Recipes
apple pie detox
ingredients:
• 16 oz water
• 1 tbs apple cider vinegar
• ½ tsp cinnamon
process:
1 blend it up, chug it down.
2 better through a straw, vinegar is bad for your teeth
Makes: 1 serving
calories per serving: 6
Rice Cake Pizza
ingredients:
• 1 plain, unsalted rice cake
• 2 tsp pizza/pasta sauce (ragu)
• ½ stick mozarella string cheese (sargento)
process:
1 warm sauce in a microwave-safe mini-cup until its warm
2 spread sauce over rice cake
3 break string cheese into pieces as small as you like, the smaller the better
4 spread cheese over rice cake
5 microwave until cheese melts (~10-20 seconds)
Makes: 1 pizza
Calories per serving: 68
Tomato Mushroom Soup
ingredients:
• 2 tbs sugar hunt’s tomato paste no salt added
• 1 raw leek
• 1 cup baby button mushrooms, raw
• 1 cup raw baby carrots
• 6 cloves raw garlic
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• ½ tsp ground black pepper
• ½ tsp low sodium seasoning salt
• 1 tsp fresh basil
• 3 cubes chicken or vegetable bouillon
process:
1 put all ingredients in large pot with 8 cups water
2 boil about an hour or until veggies are tender
Makes: about 6 servings
serving: 1 cup
calories per serving: 52
NOTE: BECAUSE MANY OF THESE INGREDIENTS ARE BRAND-SPECIFIC, IT MAY BE WISE TO CALCULATE CALORIES ON YOUR OWN. IF THIS GETS ENOUGH NOTES THOUGH, ILL DO IT MYSELF.
Spinach Crisps
ingredients:
• 11 leaves spinach
• 0 cal nonstick cooking spray
• desired seasonings (i like garlic salt)
process:
1 preheat oven to 325 F, coat baking sheet with nonstick spray (just a little, like 1 second)
2 wash and dry spinach
3 spread spinach onto sheet in a single layer, sprinkle with desired seasonings
4 bake 15-20 minutes or until crispy
Makes: 1 serving
serving: 11 crisps
calories per serving: 25
Raw Veggie Lunch
ingredients:
• ½ cup green bell pepper, diced
• ½ cup red onion, diced
• 4 grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise
• ½ cup cucumber, diced
• 12 tsp minced garlic
• black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, and/or lemon juice, to taste
process:
1 mix together
2 it looks like a lot
Makes: 1 serving
serving: 1 batch
calories per serving: 47
Saturday Pancakes
Ingredients:
• 2 medium eggs
• 1 XL banana, mashed
• 2 tbs dried cranberries
• 1 tbs unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1 tbs honey
process:
1 mix all
2 pour ¼ cup at a time onto greased medium-high skillet
3 flip when the raw side begins to bubble. each side takes about 2 minutes to cook
Makes: 6 servings
serving: ¼ cup
calories per serving: 75
French Breakfast Puffs
(these things are so so good. im telling you, its like a mini donut…)
ingredients:
• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup margarine, melted
• ¾ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ cup 1% milk (or milk sub. of your choice)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
process
1 preheat oven to 375F, grease a mini-muffin pan for 24, or use paper cups
2 mix ½ cup sugar, ¼ cup margarine, and nutmeg in large bowl. stir in milk, then mix in baking powder and flour until just combined.
3 fill prepared mini-muffin cups about half full
4 bake in preheated oven until tops are lightly golden, 15-20 minutes
5 while muffins are baking, place ¼ cup melted margarine in a bowl. in separate bowl, combine ½ cup of sugar and the cinnamon.
6 wait a few minutes until muffins are cooler, then remove from their cups, dip each in melted margarine, and roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture
Makes: 12 servings
serving: 2 muffins
calories per serving: 106
Stuffed Mushrooms
ingredients:
• 6 medium-large baby bella mushrooms (about 2 inches wide each)
• ¼ cup fat free ricotta
• ¼ cup finely chopped onion
• ¼ cup canned spinach, thoroughly drained and dried
• 2 tbs fat free cream cheese
• 2 tbs shredded fat free mozzarella
• 1 tbs minced garlic
• 1 tsp reduced fat parmesan style grated topping
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp salt
process:
1 preheat oven to 375*F
2 gently remove stems from mushrooms, chop stems into small pieces and set aside
3 with the rounded sides down, place mushrooms on lightly sprayed baking sheet. bake 12-14 minutes
4 remove from oven, leave oven on
5 bring sprayed pan to medium heat on stove. add chopped stems, onion, garlic. cook and stir until garlic is soft, about 3 minutes.
6 when mushroom caps are cool enough to handle, pat dry until free of excess moisture and set aside
7 in medium bowl, combine cheeses, nutmeg, and salt. mix well. add mushroom onion mixture and spinach, stir until blended
8 evenly distribute among mushroom caps. the mixture should pile on top
9 in small dish, mix parm-style topping with garlic powder. sprinkle over stuffed mushrooms
10 place back in oven for 8-10 minutes or until topping begins to brown
Makes: 2 servings
calories per serving: 99
Pancakes
ingredients:
• 1 ¼ cups sifted flour
• 2 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 ¼ cup milk
process:
1 sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in mixing bowl
2 combine egg and milk, add flour. stir only until combined. batter WILL be lumpy
3 heat nonstick skillet or griddle until a drop of water fizzles out when dropped
4 use a tablespoon measure to drop batter onto the griddle. fry over medium heat until the surface bubbles
5 flip and repeat with the other side
Makes: 13 servings
calories per serving: 54
Grilled Cheese
ingredients:
• 2 slices whole wheat bread
• 2 slices nonfat american cheese
• best life butter spray or 0 calorie substitute
• sprinkle of salt
process:
1 arrange sandwich, spray butter on the outside of bread
2 place in a hot frying pan, heat until bread is brown and cheese is melted
Makes: 2 servings
calories per serving: 70
Mushroom Soup
Ingredients:
• 1 cup sliced mushroom
• 2 cup water
• ¼ tsp chopped chives
• ¼ tsp garlic
• 1-2 tsp salt
• pinch of pepper
Process:
1 bring water to boil
2 add other ingredients and continue to boil until mushrooms soften and shrink
Makes: 1 serving
calories per serving: 15
Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (Vegan)
Ingredients:
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1/4 cup pumpkin puree (canned or fresh)
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• pinch of nutmeg
• 1 packet of stevia (or other sweetener to taste)
• 1/2 cup hot strong brewed coffee (you can add more or less, depending on how coffee-y you want it.)
Directions:
1 Combine spices, almond milk, and pumpkin. Microwave for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, or until very hot. (Microwave times may vary.)
2 Take it out and blend all in in blender
3 Now top with some of your favorite whipped topping, dairy or not.
Makes: 1 serving
Calories per serving: 46
PBJ Cookies
ingredients:
• 1 cup all-natural chunky or smooth peanut butter
• 1 cup white granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp baking soda
• about ¼ cup fruit jam or jelly
process:
1 grease baking sheet or use parchment paper, preheat oven to 350 F
2 combine peanut butter and sugars until well combined, about 2 minutes
3 add egg and baking soda, mix for another 2 minutes or so
4 the dough will be crumbly
5 roll into teaspoon sized balls, make a small indentation in the center of the ball with your pointer finger
6 fill the depression with your preserves of choice
7 bake 12 minutes or until lightly browned
8 cool on a baking sheet for two minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack
Makes: 32 cookies
serving: 1 cookies
calories per serving: 81
Blueberry Lime-Aid Slushy
Ingredients:
• 2 ozs frozen blueberries
• 1/3 lime
• 2/3 tbsp honey
• 1/3 cup ice
• 1/3 cup lemon-lime soda (Use Diet Soda to lower the calories)
Directions:
1 Place all ingredients excluding soda into high powered blender of choice. Blend until well combined and slushy. Taste with a spoon and if it’s too tart for you, add a couple spoonfuls of granulated sugar or sugar supplement to sweeten
2 Pour into individual glasses and add lemon-lime soda over top.
Makes: 1 serving
Calories: 120 (if using regular soda)
Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
ingredients:
• 2 mashed bananas
• 2 cups dry rolled oats
• dash cinnamon
• 2 tbs cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup raw honey
• 2 ½ tbs all-natural peanut butter
process
1 stir all together
2 portion 1 tbs drops on parchment paper
3 bake at 350* for 15 minutes
serves: 30
serving: 2 cookies
calories per serving: 28
Chocolate Fruit Dip
ingredients:
• 2 tbs nonfat plain greek yogurt (Fage and Zoi are tasty brands)
• ½ tbs cocoa powder (for baking, unsweetened)
• stevia to taste
process
1 mix together on in saucepan over low heat until warm and combined
Makes: 1 serving
serving: 2 ½ tbs
calories per serving: 25
Low Calorie Brownies
ingredients:
• ¾ cup nonfat greek yogurt
• ¼ cup 1% milk
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• ½ cup raw rolled oats
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch salt
process
1 mix all
2 bake 15 minutes in greased 9x13 pan at 400*
Makes: 15 servings
serving: 1 brownie
calories per serving: 53
Coffee “Ice Cream”
ingredients:
• ½ cup cool whip free
• ¼ tsp french vanilla cafe mix (maxwells coffee house is good)
process:
1 mix together
2 freeze (1-2 hours for soft serve texture, 4-6 for fully frozen)
serves: 1
calories per serving: 65
Cherry Chocolate Mini-cupcakes
ingredients:
• 5 cups diet cherry coke
• 1 box chocolate cake mix
process:
1 line cupcake with paper liners
2 mix coke and cake mix until blended
3 pour 2 tsp batter into each cup
4 bake at 350*F for time specified on box
Makes: 24 servings
calories per serving: 60
Potato Chips
Ingredients:
• 1 1/3 lb potatoes
• ¼ tsp salt
• water
Process
1 peel and thinly slice potatoes. think about how thin potato chips usually are
2 combine in bowl with salt, and cover with cold water
3 soak 30 minutes
4 bake 40 minutes at 350*F on greased baking sheet, flipping often
Makes: 4 servings
calories per serving: 84
Frozen Fruit Pops
Ingredients:
• 1/3 cup diced kiwi
• 1/3 cup diced watermelon
• 1/3 cup diced strawberries
• 1/3 cup pineapple chunks
• 4 paper cups (5 oz)
• 4 popsicle sticks
Process:
1 combine fruits in small bowl
2 spoon equal amounts into cups
3 pour about 1 tbs juice into each cup
4 insert popsicle sticks and freeze 2 or 3 hours
5 to remove from cups, run under lukewarm water
Makes: 4 servings
calories per serving: 30
Pumpkin mousse
ingredients:
• ½ cup pumpkin (canned is easiest)
• 2 tbs cool whip free
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
process:
1 stir all together
2 microwave 15-30 seconds if you prefer it hot
Makes: 1 servings
calories per serving: 35
Raspberry Popsicles
Ingredients:
• 1 cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
• 12 oz firm silken tofu
• 2 tbs lemon juice
• 3 tbs berry jam (i use knott’s)
• 1 tbs orange zest (opt.)
• 1 tsp agar flakes*
• 1 cup apple cider
Process:
1 blend berries, tofu, juice, jam, and zest in blender or food processor until creamy.
2 pour cider into small saucepan, sprinkle with agar
3 bring cider to boil over high heat. once boil is reached, reduce heat and simmer about 5 minutes
4 combine all ingredients, puree, pour into 12 popsicle molds or 24 dixie cups.
5 freeze molds until solid, or freeze cups until slushy before adding a popsicle stick and freezing until solid.
makes: 12 servings
calories per serving: 36