Showing posts with label sauce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sauce. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2015
Ultra Easy Double Dill Diet Friendly Tartar Sauce Recipe Low Carb Gluten Free
Most tartar sauce is definitely not diet-friendly, which is why I came up with my Ultra-Easy Double-Dill Diet Friendly Tartar Sauce Recipe.
How do you feel about tartar sauce? I'm sure some food snobs consider it to be a very boring and ordinary condiment, but I absolutely love tartar sauce and don't think I'd ever pass it up in a restaurant if I was having some kind of mild-flavored fish. Unfortunately, most tartar sauce is a long way from being diet friendly for South Beach or any other type of diet. The reduced fat ones you buy at the grocery store are loaded with sugar, and most tartar sauce recipes are a bit too heavy on the mayo to be what most people would consider a healthy condiment.
But lately I've been really trying to eat more fish, which got me thinking about how much I love tartar sauce, so I decided to try to come up with a tasty tartar sauce recipe that didn't have sugar and was lower in fat. It took a bit of experimenting, but this Ultra-Easy Double-Dill Diet Friendly Tartar Sauce recipe combines fat-free Greek Yogurt, regular or reduced fat mayo, dill weed, capers, and dill pickle relish, and it's not only easy-to-make, it's as delicious as any tartar sauce I've ever tasted.
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Oven Fried Green Tomatoes with Sriracha Ranch Dipping Sauce Gluten Free Low Carb
Baked green tomatoes, coated with seasoned almond flour and served with a spicy Sriracha-Ranch sauce!
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(For Phase One Fridays I feature Phase One Recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites. Phase One Recipes are also Low-Carb and Gluten-Free. These amazing Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes are seriously delicious, but almond flour is calorie-dense, so use portion control if you're eating this for phase one!)
This is the time of year when people with vegetable gardens have a lot of green tomatoes on the vines, and some of those tomatoes are never going to get ripe. And if you still have green tomatoes, do I dare to say that you *must* make these Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes with Sriracha-Ranch Dipping Sauce. Seriously, they were so good that I wondered why it has taken me so long to try a healthier riff on fried green tomatoes, and I'm sure I'll make them every year now when I have green tomatoes.
This is the time of year when people with vegetable gardens have a lot of green tomatoes on the vines, and some of those tomatoes are never going to get ripe. And if you still have green tomatoes, do I dare to say that you *must* make these Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes with Sriracha-Ranch Dipping Sauce. Seriously, they were so good that I wondered why it has taken me so long to try a healthier riff on fried green tomatoes, and I'm sure I'll make them every year now when I have green tomatoes.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Kalyns Kitchen Picks Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce Gluten Free or Original
When you need some healthier comfort food, this delicious Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce can come in handy.
December has to be the month of comfort food, wouldn't you agree? And one of my favorite ingredients to make healthier comfort foods is this Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce. (And Kudos to this company for having a gluten-free variety of their delicious sauce and clearly labeling the can so people will notice it comes in gluten-free.) When I posted the recipe for Slow Cooker Green Chile Chicken Cauliflower Rice Burrito Bowls recently, I mentioned how I have been a bit obsessed with this sauce, and after I counted up how many recipes I've used it in, I decided it's time to officially designate this as one of my Kalyn's Kitchen Picks!
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Sunday, March 8, 2015
Raw Cranberry Relish and Low Sugar Cranberry Sauce
Cranberries Have Important Medicinal Properties
Cranberries can be very helpful in preventing urinary tract infections. Cranberry juice and cranberry supplements are often used for this purpose. This powerful "cousin of the blueberry" contains proanthocyanidins or "PACS" that prevent certain bacteria, like E. coli, from sticking to the walls of the urinary tract. E. Coli are responsible for over 80% of urinary tract infections. If you dont want to drink cranberry juice every day, you can take cranberry supplements. I took CranActin by Solaray for many years and found the product to be very effective. Im sure there are other good brands available also.
High in Antioxidants
A study revealed that cranberries were found to have an extremely high level of antioxidant phenols. They had five times the antioxidant content of broccoli! Antioxidants reduce free-radical and oxidative damage.
Lowers Bad Cholesterol
Cranberries are high in flavonoids which help prevent bad cholesterol (LDL) which can lead to artheroscierosis. This "hardening of the arteries" can result in a stroke or cardiovascular disease.
Cranberry Recipes
Below are two cranberry recipes. The first one is a simple raw relish. Sweetened by dates, it can be made in minutes. Feel free to add apples or pecans to this relish but grind the cranberries and dates first, add chopped apples and pecans and process again, briefly.
The cooked cranberry sauce below uses apple juice, liquid stevia and a reduced amount of sugar to sweeten the dish. The popular recipe on the back of cranberry packages uses 1 cup of sugar where this recipe uses one third of the amount. A serving of this recipe is only 66 calories versus 116 calories in the original recipe. Dieters and diabetics can eliminate all of the sugar and use more stevia. That would reduce the calories to only 19 per serving. Stevia is a natural herb and considered one of the safest sugar substitutes. Use a few drops at a time as too much stevia can have the reverse effect and make your dish bitter. A brand that I like is Stevita liquid extract. I use only 2 or 3 drops to sweeten my morning tea. When baking, I generally use powdered stevia and mix it in the flour. There are now many brands of both powdered and liquid stevia now that it has been approved by the FDA.
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Raw Cranberry Relish [serves 12]
12 oz package of fresh cranberries
10 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
Wash cranberries. Place in a food processor with the Medjool dates and process until you reach the desired consistency. You can make this ahead of time so just refrigerate until needed. (If desired, you may add chopped apples and pecans and process again briefly.)
Per Serving: 68 calories, 0 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 0 g protein, 18 g carbohydrates and 2.7 g of fiber.
Low Sugar Cranberry Sauce [serves 8]
12 oz package of fresh cranberries
1 cup organic apple juice *
1/3 cup Sucanat or other organic cane sugar
Stevia to taste for added sweetness
* You may substitute orange juice for the apple juice and add 1 teaspoon of orange zest
Wash cranberries. Place in a small saucepan with apple juice and sugar. Bring to a boil and cook until all the cranberries pop and the sauce thickens (about 4 or 5 minutes). Add stevia to taste. Dont add too much or it can taste bitter. You can make this ahead of time so refrigerate until needed.
Per serving: 66 calories, 0 g of fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 0 g protein, 16.3 g carbohydrates and 1.5 g fiber.
No Cook Tomato Sauce With Garlic And Fresh Basil Vegan And Gluten Free
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| No-cook tomato sauce on gluten-free brown rice noodles. Check out my ebook, Health Begins in the Kitchen. |
Garden Tomatoes
Is your garden loaded with ripe tomatoes? Are you looking for ways to enjoy them?
Heres a quick and easy no-cook sauce that you can prepare in less than 30 minutes. And dont leave out the oil! Good fats, when eaten with foods that contain lycopene (like tomatoes), have been shown to increase serum lycopene levels. Increased lycopene levels have been linked to reduced risk of coronary artery disease. That makes sense since lycopene is fat-souble.
I use a little cold-pressed hemp oil in this recipe for the beneficial omega-3 fatty acid. Hemp oil should never be heated on high temperatures as it will destroy the omega-3. You can also use extra virgin olive oil, especially if you plan to put it over direct heat. I typically use this sauce at room temperature and toss it in with hot pasta.
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| Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, a carotenoid associated with lowering the risk of coronary artery disease. |
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No-Cook Tomato Sauce with Garlic and Basil
Raw Vegan, Gluten Free
[makes 1 1/2 cups]
1 pound ripe, tomatoes (about 3 good size tomatoes)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon cold-pressed hemp or extra virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Fill a small pot of water and bring to a boil.
Wash the tomatoes. Cut out the stems and score an x on the bottom of each tomato.
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| Tomatoes with stems cut out and bottoms scored. |
Drop the tomatoes in boiling water for 1 minutes to loosen their skins.
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| Parboiling helps loosen their skins. |
Gently remove the tomatoes with a slotted spoon and place in a colander to cool. When they are cool to touch, remove their skins.
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| Skins peel off easily. |
Cut the tomatoes in half horizontally. Holding each half in your hand, over a sink, squeeze out the seeds and some of the juice.
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| Tomato halves after seeds are removed. |
Chop the tomatoes and place them in a bowl with basil, garlic, oil, salt, and pepper.
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| Chopped tomatoes, garlic, basil, oil, salt and pepper. |
Mix to combine.
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| Ready to eat! |
Toss the room-temperature sauce with hot pasta or pour over hot polenta and serve.
Nutritional information: Note that the hemp oil provides more essential fatty acids than the olive oil.
Per one half cup of sauce (with hemp oil): 70 calories, 5 g total fat, 0.3 g saturated fat, 677 mg omega-3 and 2,792 mg omega-6 fatty acids, 0 mg cholesterol, 1 g protein, 7 g carbohydrates, 2 g dietary fiber, and 202 mg sodium.
Per one half cup of sauce (with extra virgin olive oil): 70 calories, 5 g total fat, 0.6 g saturated fat, 45 mg omega-3 and 565 mg omega-6 fatty acids, 0 mg cholesterol, 1 g protein, 7 g carbohydrates, 2 g dietary fiber, and 202 mg sodium.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
CARROT NOODLES WITH GINGER LIME PEANUT SAUCE
Raw Carrot Pasta with Ginger-Lime Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
- 5 large carrots, peeled and spiraled into noodles
- 1/3 cup roasted cashews
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 4 tablespoons coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons liquid aminos
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Kosher salt to taste
For the Carrot Pasta:
For the Ginger-Lime Peanut Sauce:
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix together until smooth and creamy.
- Wash carrots well, peel them, and pat them dry.
- Using your spiral slicer, make noodles out of all of the carrots. It will be more difficult to make the noodles once there is only a few inches of carrot left, so you can grate what’s left of the carrot.
- Place all carrot noodles into a large serving bowl. Pour the Ginger-Lime Peanut Sauce over the noodles and gently toss together (I use my hands for this part).
- Serve with roasted cashews (or peanuts) and freshly chopped cilantro.
To Prepare the Ginger-Lime Peanut Sauce:
To Prepare the Carrot Pasta:
Notes
If you dont have a spiral slicer, you can simply grate the carrots with a box grater to make this recipe. :D
By Julia Mueller
Source: http://www.theroastedroot.net/raw-carrot-pasta-ginger-lime-peanut-sauce/
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