Baked Mini Pepper Poppers with Tuna
Pg. 51 of Tosca Reno’s Eat-Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook - This recipe has been tweaked a little, recipe is for 1 pepper:

INGREDIENTS:

• 78g Plain Yogurt (drained if you prefer) or 70g Cottage Cheese
• Cilantro - to your liking
• Chipotle Chili Pepper Spice (Mrs. Dash Chipotle Spice if in season)
• Shallots - to your liking
• Sea salt & pepper - to your liking/ optional
• 130g per pepper - will measure to 130g give or take WITHOUT lids, if you cut too much off pepper dice some of the extra pieces and to make 130g then add to stuffing.
• 3/4 Tuna

METHOD:

1. Preheat over to 400F (200C)
2. Mix plain yogurt with tuna, cilantro, chipotle chili pepper spice, shallots, sea salt & pepper. Feel free to add any other spices you like into the mix.
3. Stuff pepper.
4. Sprinkle a little chipotle chili pepper spice on top.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Roasted Red Pepper Dip

INGREDIENTS:

• 2-3 red peppers
• Olive Oil spray
• Udos Oil or Flax oil
• Veggies of choice for dipping

METHOD:

Cut red peppers in 1/2 & remove seeds.

Spray with Olive oil (PAM)

Place on baking sheet and roast in the oven (if your forgetful roast them at 350, so you won’t burn them, if not you can roast them at a higher temp.)

Remove once the skin starts to blister and char.

Place the pepper in an air tight container, this will help the skin lift off easily once they are cooled.

Once you remove the skins place in blender, food processor whatever you have on hand. If you have a braun hand blender with the chopper accessory this works great.

Add a little Udo’s oil or Flax while blending (one tsp for 1 pepper)

This dip is great for veggies or putting on white fish.

Brown Rice Pudding

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup brown rice (about 112 grams)
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 9 egg whites
• ground cinnamon, chopped apples, stevia, walnuts, cranberries..toppings of your choice.

METHOD:

Combine in a pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, slowly whisk in 9 egg whites.

Keep whisking constantly until it thickens up, about 5-6 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in stevia (to taste) cinnamon, chopped apples, walnuts, raisins, dates….whatever you want really.

You can also buy a sugar free brown sugar cinnamon flavoured syrup from buycoffeecanada.com.  So that goes in as well.

Mix well and enjoy!

Decadent Pecan Pie or Chocolate Pecan Pie Pancakes

INGREDIENTS:

• 7.5 Egg Whites
• 1/4 Scoop Vanilla Protein Powder
• 46g Oats
• 16g Pecans (separated into two equal portions, chopped or whole)
• 1/2 Banana
• 2-3 Drops Natural Vanilla or Rum Flavouring (optional)
• 1/4 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1/8 Tsp Cinnamon
• 1/8 Tsp All Spice
• 1/8 Tsp Ground Ginger
• 20g Majool Dates
• 1-2 Packets Stevia/Splenda
• Cooking Spray

Chocolate Pecan Pie Pancakes:
Same as above except for the following changes:

Omit: The spices (cinnamon, ginger, allspice) unless you prefer the taste with chocolate.

Swap Majool Dates for:
1 1/2 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa
87.5g Greek Yogurt
1 Tbsp Unsweetened Chocolate Chips (optional cheat topping)

METHOD:

1. Blend all ingredients except pecans, in magic bullet or food processor.

2. Spray pan with cooking spray and then spread batter evenly over pan and add in 1/2 portion of chopped pecans.

3. Cook until golden and slightly crispy on both sides.

4. Top with sugar-free syrup and 1/2 chopped or whole pecans (and/or unsweetened chocolate chips).