Diet Stuffs
Since several people asked. Here are recipies that Neal and I have been cooking to loose the weight that we have.
We use the Foreman Grill for a lot of stuff…
Grilled Chicken Breast:
Butterfly open the chicken breast, and sprinkle herbs on it. I like basil and garlic and then Mrs. Dash Season All. Neal likes low cal butter and salt and pepper. Then fold the chicken back closed and sprinkle herbs on the outside. Place the chicken on the grill and cook until ready.
With this meal we usually have asparagus or veggies for me and pasta for Neal.
Asparagus: put a tablespoon of olive oil in the pan with some seasoning of your choice (again I like basil and garlic). Let the oil heat up and then put the asparagus in on med heat. Just keep rolling the asparagus around until they are tender.
On the pasta we put a little bit of low cal parmesan cheese, as well as on the veggies.
Drink water with dinner. We use propel packets to give it flavor.
Chicken Pitas:
Get ground chicken in a bowl. Add “Chinese Five Spice” to the mix and 3 tbsp of Soy Sauce. Mix it together and then cook in a pan just like ground beef.
Get your pitas and cut them in half. We like to toast them slightly. I also like to add tomato and lettuce to my pita, but it’s optional.
Put a little bit of shredded cheese on the pita (low fat cheese) and put your ground chicken in also.
15 baked lays on your plate. Drink water with dinner.
Beef Tips and Rice:
Buy Hormel’s Beef Tips in Gravy.
Cut up celery and carrots to your preferred size.
Put them in the pot according to the directions on the box. Add the celery and carrots.
Add two trays of water (the thing the beef tips and gravy come in) along with a tbsp of salt and a tbsp of pepper.
Start your rice either in the rice cooker or on the stove.
Let everything cook, stirring the beef tips occasionally.
Serve up and drink water with dinner.
Turkey Sandwiches:
Buy the light wheat bread, only 40 calories a slice.
Use only mustard, as it has no calories.
Make your sandwich with cheese and put on the Foreman Grill. Cook until desired
I like to add tomato and lettuce and pickles to my sandwich.
Serve with 15 baked lays and water
French Toast:
Great for Brunch or breakfast.
Use the low cal bread. Add one egg and ¼ cup of 2% milk. Mix together in a bowl. Add teaspoon of splenda and ½ teaspoon of vanilla. Mix.
Dip bread into mixture and cook on medium until done. Will yield 2-3 slices of French toast.
Serve with an orange and coffee.
Pancakes:
Make pancakes with Bisquick reduced fat mix. Follow directions. I add splenda and vanilla to my batter.
Chicken Tacos Salad:
Cook your ground chicken and add taco seasoning according to directions on package.
Toast your taco shells.
Crush up taco shell on plate and add lettuce, chicken, cheese, and salsa to plate.
Serve with water
(You can also just have chicken tacos)
Chicken Quesadillas:
Cut your chicken breast into small strips (1/4 in. wide and tall) and cook in pan with taco seasoning.
Get the lowest cal tortillas. We like to get the small ones.
Put your bottom tortilla on a cookie sheet and add cheese. Add a few strips of chicken and a bit more cheese in top. Cover with another tortilla. Neal likes to place something heavy on top of the tortillas to press them down.
Put in oven on 500 degrees and cook for five minutes. (Sometimes more sometimes less, just keep checking them until they are crispy on the outside)
Veggie Pasta:
Boil pasta (I like angel hair best)
Cook your veggies by steaming them. I just buy the pack of already cut vegetables. Carrots, Broccoli and cauliflower.
Put pasta on plate and add teaspoon of olive oil. Mix together, top with veggies and parmesan cheese.
Omelets:
Mix two eggs and ¼ cup of milk in a bowl. Put a bit of spray oil in the pan so it doesn’t stick.
Cook your veggies in separate pan. I like green peppers, but anything will work. Make sure they are just tender before adding them to the omelete
Make sure pan is hot for the eggs. Place eggs in bottom of pan. Let cook until it starts to bubble. Put veggies and cheese on one side of omelet bottom. Use a spatula to fold it over. Place on plate. Sprinkle with cheese
Beef or Chicken Stir Fry:
Buy a pack of stir fry veggies and pack of stir fry seasoning as well as chicken breast or stir fry beef (if your grocery store doesn’t have the pre-cut beef, just buy the breakfast steaks and slice them into small strips).
Cook your beef or chicken in a pan. In a separate pan you will need to separate the broccoli from the stir fry veggie pack (they tend not to cook fast enough) and cook the broccoli until almost done.
Add veggies to pan with meat and stir fry mix (if cooking beef drain off any grease). Cook in pan until veggies are tender.
Serve with rice and water.
Grilled Fish:
I like orange roughy fish or salmon.
We buy the pre-frozen fish since it is less fishy tasting. Take out your fish; place it on the Foreman grill frozen.
Cut a couple lemons in half.
After a few seconds the outside of the fish will be thawed enough to season some. I use garlic powder, Mrs. Dash and lemon juice for April and just salt and pepper and lemon juice for myself. After a minute or so, turn the fish and season the bottom the same way you seasoned the top. Once it fish it almost done (white and flaky throughout) Then you can add a little more lemon juice and then seal the deal with a dash of low- cal parmesan (gives it a tiny bit of crunchiness). Close the grills for a few seconds to crisp up the parmesan and there you go.
Serve with pasta, veggies, and water.
Ground Chicken Burgers
Make your standard burger just replace the beef with ground chicken, use whole wheat buns and 2% Cheese and you have a nice simple lo cal meal.
Serve with Baked Lays and Water
As an aside, you can replace all the Baked Lays used with the Flat Earth Veggies chips. They are very tasty and each serving counts as a serving of veggies for the day.