Secrets for a Sleek Physique by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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.
To see if you are a candidate for our Philadelphia or Bucks County medical weight loss program call us and schedule your free medical weight loss consultation at 215-821-7336.
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.
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Philadelphia Diet Doctor’s Recipes To Fill You Up and Slim You Down
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
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
If you need help losing weight call us now to schedule your free medical weight loss consultation. Call 215-821-7336
- Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
- 7439 Frankford Ave
- Philadelphia, PA 19136
- (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.
Low Carb Taco Recipe by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
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.
How To Eat Your Cake and Lose Weight Too by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
In our medical weight loss program our philosophy is that eating a little bit of everything in moderation is the key to successfully losing weight and keeping it off.
When people try to stop eating a certain type of food, often times they will lose weight quickly but when they start eating that particular food again they gain all of the weight back. That’s why in our weight loss program we allow you to eat almost every type of food group and we teach you what the best choices are from each food group.
The appetite suppressant medications do a wonderful job of decreasing your appetite but you still have to eat and make the proper food choices. That is why we spend so much time reviewing good healthy nutrition with you and it’s also the reason why we are constantly updating this website with great recipes for all different types of food.
And today, I’m going to give you a great tasting low carbohydrate recipe for cinnamon swirl cheesecake. This recipe will give you a cake that you can cut into 12 servings. Each serving will have 12 g of protein, 6 g of carbohydrates, 250 cal and 1.2 g of fiber.
*Cheese Cake Recipe
Please use a 8 inch spring form pan for this recipe.
- Ingredients:
For the crust:
Unsalted butter – 3 1/2 tablespoons
Chopped unsweetened baking chocolate – 1 1/2 ounces
Powdered erythritol – 1/3 cup
Stevia – 1 teaspoon
1 large egg – beaten
Ground cinnamon – 2 teaspoons
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon - For the filling:
Softened cream cheese – 32 ounces
Stevia – 1 teaspoon
unsweetened almond milk – 1/2 cup
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon of almond extract
1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
3 large eggs - For the cinnamon swirl:
Unsalted butter – 6 tablespoons
Powdered erythritol – 1/2 cup
1/2 teaspoon of Stevia
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Ground cinnamon – 1 tablespoon
Sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon
First preheat the oven to 325°F and spray and 8 inch spring form pan with nonstick cooking spray and line it with baking parchment paper.
To make the crust first brown the butter by putting it in a saucepan and heat over medium – high heat, stirring frequently. When the butter finally starts to phone and has brown flex remove it from the heat and let it cool down for approximately 11 minutes. After it has cooled add the chocolate to the butter, stirring it continuously.
Once the chocolate is melted stir in the erythritol and Stevia. When everything is mixed nicely let it cool in the refrigerator. Once this has cooled down in the refrigerator you can add the egg, salt, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Mix everything together nicely and then pour this mixture onto the parchment paper that is lining the bottom of your springform pan. Then spread this evenly over the entire bottom.
To make the filling and able mixed together the cream cheese, Stevia, almond milk, erythritol, vanilla extract, almond extract and the salt until everything is mixed together nicely. You can use a hand-held mixer or a stand mixer for this process. Next add the eggs one by one while you are mixing the batter on low speed. When you have added and blended in all three of the eggs pour half of this mixture into your springform pan. You are pouring this over top of the crust.
To make the cinnamon swirl heat the butter in a saucepan and start continuously until the butter starts to phone and those beautiful brown flex appeared. Then stir in the vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, Stevia and erythritol. When everything is combined nicely with remove it from the heat and let it cool down a bit.
Next spoon half of the cinnamon swirl on top of the cheesecake mixture that is already in the spring form pan. Now take a nice and twirl in this cinnamon swirl through the cheesecake batter to give it that marble look. Make sure that you go deep into the cheesecake batter because you want the cinnamon swirl to spread all the way to the bottom of the cake.
Then over that pour in the rest of your cheesecake mixture and cover with the cinnamon swirl topping once again and then mix in with a knife for that marble effect.
Now you have to set up a water bath. Wrapped heavy-duty aluminum foil call you around the bottom and along the sides of the springform pan. We do this to prevent the water from leaking into our cake. Then place the cheesecake in any type of baking pan with sides and place the pans into your oven. Then pour hot water into your roasting pan until it comes halfway up the sides of your springform pan.
Let this speak for approximately 50 minutes or for as long as it takes until the center is almost set. Then remove it from the oven and let it cool down completely before removing it from the pan. Then let it sit in your refrigerator for at least 5 hours before serving. We have made this recipe quite a few times and I have eaten it before letting it cool down for five hours in the refrigerator and I have also eating it after we have let it refrigerate overnight. And I can tell you from my personal experience that it tastes much better when you let it refrigerate overnight.
I hope you enjoy this recipe is much as I do. At least once a week we update this site with new delicious recipes that are going to be low-calorie and/or low-carb – low sugar. So please visit the site at least once a week. If you need help with your health and wellness or even losing weight call us and schedule your free consultation at 215-821-7336.
*Source: the ketogenic cook book by jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich. Give it a look 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.
For your free weight loss consultation call us at 215-821-7336
*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.
2 Low Calorie Recipes To Make The End of Summer a Bit Tastier by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
In our Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Practice we try to bring you great recipes to help you lose weight while on our weight loss plan but you can also continue to enjoy these recipes after you have lost of the weight you needed to lose and have achieved your target body weight. So along with our weight loss pills appetite suppressant medications, vitamin B12 injections and our meal replacement programs we help you with great recipes so that you can eat real food and lose fat and hopefully maintain that weight loss.
And now that the end of summer is here, I thought you would enjoy. My wife and I made these this holiday weekend and they were phenomenal.
*Chicken and Vegetable Burritos
- Ingredients:
- Med-sized onion (chopped)- 1
- Med-sized carrot (peeled, cut into half moons)- 1
- Lean ground chicken- 1 lbs
- Garlic cloves (finely chopped)- 2
- Stewed tomatoes- 1 can
- Med-sized zucchini (cut into half moons)- 1
- Reduced-sodium, fat-free chicken broth- 1/2 cup
- Taco seasoning mix- 1 package
- Salt- 1/2 tsp
- Instant white rice- 1/2 cup
- 99% fat-free tortillas (burrito size)- 10
- Shredded taco-flavored cheese- 1 cup
Start by setting your heat to medium-high and spraying a large skillet with cooking spray. Cook onions and carrots for 6 minutes, or until softened. Mix in chicken and garlic, cook for 5 minutes, or until no longer pink. Now add in tomatoes, zucchini, broth, taco seasoning, and salt. Cover and cook for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and mix into rice. Cover and sit for 5 minutes while you preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Fill each tortilla with about 1/2 cup of the filling. Fold each side as you would wrap a package, then roll it up. With the seam side faced down in a baking dish, sprinkle cheese on top and bake for 10 minutes. Enjoy!
*Steak Fajitas
- Ingredients:
- Worcestershire sauce- ½ cup
- Cider vinegar- ½ cup
- Ground cumin- ½ tsp
- Cloves garlic (finely chopped)- 4
- Black pepper- 1 tsp
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Red-pepper flakes- ½ tsp
- Flank steak (1 ½ lbs)- 1
- Chili powder- 4 tsp
- Vegetable oil- 1 tbs
- Large sweet red peppers (cored, seeded, cut)- 2
- Medium-sized onions (halved and cut crosswise)- 2
- White mushrooms (sliced)- ¾ lbs
- Medium-sized zucchini (cut into matchsticks)- 2
- Corn tortillas (6 in)- 16
To begin use a plastic food-storage bag and combine Worcestershire, vinegar, cumin, garlic, black pepper and salt. Add steak to marinate, refrigerate for 2 hours. Heat grill or oven broiler to hot heat. Drain marinade into a 2 cup measuring cup, then add chili powder and oil. Grill or broil steak for 12-15 minutes, only turning once. Place meat on cutting board, let stand 10 minutes. While that sits, add marinade to a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until it sizzles. Next add in peppers and onions, cook 3 minutes. Now add mushrooms and zucchini, cook 6 minutes. Cut steak into thin slices cutting along grain. Add steak to skillet mixture and toss around to coat steak. Now you’re able to divide filling equally into tortillas. Enjoy!
I hope you enjoy these low calorie 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.
Low Calorie Low Carb Fat Burning Recipes by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
Hello everyone this is Dr. Kenny. I just want to start this article today by reminding you that in order to lose weight and be healthy you need to eat and you need to eat real food. Yes, that old cliché, that you need to eat to lose weight is totally true. So even though the weight loss and diet pills help eliminate your appetite you still need to eat.
That is why we give you so many delicious low calorie recipes and if you are diabetic we have lots of low carb and low sugar recipes here for you too. That’s why our patients can lose as much as ½ pound of body fat a day.
If this is your first time on our blog just call us for more information and set up your free medical weight loss consultation, call 215-821-7336.
Many of us like to eat lots of salads and vegetables (and that’s really good) but the dressing we use are usually loaded with sugar and calories. So here are some phenomenal low calorie, low carb and low sugar recipes for you.
Seafood BLT Low Carb Recipe*
- Ingredients:
- light English muffin – 1
- smoked salmon – roughly chopped – 1 ounce
- turkey bacon – one slice cooked
- fat-free cream cheese – 2 tablespoons
- chopped red onion – 1 tablespoon
- chopped cucumber – 1 tablespoon
- 1 slice of tomato
- 2-3 lettuce leaves
To begin this recipe chop the baking into small pieces and then in a small dish mix together the cream cheese, smoked salmon, chopped bacon, onion and the cucumber. After that toast your English muffin and then spread the cream cheese mixture over One half of the muffins, top with the tomato slice, lettuce leaves and then just top it off with the other half of the muffin and enjoy. This recipe makes one sandwich that has approximately 190 cal, 3 g of fat, 25 g of carbohydrates, 6 g of fiber, 2 g of sugar and 19.5 g of protein.
Tartar Sauce Low Sugar Recipe
- Ingredients:
- mayonnaise – 1/2 cup
- 2 tablespoons of diced dill pickles
- white wine vinegar or even coconut vinegar – 1 tablespoon
- Sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- fresh ground black pepper – 1/8 teaspoon
This is a really great recipe you will need a food processor for this and just place all of the ingredients in your food processor and pulse until everything is combined nicely, but make sure that it does not become puréed. After that you can store this in a container and you can keep it in your refrigerator for about 2 weeks. This recipe makes three quarters of a cup and a serving size is 2 tablespoons. Each serving has approximately 120 cal, 13 g of fat, 0 g of protein, 0.5 g of carbohydrates in 0 g of fiber.
Honey Dressing Low Carb Recipe*
- Ingredients:
- unsalted butter – 1 stick
- 2 tablespoons or 1 ounce of cream cheese
- powder erythritol – 1/4 cup
- unsweetened almond milk – 1/2 cup
In a saucepan let’s heat the butter on high heat. Once it starts to boil and the cream cheese and whisk until it’s nice and smooth and that there are no chunks of cream cheese left. After that add the erythritol and the unsweetened almond milk and whisk together until it’s nice and smooth. Then let it cool down for a few minutes and then just pour into a jar and allow to cool down to room temperature. After that you may store it in the refrigerator usually this will stay for about 2 weeks. In time this will harden again so when you are ready to use it you will have to reheat it by placing it in a saucepan and just heated on a low heat for about 1 minute or so until it becomes liquefied. This is a really good recipe makes 1.5 cups and approximately 2 tablespoons re: serving size. In each serving size has about 70 cal, 8 g of carbohydrates, 0.3 g of protein and 0.1 g of carbohydrates and also 0 g of fiber.
Low Carb Ranch Dressing Recipe*
- Ingredients:
- cream cheese – 8 ounces approximately 1 cup
- chicken broth – 1/2 cup
- try to chives – 1/2 teaspoon
- tried parsley – 1/2 teaspoon
- dried dill weed – 1/2 teaspoon
- garlic powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- onion powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Sea salt – 1/8 teaspoon
- fresh ground black pepper – 1/8 teaspoon
Here is another fantastic salad dressing all you need to do is to combine all the ingredients into a blender and mix until everything is combined nicely. Then all you need to do is forward into a jar and refrigerate this for about 2 hours before serving. If you keep this in the refrigerator in an airtight container usually will last for approximately 2 weeks. This recipe makes approximately 1.5 cups in the serving size is 2 tablespoons. Each serving has approximately 60 cal, 6.6 g of fat, 1.7 g of protein, 0.7 g of carbohydrates in 0 g of fiber.
I hope you enjoy these recipes and if you need help losing weight just call us for your free weight loss consultation. Call 215-821-7336
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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Peaches Cookies and Cream and Other Recipes Under 200 Calories by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
If you are new to our medical weight loss center please call us at 215-821-7336 for more information and set up your free medical weight loss consultation. If you are already one of our weight loss patients here are a few great recipes, most under 200 calories.
We do our best to help you achieve your goals with our comprehensive medical weight loss program including weight loss pills and medications, supplements, vitamin B12 injection therapy, nutrition diet and exercise plans. And we do everything that we can to give individual attention to each patient and meet their unique needs. So because Tina was in the office yesterday and asked me to post a nice low calorie parfait and a low calorie pancake recipe with fruit; here they are with some additional recipes for a few delicious smoothies.
Cookie & Peach Parfait
- Ingredients:
- 1 jell-o sugar free vanilla pudding snack
- 2 crushed gingersnaps
- Diced peaches – ½ cup
- Fat free Reddi-whip 2 tablespoons
Take a glass or bowl and spoon half of the pudding into it and then add half of the peaches on top of the pudding. Next add half of the cookies over top of the peaches then top with the rest of the pudding, then the rest of the peaches, then the rest of the cookies and finally top it with the sugar free reddi-whip. This recipe is low in calories but a bit higher in carbohydrate content so save it for your cheat meal or a day when you will be very active and able to burn off the extra carbs. It has 158 calories, 2.5 grams fat, 33 grams of carbohydrates, 1.25 grams fiber, 13.5 grams of sugar and 2 grams of protein
Skinny Banana Pancakes
- Ingredients:
- Whole wheat flour – 1 quarter cup
- half a banana or one quarter cup of a banana – mashed
- 3 tablespoons egg substitute
- 1 tablespoon of Unsweetened almond milk
- baking powder – 1 quarter teaspoon
- vanilla extract – 1/4 teaspoon
- 1 packet of stevia
- a pinch of salt
- a pinch of cinnamon
Start by putting the flour, sweetener, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and mix everything together nicely. Then in another bowl combine your mashed banana with the egg substitute, vanilla extract and almond milk until they are totally mixed together. Then combine all of your wet all of your dry ingredients and stir everything together so it’s totally blended together. Then take a large pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray and pour the batter in the pan and make 5 small pancakes. Of course when your pancakes start to become solid, this usually takes about 1 minute, flip them over and cook until both sides are golden brown and just make sure that they are cooked all the way through. The combined total of these five tiny pancakes will give you 185 calories, 1 gram of fat, 37 grams of carbohydrates, 5 grams fiber, 7.5 grams of sugar and 9.5 grams of protein. This recipes is also low in calories and higher in carbohydrates so just be mindful of that. I will usually eat this when I have a long day scheduled and I need an extra dose of carbs to keep me going. Especially if know I may not have time to eat again until later in the day around dinner time. My sons love to eat this when they are lucky enough to get tickets to an Eagles game. And when there is snow on the ground this is their go to breakfast.
Mocha CheeseCake Frappe
- Ingredients:
- 4 ounces full fat cream cheese
- 2 cups unsweetened coconut milk-(fat only)
- 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp ground espresso
- 6-7 ice cubes (as many as you like)
Combine in a blender and enjoy!
Cherry Greek Frozen Yogurt
- Ingredients:
- 3 cups plain greek yogurt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup cherries, pitted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and ENJOY!
I hope you enjoy these recipes. If you need help with your weight loss call us for your free medical weight loss consultation at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free consult now.