Weight Loss Recipes
The recipes here are far from the only way you can do Weightloss77 – you should see them as tips and ideas to help you have a good experience with the diet. If you have other tasty suggestions, you are very welcome to let me know, so I can share them with future dieters.
At the bottom of this page, there is a small collection of Cookbooks that could help you to a healthier living after the diet, but here are first the recipes to help you get through Weightloss77:
Generally about Salads
Some of the mails that has come in during the first half year of Weightloss77 being online, has been from people saying something like “I’m not used to eating all that fruit/vegetables – how can I do it?”. In most cases, I have suggested to make a salad – it’s a good way of eating lots of different fruits or vegetables, and it’s also a good habit for your after-diet life. I don’t want you to say “I hate salads” - it has to be tasty, so you will say “I’m longing for my salad”…
All – or at least nearly all – salad dressings are filled with sugar or fat, so they are banned. Toppings like croutons and different seeds (sesame, sunflower etc) are also banned during the diet.
Below are some suggestions for salads I like, but you can use almost any kinds of different fresh fruits and vegetables. Avocados and olives are quite fat though, so you should either avoid them, or use them only as a small part of a big salad.
The salad recipes are for one person as a whole meal during the diet, or for about four persons as side dishes.^
Fruit Salad (Day 1 and 3)
Take an apple, a pear, an orange, some pineapple, some melon and a handful of seedless grapes. Cut them into small pieces, and mix it all, so you will have a good mixed taste with every spoonful. Of course you can add as many other types of fruit as you like.^
Vegetable Salad (Day 2, 3, 6 and 7)
Take ˝-1 cucumber, a tomato and a red, orange or yellow pepper and cut them into small pieces. Add some salt and pepper and - if you like - a spoonful of Kikkoman or similar soy sauce. Spice it up with all the fresh or dried herbs you like, and maybe one or more of these: a little finely chopped onion, some garlic (could be from a glass, but don’t take the oil), a shopped chili (fresh or from a glass, but don’t take the vinegar), some capers, or any other green stuff, that will make your salad a tasteful experience. Mix it all together at least 15 minutes before you eat it, to let the herbs and spices come to their right.^
Mixed Salad 1. (Day 3)
Make fine stripes of carrots and/or white or red cabbage – I use my food processor, but you can also use a suitable manual tool. Cut one or two juicy oranges into small pieces and mix it all together at least an hour before you eat it.
This is a very popular salad in Denmark, and sometimes we will add some raisins for their sweetness, but don’t do that during the diet.
Mixed Salad 2. (Day 3)
Take half a cucumber, a red, orange or yellow pepper, some lettuce, an orange and some pineapple. Cut it into small pieces and mix it all together at least 15 minutes before you eat it.^
Beef and Tomatoes (Day 5)
My favorite recipe for day 5 of Weightloss77 is simple, but very tasty, so we like to eat it, even if we are not dieting.
Take about half a pound of minced beef and one can of whole skinned tomatoes per person. Form the beef to a steak, or two, if you prefer smaller steaks. Season with salt, pepper or whatever you like, and fry on a pan in a little oil. When the steak is halfway done, you add the skinned tomatoes (not the juice) and cook them gently
on all sides until the steak is done. That’s all – enjoy! Remember to drink plenty of water with your b&t.^
Beef and Vegetables (Day 6)
For the sixth day of Weightloss77, I suggest to take your favorite cut of beef and make a roast. Bake one or two large onions (per person) beside the roast if you like. For sauce, you can blend some of the soup (make it thick to be suitable as a sauce), and add spices to make it strong and tasty. Serve with boiled vegetables – could be carrots, leek and broccoli, and a Vegetable Salad.
As always, you can eat the soup as a starter. It’s just like a party – with delicious food like that, who would want NOT to be on a diet?^
Suggestions for Day 7
I have received lots of letters asking about what to do on the last day of Weightloss77. Many have difficulties figuring out a nice way of having brown rice and vegetables, and lots of dieters have skipped the last day entirely. Skipping day 7 will not make you lose less weight on the diet, so it could seem ok, but what this day does, is to gently adjust your system back to eating normal, more stuffy food, so you will be less likely to overeat on the first normal day after the diet. The longer you can keep from overeating, the longer you will stay slim, so the last day does have it’s good purpose…
Below are two very easy suggestions for the last day, and one that requires a little more cooking:
Rice Salad
As a cold meal on the last day of the diet, you could make a half size Vegetable Salad and add a cup of cold boiled brown rice. The reason for only making a half size, is that once you add the rice, it will make you full much faster than the normal salad, and there’s no reason to start overeating even before the diet has ended…
Soup with Rice
Instead of just eating the soup on the last day, you can add a cup of boiled brown rice to the soup when served, like it is used in some Asian soups.
Curry Rice
If you like spicy food, I would suggest making some curry rice. Fry a fine chopped onion in a pot in a tablespoon of oil or less. Add some curry and a little salt and a cup of brown rice and keep frying for a while. Then add a fine chopped red pepper, some garlic slices, a fine chopped chili and some green peppercorns (if you like it hot). Finally add one cup of apple juice and one cup of water, and cook slowly under lid – depending on the type of rice, you might need to add a little more water while it cooks. Serve with a Vegetable Salad and drink fresh fruit juice.^
Cookbooks and Healthy Recipes
In order to stay slim after dieting, you should look for some recipes for healthy home-cooked meals. I have found some cookbooks and other resources, that might help. Unfortunately they all come with a price tag, but I think they offer good value for the money, and some of the sites offer lots of free information even if you don't buy their book.
If you buy one of the products through my link, I will get a small commission, that will help me keeping Weightloss77 free for everyone.
500+ Healthy Chinese Recipes Cookbook. $19.97
Quick Easy Chinese Vegetarian Cooking. $19.95
Healthy Express Cookbook. $12.95
7 Minute Chef - Lose Weight & Save Money. $8.95
Easy-Does-It Diet - DIY Frozen Diet Meals. $14.95
Hcg Dieters Gourmet Cookbook. $39.95
Healthy Living Over 40 Cookbook Vol 1. $9.99
Healthy Eating For Kids. $12.95
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