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Cabbage Soup(s) Diet (Quick Start Diet)

29 Friday Mar 2019

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This soup will kick start your diet. This is the 7-day diet. All versions require you to eat as much soup as you want any time you are hungry throughout the week. This is a low carb diet, check with your physician before starting any diet.

Cabbage Soup Diet

Recipe No. 1 (Original Version)

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  • 1/2 head of cabbage (chopped)
  • 1 cup of carrots (sliced)
  • 1 green or red pepper (diced)
  • 1 cup celery (sliced)
  • 1 cup white or yellow onion (diced)
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic
  • 4 cups of chicken broth (or beef or vegetable)
  • 14 or 28 oz can of diced tomatoes (I used Italian Seasoned Tomatoes)
  • 1 tsp basil
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • salt and pepper to taste

Recipe No. 1 (Italian Marinara Sauce)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 head of cabbage (chopped)
  • 1 cup of carrots (sliced)
  • 1 green or red pepper (diced)
  • 1 cup celery (sliced)
  • 1 cup white or yellow onion (diced) and caramelized
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 4 cups of chicken broth (or beef or vegetable)
  • 1 (700 ml) jar of marinara sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

(Instantpot version)

  1. Put all ingredients into the Intantpot and press “soup” and that’s it.

(Non-pressure cooker method)

  1. Heat some olive oil in a pot
  2. Add onions, peppers, celery and carrots
  3. Lightly saute
  4. Add garlic
  5. Add tomatoes (or marinara sauce) and cabbage
  6. Pour in chicken broth (or beef or vegetable)
  7. Add spices (if you like)
  8. Bring to a boil and reduce heat
  9. Cook until cabbage is tender
  10. Taste soup and add salt and pepper as needed

Enjoy

Cabbage Soup Diet (7 day Plan)

Day One:
Fruit: Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Cantaloupe and watermelon are lower in calories than most fruit. Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body.

Day Two:
Vegetables: Eat until you are stuffed will all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Plus for dinner, you can have a baked potato with butter. Do not eat fruit today. Remember to drink water throughout the day. (This is a great salad day, but be light on the salad dressing)

Day Three:
Fruits and vegetables, you want. No Baked Potato. Plus have your soup throughout the day. Remember to drink water throughout the day.

Day Four:
Bananas and Skim Milk (or Almond or Cashew Milk): You can eat as many as eight bananas along with glasses of skim milk throughout the day, along with your soup. This day is should reduce your desire for sweets. Remember to drink water throughout the day. (I like to make a banana shake or make yourself a frozen banana dessert)

Frozen banana dessert:

  1. Cut a banana into slices and put in a freezer bag
  2. Put frozen slices into a blender or food processor and pulse til smooth. You can add a few drops of milk to make it creamier.  (you can also add some cocoa powder)

Day Five:
Beef And Tomatoes:
Eat ten to twenty ounces of beef or (no-skin chicken or fish but not both) and up to six fresh tomatoes. Eat your soup at least once this day. Remember to drink water throughout the day.
For breakfast, I have a fried tomato
For lunch or supper, I have a tomato salad (yes, with cucumbers and onions, oregano and basil. This is my take on the original diet). You can also make a baked tomato with Italian spices sprinkles on top, or make beef or chicken with a tomato sauce and Italian spices, no sugar added.
I also get myself some tomato juice (low sodium) and have that as a drink instead of some tomatoes during the day

Day Six:
Beef and Vegetables:
Eat beef or (no-skin chicken or fish but not both) and vegetables this day. You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with leafy green vegetables. No Baked Potato. Remember to eat your soup at least once.
Make yourself a beef or chicken stir fry if you like (remember to use only a little oil)
You can also roast your vegetables or make yourself a hearty salad (easy on the dressing)

Day Seven:
Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables: Be sure to eat your soup at least once this day.

Day 8 and Beyond:
The Cabbage Soup Diet is not intended for long-term weight loss. This diet is low in fat and high in fibre that will jump-start the diet that works for you and a long-term eating plan.

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Ricotta Meatballs

20 Thursday Apr 2017

Posted by wrks4me in Low Carb, Main Dishes, wrks4me - Recipes

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Cheese, Diet, Garlic, Hamburger, Keto, Meatballs, onion, Recipe

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wrks4me_terry_tested-11These Ricotta meatballs are so flavourful and tender. Serve over spaghetti. If you are on a Keto diet you can use spaghetti squash or zucchini squash sliced as spaghetti, cauliflower rice. You can also cut them when cooled and use them as a layer in lasagna.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 onion, minced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (depends on how intense you like the flavour)
  • 1 cup frozen cut leaf spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain and chop
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
  • 1/3 cup dry bread crumbs (I prefer Italian bread crumbs) Note: Eliminate if on a Keto diet
  • 1 (28 ounce) jar  of your favourite marinara sauce

Directions

  1. Saute onion in olive oil over medium heat until translucent. Add garlic into onion and gentle heat. Transfer onion mixture to a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add ground beef, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, spinach, egg, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper with onion mixture until almost combined; stir in bread crumbs and continue to mix until thoroughly blended.
  3. Roll into 1-inch meatballs (use about 2 tablespoons of mixture)
  4. Put 2 tablespoons olive oil into the skillet, and over medium heat and brown meatballs on all sides. Remove meatballs and drain on a paper towel
  5. Put meatballs back into the pan and pour marinara sauce over them and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, for about 30 minutes or no longer pink in the center.
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