Here are a few tricks to replace those carbs ....especially at your evening meal Fat Burning Rice Shredded cauliflower rice truly is fat burning rice. It’s oh-so-simple to make, and it’s ready in 10 minutes flat: Cauliflower Rice – serves 4 - 1 head organic cauliflower - 1 tablespoon coconut oil - Sea salt and black pepper Wash cauliflower, discard the leaves, and chop into small pieces. Grate the pieces with a food processor. In a large pan heat the coconut oil over medium. Add the shredded cauliflower. Sauté for about 5 minutes, until tender. Season with salt and pepper and serve just as you would traditional rice. Calories: 66 Fat: 3 Carbohydrates: 7 Fiber: 4 Protein: 3 Fat Burning Noodles With the use of a spiral vegetable slicer, wholesome zucchini is quickly and easily transformed into long, tender noodles. Now if you don’t have a spiral slicer, no worries, simply use a vegetable peeler to create, long flat noodles. delicious with spaghetti sauce Fat Burning Spaghetti – serves 6 - 1 Tablespoon olive oil - 6 cloves of garlic, minced - 1 yellow onion, chopped - 1 fennel bulb, chopped - 4 carrots, sliced - 1 cup mushrooms, sliced - ¼ cup chopped olives - 2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes - 1 (14.5 oz) can tomato sauce - 2 Tablespoons tomato paste - ½ cup dry red wine (Cabernet works well) - 2 Tablespoons Italian seasoning - ½ teaspoon sea salt - ¼ teaspoon black pepper - ¼ teaspoon sweet paprika - 1 pound ground beef - 6 zucchinis - ¼ cup fresh Italian parsley, chopped Coat the inside of your slow cooker with olive oil. Add the veggies, mushrooms, olives, tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, wine and the seasonings. Mix well. Add the ground beef on top of the veggie mixture, breaking it into chunks. Lightly press the beef down into the sauce, but be careful not to break up the chunks. Cook on low heat for 7 hours. Wash the zucchini, and do one of these methods for making noodles: Either use a vegetable peeler to create long, flat noodles (stop when you get to the seedy middle part) or use a spiral slicer to create noodles if you have one. Place the zucchini noodles on a plate and top with warm beef spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle with chopped parsley... serve and enjoy! Calories: 241 Fat: 6 Carbohydrates: 26 Fiber: 7 Protein: 17 Zucchini = courgettes !!!!! ;)
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:09:17 +0000