recipe can be doubled, serves 10.

Category: Vegetables

Ice Cream Cookies

2006-07-12T13:01:00.000-07:00

1 cup heavy cream
3 drops Stevia or 3 splenda packets
2 tbsp Natural Peanutbutter
4 oz Softened Cream Cheese
1 tbsp Atkins Choc Syrup (optional)

Whip cream & Sweetner with a hand beater until its like coolwhip texture. Add all the other ingredients and beat until well mixed.. taste for sweetness adjust if you want.

Using a spoon put big globs on a non stick cookie sheet or in an ice cube tray and freeze until firm pry them off cookie sheet and store frozen in a plastic bag.
They are pretty hard to get out of an ice tray i have to use a knife to get em out..lol but they come off the cookie sheets real easy..and taste like peanut butter cup ice cream! makes 20ish cookies.

Im sure this would work with other flavors as well I know some folks have problems with Peanut butter.

Category: Desserts

Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed

2006-07-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

16 Large Cherry Tomatoes
1 6oz Can Albacore Tuna
1 Stalk Celery - chopped fine
1/2 small onion - chopped fine
6 TBS Real Mayonaise

Slice top off each cherry tomato and core out insides. Discard the insides of the tomatoes. In a bowl, mix the tuna, mayonaise, celery and onion. Using a spoon, fill each cherry tomato with tuna mix.

Category: Vegetables

Bacon Cheeseburger Salad

2006-07-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

3 ounces lean ground beef crumbled, cooked and drained
4 slices bacon – cooked crisp, drained and crumbled
1 cup chopped lettuce
1/8 cup chopped onion
1/2 medium tomato – chopped
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
¼ cup cheddar cheese – (or 1 once)

Stir mayo into lettuce,onion and tomato until evenly coated. Toss in beef,bacon and cheese.

Category: Salads

Cheeseburger Quiche

2006-07-09T09:29:00.000-07:00

3/4 pound ground beef
1/3 cup chopped onion
2 eggs -- beaten
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup water1/4 cup heavy cream
6 ounces cheddar cheese
-- grated
4 ounces mushrooms
salt and pepper

Brown ground beef & onion, drain grease. Add mushrooms & cook through. Mix eggs, ayonnaise, cream, cheese & salt & pepper, and pour over ground beef in a pie pan.
Bake on 350 for 40-45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes.

Category: Beef

Ground Beef and Savoy Cabbage Casserole

2006-07-07T07:27:00.000-07:00

3 small heads savoy
cabbage -- chopped
1 1/2 pounds lean ground
beef
1 large onion -- chopped
1/2 can tomato saucegarlic powder -- to taste
1 can chicken broth
1 can beef broth

Saute ground beef and onion until no longer pink, add garlic powder, tomato sauce and cabbage, saute until cabbage is slightly wilted about 10 min. Add both cans of broth, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 1 hr. or until cabagge in done and liquid has reduced.

Category: Beef

Special Rib Roast

2006-07-06T06:24:00.000-07:00

10 pounds rock salt --(3-4 lb boxes)
1 beef prime rib, roasted --(three-bone choice standing; about 5-6 lbs)
3 tablespoons
Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
pepper

Preheat over to 500 degrees. Pour a small amount of rock salt in a large roasting pan until bottom is evenly covered, and then pray a fine mist of water over salt with a hand-held sprayer until salt is moist and sticky. Place prime rib in the pan. Mix Worcestershire sauce and the paprika in a small bowl and pour carefully over prime rib. Using your hands, rub the mixture all over the meat. Season meat with pepper. Cover meat completely with remaining rock salt (there may be some extra left over) and spray entire surface of salt with water until moist and sticky. Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes a pound (roast will be medium rare inside) Remove from oven, let meat stand for 5 min then carefully break salt away with a kitchen mallet and remove. Brush any remainng rock salt off and slice.

Category: Beef

Chicken Marsala

2006-07-05T05:21:00.000-07:00

2 cooked chicken breast halves -- (2 to 3) cubed
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup chicken broth
3 ounces Marsala Wine
2 tablespoons butter2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic -- thinly sliced, optional
4 mushroom -- sliced, optional
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Cook chicken until desired tenderness in some olive oil (keep in
mind that the chicken will continue to cook a little bit after the
sauce has been added. Add mushrooms, thinly sliced garlic and
nutmeg. Cook until garlic and mushrooms just begin to soften.
Add marsala wine. Leave in for about three seconds and then add
chicken broth and simmer for about 2 minutes.
Stir in cream and simmer until reduced to desired thickness.
Presto! Chicken Marsala. YUM!
You can play around with the chicken broth to cream ratio to find
out which way you like your sauce. Be careful with the Marsala wine,
though, because it's 3 grams of carbs per ounce.

Category: Chicken

New York Cheese Cake

2006-07-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

Crumb Crust
1 1/2 cups Crushed Low Carb Cinnamon Nutrageous Granola ( by expert foods) Net 3 carbs per 1/2 cup.
5 Tbsp. Butter
1/3 cup Splenda
1/8 tsp salt

Filling
2 lbs cream cheese
1 c.splenda
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tsp Lemon juice
4 eggs

Crust
For the crust, stir together crust ingredients and press onto the bottom of the spring pan and 1 inch ip the sides of a buttered 24 cm.spring pan. Fill immediately or chill up to 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Filling
Use your mixer on the lowest speed. beat the cream cheese no more than 30 seconds stop the bowl and scrape the beaters. Add the sugar in a stream, mixing no more than 30 seconds. Stop and scrape. Add Vanilla, lemon juice and one egg at a time mix only
until each egg is absorbed no more than 30 seconds at a time. Stop and scrape after each addition.
Wrap aluminum foil around the bottom of the springform pan so that is at least 1 inch up the sides place the pan in a roasting pan and pour warm water into the pan to a depth of 1/2 inch.
Bake for 60 minutes or untl lightly colored and firm except for the very center.
Remove from the pan of hot water.
Remove the foil and cool completely on a rack. Wrap the cheese cake
in plastic or foil and chill overnight before unmolding..

Category: Desserts

Dreamy Creamy Deviled Eggs

2006-07-04T14:21:00.000-07:00

12 eggs
heavy mayo
canned baby shrimp, green or black olive slices for garnishpaprika
sea salt
pepper

Place eggs in a large saucepan and add cold water until covered by 1". You can add salt to the water if you like.As the water starts to heat up, stir the eggs ... this will help the yolk harden in the center of the egg.Let eggs boil for 10 minutes.Take off the heat and drain ... place eggs in ice water to cool, replacing ice as it melts.Shell eggs and cut in half. Scoop out yolks into a mixing bowl. Place egg white "face" down on an absorbent paper towel.Using a fork, break up all yolks. Add heavy mayo until creamy. Add salt & pepper to taste. Using a whirr mixer (single bladed hand mixer), blend until all the lumps are gone.I use a pastry shooter to fill
the egg whites with the deviled mixture.Top with baby shrimp, green or black olive rings. Whatever garnish looks good to you --or-- sprinkle with paprika.

Category: Eggs

Cajun Chicken Caesar Salad

2006-07-04T14:17:00.001-07:00

1 large chicken breast
cajun spice or cayenne
pepper to taste
2 tablespoons Hot Sauce
2 Cups romaine lettuce
2 tablespoons caesar dressing
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Sprinke spices on chicken breast. May be grill on the BBQ (my favourite), baked, fried, etc. Cut in to 1 inch cubes and toss with hot sauce. Set aside.
Mix lettuce, dressing and cheese. Put on a plate and top with chicken. Top with addittional parmesan cheese if desired.
I like mine really hot and spicy so I use cayenne Cajun spice will make it a little milder.

Category: Salads

Apple Cake

2006-07-01T09:17:00.000-07:00

1 cup boiling water (240ml)
2 apple-flavored herbal tea bags - optional
1 apple
2 tablespoons lemon juice (30ml)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons sugar equivalent
1/2 cup wise choice cake-ability baking aid (50g)
1/2 pound ground pecans (225g or about 2 cups)
pinch salt
3/4 cup sugar equivalent (equivalent to 150g)
3 eggs
3 tablespoons oil (45ml)
2 teaspoons allspice or apple pie spice
1/4 cup walnut pieces (30g) - optional

Peel apple, slice thin, and then cut part into thin slices, the rest into a small dice. Sprinkle with lemon juice, cinnamon, and sweetener.

Grease tube pan and arrange apple slices in an attractive pattern. Also cook the diced apple briefly in microwave or on stove to make the apple pieces tender.

Mix (or grind) together, breaking up any lumps: CBA, ground nuts, sweetener equal, pinch salt. The finer the nuts are ground, the finer the cake.

Combine liquid ingredients.
Stir liquid and dry ingredients together until thoroughly wet no need to beat!

Immediately pour into prepared pan. Swirl in apple pieces and optional walnuts. Microwave (around 7 minutes), preferably raised above the floor of the oven (an upside-down glass pie plate works well), or bake at 350°F loaf pans 40-50 minutes, round pans 25-35 minutes, cupcakes/muffins 15-25 minutes or until center springs back.

Invert to serve.

Category: Desserts

Shrimp Curry Salad

2006-06-28T23:59:00.000-07:00

Salad:
1/3 head lettuce
4 radishes – chopped
3 green onion – finely chopped (green peppers are also good on this salad)
Dressing:
2 tablespoons butter
½ pound cooked shrimp – small
1 clove garlic pepper
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon curry powder

Put about 2 Tbl Butter and ½ Lb. Small cooked shrimp in medium glass bowl with lid. Microwave 1 minute till butter is melted and shrimp is medium hot. Stir in 1 clove garlic and a small amount of pepper. In separate small bowl combine 3 large Tbls of Mayonnaise (I used Best Foods) and 1 tsp Curry powder.
Pour juice from shrimp in with mayonnaise and combine. Put shrimp on
salad. Pour dressing on salad.

Category: Salads

Cauliflower Casserole

2006-06-28T15:08:00.000-07:00

5 cups cauliflower
2 cups sour cream
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
6 green onions -- chopped (separate white and green)5 1/2 teaspoons
salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6 slices bacon -- cooked crisp and crumbled

Cook cauliflower until tender but firm, chop into pieces about the size of hashbrowns.
Mix in sour cream, 1 cup of the cheddar, white part of the green
onions, salt and pepper. Stir in cauliflower. Place in greased baking dish and sprinkle rest of cheddar on top.
Bake at 350* for 20 minutes or until heated through. crumble bacon on top and sprinkle on the tops of the green onion. Reheats well in the micro, but doesn't freeze well. recipe can be doubled, serves 10.

Category: Vegetables