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PWO Chinese Steamed Buns with Red Bean Paste

This is a protein-fortified version of one of my favorite Asian snacks: the Chinese steamed bun filled with red bean paste. It uses vanilla gemma (pea) protein isolate (available at a very reasonable price from TrueProtein.com) to boost the protein content of this low-fat, satisfying post-workout snack. Gemma protein forms a fluffy, non-stick paste when [...]

Cheap Eats Recipe #1: Roast Chicken

I’ve been using this method for preparing cheap, roasted whole chicken for the past few months. I vary the seasonings depending on my mood that day, but I *always* brine the chicken ahead of time. It really makes a difference in whether your protein-packed clucker tastes more like a gourmet restaurant entree or a flavorless [...]

Pulled Pork Sandwiches (Crock Pot)

I use this easy, lean pulled pork recipe from Oxygen at least once a month and plan to bring it to all of the cook outs I attend this summer so I’ll have a healthy option that won’t scare away the “normals” at the party. Since it’s slow cooked in a crock pot, you can [...]

Granola Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies (PWO)

I was messing around with the Granola Bar recipe from the Gourmet Nutrition cookbook this week, hoping to come up with something that would use the ingredients I had on hand and serve as a substitute for the tasty but not so healthy Nature Valley Sweet and Salty chewy granola bars my husband likes, and [...]

Free copy of The Sneaky Chef for United Health members

Just stopping by before my workout to let you all know about a promotion that I just received via postcard yesterday from my health insurance company, United Health Care.
If you are a UHC member, you can get a free copy of Missy Chase Lapine’s cookbook, The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in [...]

1/31/08 Log: The Revenge of the Chocolates

No workout this AM because I wanted to give my body a full 24 hours to recover and rehydrate from donating blood yesterday. I should be fit to go by tonight for my postponed 2K3 upper body workout. DOMS from this weekend’s upper body work has completely gone away, and I think I will attempt [...]

Amyella’s Low-Cal Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins

Here’s the recipe for the pumpkin oatmeal muffins I am enjoying this week. The ingredients have been modified by the brilliant Miss Amyella to allow you to have TWO dense, moist, delicious muffins as one carb serving.
Genius!
Maggie’s Note: I subbed 1/2 cup of wheat bran for the 1/2 cup of Fiber One cereal and [...]

Sweet Potato Overload!

Erm, so…
Anyone have about a month’s worth of sweet potato recipes?
The grocery store had them on sale for 25 cents/pound (usually the going rate is an outrageous 89 cents/pound!), and let’s just say that I spent $3.75 on sweet potatoes Tuesday.
You do the math.
And I’ll probably go back for more.
(I’m leaning toward lots of baked [...]