Showing posts with label Recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipe. Show all posts

Monday, March 29, 2010

Healthy Ranch Dressing/Dip

1/2 cup low fat plain yogurt
1/2 cup low fat sour cream
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon pepper
pinch of salt

Mix together
Refrigerate

Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 33.5
Total Fat: 2.2 g
Cholesterol: 7.3 mg
Sodium: 39.1 mg
Total Carbs: 2.2 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.1 g
Protein: 1.4 g

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Healthy Lavash Bread Pizza (Base)

This is my base recipe for my Whole Wheat Lavash Bread Pizza.
I use Trader Joe's WW Lavash bread

Ingredients

1 Lavash Bread - Whole Wheat
1/4 Cup Healthy Tomato Sauce
1/2 Cup Reduced Fat Low-Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
5 Basil leaves

Directions

Pre-heat oven 325 degree
On a baking sheet place lavash bread.
Spread tomato sauce over bread.
Sprinkle Cheese evenly across the bread.
Bake for 15 minutes.

If adding additional toppings you may need to bake a little longer depending on what and the amount of topping you choose.

Healthy Toppings Ideas
Mushrooms
Olives
Peppers (Red, Green and/or Yellow)
Spinach
Basil
Onion
Artichoke Hearts
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Also try Roasting the vegetables first - Yummy!

Nutritional Info (base recipe only)
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 103.4
Total Fat: 3.0 g
Cholesterol: 7.5 mg
Sodium: 179.4 mg
Total Carbs: 13.0 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
Protein: 6.8 g

Healthy Marinara Sauce Recipe

I use this as a pizza sauce alone and as my base to several of my pasta sauces. This recipe makes 5 - 1/4 cup servings.
I also double the recipe and freeze into 1/4 servings sizes for quick meals when I don't have the time to make from scratch.

Ingredients

1 Onions, medium, chopped
2 Garlic Cloves, chopped
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Canned Whole Tomatoes no salt added, chopped 14.5 oz.
1 tsp. Double Concentrated Tomato Paste
1/4 tsp. Dried Basil
1/4 tsp. Dried Oregano
1/4 tsp. Sea Salt
1/4 tsp. Black Pepper

Directions:
In a saute pan heat olive oil over medium heat.
Add onion and garlic until onions are translucent.
Add the chopped tomatoes and juices from can and tomato paste.
Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Add the dried herbs and salt and pepper.
Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Transfer to blender and blend til smooth.
Freeze or transfer back pan and reheat.

Number of Servings: 5


Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 5
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 53.6
Total Fat: 2.8 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 127.0 mg
Total Carbs: 6.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
Protein: 1.1 g