Archive for: October 2006

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
Cabbage - 1 no
Flour – 2 tbsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Pepper – fresh ground – 1 tsp
Chervil – 1 tsp
Cheese – grated- fat free – ½ cup
Chives – ½ tsp
Sugar – 2 tbsp
Butter – 2 tbsp
Hot milk – 1 cup
Preparation
Cut cabbage in wedges 1/4 inch thick and [...]

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes (blending)
Ingredients
Cucumber – 2 no
Ginger (chopped) - 1 tsp
Green chilly – 1 no
Water – 3 cups
Cream whipped smooth – 3 tsp (optional)
Finely chopped mint – 1 small sprig
Sugar – 1 tsp
Salt and pepper to taste
Bread – 1 or 2 slices
Preparation
Chop cucumber into large chunks. Boil the cucumber in [...]

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
Oranges with firm skin – 6 no
Bean sprouts – 1 cup
Chopped cucumber – ¼ cup
Segments of orange – ½ cup
Chopped tomatoes – ¼ cup
Salt and pepper – to taste
Chopped Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp
Preparation
Carve the orange baskets with handle and remove all the segments to use in the [...]

Ingredients
Gooseberry (seedless) – 250gm
Sugar/salt /honey- to taste
Water- 2 cups
Preparation
In a mixer, put the gooseberries and extract juice. Add sugar/salt/honey and refrigerate and enjoy.
Note: Take this juice early in the morning, in empty stomach.
Special Tip: This juice helps in bringing down your body weight if taken regularly for about 45 days. Gooseberry is a great [...]

Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
Butter – fat free – 1/4cup
Asparagus cut into 1 inch pieces – 1 lb
Minced onion – 1 tbsp
Garlic – minced – 1 clove
Minced parsley – 3 tbsp
Dry breadcrumbs – 2 tbsp
Stewed tomatoes – 1 can
Dried oregano – 1/2tsp
Salt – ½ tsp
Pepper – ½ tsp
Dried thyme - ¼ [...]

Ingredients
Unsweetened Soymilk – 8 oz
Cream – fat free- 4 oz
Sugar free vanilla protein powder – 1tsp
Sugar free DaVinci vanilla syrup - 3 tbsp
Sugar free Tang – ½ tsp
Ice cubes – 5 no
Preparation
Blend all the ingredients and serve.
Note: Easy to prepare, highly refreshing, and delicious!

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours
Ingredients
Beets – 8 no
Olive oil – 1 tbsp
Red wine vinegar – 11/2 tsp
Salt and pepper - to taste
Sour cream – fat free – ¼ cup
Zest of one orange, minced
Preparation
Set oven at 400° F. Place washed and trimmed beets on sheet of aluminum foil. Fold and seal [...]

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 0
Ingredients
Carved cucumber flowers with a hollow center – 12 no
For the bread sauce:
Bread slices - 2 no
Olive oil – 2 tsp
Coarse powder of almonds and walnuts – 2 tbsp
Vinegar – 1 tbsp
Pepper power – 1 pinch
Preparation
Soak the bread slices in water for a minute. Add in a blender with [...]

Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
Brown beans – 2 cups
Corn meal – 4 cups
Flour – ½ cup
Soda – 1 tsp
Preparation
Boil the beans in water till it becomes soft. Then put corn meal, flour and soda in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. Now add boiling beans and [...]

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 3 minutes
Cooking Time: 0
Ingredients
White gourd – juice- 1 cup
Honey – 3 tbsp
Cardamom – powdered – 1 pinch
Tender coconut water – 1 cup
Preparation
Blend all the ingredients and drink. This juice must be taken early in the morning in empty stomach.
Note: This special juice will bring down your body weight if taken [...]