Tag: Weight Loss

What I Make

Mostaccioli

Julia Parent

Serves: 6

Ingredients:
½-16 oz. box dry mostaccioli noodles (I buy a generic brand of pasta because the brand with 5g of fiber and 7g of protein I use for other meals doesn’t work well in this baked pasta dish.)*
1 lb. lean ground beef (I buy 93% lean/7% fat)
2 cups jarred spaghetti sauce*
2/3 cup shredded low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup shredded low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese

*Look at the sugar content on the nutrition labels for the noodles and the sauce to keep your serving size at 10g sugar or less. The brand of noodles I buy has 2g sugar in ¾ cup and the brand of sauce I buy has 8g of sugar in ½ cup.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cook noodles according to package directions. While noodles are cooking, break ground beef into small pieces while browning it in a skillet over medium to medium-high heat. When ground beef is no longer pink, drain grease from pan, if there is any. Drain noodles when they are done cooking. Stir together cooked noodles, cooked ground beef, sauce, and 2/3 cup cheese. Put mixture into a greased casserole dish. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes. Have with a glass of water.

What I Make

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Waffle with Bacon

Julia Parent

Serves: 1

Ingredients:
2 slices bacon
1 frozen homestyle waffle that is not made with enriched flour, such as a gluten free homestyle waffle made with brown rice flour
2 strawberries
12-60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Make bacon according to package directions. Toast waffle according to package directions. Rinse, hull, and quarter strawberries. Microwave chips in a microwave safe bowl for one minute or until melted. Stir until smooth. Top waffle with strawberries and drizzle with chocolate.

What I Make

Turkey, Cheese, and Cucumber Bagel

Julia Parent

Serves: 1

Ingredients:
1 bagel that is not made with an enriched flour, such as organic whole wheat, sliced in half
1 slice deli turkey
1 slice Swiss cheese
4 slices English cucumber
mayo, to taste

Directions:
Lightly toast bagel and top with remaining ingredients. Have with a glass of water.

What I Make

Banana, Strawberry, Orange Smoothie

Julia Parent

Serves: 1

Ingredients:
1 banana
6 strawberries
3 oz. orange creme yogurt (or whatever amount is less than 10g sugar according to nutrition label)
1/4 cup milk (I used whole milk.)
2 ice cubes

Directions:
Peel and cut banana into chunks about the size of ice cubes. Rinse and hull strawberries. Cut strawberries in half. Put ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and frothy.

What I Make

Turkey, Cloverleaf Rolls with Honey Butter, and Cucumbers with Cream

Julia Parent

Serves: 12

Ingredients:
1 loaf frozen 100% whole grain bread dough
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
vegetable oil
1-3 lb. boneless turkey breast (I like the brand that’s pre-seasoned and cooks in the bag it’s sealed in.)
1 English cucumber
onion powder, to taste
heavy whipping cream, to taste
4 tablespoons softened, unsalted butter
2 tablespoons honey

Directions:
The night before you are going to make the turkey, put a loaf of frozen bread dough in a covered container in the refrigerator. Two to three hours before eating, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Brush the butter in the muffin cups. Cut the dough into 12 equal pieces. Divide each piece into three pieces. Roll the 36 pieces of dough into balls and put three dough balls into each muffin cup. Brush vegetable oil on a piece of plastic wrap big enough to fit over the muffin tin. Put the oil side down over the muffin tin. Let the dough rise in a warm place. Follow the package directions to cook the turkey. Wash, peel, and slice the cucumber. Season the cucumbers with onion powder. Cover the cucumbers with cream. Stir. Refrigerate until ready to serve. About 20 minutes before the turkey is done, remove the plastic wrap and put the rolls in the oven. Bake until golden brown (mine took about 20 minutes at 375 degrees). Mix the butter and the honey together to spread on the warm, soft rolls. Have with one serving (according to nutrition label) of milk.