Showing posts with label eggs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eggs. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Almond cookies (Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Sugar Free, Soy Free)


Yesenia, a fellow Slenderiiz user and friend, posted a link to some delicious cookies today! http://www.yummly.com/recipe/external/Flourless_-sugar-free-peanut-butter-cookies-309702

The recipe calls for peanut butter and peanuts, so I adapted to almond butter and chopped almonds. The only other substitute I made was instead of using a tsp of water I used a tsp of coconut milk.


(Makes about 2 dozen small cookies, recipe adapted from Flourless Almond Butter Cookies from Cookie Madness.)
Ingredients:

1 large egg
1 cup granular Splenda or Stevia-in-the-Raw Granulated Sweetener
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp.vanilla extract
1 cup creamy natural almond butter (check sugar content, the one I used had no sugar in the ingredients)
1 tsp. water (I used coconut milk)
1/3 cup chopped almonds (optional)

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.

In mixing bowl, use electric beater to beat together the egg, Stevia, baking powder, and vanilla for about a minute. Add almond butter and water and beat together. (The mixture was fairly dry and broken apart. Just be sure the peanut butter is mixed well with the other ingredients.) Add peanuts if using, and blend into dough.

Use a large non-stick cookie sheet. Measure out a heaping teaspoon of batter for each cookie, then smash down with a fork. Bake 15 minutes, or slightly longer, until cookies feel firm and are slightly browned.


Tip: For easy clean up line your baking sheets with foil.

Yesenia's cookies look so beautiful I had to share =)

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Flavor is better than fat

As a self proclaimed foodie I love all food that is delicious and typically I associate that with starving myself through breakfast and lunch in order to eat something extravagant for dinner or dessert. Sound familiar? I think the concept of calorie counting alone can perpetuate this. However, a healthy caloric intake for me is 1100 calories a day and for Karl 1250, so there is definitely a balance between keeping track of what you're eating all day but making sure you divvy up those calories through out the day.

I started using the Android application "Fitness pal" to keep track of both calories and exercise.


If you get a popular omlett from IHOP you're facing  915 calories not including toast, juice,  and etc. YIKES! I don't think we will be eating out very much, you don't know what is going into your food unless you make it.

The Omlett I made at home today was only 376 calories with toast and and apple! So tasty too.


I really like Dave's killer bread for how much fiber and natural protein it has while still being free of any animal products.  You don't have to deprive yourself of bread, just make good choices of what bread you use.  
Delicious, filling and satisfying.

Omlett

Wisk 2 medium sized eggs (I prefer organic omega 3 eggs from Safeway), add some pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.

Heat 1/4 tbs of olive oil in a small skillet at a medium to high heat ( 6 of 10 on our stove top)

Add your whisked/seasoned eggs to the hot skillet, unless you want scrambled eggs DO NOT TOUCH
until the eggs have cooked all the way through and the ends start to curl up a little.

Carefully flip half over on to the other half then slide on to your plate. I don't like having cold salsa on my eggs so I place a dollop of salsa in the still hot pan and heat up before place on top and then just for looks I garnish with parsley. (What? I like my food to be pretty)

Enjoy! Lean and delicious but chalk full of protein and fiber =)