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21 February 2012
LLOW CARB DESSERT IDEAS!!!!
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Sugar -Free Sheila website for fudge and ice cream tip puffs, post induction peanut butter cookie, low carb fudge, and protein brwonies
Molten chocolate lava cake-
It is a bittersweet chocolate taste, not overly sweet. For 2:
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons Dutch cocoa (use a high quality cocoa)
4 tablespoons sugar replacement (I use less--add to taste but know it gets a teensy bit sweeter as it bakes)
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee or a drop of coffee flavouring
1 tablespoon soy flour
3 eggs, separated
1. Butter two ramekins and dust with a little cocoa.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
3. Melt butter in microwave and add cocoa, mix.(Add 2 tablespoons hot water at this point if the mixture is too thick. Should be the consistency of a thick chocolate syrup.)
4. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Mix yolks and sugar replacement together lemony colored. Add coffee.
5. Add melted butter/cocoa a spoon at a time to the yolks so they don't curdle. Once the egg and chocolate are blended, and the soy flour. FOld into egg whites.
6. Pour into the ramekins.
7. Bake for 8-9 minutes in middle shelf. The idea is to cook the outside quickly and have an undercooked batter in the middle. The mix will look a little wet but let it rest for 2 minutes before running a knife around the edges, it will shrink away from the edges as it cools so wait before putting a plate over the ramekin and turning it upside down.
Do not overbake. I have used this with 1 TBSP cornstarch too, if you are on the grain rung. I actually like that better. Serve with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.
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21 February 2012
Ideas for preparing Jicama:
Fried Jicama:
I peel and then slice the Jicama as if I were making thin slices for scalloped potatoes.
Then I spread the slices out on a paper towel with another towel on top to get rid of the extra moisture for about 5-10 minutes. (If I don’t do this, they take twice as long to cook)
Then I slice them into thin strips and fry them in butter until they are “ALMOST BURNED.”
Keep an eye on them because they go from "almost ready" to "burned" really fast.
I then quickly toss then into a medium size fine strainer to drain off the extra butter, and then toss into a bowl and sprinkle with a little cinnamon. (I remove the extra cooking butter because they would just be too greasy.) Crunchy and delicious!
JICAMA SLAW
Ingredients
Packet Stevia or Splenda
Juice of 1 lime
½ to 1 teaspoons tabasco
1/2 teaspoon cumin
3 to 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 large jicama bulb (1.5 cups) peeled and cut into 3-inch thin matchsticks
4 scallions, cut into 3-inch pieces and sliced lengthwise into thin strips
1 small red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro (optional)
Directions:
Combine the sweetener, lime juice, hot sauce, cumin and pepper in a salad bowl and whisk in the EVOO. Season the dressing to taste with salt. Add the jicama, scallions, bell pepper and cilantro and toss. Adjust the seasonings to taste.
Cinnamon Jicama:
slice it in thin slices then dust with cinnamon (and I guess you could add Splenda for a little more sweetness too) and eat it as a crunchy dessert snack at night. I also cube it and add it to soups like potatoes (you can do that with daikon too). If you do chips, make them uniform in thickness. My favorite is jicama and red pepper slaw. There is a thread dedicated to jicama in the food forum here on site:
Oh, and a tip, once you slice jicama open, I found it is better to use any unused portion within 1 day, 2 at most.
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21 February 2012
I need to cut back on salt! I guess the older I get the more I retain water. So frustrating. I am trying to plan my OWL for the next few weeks. This week it has been tomatoes. I had some yesterday and today I am supposed to abstain and pick it up again tomorrow, so every other day.
So this is my plan for the next few weeks for veggies to incorporate into OWL and their order.
OWL1: Tomatoes
OWL2: Jicama
OWL3: Spaghetti Squash
OWL4: Turnips
OWL5: Eggplant
(Other thoughts of never eaten veggies mentioned and to consider putting in the rotation: chayote, sugar snap peas, ...)
I also want to plan to include familiar veggies: pumpkin, green beans, broccoli, and peppers
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20 February 2012
1st day of OWL. Added 5 grams of carbs and tomatoes in breakfast and Crockpot carnitas sauce.
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19 February 2012
Weigh-in:
177.2 lb
lost so far:
8.2 lb
still to go:
27.2 lb
Diet followed 100%
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losing 1.0 lb a week
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