Game On diet Recipe

The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own Recipe.  This sounds good. I need to use my spices more often.

Jesse's Game On! CHicken Lettuce Cups
makes 4-5 servings, depending on your palm size

2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp minced fresh ginger
2 tbsp vegetable stock
3-4 tbsp soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp honey
1 package gorund white meat chicken
1/3 cup chopped scallions
1 1/2 yellow bell peppers, chopped
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 or 3 drops sesame oil
1/4 tsp red chili flakes (optional)
One head of Bibb or romaine lettuce
Garniches:  sesame seeds, crushed cashews, chopped cilantros, chopped scallion


Saute the garlic and ginger in vegetable stock over medium heat until soft, add more stock if pan gets too dry.  In a small bowl, whisk the soy sauce, vinegar, and honey and set aside.

Add the chicken to the garlic and ginger and raise the cooking temperature to medium/high.  Break the ground chicken into small crumbles with a spoon as it cooks.  When the chicken changes color from pink to white add the soy mixture, scallions, and yellow peppers.

Cook the chicken mixture for approximately 5 more minutes.  After 5 minutes, turn off the heat and add the cilantro, sesame oil, and optional chili flakes

While the mixture cools, wash and separate the lettuce leaves.  Choose leaves that can accomidate 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture.

One Game On! Meal includes 2 lettuce cups, each filled with 1/3 cup of the the chicken mixture.  Garnish with a tsp of sesame seads or 2 tsp of crushed cashews, chopped cilantro, and chopped scallion.

Serve with chopped veggie salad or roasted green veggies.  Add a fist size portion of carbohydrate, such as roasted white or sweet potatoe mixed in on the side.

Store extra prepped letuce leaves in a plastic bag, wrapped in a moistened paper towel.

Game On Diet Recipe

The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own Recipe

Billy's Spicy Tuna Salad
1 serving

1 can tuna (6 ounces packed in water)
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1/2 onion chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tbsp dijon mustard or spicy mustard
1 tsp lemon juice
1 pinch dill (essential!)
1/4 cup beans your choice, canned
1 tsp olive oil

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl.  Serve on a bed of chopped lettuce of your choice.

Game On Diet Recipe

Richard's Popey Salad
Makes 4 servings

12 ounce bag of spinach
3 cans of tuna (6 oz each and packed in water, not oil)
1 can bean medley
14 crushed almonds or 2 tablespoons roasted flaxseeds
crushed red pepper or hot sauce to taste, if desired

Mix all ingredients in a big-ass bowl.  Divide the salad into 4 containers.  You've got 4 good, hearty spinach salad meals in no time flat.

Game On Diet Recipes

The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own Recipe.  Okay this is one that I might pass on as I really don't love greek yogurt, but I thought I would post it for those who do.
Az's Super-Smooth Smoothie
(1serving)

1 cup either fat-free or soy milk
1 banana peeled and frozen or any other fruit (frozen strawberries are awesome too!)
6 almonds or 1 tsp flaxseed oil
1/2 C fat-free greek yogurt
1 pinch cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in your blender and puree until smooth.  Try it!  It's a whole meal and its delicious!

Game on diet recipes

This recipe sounds divine and it might help me curb that sweet tooth I am battling.  This recipe also comes from The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own.  I am intending on making these sometime this week.

Big Fella Phil's Banana Chocolate Protein Bars
(makes 8 servings)

Olive oil cooking spray
1 Cup oatmeal
5 scoops (1 ounce each) chocolate protein powder
1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder
2 egg whites
1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese
2 bananas, mashed
4 tbsp agave nectar
1/2 tsp udo's oil
Dash of vanilla extract
1/4 cup raw, crushed almonds

Preheat oven to 325 and spray a 9 x 12 inch casserole dish with the cooking spray.

In a medium bowl combine the oatmeal, chocolate protein powder, and milk powder.  In a separate mixing bowl beat the egg whites, then add the cottage cheese, bananas, water, agave netar, oil, and vanilla extract until blended.  Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix to combine.  Pour the mixture into the pan, sprinkle the almonds on top, and bake for 30 minutes or until edges are browned.  To serve, cut into 2 x 3 inch bars.

If anyone makes this befor I do, I need to know how yummy it is.

Game On Diet Recipes

This one I have made and I would have taken pictures, but it really doesn't look all the appatizing... infact when my hubby looked at it he asked me if I was really going to eat that.  But it is sooo yummy!!!

Peter's Perfect Oatmeal Puddin' Breakfast
(makes 1 serving)

1/2 cup oats (not instant)
3 egg whites
1/2 cup fruit (blueberries, strawberries, peaches, whatever you have, fresh or frozen) sheena personally recommends frozen berry mix
1 tsp flaxseed oil (sheena has been using walnuts over the top instead of flax oil)
a couple drops stevia or 1 tsp maple syrup

cook the oatmeal.  While it is still ont he heat and almost ready for serving, stir in the eggt whites.  Continue cooking for a minute or so more to make sure the egg whites cook through.  Turn off the heat and add the fruit, flaxseed oil and stevia or maple syrup.  Hearty, tasty breakfast goodness.

This recipe is from the book The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own 

Game on Diet Recipes

Here are a couple more recipes, again I haven't tried them, so if you do let me know if they are any good, and if I get any of them tried I will do the same.  These recipes come from the book The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own

Bill's Spicy stuffed pepper to go (1 serving)

1 bell pepper (prefferably yellow, red, or orange)
1 tsp dijon mustard or garlic aioli
2 slices turkey breast
1 tsp olive oil or four olives
1 c low fat milk

Pop out stem and shake out the seeds of the pepper.  Spread the DIjon mustard or garlic aioli on the slices of turkey.  Roll the turkey slices and stuff them into the pepper.  Drizzle the olive oil or stuff the olives into the pepper for your healthy fat.  Drink your glass of milk then scarf the rest on the run.  Crisp, refreshing, filling, delicious, fast food.


Aussi Jo's Surf 'n'Turf Salad (1 serving)

1/2 head of romaine lettuce (the greener end)
1 green onion, chopped
1 tomatoe (nice and red for full flavor)
3 or 4 peperoncini
Cucumber slices to taste
1 stalk celery chopped
1 small carrot, chopped
1/4 can unsweetened corn
3 artichoke hearts (we suggest you use the canned version)
1/2 a palm size portion of chicken
1/2 a palm sized portion of tuna

Dressing (1 serving)
Whisk the following ingredients in a small mixing bowl.  Be sure to mix the garlic and balsamic vinegar together first so the vinegar has time to work its magic on the garlic.
1 garlic clove (crushed)
1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
dash of soy sauce
1 tsp flaxseed oil or olive oil
salt and pepper to taste.

There is a couple more ideas for you... I will keep posting more recipes as I can.

Game On Diet Recipes

Ok so as we are doing this game on diet, we have certain food restrictions that make it a little more difficult to find things to prepare.  In the book The Game On Diet there are several recipes, and I thought I would share a few to help you out.  Weather you are playing this with us, or just want some healthy recipes to try I hope you enjoy them.

Krista's Quick and Easy Breakfast
makes 1 serving

Olive oil cooking spray
A few big handfuls of spinach
1 finely chopped onion
2 egg whites
1 or 2 tsp crumbled low fat feta cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1 slice whole grain toast
1 tsp olive oil

Lightly spray a nonstick pan with olive oil cooking spray.  Over medium heat, saute the spinach and onion until the spinach is wilted down and the onion is cooked through.  Add the egg whites to the pan.  When the egg whites are cooked through, crumble in the low-fat feta cheese, and add the salt and pepper to taste. Serve with one slice whole grain toast drizzled with the olive oil and lightly salted. Yum!

I haven't tried this one, but I might in the morning.  It sounds easy and delish.  I never thought of adding the onion to give it more flavor, but that definitely would.  Plus first thing you get some of those veggies in that are required.  If anyone tries this recipe please post a comment and let us all know how delish it is :)

Fun food Friday

Okay so tis the season for jucnk and candy so I thought I would share with you my fudge recipe.  My kiddos and husband absolutely love it.  We don't usually put nuts in it at our house, but we were taking this to a party, so we did a little of both.

 Ingredients you will need:
7oz Marshmallow Topping
1 lb milk chocolate bar
12oz milk chocolate chips
1 cube butter
1 can evaporated milk
4 C sugar
3 Tbsp Vanilla
1 Cup Crushed walnuts or pecans

In your mixing bowl put in the chocolate bar, marshmallow topping and chocolate chips and set aside. 

 Here is Bridger man, helping me eat some of the left over chocolate candy bar.

 In a medium sauce pan combine butter, milk and sugar until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted completely.  Bring to a full boil and then turn to a low heat stir and cook for 15 min. on low heat but keep it boiling.   Then pour into chocolate marshmallow mixture and stir until melted.  Beat it with a mixer until dissolved.  Make sure you beat it well.   Then add the vanilla and nuts, and pour into a buttered pan to and chill.

Then enjoy with friends and family and try not to eat the entire pan yourself ;)  Or cut up and put on a cute goody plate and give to neighbors as a gift.

Of course my taste testers.... not sure where Bridger's pants went in between all of this, but he is so little they are constantly falling off. 

Fabulous Food Friday!

Okay so I love to cook, and I love even more to bake (even though I know that all the sugar and sweets are horrible for you).  So here is my compromise, I will be posting on this blog some of my favorite healthy recipes, along with a few of my not so healthy recipes and I will warn you in advance if it is a not so good for you recipe, and I will try to post more healthy recipes than non-healthy recipes.  Also if you have anything fantastic that you would like to share with us all that would be great too.  I will try to post pictures when I remember to take them, but don't be mad if I forget... sometimes when I am cooking away I forget that someone might want to take a peek at what I am doing.  Also some of my recipes are a make as you go, and I don't have exact ingredient amounts, but I will try to be as specific as possible.  Be patient with me and I will try to remember to take pics as I go.

This week the recipe is one I don't have a picture for, but have to share with you because it was fantastic, and I think pretty healthy. 

Chicken Quesadillas!!!

Ingredients you will need
Olive oil (a little for the pan to cook your chicken in) approx 1 Tbsp
Chicken breasts/tenders 1 breast per quesadilla
Onion 
Low fat/fat free sour cream 1 Tbsp per quesadilla
Your favorite salsa about 1/8 cup per quesadilla
Bunch or two of Cilantro (I used half for my mix, and the other half to top)
Weight watchers reduced fat mexican style shredded cheese (I used about 1/2 a bag for 3 quesadillas)
Salt & pepper to taste
Tortillas preferably wheat

Cut your chicken into 1inch cubes, chop your onion, and in olive oil over medium heat in a frying pan.  Season to your liking with salt, pepper, and any other seasonings you typically use (taco seasoning would be great although I didn't think of it this time).  When the chicken is cooked through mix it in a bowl with the sour cream, salsa, cilantro and cheese (don't use all your cheese).  Take and in the frying pan place a tortilla spread a small amount of cheese on the bottom, and add the chicken mixture over top, then top with another tortilla.  Warm until the cheese is melted, and flip.  Top with additional sour cream, cilantro, and salsa if you need, but I didn't think it needed anything else.  Serve with a big salad, and you have a fantastic healthy well rounded little meal.  One thing I thought would taste great after the fact was to add black beans to your chicken mixture.  I will for sure be trying this next time.  One thing to keep in mind the more sour cream and cheese you add the less healthy this little meal gets, so make sure to use those items in moderation, and I will try to have more exact measurements for you with the next recipe.  Would love to hear what you have made this week, any suggestions you might have, and if you try this recipe, what did you think. 

What's for dinner at your house?

Just wanted to share with you a fantastic find...  I stumbled upon this at the flylady website,  it is a book called Saving Dinner by Leanne Ely, she also has a website, but the book is what I wanted to share.  It is fantastic.  I went to the grocery store and purchased all my food for the week (this means cooking a meal every night but one, so if you don't do this, it would be less expensive just choose your meals)  but I purchased everything on the shopping list (yes she gives you a complete shopping list)  I also purchased  a few breakfast items, some lunch items, and of course a few treats all not on the menu.  Total was $130, which for me isn't too bad, in addition to I didn't use any coupons... for those of you who coupon it is probably much less expensive.  But here is the recipe from tonights menu



Apple Chicken
1 1/4 tsp vegetable oil
6 boneless, skinless chicken breat halves, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
4 granny smith apples, cored and sliced into 1/2 inch wedges
3/4 C dry white wine
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
3 TBSP cornstarch
2 TBSP worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper

Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet.  Add chicken and brown on all sides.  Add apple slices, saute 3 minutes, stiring occasionally.  Add 1/2 the wine and chicken broth, reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes.  Mix remaining wine and broth together with remaining ingredients; add to skillet.  Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until sauce thickens.

Serve with baked potatoes and steamed broccoli.

Prep time was about 20-30 min. give or take.  But it was great, I felt like we were eating healthy, and we did sit down as a family to eat.  This book has 8 weeks for each season (so you are buying ingredients that are in season) Then in the back has some easy side dishes (should you need them, but probably not often) and then how to do freezer meals.  I love the idea of taking one day and making a bunch of meals so that my family can have a nice dinner when I cannot be there.  Love this book especially since it has a variety each week in the menu, you get a chicken dinner, a beef dinner, something Mexican, something Italian, a fish and a soup.  This meal was a perfect size for my family of 4 plus a good leftover portion for my hubby to take to work tomorrow.   Would love to hear what you all do to keep dinner at the table, and keep it healthy.  I am sorry I didn't even think to take a picture, I should have... I will next time I promise.

Fun Fall Recipe

Looking for a way to use up some of your produce from the garden well here is a great way.  In addition you will be helping your body detoxify.  Cabbage is a great detoxifier and is reputed to aid the digestion, detoxify the stomach and upper bowels, cleanse the liver and reduce the risk of certain cancers.  It is rich in folate, vitamins C & E, potassium, iron, betacarotene and thiamin, and is well known for its potent antiviral and antibacterial qualities.

Fresh Cabbage Soup

Ingredients:
serves 4
1 small turnip
2 carrots
3 tbsp olive oil
1  large onion sliced
 2 celery sticks sliced
1 white cabbage
5 C vegetable stock
1 sharp eating apple, cored, peeled and chopped
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. pickled cucumber juice or lemon juice
freshly ground black pepper
fresh herbs to garnish


Cut the turnip and carrots into matchstick strips.  Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the turnip, carrots, onion and celery for 10 min. 

Coarsley shred the cabbage, and add to the pan.  Pour in the vegetable stock, add the chopped apple, bay leaves and chopped parsley and bring to a boil.  Cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until the veggies are tender.

Remove and discard the bay leaves, then stir in the cucumber juie or lemon juice and season with freshly ground black pepper.  Serve hot, garnish with fresh herbs.

Recipe from The detox diet cook book by Nicola Gaimes.  It has a ton of great recipes that are healthy for you.  In addition to a few ways to detoxify your body through your diet.  Some of the recipes are kind of different, but most of them are really delicious!!