1/4 cup flour (of your choice) 1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes 1 1/2 cups of hot water or heated soy milk 2 Tbsp. Braggs Liquid Aminos 2 Tbsp. Olive or Canola oil onion powder to taste garlic powder to taste salt and pepper to taste
Heat oil, add flour and stir. Add hot water or heated soy milk next. Stir with whisk. Add remaining ingredients and simmer on medium until thickened as you stir with whisk. ... View related article.
Products I like to use: Fat Free 1/2 & 1/2 Sugar Free flavored coffee creamers Light Sour Cream Light Mayonnaise Ranch Dressing Packets made with light sour cream, light mayonnaise and skim milk. Skim Milk Real Eggs (I don't have to worry about cholesterol) Turkey Bacon Turkey Sausage Chicken whole grain anything Sugar Free pancake syrup Sugar Free chocolate syrup
I avoid too much packaged food and make things from scratch. I endeavor to healthify things by reducing sugar, fat and increasing fiber. Oat Bran Wheat Bran/Germ Whole wheat flour ... View related article.
For chocolate chip cookies, I substitute splenda for the white sugar. I use real brown sugar because it usually calls for less. Cookies need some sugar and fat to get the right consistency. I cut the fat by 1/3, so if the recipe calls for 3 sticks of butter, I put 2 sticks. I will also try to get away with using less chocolate chips. Next: since you have reduced fat and sugar, the two yummy ingredients, it is important to rescue the flavor by adding extra vanilla extract and adding butter flavor extract.
When I bake a cake mix such as Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, Pillsbury etc. I add 1 can of diet soda instead of water, eggs, and oil. There are also reduced sugar cake mixes. Just remember, Splenda bags are a great help. You can measure cup for cup just like sugar.
You can also put dry splenda in the food processor or blender and grind it finer into a powder to use as confectioners sugar to make your own sugar free frostings.
I also like to use Sugar Twin. It's cheaper and they have brown sugar twin. Splenda.com has recipes also. Just remember there are some things like cookies that need some sugar and fat for consistency purposes. I hope this helps. ... View related article.
To 1lb of ground beef add 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce 1 egg 1/4 cup water dashes of salt, pepper, and garlic powder
This makes a very loose and wet consistency, don't worry about it. It comes out juicy and delicious. If you have a grill pan, it helps with liquid run off. Mix 50/50 ketchup and BBQ sauce and spoon on top before cooking/baking. Delicious with mashed potatoes or mac & cheese or rice.
Asian Skillet
Saute ground beef with garlic and onions and cabbage and add one ramen seasoning packet with some soy sauce and brown sugar to taste. Separately boil the ramen noodles and drain and then saute them in a little oil and the soy sauce brown sugar mixture. Mix noodles with ground beef and cabbage mixture.
Of course there's the old stand by's of spaghetti, tacos, chili, etc. A good website to check out is hillbillyhousewife.com ... View related article.
I suggest using Barilla multigrain pastas. They taste the closest to original yet they have a high fiber, high protein and vitamins content.
The best thing you can do for recipes is to convert the recipes you already like by substituting lower fat and sugar substitutes and increasing veggies.
In my experience low fat cookbooks and recipes are designed for gourmet appetites and if you are used to down home cooking, you will enjoy down home cooking that is lower fat, lower sugar with extra veggies you know what I mean?
Just purchase your groceries as you normally would, except get light sour cream, splenda instead of sugar, 1% milk or skim, light cheeses, etc. Get lots of yummy veggies and fruits too.
Choose lower fat cuts of meat. Eat more beans. Get fat free refried beans instead of regular for Mexican food nights etc. ... View related article.
You have been given very good advice. All I have left to say is when you are working on a pile, cupboard, drawer, closet, corner, etc., and you are trying to decide what to do with stuff one at a time...
Ask yourself these questions: 1. Have I used this in the past year (365 days) (52 weeks)?
2. Is it worth the mess I am looking at to keep if I haven't used it? 3. If it was intended to be a gift...am I really going to take the time to package and mail it or take it to so and so? 4. Do I really need this?
When you are tackling an area, take some yard garbage bags with you for garbage and some boxes or more yard garbage bags designated for donation to your nearest thrift store.
1. One is for keep and put away. 2. Two is for garbage bag. 3. Three is for give away bag or box.
When finished, take the garbage out right away. And take the give away to your trunk right away. Deal with cleaning surfaces last when all is done. It won't seem so overwhelming that way. ... View related article.
Dip chicken pieces in flour. Next dip them in buttermillk, then in flour, cornflake, seasonings mixture and deep fry until golden brown. ... View related article.
Dice it for pork stroganoff, make pork sandwiches for sack lunches, make a potato, onion and pork hash in your skillet. Pork tacos, burritos, enchiladas. Pork chow mein, Pork Yakisoba. ... View related article.
