Slice eggplant into thin rounds. Salt and cover with a weight for ½ hour. Drain and blot. Sauté in olive oil until golden brown and crisp. Arrange circles close together on a pizza pan. Add pizza toppings and bake 10 minutes at 400-450
Quick and Easy Sweet & Hot Pickles
1 jar strip/chunk/or sliced kosher dill pickles
crushed red pepper
Splenda
Open pickles and pour off a little juice into cup. Shake in red pepper and Splenda. Shake vigorously to dissolve Splenda. Fill with juice, cover and refrigerate at least 48 hours. Each time you open fridge, give a shake.
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SWEET ENDINGS & TIPS for a healthier day!
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Cinnamon Crispas
(You'll think you have the real thing from Taco Bell!)
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Ingredients:
- 1 bag (full size — 3-4 oz.) plain pork rinds
- 15 pkgs Splenda
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Drizzle melted butter over the rinds or put in a plastic bag and shake well to coat. Mix Splenda and cinnamon in a paper bag, then drop pork rinds into bag and shake, shake, shake!
If they become soft or soggy later, put them in a warm oven and let them crisp up again.
Serves 4. 3 net grams of carbohydrate per serving.
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Ingredients:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 Tablespoons Splenda
Whip all ingredients together with an electric beater on medium speed until thoroughly mixed and smooth. Store in sealable container for up to three weeks.
Use to spread on your favorite low-carb bread, on low-carb tortillas or crackers, or slather on warm low carb pancakes!
Approximately 1 gram per Tablespoon serving.
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Peanut Butter Protein Bars
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Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon liquid artificial sweetener
- 1/4 cup Splenda
- 1 scoop Vanilla Praline Designer Whey protein powder*
Melt peanut butter and butter in microwave or double boiler. Mix in the sweeteners thoroughly. Add protein powder and stir until it forms a ball. (You may need to use clean hands to aid in the thorough mixing.) Roll up in ball and knead a bit; then separate into even portions, shaping as desired. Refrigerate until firm.
Makes 4 bars. Approx 2 carbs per bar.
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Lighten up these recipes below by using LF cream cheese and FF or LF milk or half and half.
Deb’s Quickie Dessert
1 large package cottage cheese (1/2cp--4 grams carbohydrate)
1 small package sugar-free Jello undissolved
1 tub Cool Whip (SF or FF)
Pineapples optional
Mix all together and eat.
Cherry Vanilla Cream Cheese Whip
8 oz. cream cheese (8 g)
2 tsp. vanilla (2 g.)
1/4 - 1/2 tsp. Wyler's SF cherry drink mix (to taste)
2 packets Splenda
Beat until fluffy. Enjoy!
Total carbs: 10 g. If you make 4 servings out of it, it's 2.5 gm/serving. NOTE: For a little firmer texture, whip in 1/2 cup diet Jello. Refrigerate.
Jennifer’s Quick Sweet Fix
Mix together in a food processor or blender or bowl (if you have a strong arm) the following:
12 oz. Cream cheese
3/4 packet of Sugar Free butterscotch pudding mix
3 or 4 (to taste) pkts Splenda
1 tsp. vanilla
Then add 1 cup of heavy cream (or FF Cool Whip), beaten into stiff peaks. Fold in together, put in a bowl or muffin tins to chill and INDULGE!!!
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HAVE A HEALTHY DAY...
- Take a Walk at halftime
- Use plain Yogurt in recipes for dips and for toppings instead of sour cream
- Sub lower fat turkey in chilies and meatballs instead of beef.
- Serve hummus as a dip for a punch of PROTEIN.
- Instead of chicken wings, make chicken fingers using skinless chicken breast strips, dipped in milk and seasoned bread crumbs and baked at 425 for 10 minutes (cooked through, but still moist). Dip into mustard, honey or barbecue sauce.
Hope YOUR team wins!
