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[LCDforMe]

Mushrooms and Steak
(Single Serving)

Directions
Sauce:
1. Saute Onions in olive oil
2. Add sliced portabella mushrooms
(Set aside in bowl once cooked)
3. Pour in 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
4. Add 1/3 cup Low Sodium Beef Broth
5. Reduce by 2/3 (appear as about 1/4 cup)
6. Put slice of butter in as it is reducing to thicken it
7. Pour mushrooms/onions back in to sauce for a few minutes then turn off heat.

Steak:
1. Coat steak in olive oil
2. Spread on some garlic
3. Apply Mrs. Dash seasoning/any other seasoning
4. Put on BBQ just before vinegar is poured into the pan

This is some good eats.

[CowboyPete]

I asked a chef friend of mine to come up with a recipe for a stew with chicken, yams or sweet potatoes and spinach and this is what he came up with:

3 chicken breasts (or more depending on how much meat you like)
One Large onion
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 a parsnip and 1/2 a turnip, diced.
2 carrots, sliced
4 large sweet potatoes, sliced in quater inch disks
1 tablespoon marjoram, 1 tsp if dry
1 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp anise seed
1 1/2 tsp sage
1/2 tsp allspice
2 tsp pepper
2 tsp salt
1 cup Barley
Bunch o' Spinach (as much as you like)


Peel the onion and cut it in half.Then cut the onion in small half moons, radially for each half so you end up with the onion slices the same size. you should slice this as thin as you can. Add this first with the oil.

Throw everything else in together on top, add water and cook.

I've been stewing this up in my crock pot for the last 12 hours and the sampling tastes great. I'll probably leave it on for another 8 hours or so to really let the flavors set in. I used fresh rosemary, marjoram and sage instead of dry stuff or powder.

[Kramer]

If you are looking for a very simple, good tasting protein shake:

1 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup milk
2 scoops vanilla protein powder

Blend

It's got 58 grams of protein and goes down real easy. The downside is that it's got a lot of sugar, but skinny bastards like me dont have to worry about that.

[CRWolff]

Originally Posted by Terumo

Terumo's Cinnamon Mocha

Lot's of protein in this one. Great for sipping throughout the morning.

16 oz. skim milk
2 T. instant coffee
3 sc. chocolate protein powder (Metabolic Drive or EvoPro recommended)
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 ice cubes

Blend in a blender. Drink it out of the blender pitcher at work to feel manly. If you happen to be bulking, substitute half of the skim milk with coconut milk.

Regular shake: F - 3g / C - 28g / P - 76g
Coconut, bulking variety: F - 45g / C - 25g / P - 70g (That's almost 800 kCal in an easy-to-drink 16 ounces, you skinny bastard!)

~Terumo

wow, i did this one with a slight variation and its great

16 oz. skim milk
2 T. instant coffee
3 sc. 100% whey, GNC brand (chocolate-caramel flavor <--the key)
4 ice cubes

friggin delicous


thanks teremu

[heliogracie215]

morning star farms makes some great veggie meat options ... im hooked on the soy corn dogs myself .... check it out

[SKD]

My mince meat wrap

I personally found this to be delicious, especially when it was winter (fatty, hot food combats the cold I guess).

You need

Grated cheese
capsicum (Diced)
Mince beef
tomatoes (diced)
onions(diced)
salt/spices

fry up onions, tomatoes until soft, add beef and cook through.

Add some cheese to the cooking mix, stir through so it binds the meat. Add salt and spices to taste. Add capsicum (add earlier if you prefer it soft and cooked through)

Toast lebanese bread on a frying pan, you don't need to add oil. Don't burn the bread.

Sprinkle grated cheese liberally on the bread, then add meat. Wrap it up and enjoy. Best eaten hot! I cook up a big batch of meat, and when I'm hungry I toast up some bread, microwave some meat and put it together. A good snack.

[Tre_me]

Bean and Rice Burrito

White Seasoned rice (uncle ben style)
Kidney Beans(mix the beans and rice in a pot while still hot after cooking)
A dash of grated sharp chedar (if in a pot and the beans and rice are still in there,cover after putting on the cheese so that it melts)
Diced Purple onions (mix in the pot too and cover)

Wrap it up like a burrito in a low fat tortilla.
you get your dairy,veggies,protein from beans and you have your wheat or grains or whatever rice is.

I kept the mixed ingredients left over for lunch and breakfast the next day (not wrapped up,just eaten as is)

[Messiah_UK]

There's some top recipes here! I forget what I've read here and what I've learnt myself but here's a few things I really like...

Mashed potatos...love it but it's bad right? Well recently I've found that mashed swede (think you guys might call it rutabaga) is a good substitute, so is mashed cauliflower! Add a bit of creme fraiche instead of cream, maybe a dash of skimmed milk, pepper, maybe some low fat cream cheese and you got yourself a tasty alternative to mashed potato! You can also mash them and mix them together which gives it a different taste or even add them to mashed potato if you still can't resist the real stuff. Or sweet potato even...I know you guys rave about it, I'd use it more but it's really expensive in the UK.

Yoghurt...I know it's good for you but it's kinda funky tasting. Why not use it to make a healthy ice cream? Get some condensed milk (thick, sweet stuff in a can) and heat gently with a vanilla pod until as flavoursome as you can get it, remove the pod and leave to cool. Mix this sticky condensed vanilla milk with fat free yoghurt. Not sure what ratio is best but use lots more yoghurt than you use condensed milk. Now freeze it in a tub or use an ice cream maker. It's not completely sugar free but it's a lot better for you than store bought ice cream!! I'm a vanilla man but you could easily use strawberries, blueberries, whatever...you're a creative bunch here.

Tortillas...versatile things! My girlfriend is Mexican so she's shown me the delights of the tortilla! Take one and spread with a decent layer of refried beans (mashed pinto beans) Fry off (with as little olive oil as you can get away with) a load of onions and bell peppers until soft. Cook and thinly slice a chicken breast. Put chicken and onion/pepper mix in a line down the middle of the tortilla, slap in a few chopped chillis, roll up like a cigar and enjoy. But personally I'll leave it to cool and eat later...just place on a baking tray and stick em in the oven for 6 or 7 minutes when you're hungry...they're done when the tortilla wrap starts to harden up a bit, but don't let them get to crispy! If you're REALLY bad, you could put a bit of cheese in there...it makes a big difference but I try and resist.

Hope that inspires someone...don't be afraid to experiment!

[Brandon MacRea]

Just made a batch of these badboys... whole-wheat waffles I ripped off from a vegetarian recipe website and altered a bit. None of it has to be organic of course, this batter could also be used for pancakes if you don't have a waffle maker, but I haven't tried it with pancakes so at your own risk. You could also throw some protein powder in here easily enough, though I'm unsure of how the cooking process would affect it

1.5 cups organic whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup organic steelcut oats
2 whole eggs
1.5 cups water
2 tsp baking powder
1 mashed banana
cinnamon to taste (I like a ton)

Makes 8 waffles, so halve it all for one serving

Mix together by hand, leaving it a bit chunky. If you don't, your waffles will be very rubbery and not at all appetizing. Cook them like you would normal waffles. I like to put blueberries or sliced apple in the batter right before I pour it onto my waffle maker. Top it with some natural peanut butter and raw honey or some maple syrup (not table syrup, maple syrup) and enjoy this big batch of awesomeness

[thefyn]

Mental note: Take all of these recipies, place them in a PDF, sell them on ebay.

I WILL LIVE LIKE A KING!!!! (rubs hands together)

Serious...Awesome thread. I am sick of bags of cut up steak, chicken and tuna served on palm.