Lo-fat dinner ideas? :)

[plucked]

I want to be able to make some lo-fat dinners for myself that are creative and fun, with different textures than the smoothies and salads I usually eat.

Ok. Here's what I have; a good food processor, an Osterizer blender, an ok juicer. I have an old, round dehydrator that I haven't used in years 'cause it's loud, so dehydrating things is out at this point.

I dont have any fancy gogi berries, cocoa nibs, whatever...but really desperate to through in some new things!

please help!

[plucked]

Anybody??? :confused:

[Rawkinlocs]

When you say low-fat, do you mean NO nuts, seeds, avocado at all or some but just not a whole lot?

[plucked]

Hey! thanks for the reply. I usually eat about an ounce of nuts s=during the day anyway, and then olive oil on my salads, so I'd prefer none to very little fat.

[Sweet lips]

Okay Plucked -is that as in a chicken or what - no, I am only joking. Here a few to get you started

Corn-of - the cob

1 cup corn off the cob with the milk
1/4 finelr minced shallot or equiv of onion - red onion is good
1/4 red bell pepper finel chopped
2 mushooms, finely chopped

I usually blend this in as well, and it gets thick and is savory. Of course I have added my spice selection

Blueberry Jello

1 pint blueberries
2 bananas
1/2 lemon or lime juiced

Sometimes I add agave nectar instead of bananas - when this is really cold it is so good. I have also used it with Alissa crepes instead of the strawberries - ummm good.

Ethiopian Delight

1 head green or red leaf lettuce
1 cup chopped broccoli florets
1/2 cup chopped okra
2 tomatoes chopped
1 red bell pepper chopped
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1/2 garlic clove finely chopped

After washing veggies, place in a large bowl and serve with tomato dill dressing

Now the dressing does have tahini - but you can dilute it with lemon juice:

3/4 cup tahini
3 tablespoons nama shoyu
5 garlic cloves fresh
3 tomatoes
1/2 cup fresh
1 tbs chopped fresh dillweed

Combine all he ingredients in a blender and blend on high for several minutes. It is important to make sure that all garlic cloves have been pulverized.


Tomato and onion soup

1 tomato
1/4 onion, diced
1-2 tbs nama shoyu
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp fresh chopped cilantro
1 tsp fresh chopped parsley
1 tsp cayenne
11/2 cups of hot to pinky touch water

In a bowl, combine all the ingredients except the water and stir together. Then add the water. If you want it creamy- blend them all together in blender and serve immediatley

Chinese Cabbage from Zakhah
1 head small Chinese Cabbage, shredded
1 orange, juiced
1 lemon, juiced
1 tbs cold pressed seseame oil
1 tbs flax seed
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp unhulled sesame seeds
1 tsp orange zedt ground
1 tbs Nama SHoyu
1 tbs agave nectar
1 tbs grated fresh ginger root
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Mix all together and marinate for an hour and serve

Vegetable sandwich

1 samll thing eggplant, sliced length-wise
1 cup, our choice of veggie pate 0made with veggies and seasonings in food processor)
1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
Spinach leaves, stems removed
1 red onion sliced
sunflower or other sprouts

Assemble and serve with Hot and SPicy Dipping Sauce

1 cup Nama Shoyu
1/2 cup of untoasted sesame oil
1 tsp cayenne pepper -blend all togethr - keeps in fridge for up to a week

[rawpriestess]

WOW, Sweetlips you always come up with the super fantastic recipes. YUMMY.

here are a few more.

Exploding raspberry jam

1 cup raspberries
1 cup dark raisins

blend in food processor until well blended

Set in refrigerator until set, (a couple hours)
enjoy, on frozen banana ice cream, or flax seed crackers, or on granola, or add a little more raspberries, or fruit juice to make into a sauce, and use on desserts etc.
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Stir fry

1/2 cup of each thinly sliced
red pepper
snap peas
cauliflower
mushrooms
carrot
brocolli
sweet white onion
and any other veggie you like

place in a bowl, and dash on braggs liquid aminos, or nama shoyu sauce.

You can add crushed garlic clove, or some spices if you like, (I like it plain)

serve over bean sprouts
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this is my one of my favorite dinners.

[plucked]

thanks everybody! I will have to give som of these a try soon!