Pumpkin muffins

Pumpkin muffins tastes like sweet potatoes! Make them in the small muffin tins or they won't get done in the middle.

1packet of Before and After Vanilla Creme Protein Pudding

1packet of Before and After Oatmeal w/ Apples Supplement

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup canned pumpkin

1/2 tsp vanilla flavoring

3 drops of Stevia

1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until brown. Makes 18 muffins and 9 are a serving! Tastes great with our Cappuchino Protein Supplement!

Lee's Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients
1 dropper Stevia (Eng. Toffee or Clear or Cinnamon Flavor)

2 tablespoons Walden Farms Pancake syrup

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 cup Eggbeaters
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

3/4 cup plain Soy milk

1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust**

(or make it with recipe below to save more carbs!)

2 cups Cool Whip

Add a packet or two of Vanilla Creme pudding if you are on the Belly Buster Diet to fill you up faster and it will make the mixture creamier. I mix it all in the blender when I do that!


**crust:Can use 1 jar of Walden farms Marshmallow dip and
1 box of crushed Melba toast to make a great pie crust!

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large mixing bowl, stir together Stevia,syrup, salt, and cinnamon. When these ingredients are well mixed, stir in the egg whites followed by the pumpkin and evaporated milk. Pour into the pie crust.

Bake for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the pie comes out clean. Cool then top with whipped topping before serving. Note
Serving Size: 1 slice (1/8 of pie)

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For more information about the Belly Buster Diet visit http://www.bellybusterdiet.com/ and for a free metabolic assessment or to order Walden farms or Wisdom Natural Brand Stevia products mentioned in these recipes, call 772-708-7026 or 1-888-657-5402. You may fill out our health profile online for a free metabolic assessment to see which diet plan and supplements you should be on, at http://www.beforeandafterdiet.net/get_started.html .

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Cauliflower Popcorn

This is from Angi Wuebben in response to me saying "the only thing I miss on the diet is popcorn!" However, this tastes a little like fried okra to me, which is something else this Southern Belle misses! I wonder if you can do the same with okra?!


For a picture and other reciptes visit at Mrs. Dash's website:
http://www.mrsdash.com/recipes/recipe-view.aspx?recipeID=721

Cauliflower Popcorn
Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower
3 Tbsp. (45mL) olive oil (or Canola/Enova oil would be best--your body does not absorb it!)
2 Tbsp. (30mL) Mrs. Dash® Table Blend
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450°F (220°C).
Cut out and discard cauliflower core and thick stems. Trim remaining cauliflower into florets the size of popcorn.
Toss thoroughly in a bowl with olive oil and Mrs. Dash® Table Blend.
Spread cauliflower on a sheet pan and roast for approximately 60 minutes, or until nicely browned (that's the carmelization process converting the dormant natural sugars into sweetness).
Turn three or four times during roasting. The browner the florets, the sweeter they will taste. Serve immediately.

How to start the Belly Buster Diet

1. First, fill out your health profile at http://www.beforeandafterdiet.net/get_started.html and then



2. Someone will call you to do your FREE metabolic assessment.



3. Your consultant will help determine which of our 6 programs and herbal selections are right for you and place you on a plan involving a preconditioning phase, diet phase, stabilization and maintenance plan and give you the cost for a whole year.



4. You will be given a phone number for group therapy classes and a toll-free number to the home office.



5. Your counselor will tell you how you can attend local cooking classes, if available, or even become a consultant yourself!

THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE BELLY BUSTER DIET IS: YOU CAN SAFELY LOSE 2-5 LBS. PER WEEK BECAUSE YOU ARE USING A PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT TO PROTECT YOUR MUSCLE TISSUE AND HAVE A TRAINED COUNSELOR GUIDING YOU!

You may also call us for more information at 1-888-657-5402 or 772-708-7026....ask for Lee.

Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad
1/2 head of cauliflower
1/2 head of broccoli
1/2 red pepper, diced
1/2 yellow pepper, diced
1 small onion, sliced exceptionally thin
1/2 bottle Walden Farms dressing of choice**

Cut the cauliflower into bite-size pieces in a large bowl. Stir in the peppers and onion. Drizzle the dressing into the salad while stirring slowly. Can add a half of jar of Hormel Bacon bits just before serving or, peanuts, almonds or sunflower seeds IF ON MAINTENANCE. Some of my favorite Walden Farms with it are: Creamy Italian, Creamy Bacon, Balsomic, Honey Dijon, or Zesty Italian.
Marinate overnight for best flavor.
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Please go to http://www.beforeandafterdiet.net/get_started.html to fill out your health profile for you free metabolic assessment!



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Potato Salad without Potatoes

Serves: 4
There's no potatoes in it but

you'd never guess it !!!!
2-hard boiled eggs
2- 10-oz pks of frozen cauliflower
1/2 chopped onion
4 Tbsp Hellman's LiteMayo
2 Tbsp bacon bits
Seasoning salt to taste
Cook cauliflower, cool and mash it then put in refrigerator for 1/2 hr to
cool. Chop up the eggs add to cauliflower. Mix other ingredients with
cauliflower and eggs
Refrigerate for an hour.

Another of Mary Ann Black's fabulous recipes! Thanks Mary Ann!

Remember to check out our annual Belly Buster Weight Loss Cruise to the Caribbean below and contact us if you are interested and watch for our coming website:

http://www.lunchwithlee.blogspot.com/

Belly Buster Cruise Details!

Go on the cruise and then diet with us at http://www.bellybusterdiet.com/!

We go on a Weight Loss Cruise each year to the Caribean and YES we all lose weight together!

The 2010 Belly Buster Weight Loss Cruise will leave from Miami and go to Cozumel and Belize! We will cruise from March 22-27, 2010. Please join us and our Belly Buster Babes and learn a new way of eating!

If you put a deposit of $100 per person on the cruise now, you can keep doing that each month and have it paid for by March! It is refundable through end of November. After December, cabins may not be available as they fill up fast with only 3 months to go.

We are trying to get sponsors like Walden Farms and Promise Margarine and Silk Soy Milk--companies we promote who may pay for 1/2 fare on your cabins through contests,etc. But you would need to have your name in the hat ahead in order to get a "sponsorship" from them. You may also do fundraisers in your community to go. Anyone have ideas?

The rates on the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas for March 22-27 are as follows:

Cat. N / interior: $659.00 + $79.08 (tx)= $738.08 pp.

Cat. H / oceanview: $769.00 + $79.08 (tx)= $848.08 pp.

Cat, E2 / balcony: $899 + $70.08 (tx)= $978.08 pp.

Call in your card number for your deposit to me, on my cell:
772-708-7026 or to Kathy Mehal--Iwill give you her number when you call me
if you want travel insurance also. She is our Cruise One travel planner handling
this and I highly recommend you get it in case of an emergency as it does not
cost much.If you would prefer to mail me a check, let me know you are doing
that, but mail it to: 4909 South US 1, Fort Pierce, FL 34982

Anyone can go--you do not have to be a client or a consultant! It costs less than Richard Simmons cruise, although I would LOVE to go on his! We will have speakers and classes and exercise depending on the needs of the group. Will keep you posted on some of the fabulous guest speakers we have in mind.

What Tastes Like Pizza but is Dietetic?

Mary Ann Black, one of our clients at the Before and After Weight Loss Clinic in St. Lucie County, Florida, is a fabulous cook and when I met her I immediately liked her. But the real bond has come in sharing our love of cooking and discovering that she used to be a weight loss counselor, too, with a passion for helping people lose weight! So I have invited her to help me with these blogs and our soon-to-be "Lunch with Lee" web site!

Recently, Mary Ann brought us the most wonderful pizza squares that she invented, so I want to share that with you first! They are ON THE DIET! Mary Ann has lost 25 lbs. with our program( I think that is right--I will change the figure tomorrow if I am wrong) and is now on our maintenance program. Way to go! Keep the recipes coming!

Antipasto Squares (Tastes like Pizza!)

Preheat over 375

1 package Low Carb LaTortillas (approx 4 to 6)

Thin sliced Low -Fat meat: Turkey
(approx. 1/4 pound each) Roast Beef
Turkey Pepperoni (95% fat free)

Approximately 4 to 5 slices ea. Swiss cheese
Mozzarella
Provolone

(or any meat/cheese combination you prefer)

1 Jar Roasted Red Peppers, (9 to 10 oz. Jar, cut into bite size pieces)
2 Eggs or 1/2 cup Egg Beaters
1/4 cup grated Parmesan


Spray an 8” x 12” baking dish

Arrange the Tortillas in baking dish to completely cover the bottom, (I cut them in strips and place them on the bottom of the baking dish)

On top of the Tortillas, layer the meat, cheese, meat cheese, etc.

Top the meat/cheese layers with the Roasted Red Peppers

Mix the Eggs or Egg Beaters together with the grated Parmesan cheese and pour about 3/4 over the Roasted Red Peppers

Top with another layer of the Tortillas

Pour the remaining egg/parmesan mixture over the top of the Tortillas and spread evenly

Bake uncovered for 25 minutes

Enjoy! and be sure to visit our web sites: http://www.beforeandafterdiet.net/ for a free metabolic assessment by filling our your health profile and http://www.bellybusterdiet.com/ if you are interested in our out-of-town program or being a consultant.

Frittata with Fruit for Fall Breakfast!

One of my clients http://www.beforeandafterdiet.net/ recently came in the clinic saying that she had a zucchini frittata for breakfast and I just had to look that up to see if it was even on the diet! Low and behold, it is! Granted, we are supposed to have scallions (green onions) rather than sweet onions, but oh my goodness is this ever good! On maintenance you could add a couple of tablespoons of low-fat Bisquick to it to make it more like a quiche if you like.

Enova Oil is found along side the Canola at the grocer and the neat thing about it is your body does not absorb it! Goes right through you and NO diarrhea! One less thing to make you fat! Many people ask me why we are allowed to have so much cheese on our diet...it has fat in it, too!

However, melted cheese has a chemical in it called CLA ...conjugated lineloic acid...which actually helps you burn fat! SO it is a good fat!

Asparagus or Zucchini Frittata Recipe
2 teaspoons Canola or Enova oil

1/2 small onion, thinly sliced

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 pound asparagus, tough ends snapped

off, spears cut diagonally into 1-inch lengths

OR 1/2 cup peeled and diced zucchini

4 large eggs, lightly beaten (Eggbeaters)

1 cup shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese

Heat oil into a 10-inch oven-proof frying pan over medium high heat. Add onions and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, about 3 minutes. Add asparagus, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, covered, until the asparagus are barely tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Pour in eggs and cook until almost set, but still runny on top, about 2 minutes. While cooking, pre-heat oven broiler.

Sprinkle cheese over eggs and put in oven to broil until cheese is melted and browned, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from oven with oven mitts and slide frittata onto a serving plate. Cut into wedges.

Serves 4. And while you are eating, check out Belly Busters at http://www.bestdietsource.com/ !

July is Blueberry Month

sponsored by http://www.bellybusterdiet.com/

Blueberries have long been recognized as the fruit with the most antioxidants. The United States Department of Agriculture on May 8th, 1999, proclaimed July to be National Blueberry Month. Blueberries are grown in 35 states, with the United States producing over 90% of the worlds supply.

One of the easiest fruits to prepare and serve, these tasty berries offer as much as four times as many health-giving antioxidants than other fruits and veggies. Because blueberries have few natural pests, (other than birds), pesticides are generally unnecessary when growing them. A powerhouse among fruits, blueberries rich antioxidants are valued for their cancer and heart disease fighting properties. They are also shown to help improve memory, balance, and coordination.

Adding fresh summer blueberries are a great way to give a little health punch to some of your favorite dishes. Try them in yoghurt, pancakes, muffins, on your salad, over ice cream and even blueberry salsa.
We invite you to enjoy a few of our tasty blueberry recipes below and tell us the ways you like to eat these healthy berry bites.

Care Solutions
* Don’t wash berries until just before using to prevent berries from becoming mushy.
* Chill berries soon after picking to increase shelf life. If refrigerated, fresh-picked blueberries will keep 10 to 14 days.
* Freeze berries in freezer containers without washing to keep the skins from toughening.
Fun Facts
* The blueberry is the second most popular berry in the U.S. The strawberry is number one. Over 200 million pounds of blueberries are grown commercially each year.
* Blueberries contain significant quantities of both antibacterial and antiviral compounds, and have a reputation of fighting infections. They may also help protect against heart disease.
* The blueberry muffin is the official muffin of Minnesota.
* Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for former president Ronald Reagan.
* The blueberry is the official state fruit of New Jersey, which also raises the most cultivated fresh blueberries in the United States.

Punch Bowl Cake (Great for July 4th because of it's Patriotic Look!)
2 pkg of pudding mix
2 pkgs of strawberry jello mix
2 cups of blueberries
2 cups of strawberries
1 angel food cake (sugar-free)
1 lg. Cool Whip

Make up the pudding mixes and jellos according to directions and then layer between crumbled cake. I put pudding, then cake, then a layer of jello with the stawberries in it, then cakem then pudding tieh the blueberries on top, etc. In a glass trifle bowl, this looks so pretty! For an American holiday, very patriotic on your table. Great for diabetics and for those on a diet!

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Frost on the Berries

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

2 Tbsp. Walden Farms Marshmallow Dip

Fold the dip into the blueberries and let set. Can eat alone or over yogurt.

For more information on dieting, go to http://www.beforeandafterdiet.net/ and fill out your health profile for a free metabolic assessment.