My Health, My Life, My Way

Sunday, March 31, 2013

ingredients:

2 cups of red, grapes seeds removed
1 small tomato
2 green onions, chopped
1/3 cup chopped red onion
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 pinch fine grain salt
Chopped cilantro, optional

directions:

Chop grapes and tomato into small chunks. Mix together with green onions, red onions, red wine vinegar, and a pinch of fine grain salt. Chill before serving.

Ingredients:

2 cups white grape juice

1 cup cold water

4 envelopes unflavored gelatin

1/3 cup sugar

1 cup cold purple grape juice, or additional white grape juice

1 medium red apple, diced

1 cup diced green and red grapes seeds removed (I usually use seeded grapes)

You will need

14 ounces of fresh (or one 14 ounce can) of coconut milk

7 ounces (or 1/2 can) of water

3 bananas

3 handfuls of frozen strawberries

honey, to taste

Here's How

Put the can of coconut milk, & bananas in the blender. Blend. Then put the frozen berries in with the water on top. Then put the honey in, and you blend it up. Add more water if needed. Then you have a good smoothie. About enough for four servings.

Banana Bran Muffins

You will need:

1 ½ cups bran flakes
1 cup-ish mashed ripe banana (2 or 3 medium bananas. Either will work.)
½ cup milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Yield:
7-8 cups of salsa

Ingredients:

1 large ripe peach
1 large ripe mango
3 medium-size tomatoes
1/2 sweet onion
1/2 green, red, or yellow bell pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
2 teaspoons (or more) minced fresh Jalapeno pepper
1/2 cup (or more) freshly chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar

Makes 10 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter $
1 cup all-purpose flour $
2 cups sugar, divided $
1 tablespoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup milk $
4 cups fresh peach slices
1 tablespoon lemon juice $
Ground cinnamon or nutmeg (optional)

Ingredients

2 cups (4 Sticks) Salted Butter, Softened
1-1/2 cup Sugar
2 whole Large Eggs, Separated
4 cups All-purpose Flour

3 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And Lime Zest (approx 1 Tablespoon Each)
2 Tablespoons Orange, Lemon, And/or Lime Juice (2 Tablespoons Total)

Microwave Lemon Curd with Lime and Orange Versions

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

¾ cup sugar
½ cup fresh lemon juice
grated rind from 2 lemons
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
½ cup butter

Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Servings: 8-10

Ingredients:

4 -5 tart apples

4 -5 pears (if using other mixed fruits instead, just be sure to have about 4 lbs total)

3 tablespoons lemon juice

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup raisins

1 dash nutmeg

1 dash cinnamon (or any other spice you love!)

Apple Pear Pie

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 1 hour Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients:

Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)

3 medium ripe pears, peeled and thinly sliced

3 medium tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced

1 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar, divided

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

3 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon whole milk

Don't Exclude Sweets -- total elimination of sweets completely to a healthy diet may back fire, what happens is when you exclude sweets in a diet you end up binging in a weak moment then you just feel guilty.

Balance your Diet -- figure out how sweets can fit into healthy way, women should have no more than 6 teaspoons per day of added sugar, which is 24 grams. Cutting one soda, which is about 35 grams of sugar, saves calories you could be spending on the occasional dessert. Other ways to reduce added sugars: eliminating bottled teas, cutting back on sugary cereals and reading labels on pasta sauces, salad dressings and condiments to find ones with the least amount of added sugar possible.

Vegetarian Eggnog

You might not believe this but there really is this 99% Vegan Eggnog weight watchers must try. You'll find it intriguing at first, a gluten free and egg free eggnog, I'm not kidding but this one is a must try.