*** The delicious "cut-friendly" recipe thread ***

[NiMaD]

In4later

Wife wants to go to a plant based diet come next year or w/e. Anybody have experience, tips or knowledge on this?

[NiMaD]

Any have any ideas aside from marinades and dry rubs to make bland foods taste better? (newb question)

[vaspyder]

I figured out how to make Shirataki noodles have a much better texture for Italian dishes!

First rinse well with water then soak in hot water with a teaspoon vinegar for a couple minutes. Then drain and use kitchen scissors to cut up all the noodles so they are only 1-3 inches long. Then mix with tomato sauce (i like to mix Cento tomato puree with salt, pepper, minced fresh garlic and minced fresh basil). Use a lot of sauce (1/4 cup for 4 oz noodles) Add the noodle/sauce mixture along with lean meat (Turkey meatballs or Jennie-O Turkey Sausage) to a nonstick pan and heat through. Top with 1/4 c low fat cottage cheese and grated parmesan.
Cutting up the Shirataki noodles short and drowning them in sauce is the key!!!

Finally got some Shirataki noodles today, prepared them like this, turned out awesome and I am completely stuffed. They are definitely a tad chewy....but nothing too bad.

Cottage cheese with Salsa/canned chicken has also one of my go-to's.

[Bulkasaurus]

Kung Pao Chicken Sans Peanuts



1lb boneless, skinless chicken breast with fat trimmed, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 bunch green onions, chopped into 1/2 inch sections
15 dried japones chilis
nonstick cooking spray

Sauce:
4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp water
1 packet truvia
1 tsp minced ginger
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tbsp sambal oelek chili paste
2 tsp corn starch mixed w/ 2 tsp water

1. Combine all ingredients for sauce in a small saucepan, cook for 5 minutes over medium-high heat, then turn heat to low and let reduce for an additional 10 minutes.

2. Spray a large skillet with nonstick cooking spray, turn on heat to medium-high. After pan is heated, add chicken and cook for 5 minutes or until browned. Flip chicken, and cook until juices run clear. Pat up juices with a paper towel.

3. Add japones chillis and green onions to skillet and cook for 2 minutes. Add sauce to skillet, coat chicken, and serve.

Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 124 calories, 1g fat, 1.5g carbs, 27g protein

Delicious stuff man. I always like the sauté with garlic and onion. Added a bit more water to the sauce for more coverage/texture. Had to use some regular green chills since Whole Foods didn't have the japones.

Gonna throw in some brown rice next time as well. Thanks man!

[AAubbz]

In a large hot skillet, ligtly oiled (I use PAM Olive oil spray), combine these ingredients until chicken is cooked and has developed a nice carmelization. Using a very hot skillet works best as you want to get extra flavor from the carmelized meat and veggies.
-4 large Chicken Breasts (defrosted and cubed into 1/2 inch or smaller cubes)
-1 onion diced
-3 gloves garliced minced
-1 red bell pepper diced


At the same time put all of these ingredients into a large pot over a medium heat until it begins to simmer. Then back the heat off and keep it over a low heat.
-4 oz. chicken stock
-1 can of black beans (drained)
-1 can of stewed tomatoes
-1 can of diced tomatoes
-1 small can of diced jalopenos
-24 oz. of v8 juice (I use spicy, but you can opt for lite if calories are scarce)
-Chili powder (to your prefered amount of spiciness... I love mine hot)
-Coarse Black pepper (to your liking on how much)
-a few pinches of kosher salt
-Hot sauce (add enough until you get the desired heat from the chili you'd like. I add ALOT)

Once the chicken and veggies are cooked combine them in the pot and allow to simmer together for at least an hour. This dish is actually best eaten the day after because the flavors tend to mesh together and you taste the dish more as a whole intead of as individual ingredients.

Sorry no calorie counts since ingredients vary so much... just add em up as you go along. Makes about 8 serving though.... or 2 for me

This = amazing .... makes way more then 8 servings lol

[Bulkasaurus]

Spicy Turkey Burger recipe from all recipes

Serving Size: 3

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground turkey
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
1 fresh green chile peppers, diced
1/2 medium red onion, diced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1-1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons paprika
1-1/2 teaspoons ground dry mustard
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 dash Worcestershire sauce
Few table spoons of cayenne hot sauce (my addition)
few table spoons grey pompon (my addition).
Whole wheat bun

Mix all the stuff in a bowl, make burgers, grill each side for 5-10 mins each. I had to pan fry because I'm without a grill in my apt. So I used to cooking spray, heated each side for 10 mins. Mine were thicker because instead of 4 servings, I made 3.

Around 400 calories, 30 grams of protein per serving. 12 grams of fat.

[Kayexem]

My Shirataki Noodles came last week and I had some today. Put 3 packets in a stir fry which gave a bowl to me and mum, with leftovers for lunches tomorrow.

Tell you what, they're great. They smell like *** when they come out of the packet but are totally flavourless and not chewy at all, I barely noticed a difference. Great to know that all of my meals will be a short of extra calories!

The plan is to just put them on everything. Spaghetti Bol, Stir Fry, Chicken Pastas etc... whatever the base normally is Shirataki is taking over!

[KXER]

Loved alot of recipes in this thread, thanks everyone.

Im still looking around to find some Shirtaki Noodles, will be very pleased when i can find some!

[Chismoli]

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[imceuen]

Here are a couple go-to's for breakfast. These recipes are designed for IF, so the calories are a bit higher:

Crock pot PROATS:
1.5 cups Steel Cut Oats
4 cups water
dash of salt
4 cups All Whites Egg Whites
8 whole eggs
Truvia to taste
Dash of vanilla extract
Any spices ya want: a few heaping dashes of cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, or apple pie spice are my favorites

Throw the oats, salt, and water into your crock pot and let it go on low for 6-8 hours (pop it in before bed and its ready when you get up! Then fold in the eggs and egg whites and let it go for for about 30 min, stirring occasionally. Add stevia to taste, plus whatever spices ya want, and you are good to go!

Makes 4 servings. Per serving:
485 calories
42g protein
46.5g carbs
13.8g fat

Pumpkin overnight oats:

1/2cup canned pumpkin
1/2cup Rolled Oats
1 scoop Trutein CINNABUN flavor (amazing)
1tbsp flax seed meal
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/2 cup 1% Cottage Cheese
Dash of vanilla extract
1 packet Truvia

Mix all ingredients in a bowl, cover, and let sit overnight. The oats do not need to be cooked at all. They soften up by soaking in the liquid overnight. If the consistency is too thick, you can add a little water or more almond milk. This tastes exactly like pumpkin pie!

Per serving:
460 calories
44.5g Protein
42.5g carbs
12.3g fat

Switch out the pumpkin puree for a small-medium apple, and you have apple pie oats. Equally good, and the nutritional profile is as follows:

400 calories
38.8g protein
42.7g carbs
7.9g fat

Clearly I love oats, and messing around with them. Enjoy!!

[imceuen]

yo this **** got serious when dudes started spittin cheesecake recipes lmfao

My recipe(WARNING, AFTER THIS RECIPE COTTAGE CHEESE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN):

Cinnacottage Cheese

Half Cup Cottage Cheese(I use nonfat)
Teaspoon Cinnamon
Half Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Tablespoon Splenda(or two packets)
1 Scoop Vanilla Whey Protein

This stuff is LEGIT. I made it with my Cinnabun Trutein, and it took it to a whole new level. Talk about something to slay your sweet craving.

[hel503aur]

This recipes can help us a lot. Most specially the newbies like me. I would really try some of this recipes and create my own too and share it to all of you!

[jswa72]

Ingredients:

Frozen Broccoli
Water
Salt


Bring the broccoli to a boil; make sure there's enough water to cover the broccoli.

When it begins to boil rapidly, kill the heat and pour the contents of the pot CAREFULLY into a blender. It might help to do this in batches using a ladle to transfer the broccoli and water to the blender, depending on the size of the blender and the size of the batch.

START SLOW on the blender, hot liquid flying all over the place is not a good thing. Gradually increase the speed until the soup reaches a pureed consistency, or adjust to your desired consistency.

Pour contents back into pot with the heat off, add salt to taste, serve.


This soup is great by itself, but it's also fun to use as a template for experimenting. Add frozen carrots, try it with other frozen veggies, add meats (after blending) or cheeses, herb and spice applications are fun to play with too.

[Blairh12]

This one isn't extremely low cal however it would make a good cheat meal and keep protein high. Home made chicken wings

Just buy the wings from your local grocer, can make many flavors the nice thing is it is 0 carbs providing you use a carbless sauce.
After some experimentation...
Rinse wings and pat dry
Put into a bowl
for salt and pepper wings put olive oil, salt, and pepper in bowl and stir
for hot wings, put any hot sauce in
garlic wings can also be made
put in oven at 375 for 45 min or until skin is brown
enjoy

oh and a tip for making stronger tasting wings, after coating in the bowl put on pan and put more salt/pepper/hot sauce on make it a lot better!

[nareshisking]

Tuna Hummus:
Tastes great with wholemeal tortilla.

Make 5 to 6 servings.

1 can of chick peas

3 cans of tuna in water

Juice of one lemon

Garlic

A pinch of cumin

Cayenne pepper, salt to tase

Oilve oil

Throw everthing in the food processor till creamy (or chunky whichever you prefer )

I had some death sauce so I threw that in as well.

Enjoy!

[Pharshballa]

what low calorie frozen yogurt does everyone eat here? or is it just me? sadface

[BenJoven]

Here's my favorite:

2 tbs(table spoons) of Trader Joe's Raw almond butter
2 scoops of your faovrite vanilla protein
1 scoop of Almond milk or Coconut milk
Cinnamon
A few blue berries
1 tbs of cocunut oil

Mix it all together, freeze it for an hour, eat it!

Gnarly low cal, high protein, home made bar.

[BenJoven]

what low calorie frozen yogurt does everyone eat here? or is it just me? sadface

haha...love me some fro yo but I normally hit up the "no sugar added" kind with some almonds and berries.

[BigBack666]

Really good info!

[justinc1089]

So I feel like I need to contribute my meals I'm successfully cutting off 1.5-2.5 pounds a week with right now:


1. PB and J sandwiches. Wheat bread is best, but white is ok if the same taste of wheat bread gets old to you and you want to switch it up. Natural peanut butter is better I think, and I also think it tastes better.

2. Turkey sandwiches on white bread. I can't stand turkey on wheat for some reason unless its toasted! (Which I often do). I add TONS of spinach and cabbage, some mustard (amazing for boosting metabolism), and sometimes bell pepper and/or onion.

3. Skim milk with whey protein mixed in, right now its peanut butter chocolate flavored which is A M A Z I N G!

4. Water. You can boil it if you want to, or drink it raw. If the clear lack of color bothers you add food coloring to it and pretend its your favorite soda lol.

5. More pb and j sandwiches, same as #1.

6. More turkey sandwiches, same as #1.


I know my recipes are revolutionary, and you are ALL welcome for them!

[rim21]

What low cal/sugar sauces and sprices does everyone add to canned tuna? I'm getting sick of tuna and franks red hot and I don't like mayo.