Creative twists on common recipes maintain taste values, while dramatically boosting health quotients.
Eating a diet filled with obviously healthy foods is a snap. You might surrender a gastric orgasm or two, but you know you're feeding your body well.
The real challenge is taking unhealthy foods and making them healthy, or at least healthier. You can't take Aunt Hazel's peach cobbler and make it ab-friendly, but it's possible to find a traditional recipe and transform it into something diet-friendly.
Take a look at a few quick healthy, dessert recipes you can prepare yourself. These are revamped, so the processed carbohydrates and simple sugars are removed and you're left with great taste and sound nutrition.
Recipe 1: Quinoa Protein Carrot Loaf
Nutritional Information: (per 3 X4 inch piece: 269 calories, 40 grams of carbs, 7 grams of fat, 11.5 grams of protein.
Loaf Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups whole wheat flour
2/3 cup quinoa flour
2 tsp. xanthan gum
2 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 whole egg
2 egg whites
1 cup sugar substitute
¼ cup brown sugar/substitute
¼ cup olive oil
3 cups shredded carrots
2/3 cup buttermilk
¾ cup raisins (if desired)
Icing Ingredients:
8 oz. ultra low fat cream cheese
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups sugar substitute
¼ cup skim milk if needed to achieve desired consistency
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9 X 13 inch pan with non-stick spray and set aside. Mix whole wheat, quinoa flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together.In another bowl, begin beating eggs, egg whites, brown sugar, sugar substitute and oil with a mixer until well-blended.
Add in carrots, buttermilk and raisins and beat once more until well mixed. Add the flour mixture to it, blend together and pour into the pan.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and set aside to cool.
Combine cream cheese, protein powder, sugar substitute and vanilla extract with an electric mixer. Add in milk, which is necessary to thin out the icing until desired consistency is reached.
Spread icing on the cake when it cools.
Recipe 2: Flour-Free Fudge Cups
Nutritional Information (per fudge cup): 150 calories, 30.5 grams of carbs, 2.5 grams of fat, 3.8 grams of protein.
Ingredients:
½ cup unsweetened cocoa
½ scoop chocolate protein powder
¼ cup brown rice flour
½ cup quinoa flour
1 tbsp. corn starch
¼ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 ¼ cups sugar
2/3 cup fat-free vanilla yogurt
¼ cup walnut pieces
Directions:
Mix together cocoa, chocolate protein powder, brown rice flour, quinoa flour, corn starch, baking soda, salt and sugar until well blended.
Combine two tablespoons of this mixture with one tablespoon of yogurt until well blended in a small microwave safe bowl.
Microwave on high for one minute and then let set for 30 seconds before serving.
Recipe 3: Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Nutritional Information Per Cookie: 129 calories, 16 grams of carbs, 7 grams of fat, 2 grams of protein.
Ingredients:
½ cup light butter
¼ cup sweetener
1 tsp. vanilla extract
¾ cup brown rice flour
2 tbsp. sweet rice flour
¼ cup cocoa powder
¼ tsp. xanthan gum
1/8 tsp. salt
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
2 tsp. sweetener
Directions:
Begin by beating butter, first measurement of sweetener, and vanilla until well blended. Add rice flour, cocoa powder, xanthan gum and salt.
Stir in chocolate chips and form into a loaf shape. Wrap in plastic and place in the fridge for one hour.
Use a sharp knife to cut the loaf into thin sliced cookies. Place on the cookie sheet and sprinkle with sugar substitute. Place in the fridge for another 20 minutes.
Bake for 8-10 minutes in a pre-headed 350-degree oven. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Recipe 4: Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies
Nutritional Information Per Cookie: 163 calories, 18.75 grams of carbs, 8.6 grams of fat, 4 grams of protein.
Ingredients:
1/3 cup olive oil
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup sugar substitute
¼ cup brown sugar
1 whole egg
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup whole wheat flour
¼ cup quinoa flour
½ cup vanilla protein powder
½ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup rolled oats (not quick oats)
1/8 cup raisins
1/8 cup dried cranberries
1/8 cup almonds
1/8 cup pecans
1/8 cup dried apricots
Directions:
Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer, beat oil, applesauce, brown sugar and sweetener until well blended. Add in egg and vanilla, mixing well. Set aside.
Combine the flour, quinoa flour, protein powder, baking soda and salt until well mixed. Add this to the wet mixture and stir until a batter forms.
Stir in oats, raisins, cranberries, almonds, pecans and apricots. Drop by spoonful onto a baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until they turn golden brown. Remove and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Lose Fat With Metabolic Cooking
Metabolic cooking is a fat loss recipe programme by Dave Ruel and Karine Losier, aka the “Musclecook & Lean Kitchen Queen”. The programme claims to help both males and females with losing body fat by turbo charging your metabolic rate. It’s actually a group of 9 cookbooks which lists 250 recipes which skyrocket your metabolism thus helping you lose weight.
Here is a quick list of the pros and cons of the program
Cons
Nothing's perfect and here are the flaws I noticed in this diet plan:
- As this is a collection of cookbooks so it might seem like a daunting task for someone who inexperienced when it comes to cuisine. It could take a novice a couple of days to get the hang of it.
- Some of you who are expert fitness trainers might find this a bit too basic but you have to understand that this was written keeping in mind the average Joe who doesn’t know much about weight loss so it covers the basics and then moves onward.
- There are over 200 recipes in there so it took me quite some time to sift through them all and decide which ones I would like the best – according to my taste of course.
Pros
- Simplicity: This is their fault and the reason of their success. The simplicity of the book is outstanding. I didn’t get confused even once. It takes you by the hand and explains everything in detail.
- Cutting Down on Your Favorite Dishes: Probably the best thing about this system- You don’t have to let go of your favorite dishes. You can eat whatever you want; you just have to follow the guidelines of the book while making it; which by the way, for me improved the taste even more!
- Limitless Weight Loss: The amount of weight loss depends on you and you alone. You can lose 5 pounds or 50 pounds. Your choice.
- Economic Factor: This system proved very economical for me. The ingredients in the dishes are pretty cheap and easily available everywhere.
- Metabolic Nutri-Profile: This is a unique profiling system that designs from scratch a nutritional profile which varies for every person. This is what it looks like:
- Guarantee: Though I don’t see why this system wouldn’t work for you. But if for some reason you are not satisfied they will refund you every cent no questions asked!
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