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This is a discussion on Your Favorite Healthy Recipes within the Recipes forums,----- Since a recipe thread is bound to come up, we might as well start one now! [COLOR="Green"][SIZE="4"]Post your best recipes/food ...
Since a recipe thread is bound to come up, we might as well start one now! [COLOR="Green"][SIZE="4"]Post your best recipes/food prep methods![/SIZE][/COLOR]
Heres a few of mine to start:
I make this one for my BF , he loves it:
Pumpkin Oatmeal
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup skim milk (or almond milk or more water)
1/3 cup pumpkin
Stevia
Cinnimon
Optional : add dried cranberries, nuts, protein powder, etc.
Maple Egg White Oat"Thing"
Put your desired amount of egg whites in a bowl
Add maple flavoring
Add Cinnamon
Add Stevia
Add desired amount of oats
Put in microwave for 2-3 min, stirring occasionally. Then enjoy!
If on low carbs you can make it without the oats as well- its still tasty!
Lemon Oregano Chicken Breast
Yes, a simple recipe, but SO yummy:
Place your chicken breasts on a baking sheet, pour ample lemon juice over top, sprinkle "lots" of dried oregano over top of the breasts. Add a sprinkle ground pepper as well if you like it, then bake it! I cook mine at 475 degrees for 22 min and it always comes out moist and perfect!
Frozen Protein covered Chocolate Blueberries
My FAVORITE treat
Fill a bowl with the desired amount of frozen blueberries, add enough water so that the tops of the berries are just showing, sprinkle a tbs of cocoa, and a tbs or more of protein powder, and a sprinkle of stevie, then STIR. It gets nice and icy and SOOO yummy!
Wow I have so many. Well most people know that my favorite food in the entire world is but Hmm my favorite healthy recipe lately is CHOCOLATE AND FLAX MUFFIN.Its just the basic AD flax muffin recipe and I added cocoa powder and coconut essence it takes 60 secs in the mircorwave and I am good to eat.
I seem to go through fads I eat the same things for a while get sick of that, create something else and the cycle just goes on.
Before my lifestyle change..I was a HUGE fan of Chicken fingers..well when I came across this recipe in Oxygen I was ESTATIC!!! These are SOOO freakin good!! You wouldnt know the difference!!
[SIZE="4"][FONT="Arial Black"]Love Me Tenders (from Oxygen Magazine) [/FONT][/SIZE]
Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup corn flakes, crushed (Sometimes I use Total)
• 1/3 cup pecans, finely chopped (Sometimes I use walnuts)
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch strips
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon dried basil (I get creative on the seasoning..w/o salt of course)
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• Low-fat cooking spray
Instructions:
1) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, and then lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2) Crush the corn flakes. In a large zip-lock bag, mix together the flakes, pecans, paprika and parsley.
3) Lightly beat the egg whites and dip the chicken pieces into them.
4) Next, place the egg-covered chicken into the bagged corn flake mixture and shake until the chicken is coated.
5) Place the chicken pieces on the baking sheet and cook for 10 to 12 minutes. When the chicken is done the juices will run clear.
6) Finally, mix the honey and mustard together to make the dipping sauce. Serve alongside the chicken.
Before eating clean I used to have ice cream with my breakfast every day. The morning is when I crave something sweet. I gave up ice cream for breakfast a year ago and instead make protein pancakes - my favorite is chocolate:
32 grams mix of oat bran & oatmeal (I like 2 to 1 since the oatbran makes it "cakey")
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup egg whites
2 tbsp cottage cheese
sprinkle of ground flax
Mix dry ingredients together first, add the wet ingredients and mix very well. Spray a pan with butter flavored pan and heat on medium-low. When the pan is hot, make 3-4 pancakes. Cook for 3 minutes or so on the first side and then turn over for another minute or so. Don't overcook or cook on too high heat or they will get dry. These are great by themselves, but I usually take frozen Dole sliced strawberries (Dole has great frozen fruit - it's just fruit, nothing else!) and heat them up in the microwave and have them on the side. You can also put the mix into a mini loaf pan and bake on 350 for about 20 minutes. This is one serving. The whole meal (pancakes + berries) is around 400 calories and gives you about 35 grams of protein and 25 grams of carbs.
I'm so crazy about these that I have them almost every day. I put the ingredients together on the weekend (use ziploc container for each day) so I can just whip out the container, take off the cover and mix the wet ingredients right into the ziploc bowl and then cook - easy!
Before eating clean I used to have ice cream with my breakfast every day. The morning is when I crave something sweet. I gave up ice cream for breakfast a year ago and instead make protein pancakes - my favorite is chocolate:
32 grams mix of oat bran & oatmeal (I like 2 to 1 since the oatbran makes it "cakey")
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup egg whites
2 tbsp cottage cheese
sprinkle of ground flax
Mix dry ingredients together first, add the wet ingredients and mix very well. Spray a pan with butter flavored pan and heat on medium-low. When the pan is hot, make 3-4 pancakes. Cook for 3 minutes or so on the first side and then turn over for another minute or so. Don't overcook or cook on too high heat or they will get dry. These are great by themselves, but I usually take frozen Dole sliced strawberries (Dole has great frozen fruit - it's just fruit, nothing else!) and heat them up in the microwave and have them on the side. You can also put the mix into a mini loaf pan and bake on 350 for about 20 minutes. This is one serving. The whole meal (pancakes + berries) is around 400 calories and gives you about 35 grams of protein and 25 grams of carbs.
I'm so crazy about these that I have them almost every day. I put the ingredients together on the weekend (use ziploc container for each day) so I can just whip out the container, take off the cover and mix the wet ingredients right into the ziploc bowl and then cook - easy!
hmmm..this sounds really good! what brand of protein powder do you use?
This is an old one I love. I found it on the web, the link is posted below.
Granola Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies (PWO)
Yields: 24 cookies for 12 servings; 1 serving = 2 cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups rolled oats, dry, uncooked (Old fashioned, not quick oats)
3/4 cup Sam’s Choice Nature Trail Mix (or other trail mix containing soybeans, sunflower seeds, almonds, and pepitas or similar)
1/4 cup Raisins, seedless, poured, not packed
1/4 cup Chips, chocolate, semisweet, large
4 scoops vanilla protein powder (gemma pea protein works best, but whey or soy work, too)
2 tbsps Honey
1/2 tsp Salt, table, 1/5 oz per teaspoon
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 cup Syrup, Maple sugar-free
Directions:
In a large bowl combine the oats, trail mix, raisins, chocolate chips, and protein powder. Add the
honey, syrup, vanilla, and salt. Stir until everything is thoroughly mixed. At first, it will
seem too dry, but continue stirring and it will eventually blend. (If using soy or gemma protein powder, you might need to add up to an extra 1/2 cup of water.)
Spray two non-stick 12-compartment muffin tins with cooking spray, then press the
mixture into the bottom of each cup firmly. Alternately, spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray, then drop 24 equal blobs of the mixture onto the sheet, squashing each down slightly into a cookie-like thickness.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 6 minutes.
(You may also spread mixture in an 8×8″ cake pan to make bars, but baking time may increase to 10 minutes due to the increased thickness of the mix.)
Nutrition (per 2 cookies):
Calories 164
Fat g 4.9
Saturated g 1.09
Polyunsat. g 1.37
Monounsat. g 1.71
Trans Fat g 0
Cholesterol mg 0.667
Sodium mg 152
Potassium mg 124
Carbohydrate g 21.8
Dietary Fiber g 2.93
Sugars g 8.65 29
Protein g 11.6
Muscle Mama - you'll love these! I use a Optimum Nutrition protein - a blend of the chocolate whey with the chocolate casein (3/4's whey to 1/4 casein).
zucchuccini
I use a mandolin slicer to slice zucchini into long strips, then I slice the strips into "noodles". I steam them for about a minute, they cook quickly.
I toss it in a homemade tomato sauce with lots of sauteed veggies, garlic, herbs (basil, thyme, oregano, parsely, whatever), spices (cayenne, smallest smidge of nutmeg or coriander sometimes, black pepper) and shrimp or chicken breast. Great low-carb alternative.
Think I might try to make a "lasagne" like this with cottage cheese. Hope it works.
2 large egg whites
1/2 c. honey
6 heaping scoops (200 g) chocolate protein powder
1/2 c. nonfat milk
1 c. natural peanut butter
2 c. old-fashioned rolled oats
Directions:
Mix the peanut butter and honey in a bowl, microwave on high for
100 secs. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix together. This is
tough to mix and it takes time. If you don’t have the tools you may
want to cut the oatmeal a bit to make it easier to work. Preheat oven
to 320o F. Smooth into 13x9 tray and bake for 20 minutes. Oven
times may vary, use the toothpick test. Cut into 20 equal bars and
wrap and store in fridge.
2 large, ripe bananas (about 300 g)
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
3 large raw egg whites
4 oz. nonfat milk
2 1/2 c. (200 g) old-fashioned rolled oats
1/3 c. Splenda
1 tbsp. olive oil
60 g chocolate Designer Whey (or equivalent brand/flavor)
Directions:
Mix ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into non-stick cake pan. Bake
at 300o F for 25 minutes or until firm. Let cool slightly before cutting.
We have made these into 8 small bars, but you could easily make into
4 larger ones, with double the protein (e.g., 23 g protein per bar).
If you don’t want the fat replace the oil with unsweetened applesauce.
It will taste just as good and still retain the moist but firm texture.
Nutritional Information
Calories (Per bar): 190
Protein (g): 11
Carbohydrates (g): 28
Fat (g): 4.6
This is an old one I love. I found it on the web, the link is posted below.
Granola Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies (PWO)
Yields: 24 cookies for 12 servings; 1 serving = 2 cookies
Ingredients:
2 cups rolled oats, dry, uncooked (Old fashioned, not quick oats)
3/4 cup Sam’s Choice Nature Trail Mix (or other trail mix containing soybeans, sunflower seeds, almonds, and pepitas or similar)
1/4 cup Raisins, seedless, poured, not packed
1/4 cup Chips, chocolate, semisweet, large
4 scoops vanilla protein powder (gemma pea protein works best, but whey or soy work, too)
2 tbsps Honey
1/2 tsp Salt, table, 1/5 oz per teaspoon
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 cup Syrup, Maple sugar-free
Directions:
In a large bowl combine the oats, trail mix, raisins, chocolate chips, and protein powder. Add the
honey, syrup, vanilla, and salt. Stir until everything is thoroughly mixed. At first, it will
seem too dry, but continue stirring and it will eventually blend. (If using soy or gemma protein powder, you might need to add up to an extra 1/2 cup of water.)
Spray two non-stick 12-compartment muffin tins with cooking spray, then press the
mixture into the bottom of each cup firmly. Alternately, spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray, then drop 24 equal blobs of the mixture onto the sheet, squashing each down slightly into a cookie-like thickness.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 6 minutes.
(You may also spread mixture in an 8×8″ cake pan to make bars, but baking time may increase to 10 minutes due to the increased thickness of the mix.)
Nutrition (per 2 cookies):
Calories 164
Fat g 4.9
Saturated g 1.09
Polyunsat. g 1.37
Monounsat. g 1.71
Trans Fat g 0
Cholesterol mg 0.667
Sodium mg 152
Potassium mg 124
Carbohydrate g 21.8
Dietary Fiber g 2.93
Sugars g 8.65 29
Protein g 11.6
mix 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese with some garlic powder, herbs and spices to taste (I used dill, paprika, sea salt, fresh ground black pepper and a smidge of cayenne)
use a knife to cut the inside of the potato like a grid, leaving skin intact (helps hold the toppings)
scoop cottage cheese onto potato and top with some finely chopped broccoli, bell pepper and green onion.
bake or broil until cottage cheese begins to bubble.
Your Favorite Healthy Recipes
but Hmm my favorite healthy recipe lately is CHOCOLATE AND FLAX MUFFIN.Its just the basic AD flax muffin recipe and I added cocoa powder and coconut essence it takes 60 secs in the mircorwave and I am good to eat.
Love me tenders...mmmmmm
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