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17134 lbs
Total weight lost last week:
893 lbs
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Recipes
Seasoned Green Beans
Ingredients:
1 package green beans (fresh or frozen, no salt added)
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 oregano
1 pinch Italian seasoning
1 pinch pepper
1 pinch anise seeds
1 pinch onion
1/2 teaspoon vinegar
Directions
Crystal Light Icee
Ingredients
1 packet of your favorite Crystal Light drink mix flavor
Directions
Chocolate Strawberries
Ingredients
6 fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon sugar free chocolate syrup (Walden Farms)
Directions
Ingredients
2 hardboiled eggs
1/2 teaspoon bacon bits
2 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon Miracle Whip (fat free)
Directions
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
4 oz. chicken breast
1/2 head of lettuce (any type, but butter lettuce works best)
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped red pepper
1/4 cup bamboo shoots
1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
Directions
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
10 spritzes balsamic vinaigrette salad spritzer
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon mustard
Combine all ingredients. Mix well.
Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
4 large mushrooms
2 slices low fat cheese
1 dash of dried parsley
1 dash of ground pepper
Directions
Ingredients
1 egg white
1 teaspoon water
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 cup string beans (fresh, not frozen or canned) French cut work best
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
Directions
Western Omelet
Ingredients
2 eggs or Egg Beaters
1/4 cup cooked or raw broccoli
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green peppers
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup low fat cheese
1 teaspoon bacon bits
1 teaspoon olive oil
salt and pepper
Directions
Cheese Broccoli Soup
Ingredients
1 cup fat free chicken or beef broth
1/2 cup broccoli florets
2-3 oz. low fat Swiss cheese (of your favorite type)
1 dash oregano, cumin, onion, & garlic powder each
Directions
Tilapia Surprise
Ingredients
4 oz. Tilapia (or favorite fish)
1/2 cup mushrooms
1/2 cup broccoli
1/2 cup cauliflower
1/2 cup green peppers
1/2 cup red peppers
1/2 cup green onions
1 teaspoon olive oil
Directions
Cabbage Lasagna
Ingredients
2 cups cabbage, big leaves boiled
4 oz. ground turkey
1/2 cup Heinz One Carb ketchup
2 oz. low fat cheese
2 teaspoon Parmesan cheese
Italian seasonings
Directions
Ingredients:
1 package green beans (fresh or frozen, no salt added)
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 oregano
1 pinch Italian seasoning
1 pinch pepper
1 pinch anise seeds
1 pinch onion
1/2 teaspoon vinegar
Directions
- In a bowl combine the green beans with all the ingredients
- Chill before serving.
Crystal Light Icee
Ingredients
1 packet of your favorite Crystal Light drink mix flavor
Directions
- Mix Crystal Light in water
- Chill in freezer in an ice tray
- Once frozen, put into a blender
- Blend to the consistency you like
Chocolate Strawberries
Ingredients
6 fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon sugar free chocolate syrup (Walden Farms)
Directions
- Slice the strawberries and drizzle the chocolate syrup
- You can also warm the syrup and dip the strawberries
- Although sugar free do not exceed 1 tablespoon per serving
Ingredients
2 hardboiled eggs
1/2 teaspoon bacon bits
2 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon Miracle Whip (fat free)
Directions
- Slice to have 4 portions
- In a bowl mix together the mustard and Miracle Whip together
- Add salt&pepper to taste
- Spread on top of eggs and sprinkle bacon bits on top
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
4 oz. chicken breast
1/2 head of lettuce (any type, but butter lettuce works best)
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped red pepper
1/4 cup bamboo shoots
1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
Directions
- In a sauce pan cook the chicken breast with all the ingredients (except the lettuce)
- If your using Iceberg lettuce cut a head of lettuce in half so that you can separate the lettuce into oval shape cups
- The Boston lettuce or Butter lettuce are best to wrap the chicken
- Once cooked, cube the chicken breast and mix well with your onion&pepper
- Place 2 Tablespoon of mixture on lettuce and wrap like a burrito.
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
10 spritzes balsamic vinaigrette salad spritzer
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon mustard
Combine all ingredients. Mix well.
Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
4 large mushrooms
2 slices low fat cheese
1 dash of dried parsley
1 dash of ground pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Remove stem from mushrooms and that will give you the cavity to add ingredients
- Chop up the cheese in tiny pieces and fill the cavity of the mushroom
- Sprinkle with remaining ingredients
- Spray cooking spray (Pam) on oven dish and place mushrooms inside
- Cook for 10 min or until cheese has melted.
Ingredients
1 egg white
1 teaspoon water
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 cup string beans (fresh, not frozen or canned) French cut work best
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350° Grease pan or cookie sheet with cooking spray (Pam)
- Mix first 3 ingredients in a bowl
- Dip the string bean in the mixture and place them one by one on the pan
- Place in the oven for about 5 minutes and finish at the broil setting
Western Omelet
Ingredients
2 eggs or Egg Beaters
1/4 cup cooked or raw broccoli
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green peppers
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup low fat cheese
1 teaspoon bacon bits
1 teaspoon olive oil
salt and pepper
Directions
- Whisk all the ingredients well
- In a warm skillet (coated with cooking spray or Pam) add 1 teaspoon of Olive Oil
- Add the mixture
- Cover for about 5 minutes
- Check to see that it looks cooked and flip over to cook the other side
- Cover for additional 5 minutes
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cheese Broccoli Soup
Ingredients
1 cup fat free chicken or beef broth
1/2 cup broccoli florets
2-3 oz. low fat Swiss cheese (of your favorite type)
1 dash oregano, cumin, onion, & garlic powder each
Directions
- Boil the broccoli with broth and all seasonings
- After cooking for a short period of time, place all ingredients except the cheese in the blender
- Blend until desired consistency, For thicker soup add less broth
- After well blended, pour in bowl
- Top with cheese and microwave for 30 - 60 seconds or until cheese is melted
Tilapia Surprise
Ingredients
4 oz. Tilapia (or favorite fish)
1/2 cup mushrooms
1/2 cup broccoli
1/2 cup cauliflower
1/2 cup green peppers
1/2 cup red peppers
1/2 cup green onions
1 teaspoon olive oil
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- In a pan, place the fish on foil sheet large enough to fold around it with all the ingredients
- Coat fish with olive oil
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until done
- Then open the aluminum foil & enjoy!
Cabbage Lasagna
Ingredients
2 cups cabbage, big leaves boiled
4 oz. ground turkey
1/2 cup Heinz One Carb ketchup
2 oz. low fat cheese
2 teaspoon Parmesan cheese
Italian seasonings
Directions
- Heat over to 350°
- Spray lasagna pan with cooking spray (Pam)
- Boil cabbage and put aside (these leaves will be used to make lasagna layers)
- Cook turkey with seasonings & ketchup
- Then start by placing a layer of cabbage into the pan
- Then add a layer of ground turkey
- Then add a layer of cabbage
- Continue until all cabbage and turkey have been used
- Top with cheese
- Bake until cheese is melted