Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tips

Congrats to all the HCGers. I will try to keep adding tips and recipes, but its a lot easier and helpful for all if you leave feedback with your questions...then i can answer them on this blog. I am currently on Phase 3 but will be done with that phase in a little over a week.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Phase 3 recipes...

ok here are some P3 recipes. more to come later i promise, i am too tired tonight. Call me if there is a recipe you want and its not up here yet. Still coming is... clam dip, chicken alfredo, home-made ice cream, reeses peanut butter filling, breakfast burrito, taco shells, potato salad, coconut shrimp, chicken salad, Rumbi Voodoo Chicken salad, Jalepeno poppers...

* I love the sugar-free reeses, hersheys, russell stover, werthers, crystal light popsicles, and the Jack Sprat bread, and ezzicial tortillas are GREAT!

No bake Cheese cake
- 1 1/2 Cup Whipping Cream - 2 tsp Vanilla
- 3 Tbsp Xylitol sweetner - 1 8 oz cream cheese

Whip Whipping cream (to a butter stage, about cream cheese texture using hand mixer) Add cream cheese, xylitol, and vanilla. Blend until smooth. Refrigerate until thickened. Pour into crust. (I sometimes just eat it plain, i also add more sweetner, i like it sweet!!

Cheesecake (i haven't tried this one yet)
1 c. xylitol
5 pkg. 8 oz cream cheese
3 T whole wheat flour
1 T vanilla
mix with mixer on med. untill well blended
Add: 1 C sour cream, mix well
Add: 4 eggs, one at a time mixing on low just until blended
Poue over crust. Bake for one hour and 10 min. @ 350 or until center is almost set. refrigerate 4 hours before serving

Pie crust
1 C almond flour
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp xylitol
mix and press into pie pan.

NUTTY Pie crust
6 oz pecan pcs
2 oz walnut pcs
2-4 tbsp butter
2 tbsp xylitol (sweetner of choice)
in food proccessor combine all ingrediants and pulse until reaches desired consistency. Press into pie pan.

Pumpkin Pie
1 can Pumpkin Pie (be sure its 100% pumpkin and not pie mix)
2 eggs
1 can evap milk OR 1 cup fat free milk
1 C sweetner
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
preheat oven to 425 degrees. combine all ingredients and pour into crust. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 45 minutes. cool completley before serving
* TIP- you can make this pie completley crustless, by pouring into a PAM-sprayed pie dish and following the same cooking instructions.
*OR Bake in the microwave CRUSTLESS on high for 12-15 min. until center is set.

BLT Salad
salad greens
4 slices cooked NSA bacon, diced
1 tomato diced
1 onion chopped
1/2 cucumber peeled and sliced
1 C bean sprouts
1/2 C mozzerella shredded
-combine all ingrediants
Dressing
1/3 C Mayo
1/4 C milk
1 T spicy mustard
1/2 tsp garlic pwdr
black pepper
combine and whisk together
TIP this makes a nice family size side salad or a very large salad entree.

Tuna or Chicken Melt
1 Piece Jack Sprat's bread
1 can tuna, albacore, or chicken
2 T Veganaise (or Mayo)
1/8 onion finely chopped
1/4 avacado thinly sliced
1 slice provolone cheese
mix tuna, onion, and mayo... put on bread and add avacado and cheese. Place in oven on brol for a few minutes until cheese in melted.

Pepperoni Chips
15 pepperoni slices. Place on cookie sheet under broil in the oven. Cook until crisp. dab extra grease off.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

P2 Recipes

CHILI
4 oz. lean raw burger, browned, and then rinse in HOT water, then add spices...
chili pwdr
cumin
fresh onion, or pwdr
fresh garlic, or pwdr
sea salt
ground pepper

Put in small crockpot (they have 2 quart ones at wal-mart for 10.88)
add: 8 oz tomato juice (40 cal)
Simmer for at least 2 hrs.


EGG OMLETTE WITH SALSA

Scramble: 1 egg plus 3 egg whites
Salsa:
1 whole tomato
2 Tbsp. fresh chopped onion
Chopped cilantro
1/4 squeezed lime
real salt
ground pepper
dash of cumin
dash of chili pwdr

STRAWBERRY LIME SLUSH

3.5 oz strawberries
1/2 fresh lime squeezed
3/4 Tbsp. Xylitol
4 ice cubes
1 cup water

blend in blender until smooth.


SLOPPY JOES

4 oz lean raw burger, browned, rinsed, and seasoned with...
salt
pepper
onion pwdr
add tomato sauce till consistency you want
add sweetner (Xylitol) till desired sweetness.


CAJUN LIME TILAPIA

thaw 4oz tilapia
season with...
cumin
chili pwdr
1/4 lime
grill on george foreman.

My new HCG blog

Hello everyone, I have decided to create a blog for us HCGers so we can share our recipes, tips, and successes. I am currently just begining P3, so far so good! I am going to start out by adding P2 recipes. If you want to be able to share you can email me and i can add whatever you want, or i can make it so we all can post. GOOD LUCK!!