Cauliflower crust
As some of you have been asking for the cauliflower crust recipe, I decided to write it down; I hope this helps.
1) These are the ingredients I used: cauliflower, eggs, carrots and parsley. Of course you can skip the carrots or the parsley or even add other things.
2) Shred the cauliflower, watch out for your fingers, it might hurt a little.
3) Shred your carrots and add them.
4) Cut the parsley to tiny pieces, add eggs, salt and pepper.
5) Mix everything well!
6) Get your pan and heat up some oil – I used olive oil.
7) Fill the mixture inside of the pan, disperse it a little and put the top back on the pan.
8) Wait about 8 minutes. As long as your cauliflower crust roasts, you can make a nice cup of tea and cut all other ingredients that you want to put on top of your crust, be creative, everything is possible and absolutely delicious!9) Flip your crust - It might be difficult and about to break – try to use a plate to flip it. Once you’ve managed this, let it roast on the other side for some more minutes.
10) Now decorate it with anything you want and enjoy this healthy heaven!
Undressed Skeleton: My 4th Of July Inspired Breakfast!
Happy 4th Everyone! I thought it was VERY necessary to show some respect to my country this morning by eating the colors of our flag! Luckily the majority of fruits in my fridge are red and blue. I took three mini whole grain toast and spread 1 tbsp of fat free cream cheese equally on…
TLT Lettuce Wraps!
INGREDIENTS:
- 6 oz sushi-grade tuna
- 1 tsp to 1 1/2 tbsp Sriracha hot chili sauce, depending on your heat preference
- 1/4 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 8 small Boston lettuce leaves or hearts of romaine
PANTRY STAPLES:
- Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- Olive oil cooking spray
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Season tuna with slat and pepper. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high. Mist tuna on all sides with cooking spray. Sear tuna for 30 seconds per side. Remove from skillet and set aside until cooled to room temperature. Slice tuna into 8 pieces and set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together Sriracha sauce and yogurt until combined; set aside.
- To assemble, place 2 tbsp tomatoes into each lettuce leaf. Top with 1 tsp Sriracha yogurt and 1 slide tuna. Roll lettuce gently to enclose ingredients, using a toothpick to secure, if desired. Repeat assembly with remaining ingredients, place wraps onto a serving platter and enjoy immediately.
By Clean Eating Magazine!Nutrients per wrap: Calories: 52, Total Fat: 1 g, Sat. Fat: 0 g, Omega-3s: 180 mg, Omega-6s: 80 mg, Carbs: 5 mg, Fiber: 2 g, Sugars: 3 g, Protein: 8 g, Sodium: 84 mg, Cholesterol: 10 mg
My Tips for Making Your 4th of July BBQ a Little Healthier
- Shrink your Plate! - A smaller space will leave less room to add tons of unnecessary calories to your plate. Studies have shown that people who use smaller plates tend to eat less. Try using a kid-size plate instead of the usual Hefty size!
- Load up on the healthy stuff first! - Start by filling your place with salad, veggies and fruit. The fiber and water content of these foods will help you feel fuller sooner. Including foods with some oil and protein will also help with satiety. Pick your treats wisely!
- Eat slowly and mindfully - By slowing down the pace at which you’re eating, and genuinely focusing on the food, you give your brain a chance to catch up to your stomach and realize it’s full. This is much easier to do when you’re socializing with guests, friends and family, because you can pause to chat.
- Skip the processed carbs - Things like crackers, bread and chips have a ton of unnecessary calories that cause insulin spikes and leave little in the way of filling fiber. Try to choose the cleaner options that are surely available such as fruit, salad, and meat.
- While you’re at it, skip the alcohol - While an occasional glass of wine or so is fine to incorporate in a healthy lifestyle, a giant margarita is not. Packing 600-800 calories and a ridiculous amount of sugar.. let’s just say there are far better options (ahem, H20 anyone?!)! If you’re going to splurge, have a beer or small glass of wine. Remember, drinking decreases self-control and can lead to overeating.
- Dessert - If you’re going to have dessert, try to keep the portion size small. Splitting with a friend is a great way to avoid over-indulging!
I hope you all have a fantastic 4th of July! =)
What Miss USA 2012 Olivia Culpo Eats (almost every day):
Almonds- “It’s my number one go-to-snack!”
Special K Bars- “I like the meal replacement bars the best. No offense to the 90-calorie ones, but they just don’t do it for me! There’s more protein in the meal bars, and I think a high-protein diet with low carbs is a great choice.”
Sweet Potatoes- “I top them with cayenne pepper and a little salt… but not too much. Greek yogurt on top is also delicious.”
Vegetables- I think it’s easier to digest them when they’re steamed, as opposed to raw,” she says.
Pineapple- “Pineapple reduces swelling. You’re filmed that one very special day of the pageant, and you want to make sure you’re as ready to go as you can be.”
Dannon Light N Fit Yogurt- “It’s low in sugar and high in protein.”
Bananas- “We have little bags we pack specifically for touch-up makeup if you’re chosen for the top 16. I knew I had to sneak in my banana because nothing calms my nerves like it! I don’t know if it’s the potassium, but I need it before I get on stage because it always calms me down.”
taken from Shape.com
- Good for your brain - The antioxidant quercetin helps to keep your neurons and brain cells healthy. A study shows that this can help to prevent the free radical damage that can lead to Alzheimer’s disease.
- Great for your bones - Phloridzin and boron increases bone density.
- Lowers your cholesterol - Pectin lowes ‘bad’ cholesterol. People who eat two apples a day may lower their cholesterol by 16%!
- Lowers your risk of cancer - Studies show that eating apples regularly could reduce the risk of breast, colon and liver cancer.
- Aids weight loss - Studies show that women who ate three apples or pears per day lost more weight whilst dieting than those who ate no fruit.
(Source: calendarnotes)
♕☀DaintyLaLa☂♛: ☀ Food & Nutrition Tips ☁
☂ Diabetic Diet ☂
- What is this term?
Well if you have diabetes, your body cannot make or properly use insulin. This leads to high blood glucose, or sugar, levels in your blood. Healthy eating helps to reduce your blood sugar. It is a critical part of managing your diabetes, because…
Benefits of broccoli:
- lowers cholesterol
- acts as an antioxidant
- vitamin C, A, K & folate source
- low calorie
- improves heart function
- can reverse the effects of Diabetes
- high in fiber
- helps maintain healthy skin, nails and hair
- good source of iodine (involved with the thyroid)
- defends against cancer (B-vitamin source)
Best way to eat broccoli - raw! Lightly steaming is the next best way because too much heat can kill some of the nutrients in the broccoli.
Healthy grocery trip!
- Organic greens
- Parsley
- Cauliflower (I’m attempting roasted garlic cauliflower for dinner tonight)
- Reduced fat string cheese
- Lots and lots of carrots
- Lightly salted rice cakes
- Avocados mmm
- Fat free pudding
- Baked Tostitos
- Extra Dessert Apple Pie gum (Absolutely disgusting, I do not recommend)
Chocolate Strawberry Two Bite Cheesecakes
Ingredients
Chocolate:
1/2 cup virgin coconut oil
1 tbs natural cocoa powder
1 tbs pure maple syrup
1/4 cup chocolate whey powder
Cheesecake Ingredients:
3/4 cup reduced fat cream cheese
6 oz plain greek yogurt
2 tsp vanilla
2 drops of liquid stevia
1 tbs jello sugar free, fat free cheesecake pudding mix
1 cup strawberries
Directions
1. Spray a mini muffin tin with non-stick oil.
2. Place all chocolate ingredients in the food processor and blend until smooth (stopping a couple times to scrape down the sides).
3. Evenly cover the bottom of each muffin tin with 1/2 Tbsp of the chocolate mixture.
4. Place all cheesecake ingredients (except the strawberries) in a separate food processor bowl and blend until smooth (stopping a couple times to scrape down the sides).
5. Layer 1/2 Tsp of the cheesecake mixture on top of the chocolate layer in the muffin tin.
6. Place whatever cheesecake is left back into the food processor with strawberries and blend until smooth.
7. Evenly layer the strawberry cheesecake on top of the plain cheesecake.
8. Place mini muffin tin in the freezer for 3-4 hours.
9. Remove and serve immediately. Store in a sealed-tight container in the freezer.
The 6 Most Horrifying Lies The Food Industry is Feeding You
#6. The Secret Ingredient: Wood
You know what’s awesome? Newspaper. Or, to be precise, the lack thereof. The Internet and other electric media have all but eaten up classic print media, with the circulations of almost all papers on the wane. Say, do you ever wonder what they do with all that surplus wood pulp?
“But Cracked,” you inquire, “what does this have to do with food ingredients?”
And we look at you squarely in the eye, then slowly bring our gaze upon the half-eaten bagel in your hand.
Oh, shit …
The Horror:
What do they do with all the cellulose wood pulp? They hide it behind a bullshit name and make you eat it, that’s what.
And everybody’s doing it. Aunt Jemima’s pancake syrup? Cellulose. Pillsbury Pastry Puffs? Cellulose. Kraft Bagel-Fuls? Fast-food cheese? Sara Lee’s breakfast bowls? Cellulose, cellulose, goddamn cellulose.
It turns out that cellulose can provide texture to processed foods, so food companies have taken to happily using it as a replacement for such unnecessary and inconveniently expensive ingredients as flour and oil. As the 30 percent cheaper cellulose is edible and non-poisonous, the FDA has no interest for restricting its use — or, for that matter, the maximum amount of it that food companies can use in a product. It is pretty much everywhere, and even organic foods are no salvation — after all, cellulose used to be wood and can therefore be called organic, at least to an extent.
But the worst thing about cellulose is not that it’s everywhere. The worst thing is that it is not food at all. Cellulose is, unlike the actual, normal food items you think you’re paying for, completely indigestible by human beings, and it has no nutritional value to speak of. If a product contains enough of it, you can literally get more nutrients from licking the sweet, sweet fingerprints off its wrapper.
#5. Zombie Orange Juice…
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