***Monday is Recipe Day***

Today I'm going to post two recipes. The first one is a protein drink that is entirely too delicious. There's no way you can't get your protein requirements drinking this! It comes courtesy of MelissaF from the RNY boards: Iced Mocha/Khalua Frappaccino Ingredients: 8 oz of milk (I use light vanilla soy milk, tastes the best!) 1 decaf Folgers coffee singles bag 1 scoop of choc protein powder 1 small dab of Davinci sugar free khalua syrup optional squirt of light whipped cream (Reddi-Whip makes one that is fat free, 5 cals, and 1 sugar per serving). ***I get all the ingredients at walmart, except the chocolate protein powder I get at Costco, Sportpharma brand. You can use whatever chocolate protein powder you have on hand though. How I do it: I use the magic bullet, you can also use a blender. I pour my milk, protein powder and small dab of syrup together. I then put that aside. I then take 3 oz of water and boil it in the microwave and then add my folgers decaf coffee bag to this. I use a spoon to really smoo**** and get all the coffee flavor out of it for a minute. Then I add some ice cubes to cool this mixture off. Makes about 6 oz of fluid. Then I add this to my mixture and then blend it real well. I pour this over ice, add a squirt of whip and viola! Instant yumminess! _______________________________________________________________________ The next recipe is one I kind of stumbled onto at Sparkpeople.com and modified it a little to suit feeding one or two people. These are delicious and I can just barely fit one in the pouchy if I eat slow and chew well: Lasagna Rolls 6 uncooked lasagna noodles 1 cup low fat ricotta cheese 1 10oz pkg frozen spinach 1/4 cup egg beaters, or 1 egg 3 oz shredded mozzarella 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 lb ground turkey 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 jar spaghetti sauce (or approx 2 cups) 2 tsp italian seasoning Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large skillet, brown ground turkey and garlic. Stir in jar of spaghetti sauce and italian seasoning; simmer about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles as directed on package. Drain and rinse with ho****er. In small bowl, combine ricotta cheese, spinach, egg and salt; mix well. Spread each lasagna noodle with filling (approx 1/4 cup) to within 1 inch of end. Roll up firmly toward unfilled end. Reserve 1/2 cup sauce aside. Pour remaining sauce in ungreased 12x8 inch baking dish. Arrange roll-ups, seam side down, in sauce. Pour reserved sauce over top. Cover and back for 30-40 minutes, or until hot and bubbly. Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese and bake uncovered for an additional 3-5 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Nutrition info is calculated per roll-up. Makes 6 roll-ups. Servings Per Recipe: 6 Amount Per Serving Calories: 264.3 Total Fat: 8.4 g Cholesterol: 18.4 mg Sodium: 901.0 mg Total Carbs: 27.4 g Dietary Fiber: 4.2 g Protein: 21.2 g

This goes along with my evil coffee craving the past couple days Sugar Free Mocha Frappuccino 1 cup skim milk 2 tablespoons Splenda granular 2 tablespoons sugar-free mocha instant coffee (General Foods International Suisse Mocha powder) 1 tablespoon instant coffee crystals 1 cup ice Add all ingredients to blender, and blend for about 30-45 seconds until completely blended and frothy. Serve in a frosted glass and enjoy! 107 Calories 0.6 Fat 14.8 Carbs 10.1 Protein

Lemon Cheesecake 1 small package lemon jello 2 8 oz pk ff or rf cream cheese up to 1/2 c splenda ( to your taste) 1 c water Mix 1/2 c boiling water with jello to disolve. mix in remainder of water. Add jello mixture to 2 packages of room temp cream cheese in a blender. Add splenda ( i used only about 1/4 cup) to taste. Blend until cream cheese is smooth. for crustless - refrigerate at least 2 hours for crust - I used Snackwells SF shortbread cookies crushed in the bottom of the pan Makes 12 servings don't have breakdown of calories/fat/protien. Not sure where you's build your recipies to do this but would love to know.

I use http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/home.asp for my recipes, some others use Fitday.com. Try them both out, see what is easier for you to use Donna