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Dessert Kid Friendly Recipes

Quick Fudge

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Next time you’re hankering for a quick fix of chocolately deliciousness, this microwave fudge will have you in rapturous ecstasy.

Melt in microwave or over double-boiler:

  • 12-oz bag grain-sweetened chocolate chips
  • 8 oz grain-sweetened peanut butter chips (or additional chocolate chips)
  • 1 can SF sweetened condensed milk or ?cups from recipe

Stir in:

  • 2 cups or 4 handfuls toasted nuts
  • 1 cup or 2 handfuls raisins or other dried fruit (optional)

Press into lined pan and place in fridge until semi-hardened. Cut into squares and allow to fully harden.

Beverages Kid Friendly Recipes

Cocoa Milk

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Use a blender to mix nondairy milk with cocoa or carob powder. I’ve tried both stirring with a spoon and using a wire whip but a blender or battery operated whisk works best to eliminate lumps and give the milk a nice froth. I sometimes blend up a big batch and pour it into a pitcher that I keep in the fridge. This way it’s ready for a quick drink, or to heat up for a nice hot cocoa in the morning.

Taste and if needed sweeten with one of the following sweeteners:

  • agave nectar
  • honey
  • Stevia
Kid Friendly Recipes

Starch After-School Snacks

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Serve up these after-school snacks and your kids will be running home from school to snap them up!

Hummus

Serve any of the following as dippers:

  • bagel
  • whole wheat pita bread
  • pita chips
  • whole wheat tortilla chips
  • corn tortilla chips

Pudding Cake

In the morning line the bottom of a square cake pan with graham crackers. Cover with any flavor sugar-free pudding, then a layer of graham crackers, then pudding until the pan is filled, ending with a layer of pudding. By the time the kids come home you’ll have a delicious cake for them to snack on. And it doesn’t need to be frosted!

Bagels or English Muffins

Topped with:

  • soy cream cheese
  • peanut butter
  • jam, sugar free
  • cooked pureed Fruit
  • mashed bananas mixed with an UnDiet sweetener
  • butter
  • butter and/or honey, sprinkled with cinnamon
  • honey
  • hummus

Individual Apple Pies

Grilled Cheese  Sandwiches

The quickest way to make this sandwich is to melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Place bread slice(s) in pan, top with nondairy cheese, then second bread slice. Add more butter if necessary when turning to brown other side.

Add one of the following between the bread slices:

  • sliced apple
  • sliced pear
  • sliced tomato
  • frozen, thawed & squeezed dry spinach
  • steamed cauliflower, chopped

Pigs in a Blanket

Wrap whole wheat dough* around soy “hot dogs”. Bake according to dough instructions. You could also place some nondairy cheese between the biscuit and dog before rolling.
* Trader Joes and many other markets carry whole wheat pizza and bread dough that work nicely for this recipe.

Ready To Eat

  • popcorn
  • dry breakfast cereal
  • whole grain, sugar free breakfast cereal dry or with nondairy milk
Fruit Kid Friendly Recipes

Protein After-School Snacks

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When you’re stumped for a healthy Protein-based after-school snack that your kids will actually eat, try one of the suggestion below.  They’ve all been tested on kids and friends of kids, nephews and nieces and passed. By “passed” I mean that they ask for more. That’s the kid version of a “thumbs up”.

Scrambled Eggs

Serve plain or mix eggs with any of the following:

  • shredded cheese
  • cream cheese
  • try sneaking in some shredded or diced veggies or Fruit, just stir them into the eggs after removing from heat

Apple Sandwiches

Slices of apple topped with slices of any of the following:
cheese
nut butter
cream cheese sweetened with maple syrup, honey or agave nectar

Veggie Sticks

Serve any of the following as a dip:

  • any creamy Protein dressing
  • creme fraiche, sour cream or yogurt with a little of their favorite mulit-seasoning stirred in

Fruity Yogurt

Maple Pudding

Guidelines UnDiet Eating Plans

Fat Blast

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If you’ve been a yo-yo dieter or are very overweight your metabolism may be extremely resistant to losing weight. It’s like your metabolism says, “Oh yeah. I’ve been through this before. You’re going to lose some weight, but then you’re just going to gain it back again. Well I’m not playing anymore. You’re just not going to lose the weight this time.”  To kick your weight loss off to a rousing good start or propel yourself off of a plateau, spend three to five days on the Fat Blast Plan.

Caution: The Fat Blast is dangerous for any person who is not metabolically resistant. For those who are able to lose weight fairly easily, this is not a safe diet plan. But the Fat Blast carries little risk for those who have tried other regimens and have barely lost any weight.

The Basic Idea

You can eat 1000 calories a day (same for men as for women) but it has to be the most fat-laden foods you can think of! Sound fun?  To make it easier, we’ve divided the 1000 calories into blocks of 300 for each meal and one snack of 100. Here’s some suggestions, each bullet represents one block, i.e. choose one bulleted item(s) from each time block.

Breakfast

  • 9 slices of bacon
  • 3 eggs  with 3 T. sour cream or 1 oz. cream cheese or 1 oz. cheddar cheese
  • 3 eggs (237, 79) with 1 oz.(62) ham

Lunch

  • 3 oz. oil packed tuna mixed with 1/4 cup of mayonnaise
  • 1 oz. cream cheese spread on 3 oz. deli-sliced ham, spread with a little mustard (optional)

Dinner

  • 5 oz. ham
  • 1 oz. ham (62) mixed with 2 T. (200) mayonnaise
  • 1/4 pound corned beef (144), spread with mustard and 1 1/2 oz. cream cheese

Snacks

  • 1 oz. Brie, topped with 1 T. caviar (optional)
  • 1 oz. Camembert, topped with 1 T. caviar (optional)
  • 1 oz. cream cheese spread on 1/2 oz. deli-sliced ham, spread with a little mustard (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon caviar (40)

Beverages

  • filtered water
  • water processed decaf coffee (drink this only if you have to)
  • no Fruit or vegetable juices
  • herb teas (You may add Sweet N Low or other non-aspartame sugar substitute – when you go back to any other UnDiet plan nix the Sweet N Low and use honey, or date or maple sugar. Try one of Celestial Seasonings “Zinger” teas, or Good Earth’s decaf cinnamon tea. They are so flavorful that you may find you don’t need to add sweetener.)

Detailed Information

For more detailed information on the mechanics of the Fat Blast, such as the science and research behind it check out this article at The Low Carb Connoisseur READ MORE

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Dessert Kid Friendly Recipes

Maple Pudding

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This is a can’t-fail, mix and dump recipe. Throw everything in the food processor, dump it in a bowl, toss it in the fridge. That’s it – it’s done!

To cut down on dairy I like to use 1/2 soy cream cheese and 1/2 real cream cheese but it does affect the taste. Use low fat cream cheese if you want but not non-fat, it tastes terrible.

In a large bowl, beat 8 ounces cream cheese until fluffy.

Gradually beat in until smooth 3/4 cup cream, or nondairy milk, or a mix of both.

Stir in 1 cup maple syrup and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour into bowl or individual dishes. Chill 3 hours or until set.

Tofu Maple Pudding

Substitute silken tofu for the cream cheese and nondairy milk for the cream.

Dessert Fruit Kid Friendly Recipes

Thick & Fruity Yogurt

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For a thick and rich Fruity Yogurt, drain sugar-free yogurt overnight and up to several days, in the refrigerator. You can do this by placing the yogurt in a filter-lined coffee basket set over a bowl, or a cheesecloth lined sieve or colander. This step isn’t necessary, it just gives you a yogurt more similar in texture to commercial yogurts, without all the sugars and thickeners.

Some Fruits have more water content than others and will therefore produce a much thinner yogurt. There are several ways to make these Fruity Yogurts thicker:

  • freeze the finished yogurt for several hours, stirring and scraping every half hour until thick
  • before adding the Fruit puree to the yogurt, place it in a sieve set over a bowl (the reserved juice can be used in a Fruit smoothie)
  • stir in a tablespoon or two of finely ground flax seed or nuts and let sit overnight to thicken
  • stir in roughly ground or finely chopped dried Fruit and let sit overnight to thicken

Puree the Fruit of your choice. Stir Fruit into yogurt. Do not beat or use a blender as the yogurt will become very thin. Taste and add any of the following to taste:

  • unrefined sweetener
  • sugar substitute
  • vanilla extract or any other flavoring extract
  • fresh lemon or orange juice
  • dash of sea salt (brings out the flavors)
  • ground ginger

Fruits to try:

  • berries
  • bananas
  • peaches
  • apples (add cinnamon to the yogurt)
  • cantaloupe
  • watermelon
Beverages Kid Friendly Recipes

Parisian Hot Chocolate

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Stir together with a wire whip in a medium-size heavy pan over low heat:

4 ounces grain-sweetened chocolate or carob chips
2 1/2 cups nondairy milk
1 tablespoon unrefined sugar or sugar substitute
2 sticks cinnamon

Continue stirring occasionally. When the mixture begins to bubble around the edges, remove from heat. Remove the cinnamon sticks and stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.