Category Archives: Weight Loss Recipes

Apple and Turkey Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup long grain brown rice
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp curry powder
3 cup water
3 boneless turkey breasts
1/2 lemon, juice of
1/8 tsp pepper
1 large apple, peeled, cored and sliced
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup defatted chicken stock
1/4 cup sesame seeds
2 tbsp fresh dill for garnish
1 lettuce leaves

Method:
Combine rice,1/4t salt, 1/4t curry powder, and water in saucepan.
Cover and cook over low heat 35 minutes. Sprinkle turkey with lemon juice and pepper. Lay turkey on top of rice during last 20 minutes of cooking time, turning after 10 minutes. Drain rice.
Cut turkey into strips. Set a few apple slices aside and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Chop remaining slices and combine with rice, turkey, sesame oil, lemon juice, stock, remaining salt and curry powder. Heat dry frying pan. Toast sesame seeds until browned.
To serve, arrange rice salad on serving plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds and garnish with dill, lettuce, and reserved fruit slices.

Simple Couscous Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
250g (1 cup) small couscous
2 to 3 tomatoes
2 regular or English cucumbers
A handful of fresh parsley
2 tbsp. vinegar (any kind)
Sugar to taste

Method:
Cook and drain the couscous according to package directions. Put into a bowl.
Cut up tomatoes into bite-sized pieces. Slice and quarter the cucumbers. Chop the parsley. Add the vinegar and sugar to taste. Mix well. Refrigerate.

Low Fat Lasagna Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 pound lasagna noodles, uncooked
2 cups sauce
1 to 2 bell peppers, sliced in rings
2 cups cottage cheese
1/4 cup liquid egg substitute or 1 egg
1 10-oz. package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained , reserve liquid
A couple of twirls of freshly ground nutmeg
A couple of twirls of freshly ground black pepper
2 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. garlic powder (or 2 tsp. minced fresh garlic)

Method:
Mix the cheese with everything listed below it. Layer as follows:
1/4 cup sauce spread over the bottom of the pan
1/4 of the noodles (about 3 overlapping)
3/4 cup sauce
1/4 of the noodles (about 3 overlapping)
All the cheese mixture
1/4 of the noodles (about 3 overlapping)
3/4 cup sauce
1/4 of the noodles (about 2 overlapping)
1/4 cup sauce spread over the top
Sliced bell peppers (choose many colors)

Pour in about 3/4 cup water or the liquid from the drained spinach (with water, if necessary). Cover tightly and bake at 375° for 1 hour. Uncover, bake until all liquid is absorbed and peppers are browned nicely.