Healthy Recipes For Weight Loss!

Here is a small sampling of many of the healthy recipes for weight loss you’ll find featured within the Diet Solution Program!

Spaghetti Squash & Turkey Meatballs

Spaghetti Squash & Sauce
Ingredients
1 spaghetti squash (4-5 pounds)
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
6 plum tomatoes, chopped
½ cup crushed tomato
2 tablespoons tomato paste
½ cup fresh basil leaves, finely chopped

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Wrap the whole squash in foil. Place it on a baking sheet and bake for 1 to 2 hours, until tender when pierced with a fork, turning the squash over halfway through cooking. Set aside to cool.
2. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. (You can use butter to aid in the cooking.) Add the onions and garlic and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until softened. Add the plum tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, and basil. Simmer gently for 15 minutes. Set aside.
3. Make the turkey meatballs (see below). Pour the tomato sauce that you set aside previously over the meatballs in the baking dish. Cook for 10 more minutes.
4. Cut the cooked spaghetti squash in half. Remove and discard the seeds. Scoop out 3 cups of squash from the shell. (Reserve the remaining squash for future use). Arrange the squash on a serving platter and top with the meatball-marinara sauce mixture.

Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients
1 lb ground turkey
1 egg, beaten
½ cup sprouted grain bread crumbs
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
1-2 cloves garlic (depending on how much you like garlic)
1 teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon salt

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix all ingredients together in bowl, roll into balls.
3. Place in baking dish.
4. Bake for 15 minutes, or until cooked through.

Almond Crusted Chicken

The almonds turn this otherwise ordinary chicken dish into a crunchy, nutritious meal that packs a healthy dose of vitamin E and fiber.

Ingredients
1 egg white
3 teaspoons water
6 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast, pounded thin
1/4 cup sliced almonds, coarsely chopped
Celtic Sea Salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1. Whisk egg white, water, salt, and pepper in small bowl. Dip the chicken breast into the egg mixture and dredge in almonds.
2. Heat a skillet over medium heat and lightly coat with unrefined coconut oil.
3. Sautee chicken on one side over medium heat for 3 minutes. Turn and cook for an additional 3 to 4 minutes, until cooked through.

Baked Buffalo Wings

This bar favorite is usually deep fried in batter and loaded with blue cheese dressing. Give this alternative a try for a healthier spin!

Ingredients
1 lb chicken wings (preferably without skin)
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon Celtic Sea Salt
1/2 cup hot sauce
1 tablespoon butter

Directions
1. Fill a large pot half way with water and then add the first 4 ingredients.
2. Bring water mixture and wings to a boil and then boil for 15 minutes.
3. Transfer wings to an oven safe container coated with butter.
4. Bake wings on “Broil” for 15 minutes on each side. (For crispier wings, cook longer on each side, maybe 20 minutes per side).
5. While waiting for wings, combine the hot sauce and butter in a small pot and cook over low flame until melted.
6. When wings are done, shake ‘em up with the sauce and enjoy!

Easy Turkey Chili

Ingredients
1 lb. ground turkey (you can substitute ground chicken)
1 small onion, chopped
1 (4.5 oz.) can chopped chilies, drained
1 (14.5 oz.) can black beans, undrained
1 (14.5 oz.) can chickpeas, undrained
1 (14.5 oz.) can kidney beans, undrained
1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes, with juice
1 (16 oz.) can tomato sauce
1-2 tablespoons chili powder, to taste

Directions
1. Cook turkey and onion in a medium fry pan over medium high heat (I used coconut oil), sramble fry until no longer pink.
2. Drain off fat and transfer cooked meat and onion to crockpot.
3. Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.
4. Cook on high 6 to 8 hours.

Delicious Chocolate Pudding…DSP Style!

Chocolate? Did Isabel really just say chocolate?

Oh yes I did and, not only that, it’s healthy too!

I got this delicious chocolate recipe from my good friend Mike Geary (author of The Truth About Abs).

Here’s Mike’s recipe for an amazingly healthy fat burning chocolate pudding that’s high in fiber, healthy fats, protein and low in sugar, with NO artificial sweeteners and NO added sugars.

Mike Geary’s Healthy Chocolate Pudding

(This recipe will make about 2-3 servings and is a great healthy dessert or late night snack.)

Ingredients
1/2 of a ripe avocado (soft to touch)
approx 3 tablespoons of almond butter (preferably raw if possible)
approx 1/4 cup of unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk
2 heaping tablespoons of organic cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
1 or 2 packets of stevia (or to your desired sweetness level)
1/2 to 3/4 of a scoop of chocolate protein powder
just a small pinch of salt

Directions
Put the avocado and almond butter into a bowl and mash together with a fork until smooth. Then add all of the other ingredients into the bowl and mix together vigorously until all is mixed and smooth.

If everything went right, the consistency will be similar to pudding… except normal pudding makes you FAT with loads of sugar! My healthy pudding recipe will actually HELP you to burn fat, control cravings, and satisfy your body’s need for micro-nutrients, protein, healthy fats, and fiber.

If the pudding ends up too thick, simply add a bit more almond milk or coconut milk for more moisture.

If you want to get a little wild and add some more nutrient-rich additions, feel free to add some chopped pecans, chia seeds, rice bran, or walnuts at the end.

Peanut Butter Cup Protein Shake

Ingredients
2 scoops chocolate protein powder
1 tbsp natural peanut butter (or almond butter works well too)
8 oz. water
3-5 ice cubes

Directions
Add all ingredients to blender, whip, and serve.

Asian Style Salmon

The addition of ginger makes this dish delicious, nutritious, and tasty. It is good served hot or at room temperature.

Ingredients
• ¾ teaspoon low-sodium and wheat free soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon wasabi powder
• ½ teaspoon grated fresh ginger
• 6-ounce wild salmon steak
• 1 scallion, thinly sliced (white part only)

Directions
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the soy sauce, wasabi, and ginger. Marinate the salmon with the soy sauce mixture in a shallow baking dish for 30 minutes at room temperature or for 2 to 3 hours in the refrigerator.
Place on grill and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side for medium rare.
Place salmon on top of vegetables and garnish with thinly sliced scallions.

Tomato & Cucumber Salad

Courtesy of Annie, a DSP member.

Ingredients
5 tomatoes, diced
1 onion, finely chopped
1 cucumber, sliced
1 green pepper, chopped
handful chopped basil
handful chopped parsley
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped (optional)
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
Celtic Sea Salt
pepper

Directions
1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Toss well, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Chill before serving.

Homemade Dark Chocolate

Courtesy of Val, a DSP member.

Ingredients
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/4 – 1/2 cup organic cocoa powder
1/4 cup coconut milk
dash of Celtic Sea Salt
1 teaspoon organic vanilla
Stevia to taste

Directions
1. Heat the oil on med/high to thin it out; then add cocoa, coconut milk, vanilla, salt. It will thicken when you add the coconut milk so keep it warm while you add stevia a little bit at a time. (If you are using the steviva concentrated powder, just use a little dusting at a time and keep tasting it. If you add too much it will be more bitter. You can always add a little more coconut milk if it gets too sweet.)
2. Once you are satisfied with the taste, take it off the heat and pour it into molds or spread on a small plate and freeze. Even if left at room temp if will harden because of the coconut oil.
3. You can add other ingredients to the chocolate before letting it set – coconut, almonds, walnuts, etc.

Enjoy!

*Val made peanut butter cups by coating tiny muffin tins along the bottom and sides and then putting a small amount of peanut butter in the center and covering the top with more chocolate.

As you can see, healthy recipes for weight loss don’t have to taste like cardboard! Try these and find many more within The Diet Solution Program!