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[I'mHeather]

Somebody posting about pizza made me think of a recipe for whole wheat pizza crust I got from a website a while back. It's great. You can top with watever healthy things you like. I make my own sauce and use some non fat mozarella and basil and roasted tomatoes. Sometimes I use pineapple and green pepper. yummy.

INGREDIENTS
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon honey

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl combine flour, wheat germ and salt. Make a well in the middle and add honey and yeast mixture. Stir well to combine. Cover and set in a warm place to rise for a few minutes.
Roll dough on a floured pizza pan and poke a few holes in it with a fork.
Bake in preheated oven for 5 to 10 minutes, or until desired crispiness is achieved.

[meat_pirate86]

From Worlds Healthiest Foods, whfoods.org

Good way to eat sardines for the Omega 3 and the calcium.

3-Minute Sardine Spread
Great as an appetizer served on crackers or as a dip.
1 can (3.25 ounces) of sardines packed
in olive oil or water
4 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated
1 TBS fresh lemon juice
2 TBS parsley, chopped
1 tsp capers
1/2 tsp paprika
3 TBS extra virgin olive oil
1. Drain the oil or water from the can of Sardines.
2. Combine all ingredients in a food processor or
blender. Process or blend until smooth. Serve with
crackers or vegetables.

Hey alternativista, I was watching Rachel Ray today and this is what she made:

3-4 slices of anchovies in crushed red pepper preserve
1/3 cup olive oil
Combine these two ingredients on medium heat. The anchovies melt into the olive oil and you are left with a very flavourful sauce. Turn on very low heat
Add 3 cloves chopped garlic

At the same time she prepared breadcrumbs:
2 tbsps butter melted in pan
thick coating of breadcrumb meal
bunch of young, finely chopped shallots
lemon juice

Combine meal into melted butter and brown slightly. Add shallots and lemon juice, turn off heat.

Then she cooked penne pasta in salt. She took a beautiful tuna steak (not a scrap of fat on it) and food processed it. She added the breadcrumb mix which had cooled and rolled bite-size tuna balls. She placed the meat balls into the putanesca sauce (anchovy sauce) and let them cook thru. Then she added the pasta!!
She stirred it and poured the mixture onto a large serving plate which was covered in a good layer of olive oil and topped it with fresh chopped basil leaves.
It looked amazing.

[meat_pirate86]

Veggie Lasagna
2 servings

1 large eggplant sliced into 'toasts'
1 ripe tomato, sliced thinly
1 handful spring mixed greens
1 large handful cauliflower, de-stemmed
1 sweet onion, sliced thinly
1 tsp. balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp sea salt
pinch of garlic powder or 1 clove fresh garlic

Get all ingredients as listed above ready, then pre-heat oven to 350.
Slice the eggplant into 4 flat bread-shaped slices and place 2 on non-stick baking sheet.
Pulse cauliflower into 'breadcrumbs' and add garlic and half the sea salt, stir.
Pulse the olive oil and spring mix with the other half of the salt.
Top the eggplant fillets with tomato, then onion slices.
Brush the onion with balsamic vinegar.
Place another eggplant slice on top, then coat evenly with spring mix/olive oil mixture followed by the cauliflower/garlic mixture.
Bake until soft.
If you have leftover spring mix, tomatoes and cauliflower, mix them together with a little water and oil and use as a sauce when they are done.
They are good for lunch the next day so I make two.

EDIT: If you are too lazy for the above, just combine all ingredients in a bowl for a raw salad version of the veggie lasagna.

[alternativista]

Veggie Lasagna

Hah. I was thinking of coming up with something like this. Whole foods has these stacked eggplant parmesan rounds that I thought looked good, but would be better as individual round lasagnas, and skip the frying of the eggplant. I really don't see the point in frying things you are going to drench in sauce or gravy.

The cauliflower crumbs idea is really interesting. Have you seen the cauliflower pizza crust/bread recipe. It's supposed to be really good and very easy.

[meat_pirate86]

Veggie Lasagna

Hah. I was thinking of coming up with something like this. Whole foods has these stacked eggplant parmesan rounds that I thought looked good, but would be better as individual round lasagnas, and skip the frying of the eggplant. I really don't see the point in frying things you are going to drench in sauce or gravy.

The cauliflower crumbs idea is really interesting. Have you seen the cauliflower pizza crust/bread recipe. It's supposed to be really good and very easy.

I saw the recipe today, the breadsticks look fantastic! Cauliflower was on sale last week so I'll be able to make it soon, I'll post results and observations or substitutions here.

Also, the lasagna would also be great on the BBQ (either grilled or wrapped in tin foil) then cut with a sharp knife into bite-size appetizers. I want to put colourful, cellophane-tipped toothpicks thru them and serve at my birthday party.

[Cleric.x7]

Here's a personal recipe that I use about once a month. I usually partition the entire meal into 4 containers for lunches throughout the week (Monday to Thursday -- I eat out on Friday).

Rosemary Chicken over Wild Rice

Wild Rice

Ingredients:
-4 cups Water (Filtered)
-1/2 tsp. Celtic Sea Salt
-1/4 tsp. Black Pepper
-1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper

-2 cups Wild Rice (Kosher)
-1 tbsp. Olive Oil (Extra-Virgin; Cold Pressed)

Instructions:
1. Pour water into a large pot; add salt, pepper, and cayenne; turn stove-top heat to max
2. Pour olive oil into a deep frying pan; add wild rice; turn stove-top heat to max; stir wild rice until coated with the olive oil
3. When water is boiling in the large pot, add the wild rice to it
4. Quickly stir the rice in the boiling water so each grain is loose; cover pot with a lid (ensuring the lid has a hole in the top); turn heat down to min
5. Let rice simmer for exactly 1 hour (or until all liquid is gone); remove from heated stove-top; lightly fluff with a fork and let stand covered for an additional 5 minutes


Rosemary Chicken

Ingredients:
-8 Chicken Thighs (Organic, Boneless, Skinless)
-Coconut Oil (*see instructions)
-Celtic Sea Salt (*see instructions)
-Black Pepper (*see intructions)

-2 four-inch twigs Fresh Rosemary (Organic)
-6 cloves Garlic (Organic)
-1 tbsp. Ginger

Instructions:
1. Run your finger along each sprig of rosemary so that the herbs fall off the stem; peel each clove of garlic and mince it using a garlic press; peel the ginger and cut into 1-cm pieces; place all of these into a small bowl
2. Cut chicken thighs into 1-inch pieces (also trim unwanted fat); coat each piece with a very thin layer of coconut oil (wash hands thoroughly for next step); pre-heat a deep frying pan on max for 5 minutes
3. Place half the chicken pieces with fork or spoon (to avoid greasing your hands again) into the pan; coat top-side of each piece with a pinch of salt & pepper; lightly brown underside for 3 minutes; flip pieces over with a fork or spoon; coat again and brown for another 3 minutes; remove and add to a large bowl
4. Repeat step 3 with the other half of the chicken pieces
5. With the pan still on max heat, throw the rosemary/ginger/garlic (from the small bowl) into the pan; stir quickly for 30 sec; add all of the chicken pieces to the mixture and stir quickly for 1 min

Serve chicken mixture over bed of wild rice. Tastes great... and it's all kosher!

Regards,
-Cleric

[meat_pirate86]

You can make 'rice' if you are intolerant to grains - it's very simple.
De-stem and rinse cauliflower and place in glass bowl with no water and microwave for a minute or more until softened, then food process, chop or grind it into 'rice' or a finer consistency can be used as a flour substitute for baking.

I've seen recipes where you can make it into noodles by adding eggs or flatbread by adding cheese, adding onion salt or garlic and dried herbs for breadsticks.

I'm working on making fruit muffins with cauli-flour

[meat_pirate86]

A great substitute for dried coconut is finely grated parsnip. It's sweet like coconut with a similar texture, but much less processed.

It's great to add to baked goods for the extra fiber.

[meat_pirate86]

i wish cookie dough were healthy

[meat_pirate86]

or ice cream

[EddieE]

i wish ice cream was healthy!

I wish all the food were healthy.

[meat_pirate86]

This was amazing

[Jërëmÿnör]

Homemade ice cream can be healthy, depending on what you put in it

[spectacled_owl]

I just made some delicious "tacos with no shell". The cabbage gives a nice crunch in case you're missing a crunchy taco shell.

1/2 of an onion
2 tbsp garlic
1/2 lb ground beef
2 cups shredded cabbage
1 small can of salsa verde or any salsa
1 tomato
green chiles (to taste depending how spicy you want it)
spices to taste - I always eyeball my spices black pepper, chili powder, turmeric, cumin
Don't be afraid of the cumin, use a lot.
fresh cilantro and grated cheddar for garnish

Saute onions and garlic in some oil (such as grapeseed or avocado) on medium to med high heat for about 5 mins until onions are transparent. Add hamburger and cook until just brown. Add cabbage, salsa, tomatoes, chiles and spices. Stir together and saute over medium heat for about 5-10 mins or until the cabbage is just starting to not be as crunchy (you don't want it to be too soft though).

Serve with some fresh cilantro and cheddar on top. Deeelicious.