Carla's Kitchen | Cooking to Lose Weight

Mixed Green Salad with Baked Salmon

cmeine — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:35:47 +0000

Use the salmon from the dinner the night before

Baked Salmon

cmeine — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:16:45 +0000

Delicious Salmon

Broccoli with a Kick

cmeine — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:07:51 +0000

Spicy broccoli

Ingredients

1 serving broccoli
1 TBSP olive oil or peanut oil
1 serving red pepper flakes
1 clove garlic
Salt & Pepper to taste

Method

Step 1

Steam the broccoli for 2-3 minutes, until barely tender and quite crunchy. Set aside. Heat the oil in a medium skillet. Add in the chili flakes and chopped garlic saute for 30 seconds to a minute until fragrant. Toss in the broccoli, sprinkle with the salt & pepper, and quickly stir up to mix the flavors. Turn off the heat, and serve.

Green Salad

cmeine — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:32:41 +0000

This is just a basic green salad to add to your meal plan to support your IdealShape

Turkey Sandwich

cmeine — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:46:49 +0000

Crio Chocolate Frappuccino

cmeine — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:39:50 +0000

Crio is low in calories and carbs, and not fat, sugar, sodium or gluten. Crio is made from one fo the best superfoods on earth; by far one of the healthiest you can incorporate into your diet.

Ingredients

8 oz. Crio
1 scoop IdealShape Chocolate Shake Mix
1 Delights Almond Joy Coffee Creamer

Method

Step 1

8 oz. of Crio (brewed and chilled), blend with ice cubes, add 1 scoop Idealshake choc, mix, add coffee creamer

Perfect Turkey Gravy

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:55:25 +0000

There I go again using that word “perfect” in a recipe title. I just don’t know how else to describe this gravy recipe. I use this basic technique in making all my gravy’s now and they are so much better. It’s funny how the same ingredients put together in a different order can have a completely different effect. I used to add my thickening (flour or cornstarch) later in the process. Now I do it at the beginning and the result is fabulous. If you don’t make your gravy’s this way, give it a try and let me know what you think. See if your family and guests don’t say things like “this is the best gravy I have ever tasted” or the other one I’ve heard “I’m not a big fan of gravy but this is fantastic”. Those are always fun comments to hear especially after slaving away on the holiday meal.

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Fat Drippings from the Turkey Roasting Pan (if you don’t have this you can use butter but the drippings are the best)
1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour
4 Cups Turkey Drippings (Chicken stock will work if you don’t have enough drippings)
1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
Salt and Pepper

Method

Step 1

Melt butter or fat dripping in large saute pan. Add flour and stir to combine. Cook over moderate heat until golden brown. Add stock and pan drippings to pan and heat to a simmer (bubbles will break the surface). Allow the sauce to simmer lightly to cook out the starch from the roux and thicken up (about 20 minutes). Adjust the thickness by further reducing the sauce or add more drippings. Finish by adding the cream and salt and pepper to taste.

Macadamia Nut Crusted Halibut

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:08:44 +0000

This halibut is one of my favorites. If you can get fresh halibut fillets, that is the best. Start by cutting each fillet into 6 oz portions.

Ingredients

2 – 6 oz fresh halibut fillets
1 TBSP Butter
1/4 Cup Panko Breading
10 Macadamia Nuts
2 TBSP fresh parsley chopped
Salt & Pepper

Method

Step 1

Heat oven to 425 degrees., melt butter in a pie plate, spray Pam on cookie sheet. Chop nuts and add to panko breading & parsley in another pie plate. Salt & Pepper the halibut & dip each fillet in butter and then coat them in the breading. Bake for 6-8 minutes.

Spinach Salad with Apples, Raspberry’s & walnuts

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:06:17 +0000

This is a delicious salad to have as a side dish with dinner or add some grilled chicken to it for a hearty lunch.

Ingredients

2 cups spinach
2 TBSP Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing
1/2 Fuji Apple (cored & sliced)
1/2 cup Raspberries
1/4 cup walnuts (chopped)
1/2 oz goat cheese (crumbled)

Method

Step 1

Toss spinach in bowl with raspberry dressing. Put on two plates. Add 1/4 sliced apple, 1/4 cup raspberries, 2 TBSP walnuts & 1/4 oz goat cheese to each salad.

Strawberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:03:44 +0000

This is a basic salad dressing that I make. Once you understand how to make this you can change the recipe with any kind of berries that you like and it works great.

Ingredients

1 Cup fresh or frozen strawberries (thawed)
3 TBSP Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 tsp Somersweet ( if needed)
Salt & Pepper
1 TBSP Fresh Lemon
2 TBSP Olive Oil

Method

Step 1

Place strawberries and red wine vinegar in a blender.

Step 2

Blend until mixed well.

Step 3

Add Somersweet (or sugar) to taste.

Step 4

Add salt, pepper & lemon.

Step 5

Blend.

Step 6

Add Olive oil in a stream while blending.