My new favorite food

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6/15/12 11:16 A

roasted Brussels sprouts

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6/13/12 9:03 A

Fennel from my garden.

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6/8/12 11:19 A

My current favorite food has to be the smoothie that I make for breakfast every morning.

1c frozen mixed berries (I usually get fresh berries and freeze them myself)
1c liquid (either water or orange juice)
1 banana
1 c baby spinach
3/4 c greek yogurt

Put it all in my magic bullet and a few minutes later I have a delicious breakfast!

Great way to start off a morning and with the protein in the greek yogurt I stay full until lunch time! No more mid morning snacking!

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6/7/12 11:41 P

Those foods sound soooo good, especially the baby carrots. Would like to try it. Do you have a built in grill on your stovetop, or do you use the BARBQ outside grill? Or.... do it under the oven overhead thingy?

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6/5/12 7:27 P

My new favorite is roasted EVERYTHING! LOL...
Roasted cauliflower is AMAZING.
Roasted matchstick carrots (taste like Durkee Fried Onions!)
Roasted Beets & Butternut squash
Roasted mini sweet peppers
Roasted Broccoli Slaw
Yup...I am roasting everything!

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6/4/12 5:41 P

Thick smoothie: soy milk, protein powder, frozen strawberries, and frozen banana chunks.
It's high in protein and fiber and very filling.

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6/3/12 11:56 A

I use the butter flavored sugar free maple syrup. Have for years and love it. Not just the taste and lower calories, but am a diabetic so watch sugar and carbs.

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6/1/12 11:40 P

Yummm...love eggplant too!

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5/30/12 10:11 P

Egg Plant , its really good for you, and can be used in so may ways

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5/29/12 6:20 P

Kohlrabi! Makes great fries with less Caribs/fat. Besides it's fun to see the peoples faces at the market as they try to identify it

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5/21/12 7:05 P

I like brown rice!

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5/19/12 3:43 P

I really like the new temptations jello mix. Chocolate pudding and chocolate mousse. Delicious!

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5/19/12 11:12 A

Gasp! Heathen!

Sorry, I'm Canadian, so the idea of sugar-free maple-flavoured syrup makes a little part of my heart die.

But it sounds like you've found a solution that works for you. Thanks for sharing! (even if I now think you're the devil)



Edited by: LITTLE_NIKKE at: 5/19/2012 (11:12)

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5/17/12 10:35 P

Great idea ! Thanks for sharing.
Can you tell me what brand of sugar free syrup it is?
I worry that sugar free means fake sugar aftertaste, but from your description, it sounds yummy !

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5/17/12 11:52 A

I recently discovered sugar free maple syrup...I think this is my new favorite treat. It only has 35 calories in a 1/4 cup. I put it on my plain boring oatmeal (less than 1/4 cup) and it taste like I am eating oatmeal cookies! 1/2 cup of plain (dry) oatmeal only has 150 calories it really helps to eat this as a snack in the afternoon to get me to dinner. The other thing I discovered is pancakes for dinner! I have a plain store brand name that you only add water to. and I 1/2 cup (dry)of that makes this huge pancake...210 calories + syrup. Both of these foods have taken the edge off and leaving me feeling like I have cheated and I have not.