Showing posts with label healthy recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy recipes. Show all posts

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Crème Fraiche-Weight Loss Recipe


Crème Fraiche
Crème Fraiche is a thick cream used in sauces,crepes, soups, quiche, gravies or as a condiment for fresh fruits. Crème Fraiche is a thick and smooth soured cream with a rich and velvety texture. Very expensive at specialty stores very inexpensive to make at home.


This matured cream has a nutty, slightly sour taste produced by culturing pasteurized cream with special bacteria. (In France, where it originated, the cream is unpasteurized so it naturally contains the bacteria necessary to make crème fraiche.)

You will find every brand of crème fraiche tastes a little differently and that is because there is no set standard for making this cream and the butterfat content does vary (although it is usually around 30%).






Homemade: Crème Fraiche- Crème fraiche is pronounced 'krem fresh'.

Plan Ahead: as this will take some time.

Difficulty: So Very-Very Easy

Time required: 24 hours leave out on your counter

Recipe:

A. 1 cup – (240 ml) heavy whipping cream Note: If possible, use pasteurized heavy whipping cream, verus ultra pasteurized which will take longer to thicken

B. 2 tablespoons buttermilk Note: Shake buttermilk well before you add to heavy cream

C. Combine and mix well in glass jar and cover with lid.

D. Let stand at room temperature (about 70 degrees F.) for 24 hours, or until Crème Fraiche becomes thickened.

E. Stir well and refrigerate.

F. Use Crème Fraiche with within 10 days.

Tips:

G. Crème Fraiche is used as a thickener for soups, sauces or gravies in lieu of milk, cream, sour cream, buttermilk or whipping cream. Plus it can be whipped like whip cream.

H. Spoon over fresh fruits, puddings or warm cobblers.

NOTE: Can be used in boiled recipes as Crème Fraiche 
will never ever curdle.
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Tomato Bisque



"I can this soup mixture” (before adding the butter, flour and 
Crème Fraiche) about every other year. You determine how 
much you do at one time. 


I usually put up about 80 jars at a time, mostly in October 
when the weather has cooled down."


Tomato Bisque

Prep Time: 30 Min
Cook Time: 45 Min
Ready In: 1 Hr 15 Min

Recipe Yield 4 servings

Ingredients

2 pounds tomatoes
2 cubes beef bouillon, crumbled
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt substitute
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 quart Crème Fraiche

Directions

Run the tomatoes through a food mill or food processor to 
chop to fine pulp and place in a large pot over medium heat.

Stir in the bouillon, sugar, salt, bay leaf, basil and pepper. 
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes. 
(If you're going to can this mixture, process it now by canning)

In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. 
Whisk in flour all at once to form a roux, cook 1 minute. 


Whisk in Crème Fraiche, a little at a time, cooking and stirring
constantly for about 2 minutes. Stir into tomato mixture and 
heat through.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 420 | Total Fat: 28.5g | 
Cholesterol: 81mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database




Monday, October 3, 2011

Serious Weight Loss Help - Stop Late Night Binging Habits

Serious Weight Loss Help - Stop Late Night Binging Habits

Lose Weight - Eliminate Late Night Binging with These Valuable and Easy to Follow Methods Have you discovered a quick approach to your weight loss issue? By now you realize effortless weight loss solutions don't really work. Yo-yo dieting isn't fun, so possibly now your weight issue is something you are ready to take serious. 
Stop Late Night Binging Habits

The helpful information in this article will help you to begin living a healthier life this very day. For most of us who are trying to lose weight and battle with the constant cravings that hit us at night know, that we can often give in to the temptation over and over again.Without a doubt this bad habit has got to go if you are going to achieve your fat loss goals on your diet. 


When you consume too many calories during a part of the day when you're not really doing anything to burn off those calories, you will gain weight.It is not always the time of day you eat that will end up as unhealthy weight gain, but the type of foods you tend to eat late at night combined with being inactive. You know what your favorite junk foods are to eat when no one is looking; cookies, ice creams, chips, and whatever else you've been craving throughout the day.


Eating late at night does not allow your heart the rest it needs because it has to work overtime to help digest all the food you just ate. These 8 great diet tips will help you be more successful in your diet, and will help you put an end to any bad eating habits that could derail your weight loss progress. 


1. You should be eating three low calorie meals during the day but don't forget to have two or three low fat snacks between meals. Don't deceive yourself and eat too few calories during the day and then start binging late at night. Be sure to eat a well balanced breakfast and try to consume most of your calories before 7pm


2. When you start heading for the kitchen to eat late at night, stop and instead drink 1 to 2 cups of water or a favorite sugar free beverage. You will more than likely still have the desire to eat after this but remind yourself that you feel hungry late at night due to your custom of eating late or it is because your mind thinks it needs to eat again. 

 Stop Late Night Binging Habits

Breaking this custom is like learning to quit smoking and takes determination and support. Put a reminder on your pantry, refrigerator or wherever else needed; include your weight loss goals and how many pounds you want to take off and in large letters write something like: I will reach my weight goal and NOT eating late at night will help get me there! 


3. Quit buying your favorite junk food items and avoid late night binging by getting rid of all high calorie foods. Instead of eating junk food, have a piece of sugar-free hard candy or go for some light popcorn.


4. Stop watching so much TV late at night! If you’re favorite TV; serious comes on at a time when you are more tempted to eat at night, try recording it so you can watch it earlier in the evening. It is easier to start over eating at night when you are sitting down watching the television. 


Keep life interesting by working on a favorite hobby and being lazy or continuing on with the same old lifestyle patterns. The ads on TV can unknowingly trigger the impulse to eat and being bored can be one of the biggest dangers to late night eating. 


5. Journal Daily! Have a written copy of your diet plan easily assessable, and this will be a huge help in keeping your weight loss goals constantly on your mind. 


This will allow you to see your progress, as you begin to see your late night eating practice begin to improve and progress you make each week. 


6. Keep Active and Fight Boredom! 


Mix up your daily routine and start a new activity! You've already decided to lose weight and improve your overall health; now it's your responsibility to be proactive about your late night eating habits. 


Do you realize that on average it takes? 6 weeks to break a habit and replace it with a new one? Start a healthy lifestyle and stick to it until it is a regular pattern in your daily life. Once you see and feel the difference it makes in your health and fitness, your motivation to continue will be stronger than ever! 


7. Having a late snack is okay, but checks the nutritional value on what you eat or you may regret it later. Try not to snack while in a car, but rather take the time to be aware of what you are eating and enjoy it. Yes; occasional snacks that are low in fat are okay. I enjoy getting 1-2 scoops of sugar free butter pecan ice-cream on Sundays. 


Choose a favorite snack and see if you can find a low calorie or sugar free version of it. Just remember though that even if the snacks are low fat, they may be loaded full of salt! Just because it is advertised as low fat or has less sugar doesn't mean you can eat three times as much. Its okay to enjoy it but don't eat too many snack or it can hinder your progress 


8. Be Enthusiastic About Your Health! Become excited and determined to lose that weight; you can do this! 


Since you know what your weak areas are, find ways to counter act those overindulgence. When you feel tempted to eat late at night, get a glass of water and the feel of hunger will pass. The next morning you can wake up and enjoy a healthy breakfast to feel more confident and you will be all the more closer to becoming a happier, healthier you! 


Overeating at night is a bad habit for nearly all of dieters. To sum it up: If you are on a diet, you NEED to put an end to the late night munchies. Many people wanting to lose weight will eat right during the day only to blow it late at night; but if you apply the information in this article, you will not be one of them.

Weight Loss At Home : Low Calorie Breakfast ?


Weight Loss At Home : Low Calorie Breakfast ?


Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However, for most of us, it's also the time when we're most busy. If you're female, and you have a family, you take care of others and see them off to work and school, and then you need to rush off to work yourself.

Who has time for breakfast? You do. Here are some low calorie ideas for "fast food" breakfasts you can grab, and go.

* A piece of toast, smeared with peanut butter, and sprinkled with raisins

* A banana and a 200 calorie yoghurt
* A hard boiled egg, with a stick of celery and a tablespoon of cottage cheese (prepare the night before)

* Soak two tablespoons of rolled oats in half a cup of skim milk. Add a touch more milk in the morning, and microwave

* A low-calorie cereal bar (up to 200 calories) with a banana

Or, have a smoothie -- prepare the ingredients the night before, and stick the blender in the fridge. You can alter the ingredients to suit whatever you have on hand.



Peanut butter smoothie


Half a banana
A cup of skim milk
1 tablespoon of cottage cheese
1 tablespoon of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of honey
2 ice cubes (add these when you're ready to blend)


Whizz everything in the blender, pop it into a mug, and drink -- or pop it into a covered mug and take it with you.
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Beyonce Lemonade Diet For Weight Loss


Beyonce Lemonade Diet-Before and After
Beyonce Knowles announced on the Oprah Winfrey show that she had lost 20 pounds on the Lemonade diet to prepare for her starring role in the new film Dreamgirls. Ever wondered why Beyonce would ever use the lemonade diet for weight loss when she could just use any weight loss pill?


The reason is simple. The Lemonade diet is safe, with over 50 years of success stories and is a healthy way to lose weight quickly.

  

Here's how Beyonces Lemonade Diet for weight loss works.


For ingredients you would need,


-Organic Lemons
-Grade B Organic Maple Syrup (not the maple syrup on the breakfast table)
-Cayenne Pepper
-Filtered Water
-Unrefined Sea Salt


To prepare one serving of the Beyonce's Lemonade Diet for Weight Loss drink, you would require


-2 tablespoons of lemon juice
-2 tablespoons of maple syrup
-10 oz of filtered water
-1/10 tablespoons of cayenne pepper


You should consume from 6 - 12 servings of lemonade drink a day for either 3 day or 10 day.


Secret tip: Most people, including experienced Master Cleansers tend to experience uncomfortable, unpleasant moments during the first 3 days of the Lemonade Diet; often, it gets uncomfortable and irritable to the point that they just dropped out of the cleanse. 




But once you get past the first 3 days, the rest of the cleanse is going to be a breeze. So if you are doing the Lemonade Diet for the first time, watch out for this roadblock.


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Be very careful with cleansing drinks and if you are pregnant do not use any type of product that states cleansing.

Super Foods that help with your Memory Loss!

Super Foods that help with your Memory Loss!

Short term memory loss is a fact of life as we get older. Is there anything that can be done to help? There are some foods that have been proven to boost brainpower.


Organic Rosemary

Rosemary contains a wealth of antioxidant phytonutrients, including flavonoids and the phenolic compounds carnosol, rosmanol, and rosmarinic acid which are great for short memory loss.Rosemary extract has shown the capacity to scavenge the peroxynitrite radical, one of the molecules responsible for causing cell death and aging. Consumption of its volatile oils, those that give it its memorable fragrance, help to enhance recall and increase alertness.



To retain nutrients, it is best to wash fresh rosemary under cold running water and pat dry with a paper towel. Do not soak it. Add fresh rosemary to omelets and frittatas. Rosemary is also a wonderful herb for seasoning chicken or lamb dishes. You can also add rosemary to tomato sauces and soups.


Organic Oranges

Eat 2 oranges a day. Eat the orange on its own or cut in to small pieces and add to you salad!

Other great sources of folate are: Romaine lettuce, spinach, asparagus, calf's liver, collard greens, broccoli.


Black Beans

This fiber rich food is an excellent source of vitamin B1, a nutrient that helps synthesize the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is crucial for memory. Low levels of acetylcholine have been linked to age-related mental decline and Alzheimer's disease. Eat 1/2 cup a day!

Other great sources of B1: Romaine lettuce, asparagus, crimini mushrooms, spinach, sunflower seeds, tuna, green peas.


Sage

Two trials have showed that taking an essential oil extract of sage - which inhibits the breakdown of acetylcholine - significantly improved recall in adults for up to 4 hours after consuming. Consume 1 tablespoon fresh or 1 teaspoon of dried sage, or 1 teaspoon sage infused olive oil. Add it soups or use sage infused oil in meat marinade.

Eating super food like the healthy food described above won't magically bring back your short term memory loss but over time you will notice a significant difference. Remember that organic products make a huge difference in the effectiveness of these healthy foods, so please consume organic products when ever possible.

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Menopause and Weight Loss Tips


Menopause and Weight Loss Tips
When a woman reaches the age that menopause has taken its hold, she may find that it is very hard to stay slim" any longer. In fact the weight seems to just pile on without any effort at all. What can women do about it? Well, the answer isnt what most of you want to hear, but its important to your health. Here are a few tips to get that weight off and keep it off.

The biggest thing that you may notice is that you just can't eat what you used to, because it will surely put on the weight. Why is this true? As the body ages, your metabolism will naturally slow down. This in itself has nothing to do with menopause, since it affects men as well. However with the female hormones such as estrogen in recession mode, the female body tends to slow down even more.



With this in mind, it is certainly time to think about changing your diet. But there are other reasons besides just trying to lose weight, you will also need to increase certain nutrients such as calcium for strong bones, fiber to keep the digestive tract healthy, and plenty of vitamin rich vegetables to help fight off cancer and other diseases.

So if you need to eat more foods that are good for you, losing weight is going to mean quitting the foods that are of no value, especially ones that are high in calories and fats. Foods such as snacks which are high in sugar, especially processed foods. These foods are known as comfort" food to some, but they sure don't offer comfort when you put on the pounds.

Many people are also somewhat addicted to sodas which are very high in sugar, as well as caffeine too. Once you lose that sugar high, you must keep drinking more to stay energized. Why not eat more natural foods that give you energy without the sugar?

In order to stay healthy and happy, it is necessary to eat a balanced diet  meaning about 10-20 per cent of your calories as protein, around 50-70 per cent of your calories as carbohydrates, and only about 15 per cent of your calories as fat.

Think of food as energy for your body, and the fuel that you need to perform at your very best every day. In order to keep your machine" in good working order, you must really give it high energy fuel that is also clean. Clean fuel means natural foods, such as healthy vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole-grain bread, and lean meat or fish. Complex carbohydrates are a great choice for energy since they burn more slowly than sugary foods, which provides a more steady long-lasting fuel supply. Eat plenty of oats, potatoes, lentils, yams, bagels, brown rice, bran, and cereals.


Not only is it important to eat complex carbohydrates, it is also just as important to stay away from fatty foods. The main culprit is meat, since more Americans eat way more than they need. You dont have to be a vegetarian to reap the benefits of less meat and more vegetables, just switch to lower fat meats such as fish, skinless chicken breast, and even turkey. Trim off the excess fat where you can as well, and eat smaller portions too. This is a habit you can find easy to deal with, especially when the weight starts to drop.

There are many symptoms of menopause and also many cures for these symptoms. Learn as much as you can about them, and you can take positive steps to find relief for yourself.

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