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Vegetarian Sunset – 117 calories per serve

Vegetarian Sunset eggplant recipe Low calories recipe 5:2 diet

Serves: 6 as a side (117 Calories per serve) 706 calories total.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.

INGREDIENTS
600g Eggplant – 100 calories
1 tbsp minced garlic – 20 calories
400g Canned crushed tomatoes –  106 calories
250g Neapolitan pasta sauce – 145 calories
1 teaspoon dried oregano – neg
160g red capsicum (bell pepper) – 30 calories
300g low fat Ricotta – 270 calories
5g pkt fried onions – 35 calories

METHOD

  1. Brush olive oil over  large non-stick lamington tray. Add minced garlic and brush again distributing the garlic evenly.
  2. Slice eggplant into 10mm slices and place in tray.
  3. Cover with crushed tomatoes and spread evenly with pastry bush pushing into the gaps between the slices of eggplant.
  4. Spread pasta sauce over with brush.
  5. Add a dollop of ricotta cheese to the center of each slice of eggplant. Do not spread too much (max 3/4 the diameter).
  6. Remove stem and seeds from capsicum and slice into 3mm strips. Arrange on top of each slice of eggplant over the cheese.
  7. Sprinkle over oregano and fried onion breaking the onion with your fingers as much as you can to spread.

Bake in moderate oven 25-35 minutes until well cooked with a pizza-like appearance.

NOTES:
Pasta sauces can vary so check calories.  The one I used was 58 calories per 100ml. By all means use fresh garlic if you have it and diced onion can replace fried if you like.

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Breakfast Egg Egg & Poultry Low Calorie Recipes Sweet Dessert & Baked Goods Uncategorized

Everyday Sweet Pikelets – 242 calories

Serves: 1 – 242 calories per serve
Preparation time: 5 minutes.

Everyday low-fat, low-calorie, no flour pikelets and pancakes
Everyday low-fat, low-calorie, no flour pikelets and pancakes. Great substitute for sugar and lemon pancakes.

Cooking time: 5 minutes.

 

INGREDIENTS

60g low fat cottage cheese – 35 calories
2 tablespoons oat bran – 90 calories
1 large egg white – 15 calories
1 x-large whole egg – 90 calories
1 tsp Natvia (stevia powder) – 0 calories
1 teaspoon ground Cinnamon – 2 calories
Squeeze of lemon juice (1/4 small lemon – 30ml) – 10 calories

 

METHOD

  1. Place egg white and whole egg in bowl with cottage cheese and mash with a dessert spoon.
  2. Add oat bran , cinnamon and 1/2 tsp Natvia and mix well.
  3. Lightly spray non-stick pan with olive oil and heat(not too hot or smoking)
  4. Spoon pancake mixture into fry-pan dividing into 2-3 portions.
  5. When bubbles form on surface and pikelets are stable enough to flip over. Cook until brown both sides.
  6. Place on plate and squeeze lemon juice over. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 tsp Natvia.

 

TIPS & NOTES:
Surprisingly, Natvia goes a long way – further than sugar. Half a teaspoon doesn’t sound like much but is sweet enough to enjoy your new healthy, high-protein, low-carb, low-calorie and low-fat substitute for traditional pikelets!

I often cook this for breakfast as a high protein breakfast. Protein breakfasts ensure you won’t eat too much during the day and are great for accelerating weight loss.

If it becomes a regular recipe make your oatmeal, cinnamon and Natvia mix up in small containers in advance for quicker preparation in the morning.

Great after-school snack that will fill the hungriest of kids and won’t leave them starving right on dinner time.

 

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