My boss had this for lunch the other day and it smelled so yummy that I decided to try and re-create it. 

Take a sweet potato and microwave it for 2 minutes until it is soft. Shell it. 

Mix raw chicken breast chunks, inside of the potato, shredded low fat cheese chopped broccoli, chopped onion, chopped peppers, and basically any other veg. Oh and garlic… can never forget garlic. Stuff it all back into potato shell. 

Wrap the entire thing in tinfoil and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. We had it with a salad. SO YUMMY!

I found this recipe: http://thecrohnsjourneyfoundation.org/recipes/fried-honey-banana/

And made it. Here is the simple version.

1. cut a banana into slices
2. spray non fat cooking spray in a pan
3. fry one side of banana’s until brown
4. Flip and fry other side
5. Mix a few tablespoons honey, water, a bit of cinnamon. (I added nutmeg too!) and pour over top.
6. once the honey and water reduces it will make a sticky layer over the banana, Just don’t burn your pan!
7. I sprinkled icing sugar over and served.

I think I will serve it with cool whip next time. 

I thought I was lactose for most of my life, and then found out it was fatty proteins that were making me sick. Once I lost the weight I wasn’t getting sick as often, but still associate milk with sick and don’t like it. I found some easy ways to incorporate calcuim into my diet-

1. Eat Almonds
2.Skim or low fat cuts the calories, but not the calcium
3. Use low fat yogurt on foods. Like fruit, cereal, baked potatoes
4. Low fat cheese…. i have a love affair with melted cheese
5.Starbucks lattes also help.
6. Cream cheese and cream DONT count as dairy.

I made this for dinner last night and the whole family loved it. It was super simple to make, and the cran added a nice sweetness. I took four chicken brest and sliceds them length wise. I then coated with cranberry sauce. A slice of brie then went in the middle. Close the chicken up and place them in a small bake dish. I decided to put the rest of the cran over top and a but more cheese. I poped it in the over and baked for about 45 minutes.

It did get a bit liquidy so about 20minutes in I drained it.

I had it with a balsamic salad and rosemary garlic potatoes.

Yummy!

These little gems were cooked as a side last night for dinner. I had left over sweet potatoes from our New Years fondue and thought I would try this. 

Basically I steamed them a bit first just so they wouldn’t take so long in the oven. Then put them in a bowl with a tad bit of oil, paprika and some herb and garlic sea salt. Then popped them in the oven at 375 for about 25 minutes and then broiled them for 5.

They were really good and a nice change from rice.  

A health food Super Star!! This is one of the best vegetables you can eat, and in my personal opinion one of the most tastiest things ever. They’re loaded with carotenoids, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber, and low in sodium.

Here is a fun fact the internet taught me…George Washington Carver, a famous scientist, developed 118 products from sweet potatoes including glue for postage stamps and starch for sizing cotton fabrics.

I saw this picture on pintrest. It used white chocolate bark melted down and reshaped… but I used frozen honey greek yoghurt for mine. It didn’t shape as well, but still tasted really yummy.

I placed a whack of pretzels on a tray lined with wax paper. Placed the yoghurt in a ziploc bag and cut the corner off. Piping bags work too, but I was out. I drizzled the yoghurt over the pretzels until coated. Sprinkle with red sugar sprinkles and top with a mini marshmallow. Enjoy!

Pomegranate Martinis

I got this recipe off of fitnessmagazine.com and am really excited to try it over the holidays with friends. I love that it is red and looks very Christmassy. 

Start to Finish: 10 minutes 
Makes: 8 servings

1/2 of a medium orange, cut into wedges
Sugar
1 1/2 cups vodka or gin
1/3 cup pomegranate syrup (grenadine)
3 tablespoons dry vermouth
Ice cubes
Small pomegranates (optional)

1. Rub orange wedges around rims of 8 martini glasses. Invert glasses into a dish of sugar to coat rims; set glasses aside. In a small pitcher, combine the vodka, pomegranate syrup, and vermouth. Place ice cubes in a martini shaker. For each drink, add 1/4 cup of the syrup mixture; shake. Strain into one of the prepared martini glasses. Garnish with a small pomegranate, if desired.

Nutrition Information per serving: 146 calories, 0g protein, 11g carbohydrate, 0g fat (0g saturated), 0g fiber

Orange Martinis: Prepare as above, except use 3 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed, in place of the syrup. Omit garnish.

Apple Martinis: Prepare as above except use 1/3 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed, in place of the syrup. Garnish with fresh orange peel curls.

My friend brought this idea to girly night last weekend. And we all loved it very much. Super easy super light, and the best thing about it is there is only 1 serving… you can’t go back and sneak more.

You will need
1 box of instant chocolate cake… the light sugar reduce one
1 box of angel food cake
Water
A mug for everyone that wants.
We topped ours with light cool whip.

Mix the boxes of cake mix together. Add 3tbsp to a cup and mix with 2tbsp water. Mix. Put in microwave for 3 minutes. Top with cool whip and enjoy!     

Embrace Bitter Foods

If you have a strong sugar craving combat it with eating bitter foods such as endive, cooked greens or olives. 

Ok so I know it is thursday…. but I forgot to post yesterday… so here is wednesdays food day post

So Cheesy Muffins are today’s food. 

1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
10 oz low-fat cheese, grated (about 2 cups)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 cup low-fat milk

(you can also add a bit of sliced ham as well.)

Preheat oven to 210C (or 350F) then spray muffin tin with spray-on oil.

Mix together dry ingredients in a bowl.

In another bowl mix wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones. Do not over mix or it will be rubbery.

Bake for about 12 minutes or until they spring back when touched.

I can’t take credit for this one, and I actually haven’t made it yet, but it sounds really good. I will be making it in the near future. A lady at Weight Watchers supplied it and it sounded yummy so I thought I would share!

1 Squash
2tsp oil
1 med onion finely chopped
1 large granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and chopped into pieces
2tsp curry
2 cups fat free low sodium chicken broth

Pierce squash with fork, place on paper towel in microwave for 8-10 minutes, or until tender. Cool and then half lengthwise. Scoop out its seeds and fibre bits. 

Meanwhile, heat oil in pot saute onions and apple for 5 minutes. Sprinkle in curry and stir. 

Scoop out flesh of the squash and add to pot pour in broth. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. 

Using a blender puree until smooth.

Serves four

Fat 2.8 Fibre 4.3 Protein 2.6

This recipe is very close to this previous post:

http://thewritebite.tumblr.com/post/7842808398/chicken-on-the-fire

But now its got a few more fancy ingredients and was extremely tasty. 

Basically take a big simmering pan with a high rim place raw chicken breast in the pan and fry with water until the sides are brown. This takes about 5 minutes a side. The add a full jar of salsa and a can of beans and let it simmer for about 20 minutes or until chicken is all fully cooked. Just before it is done sprinkle the top with grated low fat cheese.

We served it with rice and home made coleslaw. It was delicious, and once again super duper easy. 

Yes I fully understand that BBQ season is coming to an end. I am holding on to summer for as long as I can. And nothing quite says summer like fresh taber corn. Corn has two antioxidants—lutein and zeaxanthin. They act like natural sunglasses for the veggie by helping filter out the suns harmful rays. It may also help lower your risk of developing age-related macular degeneration. 

You will need:

-3tbsp sesame seeds
-5tbsp honey
-1/2 cup chicken broth
-1/2 cup mustard
-3tsp lemon juice
-11/2 tbsp chopped green onion
-6 chicken breasts halved.

-Toast the sesame seeds in a frying pan on the stove top until golden brown.
- mix them with all other ingredients 
-coat chicken in mixture and bake at 400F for 25 minutes.

Next time I think I might add a few tbsp flour to thicken the sauce a little, but it was super yummy!