Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Next Day Turnkey Rice

Let’s mix the delicious turnkey and rice going to be yummy recipe

1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 c. cooked, enriched rice
2 oz. cooked turkey
1/2 med. green pepper, chopped
1 oz. onion, chopped
3/4 tsp. monosodium glutamate (optional)
1/4 tsp. soy sauce
Pinch garlic salt

Cook egg in non-stick skillet over medium heat. Cook until cooked throughout. Cut in bite-size pieces. Add all remaining ingredients; mix well. Cook until heated throughout. Makes 1 serving.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Mock Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

1/3 c. instant non-fat milk
1/4 c. chilled orange juice
1/2 apple, cored and chopped
3/4 c. red currants
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. maple extract
1/8 tsp. vanilla
Artificial sweetener to equal 6 tsp. sugar
2 oz. bread, toasted and grated

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine milk and orange juice in large bowl. Whip until stiff by hand or mixer. Fold in remaining ingredients. Line loaf pan with wax paper. Pour ingredients into pan and bake 1 hour. Remove and cool thoroughly. Divide in half.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Mexican Supper

It was Mexican super duper food

8 oz. ground hamburger (or veal)
1/3 c. chopped green pepper
1/4 head cabbage
1/2 c. onion
1 c. tomato juice
Salt & pepper to taste
1 tsp. chili powder

Cook meat and green pepper in skillet. In blender, blend cabbage and onion. Drain cabbage mixture. In saucepan, put tomato juice, cabbage and veal mixtures. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add chili powder. Cook until cabbage is done.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Meat Loaf

Ingredients

1 lb. ground chuck
1 c. evaporated skimmed milk
1 tbsp. dehydrated onion flakes
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. sage
1/8 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 c. chopped celery
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

Combine all ingredients and shape into a loaf. Bake on rack at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Mary Jo Congealed Salad

Ingredients:

2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1 grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
1 c. boiling water
1 c. diet ginger ale
1/2 c. lemon juice
2 envelopes Sweet'N Low
4 tsp. vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. shredded cabbage

Soften gelatin in lemon juice. Add boiling water stirring to dissolve gelatin. Add diet ginger ale, Sweet'N Low, vinegar and salt. Let chill. When it begins to thicken, fold in grapefruit and cabbage.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Imitation Bake Potatoes

Ingredient:

1 ( oz.) pkg. frozen cauliflower
1 packet instant chicken bouillon
1 tsp. fresh chopped parsley
1 tbsp. skim milk
1 c. water

Dissolve bouillon in water, add cauliflower, and cook. Place in blender with other ingredients. Do not over blend.

Hot Open Faced Beef Sandwich

It’s a hot time of beef sandwich

1 tbsp. bouillon liquid
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 c. chopped green pepper
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. diet catsup
2 tbsp. prepared mustard
Artificial sweetener to equal 1 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. vinegar
Toasted bread

Brown beef in bouillon. Meanwhile, prepare the vegetable mixture. Combine remaining ingredients. May prepare ahead to allow seasonings to blend. Add vegetable mixture to beef. Turn heat on low and simmer covered for 30 minutes. Toast bread and spoon mixture over.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Herb Fish Fillets

Here another herb recipe made from fish. Keep enjoy cooking

1 lb. fillets
1/2 tsp. salt
Dash of garlic powder
1/4 oz. drained chopped mushrooms
1/8 tsp. ground thyme
1/2 tsp. onion powder
Dash of black pepper
1/2 tsp. dried parsley
1 tbsp. nonfat dry milk
1 tbsp. water
1/2 tsp. lemon juice

Sprinkle fish with salt and garlic powder. Mix remaining ingredients and spread over fish. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until fish flakes with fork.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Herb Season Broccoli

This is broccoli food that have both of delicious and able to herb your health. Just complete the ingredients and follow simple directions.

1/2 c. water
1 pkg. instant chicken broth and seasoning mix
2 c. broccoli spears
1/2 tsp. marjoram
1/2 tsp. basil
1/4 tsp. onion powder
Dash of nutmeg
1 tbsp. margarine
2 tsp. lemon juice

Combine water and broth mixture. Add broccoli, sprinkle with seasonings. Cover, bring to boil, simmer 6 minutes until tender. Drain. Divide on plates. Top with margarine and lemon juice. Available for 2 servings.

Fruited Chicken Salad

Ingredient:

3 oz. blended cottage cheese
2 tbsp. skim milk
1 tbsp. cider vinegar
2 tsp. grated onion
1 tsp. salt
1 med. green pear, cubed
1 med. apple, cubed
1 c. chopped celery
Lettuce leaves

Mix celery, apple, pear, chicken, and salt until smooth. Add onion, vinegar, milk, and cheese and toss. Serve on lettuce leaves. You can make it for 3 sandwiches.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

About Raw Food Diet

The raw food diet means eating unprocessed, uncooked, organic, whole foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, dried fruits, seaweeds, etc. It means a diet that is at least 75% uncooked! Cooking takes out flavor and nutrition from vegetables and fruits. A raw food diet means eating more the way our ancient ancestors did. Our healthier, more fit ancestors.

They cooked very little, and certainly didn’t cook or process fruits and vegetables. They ate them RAW. Their water wasn’t from a tap; it was natural, spring water. Maybe they drank some coconut milk on occasion.

Doesn’t it just make sense that this is how our bodies were meant to eat? It’s a way of eating that’s in harmony with the planet and in harmony with our own metabolisms. Our bodies were meant to work, and need to work to be efficient. That means exercise, certainly, but it also means eating natural, raw foods that require more energy to digest them.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Started Raw Food Diet

Have you started hearing about the Raw Food Diet? It’s gaining popularity and buzz, not just as a diet to lose weight, but a diet for a long and healthy life. We eat so much in the way of processed food that we don’t even stop to think about what we’re putting into our bodies, and how far we’ve come nutritionally from our ancestral, agrarian roots.

A raw food diet means consuming food in its natural, unprocessed form. There are several common-sense rationales for why this is a good idea. Processing and cooking food can take so much of the basic nutritional value away.

Think of some of the conventional wisdom you’ve heard about for years, such as: If you cook pasta just to the al dente (or medium) stage, it will have more calories, yes, but it will have more the nutritional value in it than if you cooked it to a well-done stage. Or you probably remember hearing not to peel carrots or potatoes too deeply, because most of the nutrients and values are just under the surface.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Chicken Creole On 20 Minute

This quick Southern dish contains no added fat and very little added salt in its spicy tomato sauce.

Ingredients
  • nonstick cooking spray as needed
  • 4 medium chicken breast halves, skinned, boned, and cut into 1" strips*
  • 1 can (14 oz.) tomatoes, cut up**
  • 1 cup low-sodium chili sauce
  • 1-1/2 cups green peppers, chopped (1 large)
  • 1/2 cup celery, chopped
  • 1/4 cup onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley or 1 teaspoon dried
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions
  • Spray a deep skillet with nonstick spray coating. Preheat pan over high heat.
  • Cook chicken in hot skillet, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until no longer pink. Reduce heat.
  • Add tomatoes and their juice, low-sodium chili sauce, green pepper, celery, onion, garlic, basil, parsley, crushed red pepper, and salt. Bring to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
  • Serve over hot cooked rice or whole wheat pasta.

You can substitute 1 lb. boneless, skinless, chicken breast, cut into 1-inch strips.

To cut back on sodium, try low sodium canned tomatoes.

Could be serve for 4 servings with serving size: 1-1/2 cup.


Nutritional Info

Amount Per Serving
Calories: 255.4

Total Fat: 4.5 g
Cholesterol: 77.0 mg
Sodium: 652.4 mg
Total Carbs: 20.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 4.3 g
Protein: 33.3 g

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Easy Breakfast Prepare On Road Trip

Are you planning a road trip that will have your family en-route during breakfast time? Try these low sugar, portable breakfast ideas.

There is nothing worse than being trapped inside a car with sugar-hyped children. Try to keep their sugar intake down by giving them low sugar, high fun breakfasts to eat while they ride.

The night before your trip, prepare the foods, pack into individual lunch boxes for ease of serving. Or package in zip-lock bags with each child's name written on their own "on-the-go" breakfasts.

Breakfast Soggy Wraps
Breakfast GORP
Banana Dogs

Those all recipes are simple breakfast you can prepare while on the road trip. Good nutrition is not hard to achieve, even when you are away from home or on a fammily road trip.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Delicious Banana Dogs

Breakfast with this Banana dogs food make your kids still get a good nutrition and low sugar while on road trip.

Ingredients:

1 whole grain hot dog bun
1 tbsp. peanut butter or other nut butter
1 tbsp. sunflower seeds or other small seed
1 tbsp. sugar free fruit spread
1/2 sliced banana

Spread bun with peanut butter, add sugar free strawberry jam, sunflower seeds and then top with banana.

Variation you can use:

  • Almond butter, cashew butter or nutella to replace peanut butter
  • Substitute sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds or pine nuts for the sunflower seeds
  • Dried fruits can be used in place of the sugar free fruit spreads

Serve with 1/2 pints of 2% milk.

Perfect Breakfast In Road Trip

Below is another low sugar breakfast recipes, perfect while you and your family on road trip to vacation. It has unique names of GORP, means Good Old Raisin and Peanut

Ingredients:

1/4 cup nuts
1/4 dried fruits
1 cup whole grain cereal

Pack this or any variation of GORP or into easy-seal plastic tubs or sandwich boxes, use different colors for each child.

Nut options: Almonds, Hazel, Macadamia nuts or Cashews

Fruit options: Cherries, Apricots, Cranberries, Peaches or Blueberries

Cereal options: Cheerios/Multi-Grain Cheerios, Corn, Wheat and Rice Chex, Kix

Serve these bags of goodness with 1/2 pints of 2% milk.

Breakfast Soggy Wraps

This delicious recipes of low sugar breakfast is perfect on your family trips

Ingredients per serving:

1-6 inch whole grain tortilla or whole grain wrap
1 tbsp. peanut butter
1/2 banana, sliced
1/2 carrot, shredded
1/2 Fuji apple, shredded
1/4 cup raisins

Too much juice results in soggy wraps. Place shredded carrot into a colander, press juices out, dry on paper towels. Repeat with apple.

Spread peanut butter on tortilla, add banana, raisins, carrot and apple. Fold tortilla sides in, roll tightly, press gently to shape. Drop into zip-lock bag and seal.

Bananas, apples, raisins and carrots make up the sweet side of this wrap, peanut butter adds a salty touch and lots of protein making these breakfast wraps a hit with kids!

You can use this variation:

Omit peanut butter, use low fat cream cheese, spread on tortilla, add 1 tbsp. honey, stir slightly add banana, carrots and apple.

Serve the wraps with low fat milk and cheese sticks for an added calcium punch.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Fruit Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

3 slices enriched white bread
1 1/2 med. bananas, peeled and sliced
1/2 c. sliced peaches with juice
1/2 c. cranberries
1/2 c. brown sugar replacement
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/3 c. water
1/2 tsp. banana extract
1/2 tsp. brandy extract
Grated nutmeg (optional)

On baking sheet toast bread at 325 degrees until dry. Cut toast into cubes. Combine toast cubes and fruits. Dissolve brown sugar and cinnamon in water. Add extracts. Pour over fruit mixture, turn with spatula until well coated. Let stand 5 minutes. Turn again, scraping down sides of bowl. Place mixture in one-quart size oven-proof casserole. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Serve warm with dusting of grated nutmeg. Makes 3 servings.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Egg Salad

Egg could be delicious salad using this recipes

3 hard boiled eggs
3 oz. cottage cheese
1 tsp. mustard
1 tbsp. chopped onion
1 tbsp. dill cubes
Crazy salt
Pepper
Finely chopped celery

Finely chop eggs and Mix all together. Makes lunch for two. It's good on sandwich with tomato. Vary seasoning to suit your taste.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Dippin Peas Salad

Yummy salad recipes

1 med. pear
1/2 c. cottage cheese
1 tsp. orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 to 2 tbsp. skim milk

Cut pear into wedges. Place cottage cheese and orange juice in blender. Blend until smooth, adding milk as needed. Mixture should be very thick and pour into small dish. Use pear wedges to scoop up cottage cheese mixture. Can be Makes for 1 salad.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Dilly Tuna Salad

Ingredients:

1 (20 oz.) can pineapple chunks
1 (6 oz.) can tuna, drained
1 c. cucumbers, sliced
1/3 c. imitation mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
1/4 tsp. dill seed

Drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice. Mix all ingredients except dill seed. Line salad bowl with crisp salad greens. Add above mixed ingredients and Sprinkle with dill seed.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Dieter Dressing

Ingredients:

1 (10.5 oz.) can tomato soup, undiluted
1/2 c. tarragon vinegar
1 celery stalk, cut up
1 clove garlic
1 tsp. paprika
1 med. dill pickle
6 sprigs parsley
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. prepared mustard

Place all ingredients in a blender in order listed. Cover and run on high speed until vegetables are chopped.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Dip Dieters

Another simple recipes for dieters

Ingredients:

1 (8 oz.) cottage cheese
1 (6 to 7 oz.) white tuna, packed in water
3 tbsp. chopped pimento
2 tsp. grated onion
Salt & pepper to taste

Blend cottage cheese until smooth and soft. Use blender or electric mixer. Drain and flake tuna. Combine with cottage cheese and seasonings.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Diet Pizza

Delicious pizza for someones on diet program

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz. bread
  • 2 oz. cheese
  • 1/4 c. mushrooms, sliced
  • Pinch of garlic powder
  • Pinch of oregano
  • Tomato sauce or catsup (optional)

Put mushrooms on toast and cover with cheese. Sprinkle with seasonings. Broil in oven until cheese is hot and bubbly.

Yummy Diabetic Recipes