Archive for the ‘low calorie’ Category
Monday, January 9th, 2012
We watched Forks Over Knives the other night on Netflix. The information wasn’t really anything new but it did make me want to cut down on all the dairy we eat around here. We don’t eat a ton of meat but I’d also like to cut that down and possibly completely out. I’ve been reading a couple new books lately too. Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar, Miracle Health System which has got me hooked on a drink made of 2 teaspoons of Bragg raw organic apple cider vinegar, two teaspoons of honey and about a cup of water. It’s actually pretty tasty, sort of like a weak apple cider. The other book is Back to Eden which talks a lot about cabbage as a wonderful food source. So I got myself a cabbage and made some soup. A very simple and clean soup that both J and little Z enjoyed.
Took this pic in the evening golden hour. While I was taking this I was explaining it to Z our future photographer. It’s so cool to get to teach your kids awesome things like this.
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Tags: cabbage, soup, vegan, vegetarian
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
I love basic recipes/formulas that have a million possibilities and this no crust quiche is one of them. The no crust part makes it a low calorie yet high protein breakfast (whole pie: 830 cal. 55 g. protein). Since there are three of us I divided it into six portions so we could have it again for breakfast tomorrow. Cutting it into sixths, each serving is almost 10 whopping grams protein and only about 140 calories. Come on man, that’s just awesome! J and Z both loved how these turned out, J actually said it was cooked perfectly. We easily could have eaten the whole thing, and still would have been under 300 calories with 20 grams of protein each, sorry but I love doing the math on this one because it always comes out a win.
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Tags: breakfast, egg, low calorie, quiche
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Saturday, November 20th, 2010
I love seeing the speckles of goodness through the side of the “fancy” blue glass.
Our second raw food recipe picked from Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen, by Ani Phyo was her pear frosty which also came out tasting purely awesome to me but the girls had different thoughts. J actually just said it was weaker on flavor then she’d expected but on a second taste (in a fancier glass) she said it was good. But then again she didn’t drink anymore after that. But then again she’s not much of a chugger. I didn’t have any vanilla bean so I just used about a 1/4 t. vanilla extract instead. The foamy, somewhat chalky/powdery texture with the vanilla and crushed ice instantly brought on memories of sipping on an orange julius as a kid. How can that not be good? I have to say raw foods just taste so bright and fresh it’s like I can actually feel the nutrients in the food absorbing into my body and energizing me. Love it!
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Tags: dates, drink, pear, raw, smoothie, vegetarian, whole food
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