Szechuan Noodles With Spicy Beef Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 2 bunches green onions sliced and separated into white and greenends
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
  • 1/2-1 1/2 teaspoon dry crushed red pepper ( start off with just alittle and work your way up)
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons Carbquick
  • 3/4 cup no salt added  beef broth
  • 1/3 cup Homemade Hoisin Sauce 
    • Ingredients
      • 4 tablespoons sodium reduced soy sauce
      • 2 tablespoons PB2
      • 1 tablespoon Splenda
      • 2 teaspoons seasoned cider vinegar
      • 1 garlic clove, finely minced
      • 2 teaspoons sesame seed oil
      • 1 teaspoon Frank’s hot sauce (more or less to taste)
      • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
    • Directions
      • Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl.
      • Mix with a whisk until well blended.
  • 2 tablespoons sodium reduced soy sauce
  • 2 packages Shiritaki noodles cooked as per direction

Directions

  • Brown ground beef in a large skillet, stirring until it crumbles; drain and keep warm.
  • Pour sesame oil in pan and heat till hot.
  • Sauté white ends of onion and next 3 ingredients in the hot sesame oil until tender.
  • Combine Carbquick and beef broth, whisking until smooth.
  • Stir broth mixture, hoisin sauce, and soy sauce into onion mixture.
  • Bring to a boil, stirring constantly 1 minute.
  • Stir in ground beef.
  • Toss with hot cooked noodles, and sprinkle with green ends of onions.

Credit:  Deb Spence

 

 

Sweet Ginger Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 2 tbsp sweetener (I use Truvia)
  • 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 4 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp freshly ground ginger
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • Half-salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

Directions:

  • Heat oil in a large skillet, add garlic and fry about 1 minute.
  • Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned.
  • Remove chicken.
  • Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium.
  • Heat, until well mixed and dissolved.
  • Add chicken and bring to a hard boil.
  • Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Serve over hot cauliflower rice.

Credit:  Deb Spence

General Tso’s Chicken

Ingredients:

Marinade

  • 1½ tbsp soy sauce
  • 1½ tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp orange zest (1 medium orange)
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 tbsp sweetener (I use Truvia)
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • ½ tsp chili flakes
  • ¼ tsp black pepper

Chicken

  • 1½ lb boneless/skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ green pepper, diced
  • 5 green onions, sliced

Directions

  • Combine marinade ingredients in bowl and mix until well blended.
  • Cut chicken into 2 inch strips.
  • Place chicken and marinade in 1 gallon zipper bag.
  • Marinate in refrigerator for at least 2 hours (up to overnight for a more intense flavour) .
  • Remove the chicken from the bag, reserving any excess marinade.
  • Heat oil in wok or large skillet over high heat.
  • Cook and stir the chicken 2 minutes until it starts to brown.
  • Add the pepper, green onions and marinade.
  • Cook 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly, until the sauce has reduced and the chicken is done.

Serve over cauliflower rice.

Credit:  Deb Spence

Tandoori-Style Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup no salt added chicken broth
  • 1 Tbsp garlic, minced
  • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, minced
  • 1 Tbsp  lemon juice
  • ¼ cup  paprika, ground
  • ½ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 8 chicken thighs, bone in and skinless

Directions:

  • Combine stock, garlic, ginger, lemon and spices in a large re-sealable bag and mix well.
  • Add chicken thighs to bag and toss, ensuring they are well coated.
  • Marinate in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours (up to overnight for a more intense flavour).
  • Remove chicken from marinade and transfer to a roasting pan.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until fully cooked at 350°F(180°C) or grill chicken on a BBQ.

Credit:  Deb Spence

Betsy’s Curried Chicken Salad Pitas

Ingredients:

  • 1-2 celery sticks, chopped fine
  • 3-4 green onions, finely sliced
  • 1/2 large cooked boneless, skinless chicken breast diced
  • 1-2 TBS Fresh Dress Wicked Caesar salad Dressing
  • 1 tsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • Chopped fresh basil leaves (optional)
  • Half salt and/ or McCormick no salt garlic and herb seasoning, pepper to taste
  • Joseph’s flax, oat bran, whole wheat pita bread (1/2 pita per serving)
  • Lettuce or spinach

Directions:

  • Mix celery, green onion, and diced chicken in a bowl.
  • Add salad dressing and spices and stir.
  • Spoon into pita halves and add spinach, lettuce, or leftover salad.

Credit:  Deb Spence

Crackers

Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup Carbquick
  • 4 Babybel light cheese chopped fine
  • Pinch of bio-salt
  • Pinch of pepper
  • Pinch of garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp canola oil

Directions:

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
  • In a mixing bowl- combine all ingredients EXCEPT egg and oil
  • In a small bowl combine the egg and oil
  • Then stir the 2 mixtures together in the mixing bowl and combine them very well
  • Take 1/4 of the mixture and put between 2 pieces of parchment papers.
  • Roll them out with a rolling pin until a 1/8″ or less. VERY thin.
  • Put on cookie sheet and bake 12 minutes until they start to turn a gold/brown and are a little more firm in the middle of the crackers.
  • Right out of the oven- use a roller type pizza cutter and cut them into squares.
  • Repeat with the other 3 parts to this batch.
  • Let them cool.

You may need to re-cut the crackers after they cool.

*You can add herbs to make for a different flavor.

Credit:  Deb Spence

Tikki Chaat

Tikki

Ingredients:

  • 1 head cauliflower boiled and mashed
  • medium firm tofu
  • green chilies
  • chat masala
  • salt
  • red chili powder
  • Garam Masala

Directions:

  • Put mashed cauliflower, tofu (squeeze as much as water from tofu) and all ingredients in bowl mix properly.
  • Make medium size patties and pan fry them till golden brown.

Chickpea Curry

Ingredients:

  • boiled chickpeas
  • 1/2 chopped onion (3 green onions for phase 1)
  • ginger garlic paste
  • crushed tomatoes (2 tbs pizza nova sauce phase 1)
  • cumin seeds
  • oil
  • chana masala
  • red chili powder
  • salt
  • turmeric powder

Directions:

  • Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds.
  • Add chopped onions (add green onion and ginger garlic paste together on phase 1)
  • When onions are caramelized add ginger garlic paste
  • Sauté till raw smell of paste is gone.
  • Add crushed tomato( pizza nova sauce) sauté for 2 mins
  • Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and sauté till oil separated from gravy.
  • Put boiled chick peas in gravy
  • Cook for 6- 7 mins
  • Add chana masala and let it cook for 5-6 mins.

Chaat Prepartion

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbs low fat plain yogurt
  • chopped onions
  • chaat masala
  • red chili powder
  • green chilies
  • ketchup
  • green chutney (mint coriander chutney)
  • salt

Directions:

  • Place patties in a plate put chickpea curry on in it, now garnish with yogurt, ketchup, green chutney, onions, and green chilies.
  • Sprinkle chaat masala, salt red chili powder on it add enjoy.

Credit:  Dimple Longia Arora

Hina’s No Guilt Protein Brownies

Ingredients:

  • 2 scoops Chocolate flavor protein powder
  • 2 scoops Vanilla Flavor protein powder
  • 2tbsp. Unsweetened coco powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp Unsweetened chocolate almond milk
  • 2 packets Sweet and low
  • 2 tbsp Margarine
  • 2 tbsp Canola oil
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • Salt A pinch

Directions:

  • Preheat oven at 350 and grease a nine inch baking tray.
  • Take a big bowl and beat eggs for 5 minutes till they are frothy.
  • Add protein powders, coco, vanilla extract, sweet and low, margarine, oil, salt and baking powder and mix it well, it should be a thick batter like cake, mine got too thick so added 2 tbsp of almond milk.
  • Mix it well with electric beater and pour the mixture in the baking tray.
  • I baked it for 15 minutes but insert a knife to see if its completely done.

Enjoy 😀

Credit:  Hina Panjwani

Lemon Chicken and Zucchini Noodles

Ingredients:

  • 2 medium sized zucchini
  • 3 tablespoons virgin olive oil
  • 3 to 4 boneless chicken breast halves, cubed
  • Bio-salt and pepper, to taste
  • ¼ cup Pizza Nova sauce
  • 1 package (8-ounces) mushroom slices
  • ¼ cup loosely packed fresh flat leaf parsley

For the Dressing

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
  • pepper, to taste
  • ¼ cup grated Allegro white cheese, optional

Directions:

  • Using Veggetti make noodles from zucchini, set aside.
  • Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat
  • Add cubed chicken pieces.
  • Season with bio-salt and pepper
  • Cook until chicken is browned on all sides, stirring occasionally.
  • Add Pizza Nova sauce, sliced mushrooms and parsley
  • Frequently stirring, continue to cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
  • Add zucchini noodles (raw) to chicken mixture and cook until heated through, stirring frequently.
  • In a cup or a jar, combine olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder and pepper
  • Shake it or stir it until thoroughly mixed.
  • Stir into chicken mixture.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Sprinkle with grated cheese.

Serves:   4 to 6

Credit:  Deb Spence

Lazy Pizza

Ingredients:

Dry:

  • 1/4 cup ground flax
  • 1 scoop UNFLAVOURED Protein Powder
  • 1 tbsp no-salt Italian spices to taste
  • (optional, hot pepper flakes – a good shake of them)
  • (optional, extra garlic powder – no sodium)
  • 1 tbsp parmesan cheese (you can use up to 2 if it’s fresh and lower sodium)

Wet:

  • 1/4 cup egg white
  • 1/4 cup water (you may want a little more)

Directions:

Start with a slightly changed protein pancake

  • Preheat a frying pan Mix all the dry ingredients
  • Mix all the wet ingredients
  • Mix everything well.
  • Make the pancakes.

Lazy pizza

  • Just throw some approved tomatoes sauce on a pancake
  • Add some approved cheese
  • Pop in microwave to melt cheese

More ambitious

  • Spoon on the tomatoes sauce
  • Add cheese and topping
  • Bake in over just as if it was a high-carb, high fat pizza crust.

Or, if you’re hungry, eat the pancakes with your egg white omelet 🙂 But the pizza is nice and easier than cauliflower

Credit:  Stephen Perelgut