I Can’t Believe It’s Not Real Mac & Cheese – Low Carbohydrate Weight Loss Recipe
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Hi everyone Dr. Kenny here and we just made this recipe for lunch and it was so delicious I had to stop everything that I was doing and put this recipe up for you.
It’s a low-carb version of macaroni and cheese.
This is a recipe that I really love because it gives you the great taste of cheese and the texture of macaroni.
But the best thing that I love about this recipe is that it does not give you all of the carbohydrates and all of the sugar and it does not spike my blood sugar like normal mac & cheese does. So give this recipe a try and let me know what you think of it the next time I see you in the office.
And if you are not one of our weight loss patients and you would like to come in for a free weight loss consultation just call us at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free consultation now.
So here is the recipe and I call it:
*I Can’t Believe It’s Not Real Mac & Cheese – Low Carbohydrate Recipe*
The ingredients are:
- ¼ cup of unsalted butter
- 4 cups of thinly sliced cabbage or two 7 ounce packages of miracle noodles. Just make sure that you cook the noodles and drain them.
- Cream cheese – 3 tablespoons
- ¼ cup of vegetable broth
- shredded sharp cheddar cheese – 4 ounces
- grated Parmesan cheese – ¼ cup
- Sea salt – to taste
- black pepper – to taste
We begin by putting the butter and the sliced cabbage into a saucepan and set this over medium heat until the cabbage becomes tender, this usually takes about 13 – 15 minutes. Make sure that you are stirring this so it does not burn. Then just removed from the heat and set this on the side. If you are using miracle noodles instead of the sliced cabbage just place them in a sauté pan with butter to warm them up for a minute or so, and then put them on the side.
Now to prepare our cheese sauce just put the butter in a nice sized saucepan and heat over medium heat until the butter is melted. Next stir in the broth and the cream cheese and continue to stir this until it becomes thickened. This normally takes about two minutes. Then reduce to low heat then add the cheddar cheese and the Parmesan cheese. Continue stirring this while you are cooking it until the cheese is melted then add the salt and the pepper to taste. Then just remove this cheese sauce from the heat and pour over your cabbage and mix everything nicely to combine it. If you like, you can top this with salsa to give it a little bit of kick.
This recipe makes 6 servings each of them has 240 calories, 23 g of fat, 7 g of protein and 1.5 g of carbohydrates and 0 g of fiber.
I hope you really enjoy this recipe and if you do please share it with your family and friends. Especially if they have to keep track of their blood sugar levels during the day like I do.
*Recipes are from the ketogenic cook book by jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich. It should be part of your cooking library.
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Hello everyone Dr. Kenny here; as weight loss Doctors in Philadelphia our main goals are to help you lose weight safely and to improve your health. This is why in addition to giving you the best weight loss pills, diet pills and appetite suppressant medications, we give you a sensible eating plan to help you lose weight.
A nice side effect of people losing weight is that lots of other health issues like high blood pressure, diabetes and thyroid problems seem to improve. This is why we spend so much time with you reviewing what you should be eating and explaining why. The reasons why people lose weight with our medical weight loss programs is because of the high quality appetite suppressant medications we use and because of the education we give our patients. Our patients know what, why and when they should be eating and this is the key to their success.
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Mia, who is one of our superstar weight loss patients asked me if we had some really good recipes for a butter cream and recipe for a quick breakfast for those mornings when there is never enough time to prepare a breakfast.
So here are 2 recipes. One is for a pralines and vanilla butter cream and the other is a nice chia seed pudding that can be eaten for breakfast or any other time of the day.
This is one of my most favorite low carb recipes. It is a low-carb version of a pralines and vanilla buttercream. This recipe makes about 4 servings and each of them has approximately 2 g of carbohydrates per serving.
- Pralines and Vanilla Buttercream
- Ingredients:
- 1/2 pound of unsalted butter
- vanilla extract – 2 teaspoons
- soy sauce – 1 – 2 teaspoons
- to make this recipe a little bit more sweet you can add 1 – 2 teaspoons of a sugar substitute such as Stevia or swerve and even erythritol.
Directions:
First we are going to take 2 ounces of the butter and heat it in a small saucepan until it foams up a bit and you will see golden brown speckles. Just make sure they you do not burn the butter. Just before you start to see the golden brown speckles add your soy sauce and mix everything well. The addition of the soy sauce to the recipe gives it a very unique delicious flavor. Plus it also adds to the beautiful coloring of our cream.
The next step is to pour the butter and soy sauce combination into a pans and blend in the rest of the butter a little at a time, and add your sweetener to this as well and continue to blend – mix until all of the butter is blended and has nice fluffy peaks. You can either do this by hand or if you have a blender it makes the process much more easy. When this is finished just add the vanilla extract and once again stir everything together.
This recipe is so tasty that sometimes I will have just this by itself as a dessert or as a snack. What you can also add it over top of pancakes, waffles and almost anything that you could think of. You can also add ginger, cinnamon, cocoa and even some fruit to this and enjoy it as a snack.
If you are one of our weight loss patients you know that most mornings my breakfast is a nice cup of coffee with some half-and-half or heavy cream and a packet Stevia with an added teaspoon of coconut butter. But there are some mornings that I just need to eat something a little bit more than a cup of coffee. Personally I really like to have a low-carb type of pudding for a quick and easy breakfast. So one or two nights a week we will make this pudding and then just let it sit in the refrigerator overnight for whenever I am really hungry in the morning.
This is really one of the easiest recipes that we make, And it only takes about 5 minutes to prepare. Now remember you should let this refrigerate for 4 hours or more; that’s why we like to make it at night.
So here is the recipe for my Chia pudding:
This recipe makes one serving and it has approximately 5 g of carbohydrates.
- Ingredients:
- three-quarter cup of unsweetened coconut milk
- Chia seeds – 2 tablespoons
- vanilla extract – 1/2 teaspoon
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together in a saucepan and stir it well. When it’s totally mixed just pour in into a jar and let it sit in your refrigerator preferably overnight. Just make sure that you refrigerate this for at least four hours otherwise it will be to liquid for you to enjoy. The next morning just open up the refrigerator and you can spoon the pudding into a bowl. I will usually add a little bit more of the coconut milk and just eat it that way or sometimes I will just add a little bit of fruit. Also I do enjoy adding a bit of unsweetened cocoa powder, ginger or cinnamon to this in the morning.
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Philadelphia Diet Doctor’s Recipes To Fill You Up and Slim You Down
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We all know that our weight loss pills, appetite suppressant medications and Vitamin B12 injections help reduce your appetite and cravings and that when combined with our sensible eating plans our patients have loss as much as 2-5 pounds a week.
If you would like more information on our medical weight loss program just call us and we will answer all your questions and then you can schedule your free weight loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336
Here are 2 more great recipes under 200 calories to help you lose weight.
Low-Carb Pancakes and Syrup*
This is another one of my favorite recipes. It takes about 10 minutes to prepare everything and then of course you have to add the cooking time for cooking each of the pancakes. This recipe makes 12 pancakes and one serving size is considered three pancakes. Try to make the pancakes the size of about 5 inches.
- Ingredients:
- 3 large eggs – separate the yellow from the white
- protein powder – 2 tablespoons of either egg white protein or any other type of protein powder that you like. Just make sure that it does not contain a lot of sugar and carbohydrates. That’s why I prefer egg white protein because it’s very low in carbs and in sugar.
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract – you could really use any flavor that you prefer
- Stevia or swerve – 1 teaspoon
- Coconut oil or organic respite voter – we use this to coat our pan
- 1/2 cup of our delicious brown butter syrup – for pouring over top of our pancakes
We begin by whipping the egg whites in a bowl for several minutes until they become very stiff. After that blend in the yolks, vanilla extract, Stevia and your protein powder.
Heat the coconut oil or the unsalted butter over top a medium – high heat then when it’s hot take 1/4 cup of the batter and pour it into your pan. (When my wife does this the pancakes always seem to be in perfect shape but for some reason when I do it I need to use a utensil to make it into an almost perfect circle.)
Then just fry the pancake until it’s a golden brown on both sides. This usually takes about 2 minutes per side. After that remove the pancake from the heat and set it aside on a plate and cover it to keep it nice and warm. Then just repeat this process until there is no more batter left. I usually need to add a bit more butter or coconut oil between cooking each pancake.
When you have cooked all of the batter just place the pancakes on individual serving plates and pour the syrup over top. Remember a serving size is three pancakes and each serving has approximately 175 cal, 13 g of fat, 8 g of protein, 0.6 g of carbohydrates in 0 g of fiber.
Brown Butter Syrup*
This is the recipe for the syrup to pour over top of your pancakes or anything else that you would like to use syrup with. It only takes about one minute to mix everything together and then it takes about another five minutes for it to cook. This recipe makes one and a half cups of syrup and usually 2 tablespoons are considered a serving size. Each serving has approximately 75 cal, 8.4 g of fat, 0.2 g of protein 0.2 g of carbohydrates in 0 g of fiber.
- Ingredients:
- unsalted butter – 1 stick
- 1/2 cup of swerve – you can use any others sugar substitute for this recipe, but I prefer to use swerve. It tastes just like real sugar and it doesn’t have that aftertaste that most other products have. Also, if you consume a large quantity of some of the other sugar substitutes like xylitol you may experience some stomach upset (and possibly diarrhea).
- Cream cheese – 1 ounce
- unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk – 1/2 cup
- 1 teaspoon of maple extract
- 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
First we take a large saucepan and heat the butter over high heat, stirring it every few seconds. The butter will start to foam up towards the top of the pan and it will then fall back down. You will start to see quite a few brown flecks and that is when you should remove it from the heat.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the swerve until it’s nice and smooth. At this point you can mix in the cream cheese and stir until it’s smooth and then stir in the almond milk, maple extract and the salt.
Now set the pan aside and let it cool down a bit and then pour the mixture into a glass jar. It can stay fresh in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Now, because of the ingredients, it will become thick while it is in the refrigerator. So when you are ready to use it you can just reheat it in a microwave or by placing it in a pan and heating it over a flame on your stove-top.
I hope you enjoy these recipes and if you need help losing weight call us and schedule your free medical weight loss consultation. Call 215-821-7336 and schedule your consultation now.
*Recipes are from the ketogenic cook book by jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich. It should be part of your cooking library.
5 Recipes Under 200 Calories to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
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Our weight loss pills and appetite suppressant medications (Phentermine, Adipex, Bontril, etc…) do an excellent job of helping to control your hunger but you still need to eat.
So here our 5 more great dessert recipes that are each under 200 calories per serving to help you enjoy the sweetness of life.
*Ginger Cupcakes
- Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour- 1 ½ cups
- Granulated Sugar- ⅓ cup
- Packed light-brown sugar- ⅓ cup
- Candied ginger (finely chopped)- 3 tbs
- Ground cinnamon- 1 ½ tsp
- Baking powder- 1 ¼ tsp
- Ground cloves- ½ tsp
- Salt- ½ tsp
- Light molasses- ¼ cup
- Bottled prune puree- ¼ cup
- Low-fat milk- ¼ cup
- Olive oil- 3 tbs
- Large egg whites- 2
- Large whole egg- 1
Start by heating the oven to 350 degrees. Place 12, 1 ½ in cupcake liners inside a muffin-pan. In a medium-sized bowl mix together flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, cloves and salt. In a large bowl mix together molasses, prune puree, milk, olive oil, egg whites, and whole egg. Fold in flour mixture until moistened and spoon evenly into muffin-pan cups. Now bake for 20-25 minutes, until toothpick comes out the center clean. Remove cupcakes from pan onto racks and let cool. Enjoy!
Nutrient value per cupcake: 178 calories, 4 g fat, 3 g protein, 33 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 173 mg sodium, 18 mg cholesterol
*Tiramisu
- Ingredients:
- Fat-free cream cheese- 6 oz
- Confectioners’ sugar- ¼ cup
- Unsweetened cocoa powder- 2 tbs
- Low-fat milk- 2 tbs
- Ground cinnamon- ½ tsp
- Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
- Frozen non dairy nonfat whipped topping (thawed)- ½ cup
- Ladyfingers- 8 (split into 16 halves)
- Strong black coffee- ½ cup
- Semisweet chocolate (grated)- 1 square
To make this dessert you’ll want to use a medium-sized bowl. Beat together cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, cocoa powder, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla until it becomes smooth. Then add ¼ cup of whipped topping. At bottom of dessert glass place 2 ladyfingers. Brush 1 tbs of strong black coffee along, spread 2 tbs cream cheese mixture, top with 2 more ladyfingers, coffee, and cheese mixture. Add 1 tbs of whipped topping. Now repeat steps with remaining ingredients to make 3 more desserts. Sprinkle chocolate over finish product then refrigerate for 1 hour. Enjoy!
Nutrient value per serving: 181 calories, 4 g fat, 9 g protein, 27 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 263 mg sodium, 56 mg cholesterol
*Brownies
- Ingredients:
- Unsweetened chocolate (cut into 1 in pieces)- 3 oz
- Bottled prune puree- ½ cup
- Large egg whites- 3
- Sugar- 1 ¾ cups
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Low-fat milk- ¼ cup
- Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
- Cake flour (not self-rising, sifted)- 1 cup
- Unsweetened cocoa powder- 3 tbs
Begin by preheating the oven to 375 degrees. Spray cooking spray inside a 9 x 9 x 2 in baking pan. Melt chocolate then scrape it into a medium-sized bowl. Add prune puree, egg whites, sugar, salt, milk, and vanilla into chocolate. Beat until mixed. Stir in cocoa powder and flour. Spread in pan evenly and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until top is spongy feeling. Keep inside pan and let cool. Cut into 16 squares and enjoy!
Nutrient value per brownie: 150 calories, 3 g fat, 2 g protein, 31 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 159 mg sodium
*Berry Blondies
- Ingredients:
- Premium white baking chocolate (chopped)- 6 oz
- Unsalted butter (cut into pieces)- 5 tbs
- Large eggs- 2
- Sugar- ⅔ cup
- Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
- All-purpose flour- 1 ⅓ cup
- Baking powder- 1 tsp
- Salt- ½ tsp
- Fresh raspberries- 1 cup
- Fresh blueberries- 1 cup
Start by heating the oven to 325 degrees. Place foil inside a 9 x 9 x 2 in baking pan. Spray with cooking spray. Melt together white chocolate and butter together in a metal bowl over slightly simmering water. Stir until smooth then let cool. Beat together eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl for 3 minutes on medium speed. Change the speed to low and beat chocolate into mixture until it’s all combined. Sift baking powder, flour, and salt in a bowl. Then beat into chocolate mixture. Spread evenly throughout pan. Add berries on top and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until top is slightly browned. Keep in pan and let cool. Enjoy!
Nutrient value per blondie: 181 calories, 8 g fat, 3 g protein, 25 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 124 mg sodium, 39 mg cholesterol
*Irish Pots de Creme
- Ingredients:
- Large egg yolks- 6
- Sugar- ¼ cup
- Milk- 1 ¾ cups
- Irish cream liqueur- ¼ cup
- Vanilla extract- ½ tsp
- Ground nutmeg- ⅛ tsp
Begin by heating the oven to 325 degrees. In a medium-sized bowl whisk egg yolks and sugar until well blended. In a small sauce pan heat milk until simmers, then remove from heat. Mix a small amount of hot milk into the yolk mixture. Continue to whisk yolk mixture into hot milk sauce pan. Now stir in vanilla and liqueur. Use a fine-mesh sieve while pouring milk mixture into a 4-cup glass measure to keep out any cooked egg. Divide milk mixture evenly into 4 oz custard cups. Sprinkle nutmeg on top then place on 9 x 9 x 2 in baking dish inside oven on middle rack. Make sure to put hot water into baking dish, fill until it’s halfway up the sides of cups. Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from baking dish. Place in refrigerator for 3 hours or overnight. Enjoy!
Nutrient value per serving: 170 calories, 9 g fat, 5 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate, 52 mg sodium, 224 mg cholesterol
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*These recipes were taken from Eat what you love and lose by Peggy Katalinich. It is a really great cook book and I really enjoy the recipes. It’s a great addition to your cook book library.
Low Carb Taco Recipe by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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This is a fantastic recipe for one of my most favorite comfort food dishes.
Especially now that it’s going to be cold outside there is nothing like a hot taco salad to satisfy the hungriest of appetites and make you feel good all at the same time.
Taco Salad*
This recipe makes approximately 6 servings each of them has about 360 cal, 29.5 g of protein, 9.6 g of fat and 2.3 g of fiber.
- The ingredients are:
- Ground beef – three-quarter pound
- Diced yellow onion – 2 tablespoons
- Chopped green and red bell peppers – 1 cup
- Taco seasoning – 1 tablespoon (see the recipe below or use a premade seasoning)
- Chopped fresh cilantro – 1/4 cup
- Chopped red leaf lettuce – 4 cups
- Diced yellow tomatoes – 2 cups
- Shredded sharp cheddar cheese – 1 cup
- Chopped green onions – 1/4 cup
- Sliced black olives – 1/4 cup
- Sour cream – 6 tablespoons
In a very large skillet cook the beef, yellow onion and bell pepper with the taco seasoning over medium heat until the beef is browned nicely, make sure that you are starting the meat so that it starts to crumble. Then add the cilantro and salsa and lower the heat to a low simmer to keep it warm. Until you are ready to serve it. Divide this mixture evenly amongst six serving plates and sprinkle over top the diced tomatoes, cheese, black olives and green onions. You can even top this with the sour cream if you like.
Taco Seasoning Recipe*
This is a quick and easy recipe that you could sprinkle over top almost anything.
- Ingredients:
- chili powder – 2 tablespoons
- ground cumin – 1 tablespoon
- Sea salt – 2 teaspoons
- fresh ground black pepper – 2 teaspoons
- paprika – 1 teaspoon
- ground coriander – 1 teaspoon
- garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- onion powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- red pepper flakes – 1/2 teaspoon
- ground dried oregano – 1/2 teaspoon
- optional – 2 teaspoons of sugar substitute
Now all that you have to do is combine the ingredients in a large all until everything is mixed together nicely. You can stir this in an airtight container. Make sure that you keep it stored away from the heat and the light. And usually this will stay fresh for approximately 2 months.
If you need help with your weight loss or just have questions on how to improve your overall health and wellness call us and schedule your free weight loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336
*Source: the ketogenic cook book by Jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich. Give it a look for some great recipes.
2 Super Easy Fat Burning Recipes by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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If you are one of our medical weight loss patients you know that our program is all about teaching you and helping you lose weight with a “real world” friendly weight loss program. This means that along with our medical weight loss pills and appetite suppressant medications we are going to teach you how to eat a sensible meal plan that you can follow in your real world crazy schedule.
Basically, It doesn’t matter how much time you have available, to prepare food. We are going to develop a program specifically for you. To help you reach your goals. So with that being said here are two fabulous recipes that are both low in calories and low in carbohydrate content. And each of them only takes a few minutes of prep time. One recipe is going to be for a healthy smoothie, and for this recipe all that you have to do is throw everything into a blender and then drink it. The other recipe is going to be for a delicious fudge.
- Mint Fudge Recipe*
Ingredients:
Heavy cream – 2 cups
Powdered sugar substitute – three-quarter cup
Stevia glyceride – 1 teaspoon
Peppermint Flavor – 1 teaspoon
Unsweetened baking chocolate – 6 ounces chopped
Sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon
This is a super simple and easy recipe and it does not take a lot of time. First we should take and 8 inch square baking dish and line with parchment paper. Make sure that you grease the parchment paper so that it comes off easily. After that place a small saucepan over medium heat and stir together the peppermint flavor, Stevia, heavy cream and powdered sugar substitute. You should bring this to a very late summer and then remove it from the heat and stir in the chocolate and the salt.
Continue stirring until the chocolate is thoroughly melted. Next pour the chocolate batter into your baking pan and spread this across the pan using a spoon. Now, all you have to do is cover and let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours. I prefer to have mine stay in the refrigerator overnight. And the next morning just cut it into 18 squares. This recipe makes 18 pieces and each individual peas has 97 cal, 8 g of fat, 2 g of protein, 4 g of carbohydrates and 3 g of fiber.
- The I Can’t Believe It’s an Avocado Smoothie Recipe*
You definitely must try this smoothie recipe. It’s so good you won’t believe it’s an avocado smoothie. The cream cheese, powder sweetener and vanilla extract definitely turn this into a nice tasty treat.
- Ingredients:
Unsweetened vanilla almond milk – 1 cup
Ice – 1 cup
chopped avocado – 1/2 cup
Cream cheese – 2 ounces
2 tablespoons of sugar substitute such as Stevia
Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or any other flavor of your liking
salt – 1/4 teaspoons
This is a ridiculously simple easy recipe all that you have to do is combine all the ingredients into a blender and blend until everything is creamy smooth. This recipe makes 2 servings and each of them has approximately 200 cal, 18 g of fat, 6 g of protein, 5 g of carbohydrates and 3 g of fiber.
So there you have it to delicious recipes to help you lose weight even improve your health. I hope you enjoy them.
If you would like to come into our medical weight loss office for a complimentary consultation to see if we can help you achieve your weight loss goals just call us at 215-821-7336 and schedule your complementary medical weight loss consultation.
*Source: the ketogenic cook book by jimmy Moore and maria Emmerich. Check it out for some great recipes.
Philadelphia Diet Doctor Makes Italian Panna Cotta – Vanilla – Espresso – Sweetened Cream Low Carb and Diet Friendl
This is an unbelievably delicious recipe that is low in calories and low in carbs. Panna cotta is an Italian dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and flavored with Kahlúa extract or rum extract, coffee, vanilla and many other flavorings. This is my Grand-Mom Verdi’s recipe from the old country that has been made low carb and weight loss friendly. So enjoy this amazing recipe.
It looks like it takes so much time to make but it really does not take that much time at all. This recipe is going to make six servings and each of them has approximately 100 cal, 10.2 g of fat, 2.5 g of protein 0.5 g of carbohydrates in 0 g of fiber. Just be aware that this recipe does call for 1 teaspoon of Kahlúa extract or rum extract.
- Ingredients:
- grass fed powder gelatin – 1 tablespoon
- brewed decaffeinated espresso – 1/2 cup, cooled
- heavy cream – 2 cups
- mascarpone cheese – 4 ounces
- one vanilla bean strip
- vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
- Kahlúa or rum extract – 1 teaspoon
- Sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- unsweetened cocoa powder for a garnish over top
- Begin by mixing in a saucepan the cooled espresso coffee in the gelatin. Allow a time to mix together and soften. This should normally take about one minute. Next heat the gelatin and espresso mixture over top low heat until the gelatin has totally dissolved. Then add the heavy cream, mascarpone cheese and the vanilla bean seeds to the saucepan. Heat this over medium heat for approximately one minute. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in your rum extract or Kahlúa extract and the salt. Next take six glasses or ramekins and divide the mixture between them. Let this cool to room temperature and then cover them and let them chill for at least four hours. I prefer to let this chill overnight. When you are ready to serve just sprinkle over top the unsweetened cocoa powder or you could even use sugar-free chocolate syrup if you prefer.
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*This recipe is from the ketogenic cook book by jimmy Moore and maria Emmerich. It has become one of my favorite recipes since being diagnosed with diabetes and these recipes have been great in satisfying my desire to eat delicious food that are low in the glycemic index. It should be part of your kitchen library.
You Can Eat Dessert and Still Lose Weight by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
In our Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Center we know that starvation diets and totally cutting out certain food groups are not the healthy ways to losing weight and keeping it off. That’s why we use a sensible eating plan in our weight loss program. Along with our diet weight loss pills and appetite suppressant medications we teach you how to make the right food choices. And if you want to enjoy a piece Berry Shortcake or even a piece of cheesecake you can.
Here are 2 great recipes that you can eat while on our weight management program. I hope you like them as much as I do.
*Berry Shortcake
- Ingredients:
- Reduced-fat biscuit and all-purpose baking mix- 2 cups
- Sugar- ¼ cup
- Grated orange rind- 1 tbs
- Low-fat milk- ⅔ cup
- Orange extract- 2 tsp
- Assorted berries (raspberries, blueberries, sliced strawberries)- 3 cups
- All-fruit strawberry spread- 2 tbs
- Frozen fat-free nondairy whipped topping (thawed)- 1 ½ cups
- Fresh mint sprigs (garnish)
Begin this dessert by heating the oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl mix together baking soda, sugar, and orange rind. Then stir in milk and 1 tsp of orange extract until a soft dough forms. Get your hands lightly floured and flatten mixture into a non greased 9 in round cake pan. Bake for 15 minutes, Remove cake and let cool. As the cake cools, use a large bowl to mix berries, fruit spread, and remaining orange extract. (Keep some berries aside for garnish). Let stand for 15 minutes. Cut shortcake horizontally in half, placing bottom half cut side up on a plate. Add 1 cup of whipped topping to cake, along with berries. Now place top cake half with cut side down on top of berries. Add ½ cup whipped topping to center of shortcake. Finally, garnish with remaining berries and mint sprigs. Enjoy!
*Fruit Crepes
- Ingredients:
- Sugar-free, fat-free instant vanilla pudding- 1 package (1 oz)
- Nonfat milk- 2 cups
- Light pancake syrup- 4 tbs
- Sliced strawberries- 1 ½ cups
- Blueberries- 1 cup
- Raspberries- 1 cup
- Ready-to-use refrigerated crepes- 4
- All-fruit apricot spread- ½ cup
- Confectioners’ sugar (for serving)- 1 tsp
Start with using a small bowl to mix together vanilla pudding, milk and 2 tbs of light pancake syrup. Let refrigerate for 15 minutes, or until thickened. Now using a large bowl mix strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and remaining 2 tbs of light pancake syrup. Place your crepes on four different plates, adding ¼ of pudding mixture into the center of each crepe. Now top each crepe with ¼ of berry mixture and roll up. Top with 2 tbs of all-fruit apricot spread and little sprinkles of confectioners’ sugar. Enjoy!
So there you have 2 great recipes to enjoy while still losing weight.Enjoy these recipes and if you would like to set up your free medical weight loss consultation call us at 215-821-7336.
*These recipes were taken from Eat what you love and lose by Peggy Katalinich. It is a really great cook book and I really enjoy the recipes. It’s a great addition to your cook book library.
Back to School Weight Loss Recipes by Medical Weight Loss Philadlephia
Well, it’s almost the end of August and most of us are running around crazy. Some of us are trying to squeeze in a few more vacation days. While others are getting their children ready to head back to school. It doesn’t matter if it’s pre-school, elementary school, high school or even college.
They all take weeks of preparation. And even though my wife made 20 different check lists, for our son Noah heading back to Penn State, somehow, she forgot to pack a remote controller for his Xbox, one of his favorite jackets (that was in the trunk of his best friend’s car) and a speaker for his iPhone (that was under his bed). Every other day, Noah sends a text message, “Mom can you please send me my earbuds? Thank you! Love you! You are the BEST!” … And Yes my wife is a Saint.
I am happy to say that my wife is not alone. Because so many of our weight loss patients have told me this week, that life has been so crazy for them. So much so, that they have not been able to follow their weight loss plan totally 100% but they still lost weight or maintained their weight loss. So they were very happy about that.
Renee told me this morning that she has been so busy taking care of everyone else in her family that she hasn’t had any time for herself. But she remembered me saying that little changes add up to big results and that if she isn’t perfect on the program to do the best she could and when things are less hectic to get back to 100%.
Personally, I try to keep to the weight loss program 5-6 days a week and 1 or 2 days a week I may be a bit more relaxed on my diet. I usually cheat a bit on the weekend and on Monday morning I am back 100% on the weight loss plan.
As you may know, I love my starchy carbohydrates and sugary treats and they love me back even more because they like to stay with me as belly fat. But you still can have sugar desserts on our weight loss plan especially if you follow our low sugar and low carb recipes for these Sweet desserts.
So here is a totally delicious low carb treat recipe for everyone that has been so busy taking care of everybody except themselves.
Cinnamon Toast Custard
- The ingredients are:
- full fat coconut milk – 2 cans
- powdered gelatin – 1 tablespoon
- Stevia – 1 teaspoon
- ground cinnamon – 1 teaspoon
- egg yolks – 3 large
- the beans from a long organic vanilla bean
- maple extract – 1 teaspoon
- 1 teaspoon butter
- Sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- bacon- cooked and cut into half-inch pieces
Start by pouring 1/4 cup of your coconut milk into a bowl and then take your gelatin and sprinkle over top of the coconut milk and just let this set for a while so you can prepare the rest of the ingredients. Next in a saucepan whisk the leftover 1.75 cups of coconut milk with your butter, egg yolks, cinnamon and stevia. When everything is mixed nicely place this over medium – low heat for approximately five minutes. Just make sure that it does not overcook because you do not want to scramble the egg yolks.
When everything is nice and warm remove it from the heat and whisk in the gelatin mixture and then mixing your maple extract, salt and vanilla beans. when this is done just pour the custard into 4 serving cups or bowls and place them in the refrigerator for at least one hour. Just make sure that the custard is set firmly.
When you are ready to eat this you can top it with your bacon. Personally I like this when it’s a little bit warmer in temperature especially first thing in the morning. But when I am really hungry I will just take it right out of the refrigerator, sprinkle some extra cinnamon and even ginger over top and eat it cold.
When we have company over for night, when everyone is eating ice cream this is what I am usually eating. I do have this sometimes during the day and even at night when I am hungry and need a little something to satisfy my sweet tooth. And it also satisfies my hunger because it’s loaded with good healthy fats that help decrease blood sugar levels and decrease my appetite. One serving has approximately 332 cal, 31 grams of fat, 6.9 grams of protein, 5 grams of carbohydrates and 0 grams of fiber.
I really hope you enjoy this recipe. It’s another one of my favorites.
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Feed Your Cravings and Still Lose Weight – Medical Weight Loss in Philadelphia
Yes you can feed your cravings and still lose weight on our medical weight loss program.
Our program is successful because we take your individual needs into consideration and develop a weight loss program that is a real world friendly just for you. We do this with the foods that you like to help design your diet plan and we also look at your time schedule. The weight loss pills do an excellent job of helping to boost your metabolism and decrease your appetite and enabling you to finally be able to follow a realistic meal plan that you will design for you.
And we have secret recipes for most of the foods that you will probably crave that will turn them into fat burning foods instead of foods that are going to make you fat.
And let’s not forget that your time also has to be taken in to consideration, as far as your being able to exercise and the type of fat burning exercise programs you are going to be able to do. Your exercise program is designed around you and if you can only exercise for 15 minutes three days a week we will develop that type of exercise plan so that you can spend that time doing the most effective exercises to burn body fat and help lose pounds and inches.
Now for our secret recipes… one of my biggest cravings is bread.
So here are 2 really good recipes, one is for a low-carb bread, and two slices has a total of only .4 g of carbohydrates and another recipe for an almost 0 carb recipe for Pitas.
Low-Carb Bread
This is a really fantastic recipe especially if you are on a low carbohydrate type of diet and miss enjoying a nice slice of bread during the course of your day. This is one of my favorite recipes because it has almost no carbohydrates in it at all. This recipe will make a loaf of bread that is made in a 9 x 5″ loaf pan. You should be able to slice the loaf of bread into 14 slices. And one serving size is equal to two slices. Each serving has 70 cal, 4.3 g of fat, .4 g of carbohydrates, 7.5 g of protein and 0 g of fiber.
The ingredients are:
- 6 large eggs – please separate the white from the yellow
- egg white protein powder – about 1/4 cup or you could also use unflavored whey protein powder approximately 1/2 cup
- you can also add any types of seasoning white pepper, onion powder, garlic powder – anything that you like
Of course you should preheat your oven to 325°F and then grease a 9 x 5″ loaf pan. After that you should whip your egg white’s for several minutes. You want to make sure that you whip them extremely well, because this is a secret to making this bread turn out so perfectly. Then mix in the protein powder and any seasoning that you like. When that is mixed nicely just add your egg yolks and mix everything nicely together and continue to whip to keep the egg whites nice and high and it will become dough like in texture. Then just place the dough in the pan and bake for approximately 45 minutes, just until it gets nice and brown. Then remove form the oven and let it cool before you slice it. Again you want to slice it so that you will have 14 slices.
Low-Carb Pitas
This is another great recipe and this one only has .6 g of carbohydrates per serving, 64 cal, 4.5 fat grams, 5.2 protein grams and .5 fiber grams. This recipe should make 6 servings.
Ingredients:
- large eggs – 3, just make sure to separate the white from the yellow
- cream of tartar – 1/2 teaspoon
- unflavored egg white protein – 1/4 cup or 1/4 cup of unflavored way protein
- Coconut oil – 1 tablespoon, I use this to grease the pan
- any types of spice, if you are going to be eating this with on this you can always add a bit of curry powder or something like that
In this recipe you also want to put the egg whites quite a bit for several minutes and then blend in the yolks, protein powder, cream of tartar and any seasonings that you may be adding to the recipe. Then take your pan and heat the coconut oil over a medium – high heat and when it gets nice and hot spring out a 3 inch circle of dough in the pan. Let this fry for approximately 4 – 5 minutes, again until it’s nice and golden brown and then flip and fry the other side for another – 4 – 5 minutes. Of course depending on the intensity of your flame it could be plus or -1 – 2 minutes. When it’s done remove from the heat and repeat this until everything is cooked.
I hope you enjoy these recipes. If you need help with losing weight call us for your free weight loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336. And ask for your free consult with Dr. Kenny. When you call please tell the receptionist that it’s for your free weight loss consultation.
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