Recipe: Beef & Creamcheese Pinwheels

This is one of my favorite holiday recipes and very BFC friendly.

Ingredients

• 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened

• 1 tablespoon grated onion

• 1 teaspoon horseradish

• Dash Worcestershire sauce

• 2 packages (2 oz. each) Buddig Sliced Beef

Directions

Combine cream cheese, onion, horseradish and Worcestershire until well blended. Separate sliced meat, laying two slices in a row, slightly overlapped. Spread with cream cheese mixture. Roll up and fasten with a wooden pick. Repeat with remaining meat and cream cheese. Refrigerate, covered, at least 2 hours. Just before serving, cut into 1-inch slices. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: Calories per serving (one 1-inch piece) 23; Calories from Fat 19; Total Fat 2g; Saturated Fat 1g; Trans Fat 0g; Cholesterol 8mg; Sodium 55mg; Total Carbohydrate <1g; Dietary Fiber 0g; Protein 1g PREP TIME: 20 minutes CHILL TIME: 2 hours Makes approximately 3-1/2 dozen pinwheels.

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Recipe: Green Drink known as 'Bug Juice'

In the Jorge Cruise Belly Fat Cure he advocates drinking the following concoction:






Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of water, separated
1 Tbsp chia seeds
2 medium stalks celery (about 85g)
1 medium cucumber, with peel (about 300g)
2 c spinach leaves (about 45g)


Preparation
Stir the chia seeds in 1/2 cup of water and set aside. Pour the other 2 cups of water in a blender jar. Cut the celery and cucumber in chunks and add to blender. Turn blender on highest setting to turn the contents into a juice. Add the spinach and juice again. When all is combined add in the chia seeds in water which has turned into a gel and blend once more. Your drink is now ready!


Nutrition Info
Makes 1 serving approx 136 calories
Sugar         3 g
Carbs         21 g   
Fiber          13 g
Sodium      111 mg
Fat              5 g
Protein       6 g

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Recipe: Make Your Own Instant Oatmeal Packets

Do you love the convenience of those single serving instant oatmeal packets but are tired of the cost and not being able to control the ingredients? Well, I was so I came up with my own recipe. Now, I made a bunch so I wouldn't have to do it again very soon. You can cut it in half or even 4ths if you don't want so much. I buy my oats in bulk at my local health food store which makes it even cheaper.

Instant Oatmeal Mix

makes 36 servings of approx 1/3 cup or 45 g

9 cups quick oats

4 1/2 cups regular oats

4 tsp salt

4 Tbsp cinnamon

20 Tbsp inulin

Measure the regular oats into your blender or food processor bowl and grind into a powder. Add them to the other ingredients in a big bowl and mix well. If you get the 7 oz bag of Vivagave Inulin I reviewed earlier the entire bag is 20 Tbsp. so just dump the entire bag into the mix. The inulin adds 5 1/2 g of fiber and 5 1/2 g of carbs to each serving. You can store it in container(s) of your choice or pre-measure it into individual containers. Those small snack size Ziplocs would do nicely. When you are ready to make it, take one pre-measured packet or measure out a serving into a microwave safe bowl. Add sweetener to taste (I use stevia) and I also add lots more cinnamon because I like it! Stir well and then add 1/2 to 2/3 cup of water and stir again to combine. Microwave on high for 60 seconds, remove from microwave and stir well. Depending on your microwave, you may need another 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and add toppings of your choice. I like mine with 1/4 oz of walnut pieces (brings the carb value to 40 g per serving) or maybe a few blueberries and a touch of half and half. You can also add a small amount of wheat germ, flax seed, or maybe chia seeds, but it may put you into 3 servings of carbs ratings for the bowl of oatmeal. If you decide to not add the inulin, it will reduce both the fiber and carbs per serving by 5 1/2 g, as stated above, and then you have a little more room to add other toppings and still stay with in the 2 carb serving range. Wheat germ and flax seed should be stored cool so don't add them until you are ready to make. Also, I suppose you could use all quick oats (just grind 1/3 of total amount). I had regular oats, so I used them.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size 1/3 cup (45g)

servings per container About 36

Fat 1.6 g

Sodium 265 mg

Carbohydrates 39 g

Fiber 10 g

Protein 5 g

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