Fat Burning Italian Food Recipes by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
In our Philadelphia and Bucks County medical weight loss centers our goal is to help you lose weight and keep it off. And we do this by providing you with the finest FDA approved weight loss pills, diet pills, appetite suppressant medications, vitamin B-12 injections therapy and delicious meal plans that are designed to satisfy your cravings and help eliminate your hunger.
And these meal plans taste good too. So, if you are looking to lose weight and keep it off, while still eating delicious food I invite you to call us and schedule your free medical weight loss consultation at our Philadelphia medical weight loss center or our Bucks County medical weight loss center. Call us now at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free weight loss consultation.
If you are one of our weight loss patients you know that I believe that food is meant to be enjoyed. Growing up in my family everything that we did, every celebration every event was always celebrated with food, and lots of. In a sense, food was a celebration of life.
And some of my happiest from childhood are of sitting together with my great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, my brother and sister, and uncles and cousins at my great-grandmothers dining room table where we feasted upon ravioli, lasagna, baked zitti, gnocchi and desserts like ricotta filled cannolis and cream puffs. Yes, you may have guessed, that I grew up in a large Italian family! And like most Italian families most interactions with one another took place at the kitchen table or dining room table enjoying good food and each other.
That is why in our weight loss program we make a point of giving you lots of recipes of wholesome food that we all grew up eating but our versions of these recipes will have lower calories and lower carbohydrates. Making them weight loss friendly. But they taste so good you won’t believe there diet food.
So here are two great recipes; one is for a low carbohydrate version of my grandmother’s rotolo and the other is for a low-carb recipe for lasagna that is quick and easy to make.
This is a family recipe that my great-grandmother Virginia has handed down to my wife. My wife has changed the recipe a bit, to make it more diabetic friendly, but it tastes just as good if not better than Great[grandma’s recipe.
Rotolo – Verdi Style
- Ingredients for the Filling:
- ricotta cheese – 12 ounces 1 1/2 cups
- Parmesan cheese, approximately the 4 ounces of grated Parmesan cheese
- finely chopped fresh oregano – 1/2 cup
- finely chopped – fresh parsley – 1/2 cup
- egg – 1 large egg
- minced raw garlic – 3 cloves
- Sea salt – 1/2 teaspoon
- nutmeg – 1/8 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- black pepper – 1/8 teaspoon of ground black pepper
- Additional Ingredients:
- Roasted or delimeat chicken breast that you can get from your supermarket – cut into strips that are 1.5 inches wide and 6 inches long. You should have about 24 slices of meat.
- 2 cups of tomato sauce
- shredded mozzarella cheese – approximately the 1/2 cup
- some additional Parmesan cheese to serve over top when everything is finished cooking.
First preheat your oven to 300°F. Combine all of the ingredients together except for the chicken breast tomato sauce and the extra 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Make sure that all of the ingredients are mixed nicely.
Then take your strips of chicken and place them on your counter and take 1/3 cup of the mixture of all your ingredients in place it on to your strip of chicken. Then start rolling it up and place it with the seam side down. Do this with the rest of your chicken strips. After that take 1 cup of your tomato sauce and pour it into the bottom of a cast iron skillet approximately 12 inches or you can use any other type of ovenproof skillet or pan.
Then take your chicken rolls and put them in the pan with them laying on their side. Take all of your roles of meat and place them in the pan so they fit very snugly. Make sure that your filling is facing upward. Next take the remaining 1 cup of tomato sauce and pour it over top. You can now put this in your oven and let it bake for approximately the 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted completely.
When it is done take it out of the oven and you can now sprinkle your mozzarella generously over top. Place it back in the oven for about another 10 minutes or so or until the cheese is melted once again. After that take it out of the oven and let it stand for at least a good 15 minutes before serving. And of course you can top it with the extra Parmesan cheese if you would like.
This recipe makes 12 servings each of them has about 386 calories, 61 grams of protein and 5 grams of carbohydrates.
Lasagna – Low Carb Style Roll Ups
- Ingredients:
- approximately three-quarter pound and you can use either oven roasted chicken breast from the deli counter – approximately 16 slices or you can use sliced oven roasted turkey from your deli counter. Make sure that the slices of meat are approximately 1/8 inch and you want to have 16 slices.
- To make the filling you will need:
- ricotta cheese – 1 cup
- egg – 1 large egg
- Parmesan cheese – approximately 1/3 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
- mozzarella cheese – 1 1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
- Additional Ingredients
- tomatoes – three medium-sized tomatoes – sliced thin
- fresh basil leaves
- 2 cups of tomato sauce – meat sauce or marinara sauce
As always first we have to preheat your oven. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Place your turkey on a large sheet of parchment paper. To make the filling take a large bowl and mix together the eggs ricotta cheese until their mixed nicely and then stir in the mozzarella cheese and the Parmesan cheese.
After you have made the filling take about 1/4 cup of it and place it on top of one of your meat slices and spread it out evenly. Do this with the remaining slices of meat. Take about 3 slices of tomato and place them over top of your filling on each of the slices of meat. Next take some of your basil and place it on top of your tomatoes.
After that rollup each slice of meat and place them, seam side down, a and a baking dish that is approximately 8 inches. When you have all of the strips of meat rolled up with the mixture tomato and basil inside and placed in your baking pans top each one of them with the marinara sauce. I like to use about 2 – 3 tablespoons of the sauce.
Now we are finally ready to place it in the oven and bake it for about 25 minutes or so or until the cheese is melted. This recipe makes four servings each of them has 467 cal, 50 grams of protein and 9 g of carbohydrates.
I truly do hope you enjoy these recipes and if you would like help losing weight I invite you to call us and schedule your free consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free weight loss consultation now.
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Lose Weight Fast and Keep It Off with Medical Weight Loss in Philadelphia
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If you want to lose weight fast and keep it off call our weight loss program is for you. In our medically proven weight-loss program we use the finest FDA approved appetite suppressant medications weight loss and diet pills vitamin B12 diet injection therapy and develop a simple nutritional weight loss meal plan that allows you to eat real food and still lose weight.
So if you are looking for a medically supervised clinical weight loss program I invite you to call and schedule your free weight loss consultation. Call us now at 215-821-7336 and Lisa will schedule you for your free weight loss consultation.
In addition to high quality FDA approved appetite suppressants we give you meal plans and recipes to help you lose weight and keep it off.
Here are 2 great recipes for you. A great Parfait of Berries and Cream and awesome chicken wings that are great for Sunday football games.
Elyse’s Favorite Parfait – Berries and Cream – Paleo Recipe
- Heavy cream– whipping cream–1/2 cup
- Cocoa powder–1 tablespoon
- Vanilla extract– 1 teaspoon
- Almonds – 6 crushed almonds
- Walnuts– 6 crushed walnuts
- Strawberries– 3 strawberries diced
- Raspberries – 1/3 cup
- BlackBerries– 1/3 third cup
- Blueberries– 10 blueberries
- Chia seeds– 1/2 tablespoons
- Flax seeds – 1/2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed
- Cinnamon – 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
First put your heavy whipping cream in a large bowl and mix in the vanilla extract and cocoa powder.
Then using a mixer, mix the cream – (whip it) – for about 3 minutes. If you like, you can place this in the freezer for about 40 minutes for a nice cold snack. Then mix the nuts and berries into the cream. After that, mix in the ground flaxseed, Chia seeds and then sprinkle the cinnamon over top if you like.
This recipe makes two servings. I like this recipe because the nuts make it crunchy, the fruit makes it sweet (but not too sweet) and the full fat heavy cream makes it even more enjoyable. This is great for breakfast and it’s also really good for a snack during the day. The nuts and cream make it hearty enough for the cold winter months and it’s also cool and refreshing for those hot summer days. It’s a perfect recipe.
Football Sunday Wings
- Chicken wings – 2 pounds
- Himalayan salt – 1 tablespoon
- Ground black pepper – 1 teaspoon
- Baking powder – 1 tablespoon
- Smoked paprika – 1 teaspoon
- Garlic salt – 1 teaspoon
- Coconut oil – 2 tablespoons
- Optional- hot sauce- 2 tablespoons
Mix together the pepper, salt, baking powder, paprika and garlic salt. Take a large plastic Ziploc bag and add the chicken wings along with your mixture of spices. Close it and then shake the bag well to coat all of the wings with the seasoning. Preheat a large pan over medium heat and melt the coconut oil. Next check your chicken wings and place them in the skillet and then place a cover over top of the skillet and cook this for about 10–12 minutes. Then flip the wings over and let them cook for another 10–12 minutes until they are nice and brown. When they are finished cooking remove them from the heat and cool down for a little bit. You could serve them with hot sauce if you like.
I hope you enjoy these recipes and if you need help losing weight just call us at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free weight loss consultation.
How To Get Fit & Lose Weight by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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Hello everyone and Happy New Year!
With the new year comes new beginnings. A time to start over and make anew. A moment to feel and imagine all of what you want to accomplish this upcoming year. It’s the time to truly appreciate where you are and how far you have come. This is your year! 2017 is the year that you achieve your goals and become the best you that you can possibly be.
And if your New Year’s resolution is to lose weight, improve your overall health and wellness and become more physically fit I invite you to call us for a free consultation and see if we can help you achieve all of your goals. Call us now at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free weight loss health and wellness consultation.
One of the most popular new year resolutions is to lose weight. But if you don’t have the proper plan, the correct information and realistic guidance most people do not achieve their goals. And this is why I believe that our weight loss programs are so successful. Because we try our best to work with our weight loss patients in developing a realistic weight loss plan that they are able to do in their hectic and crazy busy life.
We also try to have people eat foods that they really enjoy. So our medical weight loss program goes way beyond weight loss pills, appetite suppressant medications, diet pills and vitamin B-12 injections therapy. In addition we will instruct you in a plan that will include the proper types of food that you should be eating for your metabolism, body type, how many calories you should be eating in a day and recommending the proper type of physical activities/exercise that will help you lose weight, burn body fat and not be bulky and blocky.
It’s unbelievable how many people come into our office and are exercising almost every day and they are just getting heavier, bigger and developing a body that looks like a block or a square. And most of the time this is because they are doing the wrong types of exercises.
If your goal is to lose pounds and inches there were certain type of exercises that work best for this. And they are totally different from exercises that are designed to increase muscle mass. So if you are exercising to lose weight and body fat and are just getting heavier and more bulky you’re probably doing the wrong type of exercises. So call us for your free consultation and let us help you design a plan that will assist you in achieving your goals. Call us now at 215-821-7336 and set up your totally free weight loss consultation.
If you are already a patient in our Philadelphia medical weight loss program or our Bucks County medical weight loss program you have probably come here for more recipes. And today I have for you a very nice chicken casserole recipe that my wife Elyse is going to make for us today.
Chicken Casserole – Low Carb Recipe*
Ingredients:
bacon – 8 slices
zucchini – one medium-sized zucchini cut into,1/2 inch cubes
eggs – two large eggs
Dressing Ingredients:
mayonnaise – 1/2 cup
chicken broth – 1/4 cup
chives – 1 tablespoon of snipped chives
fresh dill – 1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped
flat leaf parsley – 1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped
onion powder – 1/2 teaspoon
garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon
black pepper and sea salt to taste
cooked chicken thigh meat – 2 cups cooked and chopped up
avocado – one half of an avocado diced
tomato – one tomato seeded and diced
cheddar cheese – 2 ounces
Use an oven safe skillet and fry the bacon until it’s nice and crisp. When it’s finished cooking remove the bacon from the pan but leave the drippings from the bacon in the pan. Then crumble the bacon and set it on the side. Next take your cubed zucchini and add to the pan and let it fry for about five minutes or so until the zucchini is tender and has soaked up all of the bacon drippings. Then remove the zucchini from the pan and allow it to cool down. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Then place your eggs in a saucepan cover with water and then set it atop a flame and let it boil and when it starts to boil cover it with a lid and remove it from the heat. Just keep the eggs sitting in the hot water for about 11 or 12 minutes. Next remove the eggs from the hot water cool and them down in ice water or under cold running water. When they are cool peel them and slice them. In a very large bowl combine all of the ingredients for the dressing and stir them all together well. After that stir in the hard-boiled eggs, tomato, cheese, chicken, avocado, bacon crumbles and the zucchini cubes. Mix everything so that it’s combined together well. After that, move this mixture into and 8 in.² baking dish. Place it in the oven and let it cook for approximately 20 minutes. When it’s done you can garnish it with anything that you like before serving. This recipe makes eight servings each of them has approximately 270 cal, 10 g of protein, about 3 g of carbohydrates in 1 1/2 g of fiber.
May this year bring you the best in health, wellness, prosperity and love. I wish you all much love and many blessings in life.
And if you would like us to help you with your weight loss for this new year call us and set up your free weight loss consultation call us at 215-821-7336.
This recipe is from the book the ketogenic cook book written by Jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich. It is an awesome book especially for those of us that are looking to keep our blood sugar levels relatively low. It should definitely be part of your cookbook library.
200 Calorie Comfort Foods for Easy Weight Loss by Medical Weight Loss in Philadelphia
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Hi everyone and as promised here are a few more low-calorie recipes for this holiday season.
Now that winter is finally upon us most of us are craving traditional comfort foods that make us feel good and also warm our tummies.
So I am going to give you three recipes today for some of my favorite comfort foods. Of course I’m going to give you the low-calorie versions. Each recipe is going to have approximately 200 cal (plus or minus) for each serving size.
If you are new to our practice and would like some more information on our weight loss programs, I invite you to call us at 215-821-7336 and Lisa will be happy to schedule you for your free weight loss consultation.
Not only are these recipes delicious comfort foods but are also quick and easy to make.
Chili Soup Vegan Friendly
Ingredients:
onion – 1 cup chopped
garlic – 1 teaspoon minced
Olive Oil – 1 tablespoon
celery – 1 cup of chopped celery
2 cups of carrots that have been peeled and thinly sliced
green bell pepper – 2 cups chopped
frozen corn – 10 ounces
salsa – 1 cup
sliced mushrooms – 8 ounces
water – 1 1/4 cup
kidney beans – 14 ounces – drained
canned tomatoes – 14 ounces
lemon juice – 1 teaspoon
dried oregano – 1/4 teaspoon
ground cumin – 1 teaspoon
chili powder – 1 teaspoon
black pepper – 1 teaspoon
This is a fantastic recipe each serving has about 132 cal, 7 g of protein and 7 g of fiber and 24 g of carbohydrates. This recipe makes approximately 10 servings. Get all of your ingredients together then sauté the garlic in the onion and Olive Oil until it’s very tender. Then add the remaining fresh vegetables and sauté this for about three minutes or so. After that add the rest of the ingredients, cover it and let it simmer until all everything is mixed together and the vegetables are nice and tender. This normally takes about another 25 – 30 minutes.
Italian Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
crushed garlic – 1/2 teaspoon
Olive Oil – 1 tablespoon
chicken broth – 6 cups
tortellini – cheese tortellini – 8 ounces
spinach – frozen spinach and 10 ounces thawed
stewed tomatoes – 14 1/2 ounces no salt added – chop them up
Parmesan cheese – 6 tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese
In a nice sized pan sauté your garlic in oil for about 3 minutes. Then add the broth and the tortellini and heat this until it starts to boil. When it finally we starts to boil reduce the heat and let it simmer for approximately 10 minutes. Add your spinach and tomatoes and simmer this for about five minutes more. When you are ready just spoon it out into your bowls and top with the Parmesan cheese. This recipe makes approximately 6 servings and each of them has about 217 cal, 15 g of protein and 24 g of carbohydrates.
Pasta Veggies and More Recipe
This is a fantastic recipe it really is one of my favorite comfort food recipes. It’s especially good when it’s cold day outside.
Ingredients:
whole-wheat pasta – 2 cups uncooked
broccoli florettes – 1 cup
carrots – 1/2 cup of sliced carrots
celery – 1/2 cup of sliced celery
red bell pepper – 1/2 cup chopped up
green beans – 1/2 cup
black pepper – 1/4 teaspoon
cherry tomatoes – slice 30 cherry tomatoes in half
Parmesan cheese – 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
fresh basil – 2 tablespoons of fresh basil chopped
olive oil – 2 tablespoons
First we should cook our pasta like we normally would following the directions on the package it came in. Wait until the last three remaining minutes of the instructed cooking time for the pasta and add the green beans, broccoli, bell pepper, celery and carrots to the pan. When it’s finished cooking remove it from the flame and drain your pasta and the vegetables. Add the black pepper to the pasta and mix everything nicely. And now add the tomatoes, Olive Oil, basil and cheese and mix it and serve.
This recipe is enough for 4 people. Each serving has approximately 220 cal, 9 g of protein and 30 g of carbohydrates.
I hope you enjoy these recipes. If you, a friend or loved one need help with losing weight invite you to call us and schedule your totally free weight loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free consultation now.
Eat More To Lose More Weight by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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Yes, that’s right. With our weight loss program you get to eat more to lose more weight. Losing weight with our medical weight loss program does not mean that you have to give up all of the foods that you love.
You just have to eat sensibly and have a game plan. For most of the patients in our Philadelphia weight loss program and our Bucks County weight loss program this means that they can enjoy most of the foods that they love.
They just have to pay attention to portion size and make the right decisions. Most of our weight loss plans allow you to eat almost everything in moderation. So, this means that you are going to eat lots of good food and enjoy yourself.
Starvation type diets usually just set you up to fail eventually and that is why we do not believe in starvation diets. If you are interested in learning more about our medical weight loss program please call Lisa and scheduled your free weight loss consultation. Call 215-821-7336 and Lisa will be glad to schedule you.
Now, when I said most of our patients get to eat everything in moderation I was totally serious. Especially if they are making the recipes that I put on this website each and every week. On this site you will find recipes for low carbohydrate and low sugar cheesecake, low-calorie lasagna, sugar-free ice cream, and even low carbohydrate and sugar free dessert recipes like tiramisu, cannolis and Panna Cotta.
Today I am going to give you the recipes for low carbohydrate bagels and my favorite scrambled eggs fiesta. These are to low carbohydrate recipes that go extremely well together. If you have a both of these together for breakfast you will be totally amazed that diet food could possibly taste this good.
Low Carbohydrate Bagels*
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of our vanilla gluten-free, soy free, sugar free and zero carbohydrate protein powder
coconut flour – 2 TBS
baking powder – 1 TSP
Sea salt – one quarter TSP
xanthan gum – 1/2 TSP
melted coconut oil – 1/4 cup
large eggs – 10
you may also add 2 – TSP of any type of slavery extract like vanilla or blueberry if you like.
Let’s begin by preheating the oven to 325°F. Then spray to 6 cavity donut pans with nonstick cooking spray. In a bowl mix together the xanthan gum in a coconut oil until it splendid nicely together and very smooth. And in another bowl stir together the baking powder, vanilla protein powder, salt and coconut flour. After this bowl is combined nicely together add the extract, eggs and coconut oil and stir this together and then combine the ingredients of all the bowls together. Mix everything together until it forms a nice doughey texture. Then all you have to do is spoon this into your doughnut pans and bake for about 18 – 22 minutes, or just until the top becomes a light golden brown. I usually stir these in a Tupperware container that is airtight in the refrigerator and they normally stay for about 1 week like this. But I have put them in the freezer for as long as three weeks and they were perfectly fine. This recipe makes 12 bagels and each of them has 119 cal, 2 g of carbohydrates, 8.9 g of fat and 7.8 g of protein.
Scrambled Eggs Fiesta*
Ingredients:
1 finely diced cherry tomato
chopped fresh chives – 2 TBS
6 – beaten large eggs
butter – 2 TBS
Sea salt – 1/2 TSP
black pepper – 1/2 TSP
sour cream – 2 TBS
bacon – 4 ounces cooked and chopped into small pieces
we are going to start this phenomenal recipe by melting the butter in a small pan over medium – low heat and then in a bowl mix together the chives, pepper, salt, diced tomato and eggs. Then pour this into your saucepan and allow it to cook for several minutes of course stirring it and keeping everything mixing nicely. When you’re eggs are finished cooking take them off of the flame and add the sour cream stirring everything together well. Finally mix in the bacon and serve this while it’s nice and warm. This recipe makes two servings each of them has about 36 g of fat, 4 g of carbohydrates, 480 cal and almost 1 gram of fiber.
So there you have it. Two great recipes that are good for you and taste good. I hope you enjoy these recipes is much as I do and I invite you to share them with your family and friends.
If you know someone that is trying to improve their overall health and wellness and possibly lose weight I invite you to give them more information and schedule a totally free health and wellness consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336 and will be glad to help.
Source: The Ketogenic Cook Bookby jimmy moore and maria emmerich. It’s an awesome book and should definitely be pary of your library.
Skinny Recipes For the Holidays by Medical Weight Loss Philadlephia
Hi everyone. It’s early Sunday morning after Thanksgiving and everyone it is still sleeping except for me, Rocky and Jasper (our 2 dogs aka our furry children). So of course what do I do while everyone else is sleeping? I write an article for our blog for our fantastic weight-loss patients.
(If you are not part of our weight-loss program and have some questions or looking for more information just call us and schedule your free consultation, Call us at 215-821-7336 and Lisa would be happy to answer your questions and schedule your free weight loss consultation.)
In this article I am going to give you the recipe for a delicious low-carb meatball with an amazing sauce, that my wife made for us this past Thanksgiving for all of us to enjoy. And I am also going to give you a recipe that I made myself for a chocolate peanut butter bar.
Meatball Recipe*
- Ingredients:
- Grass fed ground beef– 2 pounds
- Tomato sauce– 1/4 cup
- Minced yellow onion– 1/4 cups
- Gluten-free tamari sauce– one tablespoon
- Dry mustard– 1 tablespoon
- Minced garlic clove – one clove
- Sea salt– 2 teaspoons
- Ground black pepper – 1 teaspoon
- Liquid smoke– one teaspoon
- The ingredients for the sauce are:
- Unsalted butter– one stick
- Cream cheese– 2 ounces
- Beef broth – 1/3 third cup
- Grated Parmesan cheese – 1/2 cup
- Ground nutmeg – 1/8 teaspoon
Start by preheating your oven to 325°F. Then in a very large bowl combine all of the ingredients together and mix everything total it’s totally combined. After you have mixed all of the ingredients together it’s time to make your meatballs. Try to shape them into 1 1/2 inch meatballs and place them on a baking sheet and let them bake for about 45 minutes or 1 hour. Just make sure that they are totally cooked all the way through.
Now it’s time to make the sauce while meatballs are baking. Take a nice sized sauce pan and place the butter in there and heat until’s the butter starts to sizzle and you start to see brown flecks. Just make sure that you are stirring this because you do not want the butter to burn. Decrease the heat to a low setting and mix in the cream cheese, Nutmeg, Parmesan cheese and bone broth and let this simmer for approximately 16 to 17 minutes. Remove the meatballs from the oven when they are cooked. Now all you have to do is arrange to them on a serving dish and enjoy them with the sauce.
This recipe makes about 16 servings as an appetizer if you make the meatballs smaller or if you make them larger you should be able to make about eight servings.
Low Carb Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
- You will need:
- Aluminum pie baking pan – tin foil baking pan
- Virgin coconut oil – 4 tbs
- Coconut butter also called coconut manna – 3 tbs
- Peanut butter – 1/4 cup
- Combine all of the above until it’s smooth and then add:
- Then add
- Cocoa powder – 2 tbs
- Swerve – 2 tbs
- And mix everything until it’s totally combined. You can add sliced almonds over top and then place in the freezer for 2 minutes. Then remove from the freezer and break apart. You can store this in the refrigerator.
This chocolate and peanut butter bar recipe does have a lot of calories but it is super delicious and low in carbs. So just make sure that you are watching your portion size for this delicious peanut butter and chocolate treat.
I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I do. If you, your friends, family members or loved ones are looking to lose weight or improve your overall health and wellness I Invite you to call us and schedule your free consultation for everyone.
We have lots of friends, family members, spouses and coworkers joining our weight-loss program together so they can get a head-start on their New Year resolutions for losing weight and improving their health and wellness. We even have many offices joining our program so when the new year comes they can kick off there biggest loser weight loss competition.
If you would like to schedule your free weight loss consultation call 215-821-7336 and Lisa would be glad to schedule you all.
Source: the ketogenic cookbook by jimmy moore and maria emmerich. This should definitely be part of your cooking library.
Secrets for a Sleek Physique by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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Hi everyone Dr. Kenny here. If you are a member of our Philadelphia and Bucks County weight loss programs you already know that we use the highest quality FDA approved appetite suppressant medications, weight loss pills and diet pills.
And you also know that we spend an enormous amount of time with our patients reviewing the proper nutrition and meal plans that will help you safely lose weight.
If you are not a member of our weight loss center I invite you to call and schedule your free consultation, call us at 215-821-7336. Ask for Lisa and she will be glad to schedule your free weight loss consultation.
As part of our medical weight loss program we also will review your target weight loss goal and let you know if your target body weight is healthy for you. I guess because of social media and marketing campaigns that appear on the television, in magazines and on the Internet people are coming to us wanting to lose an amount of weight that would not be medically healthy for them. Not every woman is meant to be a size 0 or size 2 or even a size 4.
And please remember that in our program we use real prescription medications that must be prescribed by a licensed medical physician, nurse practitioner or certified physician assistant. You cannot purchase these type of medications at your local Nutrition Store. And because these are prescription medications certain criteria must be met, like BMI, waist measurement, etc. for you to be able to take these weight loss medications.
That is why we offer the free consultations, to determine if you are a candidate for our program. When you first come in you will be evaluated by the healthcare provider and then they will their clinical skills and expertise and make the recommendations as to what would be the best weight loss program for you. This includes the appropriate weight loss medications, best nutrition – diet meal plan and what would be the best target weight loss goal for you. And in addition to all of this we give you lots of fantastic recipes to help you lose your weight. We have recipes that we had every week to our website that are usually low-calorie recipes and/or low sugar low carbohydrate recipes.
So with all of this being said, finally here are a few of my secret recipes that taste great and will help you get that sleek physique.
*Jumbo Devil’s Food Cookies
- Ingredients:
- Devil’s food cake mix- 1 box (18.25 oz)
- Unsweetened cocoa powder- ⅓ cup
- Water- ¼ cup
- Butter (melted)- ¼ cup (half stick)
- Large eggs- 2
- Crispy rice cereal- 1 cup
- Fluffy marshmallow topping- 1 cup
Begin with setting the oven to 350 degrees. Use 2 large baking sheets (not nonstick), adding butter and flour to them. In a large bowl add in cake mix, cocoa powder, water and melted butter. On low speed beat for 1 minute, or until combined. Then beat at a medium speed for 2 minutes. Add in cereal and beat at low speed until combined. Stir in marshmallow topping lightly, mixture should end up looking marbled. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Grease up a tablespoon and place dough 2 in apart on baking sheet. In between batches keep remaining dough refrigerated. Bake 13-14 minutes, or until cookies look puffed. Let cool for 1 minute. Use metal spatula to remove cookies off sheet and onto rack to completely cool. Repeat steps with next batch. Enjoy!
Each cookie has approximately: 108 calories, 4 g fat, 2 g protein, 18 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 139 mg sodium, 24 g cholesterol
*Chocolate-Walnut Squares
- Ingredients:
- Freeze-dried coffee granules- 1 tbs
- Hot water- 1 tbs
- Unsalted butter- ½ cup (1 stick)
- Packed dark-brown sugar- 1 ¼ cup
- Dark corn syrup- ¼ cup
- Large eggs- 2
- Vanilla extract- 2 tsp
- Almond flour- 2 cups
- Baking powder- 1 tsp
- Ground cinnamon- 1 ½ tsp
- Salt- ¼ tsp
- Sour cream- ½ cup
- Mini chocolate chips- ¾ cup
- Walnuts (chopped)- 1 ½ cup
- Chocolate frosting- 1 can (1lb)
First heat oven to 350 degrees. As that is preheating coat a 15 ½ x 10 ½ x 1 inch jelly-roll pan with cooking spray. Pour the hot water into a pan or cup and let them dissolve. In a good sized bowl, at medium speed, beat together sugar and butter for 3 minutes. Add in corn syrup, beating until smooth. Next add eggs, coffee mixture, and vanilla. Using a medium-sized bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder,. Beat flour mixture with sour cream into butter mixture, at low speed. Ending up with flour mixture. Fold in walnuts and chips then spread into pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Keep in pan and let cool. Once cooled spread chocolate frosting on top. Cut into 2 in squares and enjoy!
Each square has: 196 calories, 10 g fat, 2 g protein, 26 g carbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 62 mg sodium, 20 mg cholesterol.
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I hope you enjoy these recipes is much as we do and is always if you have any questions about our weight loss program just call us at 215-821-7336 and Lisa will be happy to answer any of your questions.
Sweet Treats To Blast Away Fat and Eliminate Hunger by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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Today I am going to share with you 3 great low calorie recipes that are under 200 calories per serving. If you have never been to our weight loss center call us and schedule your free weight loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336.
The recipes are for Apple Raisin Muffins, Pumpkin Muffins and Banana Pecan Waffles.
Our son Noah will soon be home from College for the holiday break and my wife is already buying the ingredients for these recipes because they are his favorites. Your family will not believe that these recipes are for diet food so let me know how you and your family enjoyed them.
Here are the recipes:
*Apple-Raisin Muffins
- Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour- 2 cups
- Packed dark-brown sugar- ½ cup
- Baking powder- 1 tsp
- Baking soda- ½ tsp
- Ground cinnamon- ½ tsp
- Salt- ½ tsp
- Buttermilk- ¾ cup
- Unsweetened applesauce- ½ cup
- Large egg whites- 2
- Canola oil- 2 tbs
- Chopped peeled apple- 1 cup
- Dark seedless raisins- ⅓ cup
First set oven to 400 degrees. Spray 12 standard-size muffin-pan cups with cooking spray. In a large bowl mix together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Form a well in the center. In a small bowl mix together buttermilk, applesauce, egg whites and canola oil. Add buttermilk mixture into well of flour mixture. Mix until moistened (do not overmix). Fold in apple and raisins. Add even amounts to each muffin cup. Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool on rack. Enjoy!
Nutrient value per muffin: 161 calories, 3 g protein, 1 g fiber, 3 g fat, 32 g carbohydrate, 221 mg sodium, 1 mg cholesterol
*Pumpkin Lovers Muffins
- Ingredients:
- Almond flour- 2 cup
- Packed light-brown sugar- ¾ cup
- Baking powder- 1 tbs
- Ground cinnamon- 1 tsp
- Ground ginger- 1 tsp
- Salt- ¾ tsp
- Ground allspice- ¼ tsp
- Unsalted butter (cut into pieces,chilled)- 3 tbs
- Liquid egg substitute- ¼ cup
- Canned solid-pack pumpkin puree (not pie filling)- ¾ cup & 2 tbs
- Nonfat milk- ⅔ cup
- Vanilla- 1 tsp
- Chopped pecans- 2 tbs
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Use cooking spray on 12 standard-size muffin-pan cups and muffin-pan top. In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and flour. With 2 knives, if used as scissors you can cut butter until it appears as fine crumbs. Now in a small bowl, beat together egg substitute, pumpkin, milk, and vanilla until mixed. Add batter to muffin cups equally. Sprinkle pecans on top and bake for 25 minutes. Place muffins on rack to let cool slightly then enjoy!
Nutrient value per muffin: 179 calories, 4 g fat, 2 g saturated, 4 g protein, 32 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 291 mg sodium, 8 mg cholesterol
*Banana-Pecan Waffles
- Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour- 1 ¾ cup
- Sugar- 1 tbs
- Baking powder- ½ tsp
- Baking soda- ½ tsp
- Ground cinnamon- ½ tsp
- Salt- ¼ tsp
- Mashed banana (2 small)- ¾ cup
- Large egg whites- 2
- Large whole egg- 1
- Vegetable oil- 1 tbs
- Buttermilk- 1 cup
- Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
- Pecans (toasted,finely chopped)- ¼ cup
Toppings (optional): Butter, sugar free maple syrup, sliced bananas, chopped pecans.
Start by heating a nonstick standard waffle iron. Now in a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a medium-sized bowl mix together banana, egg whites, whole eggs, oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and pecans. Create well in center of flour mixture, placing banana mixture inside. Quickly stir until flour mixture is moistened. Spray waffle iron with cooking spray, then add ⅓ cup of batter. Cook as instructions tell you. Add toppings you desire and enjoy!
Nutrient value per waffle: 193 calories, 6 g fat, 6 g protein, 30 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 230 mg sodium, 28 mg cholesterol
Please come back to this blog section next week because every week we add more great recipes that are keys to losing weight and improving overall health and wellness.
*Source These recipes were taken from Eat what you love and lose by Peggy Katalinich. It’s a great cookbook and has lots of great low calorie recipes.
Low Calorie Comfort Food Recipes for The Winter To Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Hello everyone. Here are two delicious winter time recipes that are perfect for comfort foods and because they are low in calories they will help you lose weight and keep it off.
If you are new to our medical weight loss center just call us and schedule your free weight loss consultation. Call 215-821-7336 and schedule your appointment now.
Here are the 2 low calorie recipes I promised you:
Avocado Soup*
This is a phenomenal recipe it makes 6 servings and each has 64 cal, 5 g of fat, 5 g of carbohydrates in 2 g of protein.
- The ingredients are:
- 2 small peeled and seeded avocados – cut up
- 1/2 cup of seeded and peeled chopped cucumber
- 1/3 cup of chopped onions
- 1/4 cup of shredded carrots
- 14.5 ounces of reduced sodium chicken broth
- 1.5 cups of water with several dashes of hot pepper sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of paprika
- 1/3 cup of refrigerated fresh salsa
- snipped fresh cilantro
For this recipe we’re going to start by combining the avocados, onion, carrots, cucumber, garlic and the chicken broth in a blender and blend until everything is nice and smooth. Next add the water, hot pepper sauce and salt and cover this again and blended until everything is combined nicely and it’s creamy and smooth. Then all you have to do is pour the mixture into a large bowl or Tupperware container and cover and refrigerate this for several hours. I usually like making this a day of head of time so we are enjoying a nicely chilled avocado soup when we do eat it. When you are ready to serve all you have to do is spoon the soup into your soup bowls and then sprinkle each serving way after paprika, salsa and snipped cilantro.
Black Bean and Chicken Pesto Wraps*
This is a great recipe that makes approximately 4 servings each of them having approximately 300 cal, and 35 g of carbohydrate.
- The ingredients are:
- 15 ounce can of no salt added black beans – rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup of loosely packed cilantro leaves
- 1/4 cup of chopped onion
- 3 tablespoons of lime juice
- 1 teaspoon of chili powder
- two cloves of garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt
- 12 ounces of skinless boneless chicken breast sliced in half and cut into strips
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano – crushed
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt
- 2 teaspoons of olive oil
- 4 multigrain flatbread wraps
- 2 cups of fresh shredded fresh spinach
- one small red pepper – cut into bite-size strips
In a bowl let’s combine the beans, onion, cilantro, 1 tablespoon of the lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon of the chili powder, the garlic, crushed red pepper and 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Mash all of this together until it’s just about smooth. You can use anything you like to mash this I use a potato masher. Then just set this on the side. In another bowl toss the chicken breast strips with the rest of the chili powder, oregano and remaining 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Mix this nicely together so that the chicken absorbs all of the spices. Then you want to use a large skillet and cook the chicken in oil over medium – high heat for 4 – 5 minutes or for long as it takes for the chicken to be thoroughly cooked so that there is no pink remaining. After that remove from the heat and stir in the leftover 2 tablespoons of lime juice. To make the wraps all you have to do is spread the bean mixture evenly on each of the 4 wraps. Then top with the spinach, sweet pepper strips and the chicken and just roll them up and enjoy.
I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I do.
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Fat Burning Hunger Killing Sweet Snacks
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Hi everyone, today I’m going to give you one of my favorite sweet treat recipes. I am going to give you the recipe for an awesome totally delicious peanut butter cup.
The best part about this recipe is that it tastes great and is low in carbohydrates and low in sugar. So if I ever get unusually hungry and craving something sweet I just eat one or two of these and my cravings go away.
If you are new to our medical weight loss program and you would like more information on our medically supervised weight loss program just call us and schedule your free medical weight loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336 and you can schedule your weight loss evaluation for any of our office locations.
Now here is that awesome recipe I told you about:
Low Carbohydrate Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Ingredients:
coconut oil – 2 tablespoons
unsalted grassfed butter – 2 tablespoons
all natural organic (preferably sugar free) peanut butter – 4 tablespoons
cocoa powder – 3 teaspoons
stevia – 3 green packets
vanilla extract or any other sugar free flavor (I really like caramel so I use a sugar free caramel syrup quite often)- 1 teaspoon
Full fat cream cheese one and a half tablespoons
Instructions:
If you have a hand mixer or blender I suggest that you use it for this recipe. Start by adding all of the ingredients into a microwavable save container and use your hand mixer to blend everything together. After everything is mixed nicely place it in your microwave and set this for 20 seconds. Then let it cool down, mix everything again and then place it back in the microwave for approximately 10 more seconds. At this point if it is too chunky or thick stir everything again and then set it back in the microwave for approximately all 10 – 30 seconds. After that take it out of the microwave, please make sure that you do not burn yourself. And pour the mixture into a mini cupcake pan. This many cupcake pan should have a serving size of 12. After pouring the mixture evenly into the 12 sections place it in your freezer for at least one hour. This recipe will make 12 many chocolate peanut butter cups and each of them will have approximately 1.25 grams of carbohydrates, approximately 7 grams of fat and about 1 gram of protein.
I really do hope you enjoy this recipe is much as I do. It is one of my go to snacks. And I really love that it taste just like a regular peanut butter cup but it does not have all of the bad sugar and carbohydrates. This is great for me because as a diabetic I have to be really careful when it comes to the sugars and amount of carbohydrates that I eat during the day.
If you, a family member or friend need help achieving your weight loss goals or even would like some extra help improving your overall health and wellness call us for your free consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336.
On another note, I would just like to mention that the majority of our weight loss patients come from referrals from their family doctors, bariatric surgeons, even other medical weight loss doctors and weight loss programs located in Philadelphia and the Tri-County area and especially from happy patients that have successfully lost weight with our program.
We appreciate these referrals and we take it very seriously to do our best to help you lose weight and improve your health. There are a multitude of a weight loss pills, appetite suppressant medications, diet pills and even more weight loss supplements that can be recommended or prescribed. So, if you have been treating with another weight loss Dr. and they have referred you to our office it is important that you know the medications that you have been taking.
When you come into our office you will be evaluated by our medical healthcare providers and they will work with you and give you the weight loss medications that they believe will help you get the best results. In addition to that; we will also review a sensible healthy meal plan to facilitate your weight loss. Taking the appetite suppressant medications should help decrease your hunger and your cravings but you still need to make the right food choices. And that is why we spend so much time with you reviewing the eating plan that we believe will work best for you.
Here is a list of medications that are used in the treatments of helping people lose weight and treating obesity:
Phentermine
Adipex
Bontril
Phendimetrazine
Belviq
Qsymia
Topamax
Topiramate
Contrave
Saxenda
Xenical
Tanzeum
Suprenza
Orlistat
Lorcaserin
Didrex
Benzphetamine
Diethylpropion
Bupropion hydrochloride – naltrexone hydrochloride
Liraglutide