I don’t know what this will taste like but looks like its worth a try! I love cheesecake!

healthylivingforyou:

muffintop-less:

Protein Cheesecake

• ½ cup fat-free cream cheese
• ½-1 scoop vanilla or chocolate protein
• Stevia extract
• Unsweetened almond milk
• Wheat or Graham cracker (optional)
• sugar-free jelly or fresh fruit (optional)

If you’re like me and have a GNARLY sweet tooth, you will be likely be extremely tempted by desserts. The trick of course, to stay on track with your diet, is to get CREATIVE in the kitchen! I mix my protein powder with just about ANYTHING to make a yummy dessert… and it does the trick! Try this simple recipe, which is under 200 calories (depending on the toppings and extras). I can eat this without the graham cracker or jelly/fruit and still be satisfied by its yummy goodness! =D

Omg. I must make this some time.

HEALTHY CHICKEN CHOW MEIN RECIPE

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted on my favvveeee noodles ever. Miracle Noodles! I was inspired to make some healthy Chinese food for lunch today, so this recipe is fresh & piping hot from my wok. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS (for 1 heaping serving):

• 1 pack of Fettucine or Angel Hair Zero Calorie Miracle Noodles
• 1 egg or 3 egg whites – I use liquid egg whites, so stop getting on me for wasting yolk!! :P
• About 7-8 baby carrots, sliced longways
• A small handful of green beans
• 1 chicken breast, boiled, then chopped
• 1 TBS oyster sauce
• 1 tsp of soy sauce
• pinch of salt & pinch of pepper
• little bit of sesame oil or olive oil to stir-fry

Make sure to rinse your noodles thoroughly. Then pat them dry between 2 paper towels.

You can get Oyster Sauce at your local Asian food mart. But I know they sell it in the international section of Wal-Mart and major grocery stores now! It’s about $2-$3.

Make sure your pan is hot with the thin coating of oil before you toss the goodies in! This way you’ll hear the simmering sounds. My fave. And you get some nice color to the chicken. I add in my sauce after I throw everything in. (Oh yeah, but make your eggs separately first.) You can add salt and pepper til you get the desired taste. But that’s it!

And yes, the noodles are really calorie free. They taste kind of chewy and take on the flavor of whatever you throw on them. So my noodles embraced the oyster and soy sauces. It was so good. Enjoy and yes there is such a thing as healthy Chinese food! I’ll probably be doing more Asian inspired dishes with Lunar New Year coming up around the corner!

I just got an email saying that if you use code “2012″ you’ll get 12% off your order. Umm, buy now!!?? Go here. Expires Sunday Jan 8th.

NUTRITION FACTS (with egg whites): 

Over 60g of protein! And under 350 cals! NICE!!!!!

“Blogilates Perfect Pumpkin Protein Pancake”

INGREDIENTS:

*1 scoop vanilla protein powder

*4 TBS canned pumpkin pureee

*1 TBS ground flax seed

*2 egg whites or 1/4 cup liquid egg whites

*2 TBS almond milk, soy milk, or skim milk

*1/2 tsp of Stevia

*pinch of baking powder

*dash cinnamon

1. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.

2. Heat pan on med heat and spray with PAM.

3. Then pour batter on. Flip once small bubbles have formed on top.

NUTRITION FACTS (1 serving = entire recipe): 211 cals, 4g fat, 9g carbs, 36g protein 

WAYS TO EAT:

 With cottage cheese. The best! (Someone on FB suggested putting cinnamon on the cottage!)

With sugarfree strawberry jam. Meh…

With peanut butter. Good, but didn’t allow me to savor the pumpkin flavor.

CLEAN EGG MUFFINS RECIPE

INGREDIENTS for 24 cupcakes:

*1 red bell pepper

*2 roma tomatoes

*good handful of fresh basil leaves (cut these from my garden, LOVE the smell of freshly cut basil)

*3-4 scallions (green onion)

*6 whole eggs + 4 cups of egg whites

DIRECTIONS: 

1. Chop up all of your veggies! Then mix them together in a large bowl. Next, whisk your whole eggs and egg whites together in anotehr bowl.

2. Line your muffin tins with cupcake holders and spray with PAM. If you don’t have liners, you can directly spray PAM onto the tin. Then fill your cups with about a tablespoon of egg mixture.

3. Next fill the rest of the cup up with veggies! Then fill to the top with the rest of your eggs. You can pretty much fill to the brim.

4. Pop them into the oven at 375F for about 20-30 min or until you see that they are firm on top.

Yummy!!! I was so hungry. Couldn’t wait to eat.

Simply peel the egg muffins out of your liners and serve with some salsa. Super yummy!!!! This is a great meal for those of you who have super stressful mornings and don’t have time to make an omelet. I have 24 of these and can eat them for bfast for the rest of the week. I suppose you could eat them in the car or on the subway too. But be careful of course!

NUTRITION INFO:

total recipe: 1061 cals, 34g fat, 32g carbs, 144g protein.

per muffin: 44.2 cals, 1.4g fat, 1.3g carbs, 6g protein.