Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Ingredients:
2 5-6 oz Tilapia filets
2 T ground flaxseed (I run mine through a coffee grinder)
4 T butter 2 T olive oil
2 cloves garlic2 T finely shredded Parmeseano Reggiano (or regular
parmesean in a pinch)
sea salt white pepper
How to Prepare:
- In oven and stove safe pan or dish, heat butter and olive oil over medium high heat.
- Press 2 cloves garlic (or mince) and add to butter/oil.
- Saute until garlic is soft but not brown.
- Rinse and dry tilapia filets. Salt and pepper filets as you wish.
- Place filets in pan, spooning garlic butter oil mixture over them.
- Cover and cook over medium heat until fish flakes easily with a fork–about 4 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine flaxseed, parmesean, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover tops of filets with flax mix, about 2 T on each.
- Spoon some of the butter/oil over topping to moisten. Place under broiler to brown for about 2 to 3 minutes.
I like to serve with baby spinach and Newman’s Own Light Italian Dressing (0 carbs for the dressing!). This is such a treat–it’s kind of like a tilapia scampi. Enjoy!
Serves:2,10,7
CarbsPerServing:About 2 net carbs per serving, plus the health benefits and fiber of flaxseed.
Prep Time:15 minutes
Effort:Easy
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
All of us know that the best food for our baby is breast milk. However, sad to say, not many mother willing to spend time to learn how to breastfeed their baby. Some of them might stop breastfeed due to back to work. For me, I think useful breastfeeding tools like breast pump and breastfeeding pillow will help a new mother successfully in breastfeed too. I found an online store that selling many useful products that able to lead new mother to successful way of breastfeeding. AllegroMedical.com is the website I talking about. Beside breastfeed and baby products, they are selling many type of medical equipment too.
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Ingredients:
2 cans of beets w/juice (sliced, whole, etc)
5 packets (or more to taste, you can add more later) Splenda
1 C water
3/4 C cider vinegar
3 bay leaves
2 tsp mustard seed
1.5 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp whole allspice
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp celery seed
1 doz small peeled and cooked hard cooked eggs
How to Prepare:
- Put all ingredients except the eggs into a sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. COOL COMPLETELY. (If you don’t and add the eggs, you will get a totally inedible egg).
- Refrigerate for two days. Then enjoy!
Serves:varies
CarbsPerServing:minimal
Prep Time:30 mins
Effort:Easy
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Ingredients:
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon sugar free pudding or mousse mix
2 teaspoons artificial sweetener — or less
How to Prepare:
- Whip that cream nice a fluffy, THEN add your pudding mix (gets hard fast) the splenda if needed
- I used 1 tsp, freeze on a cookie sheet on wax paper.
- Same idea as other similar recipes, but less carbs.
- No bitter aftertaste from the cocoa powder too.
- 14 big ‘cookies’
NOTES : Carbs for pudding or mousse mix not included - adjust accordingly
CarbsPerServing:4g carbs total
Effort:Easy
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
I hate searching for new job. I think most of the people will not like to changing employment all the time, right? I don’t like to work in new environment. I am the kind of person who needs long time to switch myself into new environment and job function after joint the new company. I think my working performance will be better if I managed to find some executive search firm that allow me to search the job that similar with my current job function, then will be much more easier and faster for me to work in new company.
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Ingredients:
1 can crushed unsweetened pineapple – (9-oz.) juice packed
1 sugar-free cherry gelatin – (.3-oz.)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¼ cup artificial sweetener
1 cup fresh cranberries – chopped fine
1 small orange – peeled, quartered and chopped small
1 cup celery – chopped
½ cup pecans – or other nuts, optional
How to Prepare:
- Drain pineapple and save juice. Set pineapple aside for later use.
- Combine pineapple juice with water to equal 2 cups liquid.
- Prepare gelatin according to package label using juice-water mixture for the liquid.
- Once gelatin is dissolved, stir in lemon juice. Chill until partially set.
- In a separate bowl, combine the pineapple, sugar substitute, cranberries, orange, celery and nuts.
- Add this mixture to the partially set gelatin and stir until blended.
- Pour into large mold or individual molds. Chill until firm.
- Do not use fresh or frozen pineapple in this recipe! It will not allow the gelatin to jell.
NOTES : Carbs for pineapple not included in above total – adjust accordingly
Serves:8
CarbsPerServing:6.125g
Effort:Easy
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Ingredients:
Chunky Tomato Salad
2 cups fresh tomatoes – cut in ½” cubes
¼ cup scallions – sliced
1 cup mushrooms – sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon splenda – or your choice
salt and pepper to taste
How to Prepare:
- Combine veggies.
- In small bowl mix rest of ingredients.
- Add to veggies.
- Toss gently till spices are evenly spread thru out.
- Chill overnight.
CarbsPerServing:24g total
Effort:Easy
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
I never know that they are so many people interested in studying in hair school. I never know that there are so many requirement and qualification to be a successful hairstyle maker. I always thinking that hair cut or design a hairstyle that suitable for a person is as easy as 123 until I had a chat with someone who graduated from a hair school. He told me that he has learn a lots of thing about hairstylist after enrolled into the school. I actually can see his improvement of designing hairstyle and the idea of creative really make his client look great with his design. Now I only know that being a hairstylist is not easy as I think.
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Ingredients:
1 cup ground turkey
1 cup mixed lettuce
1 tomato
4 or 5 kalamata olives
salt
pepper
1 or 2 T olive oil
1 tsp crushed garlic
1 tsp basil paste (or a few leaves of finely chopped fresh basil)
How to Prepare:
- Dice the tomato and place in a small bowl.
- Add chopped olives, olive oil, garlic, basil, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Brown the turkey mince in a saucepan.
- Add the tomato mix to the turkey and mix together.
- Serve over a bed of mixed lettuce.
So EASY!!! Tastes as good as italian restaurant food.
CarbsPerServing:approx 8 (w/o subtracting fibre)
Prep Time:10 minutes
Effort:Easy
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Ingredients:
6 ounces tuna in water, canned
4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 stalks celery — chopped fine
2 tablespoons onion — chopped fine
1 medium dill pickle — chopped fine
2 tablespoons parsley — minced-if desired
1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper — each
How to Prepare:
Bring cream cheese to room temp to soften then mix all ingredients together well.
This is a very rich take on tuna salad and I love this if I haven’t had enough fat and calories for the day -just spread 1-2T in a lettuce leaf for a “quick fix” that’s satisfying:) You could also stir in 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese if you like.
Serves:10
CarbsPerServing:11
Effort:Easy
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