Ok back on track day! I've been searching
Pinterest and marking
George Stella's New cookbook all morning. I am thinking this week will be meat and cheese for lunch (roll ups) since I need to use up some lunch meat before it goes bad. I have found some cook dessert recipes that I'm going to try today also. My family is also planning on having Shepperd's pie this week so I'm going to whip up some faux mashed potatoes for myself! So here's to a busy day! I'll post each recipe I try!
Wow what a long afternoon! Went shopping at Hannaford, not just for my week but for the family, which took a little time. Got home and ate a bowl of Fiber One honey clusters with Hood Calorie Count Down skim milk. I thought that was a must before I started to cook.
I started with a recipe from the new George Stella Cookbook.
Pistachio Pound Cake Mini's
I don't have mini loaf pans, so I used the awesome huge muffin pan my mom bought me at Mardens!
3/4 cup butter, softened
6 large eggs, beaten until frothy
6 onces cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 1/2 cups almond flour
1 1/4 cup splenda
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped pistachios
Preheat oven 350. Cook for 35 mins.
I guess I feel bad sharing a recipe that isn't mine to share. So I won't give the directions from the book. If you want to see more great recipes, look up George Stella! He has a great story also!
This is what the picture in the book looks like...
This is what mine look like...
Calories: 787 Fat: 76 Carbs: 10 Protein: 19 Fiber: 6 Net Carbs: 4 each
coconut and cheese biscuits
- ½ cup almond flour or LSA (or other nut flour)
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- Salt, a good grind or two
- 2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
- a generous shake of chili flakes or paprika
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup sifted coconut flour
Blend the almond flour, eggs, butter, salt, chili and cheese.
Add the coconut flour and kneed the dough until a moist play dough consistency (1/2 cup of coconut flour might be enough…just see…you don’t want it too dry because it will continue to soak up the eggs…if your dough seems too dry, add another egg or extra butter).
Form dough into balls and put on a tray lined with baking paper. Flatten to either a thin cracker or a thicker (1cm) biscuit.
Bake at 200 C for 15 minutes. I turned them once to get crispy cheese action on both sides.
Makes about 16.
That is her directions, I got 20 instead of 16. and 200 C is about 392 F FYI. I didn't even see that it was Celsius until just this min! DUH! I thought 200 was low LOL I turned mine to 355 F so I could hear the sizzle of the cheese! OMG I feel stupid now!
This is her picture...
This is mine...
They are kinda bland, but I think they are something to work with!
Maybe as a pizza crust for instance.
Calories: 109 Fat: 9 Carbs: 3 Protein: 5 Potassium: 39 Fiber: 2 Net Carbs 1
That's making 20
Next on the list was
1 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter
1 1/3 cups granular Splenda or
equivalent liquid Splenda
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Extra granular
Splenda for fork
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine all of the
ingredients in a small mixing bowl; beat well with a spoon until it becomes a
thick dough. Gently roll into 20 balls and place on a baking sheet. Or, use a
2-teaspoon cookie scoop to evenly measure the dough. Dip a fork in granular
Splenda and make a criss-cross design by gently pressing into the balls of dough
in alternating directions. Be gentle and dip the fork into Splenda frequently
because the dough is very sticky. Bake at 350ยบ for 12-15 minutes. Cool before
removing from the baking sheet. Store in the freezer and do not thaw before
eating.
Makes 20 small cookies
Can be frozen
With granular Splenda:
Per Cookie: 81 Calories; 6g Fat; 3g Protein; 4g
Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 3g Net Carbs
Per 2 Cookies: 162 Calories;
12g Fat; 7g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 7g Net Carbs
These came out really good!
Then I had some left over purple cabbage from last week so I made a stir fry...
1/2 purple cabbage chopped
1 baby bok choy, chopped
4 celery stalks
1 large onion
2 cups frozen broccli
Throw it all in a big fry pan with some oil and any seasoning you like.
I also bought some
Quinoa to cook to go with the stir fry~
There that's my prep day in a nutshell! I'm ready for supper now!
Just a reminder that we have a group that meets every Tuesday night! Let me know if your interested in "Girls Night Out"! It's a Support group for weight loss! So I'll try to remember to keep up with this during the week to let you know how I'm doing.
