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Recipe for Pyro’s Bar & Grill French bread Pizza

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INGREDIENTS

bread, cheese, sauce

2 loaves- French bread

6 cups – cheese (any kind will do mozzarella is the best); (you might want to add more or less cheese, it is up to you)

20 oz – pizza sauce of your choice e.g. Prego (you can add more or less pizza sauce, it’s up to you )

toppings

1 package – pepperoni or as much or as less as you want

1 salami

1 onion

1 green red or yellow bell pepper

1 Canadian bacon or ham

1 can – pineapple cubed

1 can – black olives sliced

1 and just about anything else you would want to put on a pizza

Prep time is 20 min, serves 4.

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DIRECTIONS

1. Pre-heat oven to 375°F.

2. Slice French bread in half and place on cookie sheet

3 . Spread pizza sauce on all 4 halves of the French bread

4 . Put cheese on all of the French bread with the pizza sauce

5.  Add the toppings of your choice

6. After you have to put your toppings on put another small layer of cheese over all of the toppings

7. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until cheese is all nice and bubbly

8. Remove from oven and let it cool for a little bit before serving and enjoy

Recipe by Chuck Prescott  found with Allthecooks (http://www.allthecooks.com); http://cookpad.com/en

(original url: http://allthecooks.recipes/l/4Vz1-P-05o)

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Easter Bunny Fruit Platter!

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This is a cool Easter brunch idea. Use blueberries, kiwis, strawberries, apples and pineapples to make your Easter Bunny Fruit Platter. For all Jamaicans and relatives abroad who want to add a little healthy to their Easter with all that Easter bun and cheese, go right ahead with this one.

Taken from http://www.iheartnaptime.net/easter-brunch-ideas/

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How to Make Cheese and Garlic Pull Apart Bread

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INGREDIENTS

1 Crusty loaf, sourdough or Vienna

1 cup – Shredded mozzarella or any other melting cheese

1/2 cup – Salted butter, softened

2 Garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon – Fresh parsley, finely chopped

Prep time is 30 min, serves 6.

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DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºFf

2. Melt butter in microwave and then mix in with the garlic and parsley.

3. Cut the bread diagonally into 2cm/1inch diamonds but do not cut all the way through bread (about 3/4’s of the way through the bread).

4. Use your fingers or knife to pry open each crack and drizzle in a teaspoon of butter mix and stuff in a pinch of cheese.

5. Wrap with foil and bake for 15 minutes until the cheese has mostly melted.

6. Unwrap and bake for 5 minutes more just to make the bread nice and crusty.

7. Serve immediately.

Tip: To make ahead, after wrapping with foil also wrap with cling film as well. Store in fridge overnight or freeze to store for longer. To cook, thaw completely then follow recipe instructions to bake. Always use baked bread, not uncooked bread dough.

Recipe found with Cookpad (http://cookpad.com/en).

(original url: http://ckpd.io/l/40Nv0bk-CX)

Sangria

Recipe for Fruity Sangria!

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Sangria

INGREDIENTS

2 lemons

2 apples (American)

1 pineapple

1 can – pineapple juice

1 bottle of barefoot moscato

1 box – strawberries

2 oranges

1 box – minute maid tropical fruit juice

Prep time is 10 min.

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DIRECTIONS

1. Cut up all your fruits to add to the sangria

2.  Add all the fruits in the pitcher

3. Pour in all of the pineapple juice and half of the tropical fruit juice

4. Add half a bottle of the wine and stir it all together then put it in the fridge to chill

Recipe found with Cookpad (http://cookpad.com/en).

(original url: http://ckpd.io/l/3rwnuaU–5) 

Enjoy!

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Healthy Kiwi Lime Shake

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Pic by Armilie

INGREDIENTS

2 kiwi fruit

1 banana

1 teaspoon – lime juice

1/2 teaspoon – grated lime zest

2 ice cubes

1 cup – skim milk

1/4 cup – part skim milk ricotta cheese

Serves 2.

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DIRECTIONS

1. Peel kiwi fruits and banana; cut into large chunks.

2. Place fruit, lime juice, lime zest and ice cubes in food processor or blender; process until blended.

3. Add milk and ricotta; process for another 5-10 seconds, scraping down sides of container with rubber spatula.

4. Pour shake into 2 tall glasses and serve.

Recipe found with Cookpad (http://cookpad.com/en)

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ENJOY !

 

Apple Caramel Trifle

Carrying Dessert for Diner en Blanc? Try this Apple Caramel Trifle

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Apple Caramel Trifle
Apple Caramel Trifle

INGREDIENTS

1 box of Cake Mix (spice, yellow, pound cake)

1 Container of Cool Whip or 2 Small Containers

1 large box of Vanilla Instant Pudding

1 jar of Caramel Topping Sauce

2 cans of Apple Pie Filling

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DIRECTIONS

1. Start by preparing the cake. If you choose to use store-bought then you can get started right away, otherwise wait until your cake has cooled before starting to layer the trifle.

2. Prepare your pudding and chill. The instant pudding is recommended because it is easier and faster.

3. Begin your layers. Start with the cake at the bottom so that it provides a base. It makes it easier to serve.

4. Add other layers. Here is the breakdown:

1 – Layer of Cake

2 – Drizzled Caramel Sauce on top of the cake

3 – Layer Vanilla Pudding

4 – Layer 1 Can of Apple Pie Filling

5 – Layer of Cool Whip

Repeat and Top it off with Cool Whip and Caramel and enjoy!

Recipe found with Cookpad (http://cookpad.com/en)

(Original url: http://www.allthecooks.com/apple-caramel-trifle.html) 

 

 

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Whip up some Shrimp Scampi for your Valentine!

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Recipe found with Cookpad (http://cookpad.com/en) by mistyler, cover by clabbergirl;
Original url: http://www.allthecooks.com/shrimp-scampi-2.html

INGREDIENTS

1 pound – Shrimp

1 tablespoon – Pure Olive Oil

2 tablespoon – Finely Chopped Garlic

1 1/2 cup – White Wine

1/2 Fresh Lemon (Juice Only)

1 teaspoon – Italian Seasoning Blend

1/2 cup – Butter

1 tablespoon – Fresh Parsley (Chopped Fine)

1 Salt and Pepper (To Taste)

1/2 cup – Fresh Grated Parmesan Cheese

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DIRECTIONS

1. Heat heavy bottomed skillet and add oil. Do not allow oil to smoke.

2. Add shrimp, cook until tender and no longer translucent.

3. Remove shrimp from pan and reduce heat slightly.

4. Add garlic and cook 2-3 minutes. Be careful not to brown garlic as this will produce a slightly bitter flavor.

5. When garlic is cooked, add white wine.

6. Squeeze juice from lemon in pan, and reduce wine by half.

7. After it is reduced, add Italian seasoning blend.

8. Reduce heat to low, and slowly add butter, 1 Tbsp at a time. The butter should slowly melt into the sauce and create a nice creamy texture. If the pan is too hot the butter will separate.

9. Once butter is fully incorporated, add shrimp back into sauce, add parsley, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

10. Serve with garnish of fresh cheese if desired. Scampi is great accompanied by fresh pasta.

Good choices of sides to go with this delicious dish could be Garlic bread or Baked potato. Enjoy!

Coconut milk is not good if you are on a diet!

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First of all, here is a list of some of what Coconut milk is a common ingredient for:

Curries

Rice and Peas/Coconut rice

Run down

Pumpkin soup

Coconut cream sauce (often used on fish)

Banana pudding

Coconut ice cream

Trini Callaloo (stew)

Brazilian seafood and stews

Serabi pancakes in Indonesia

What is Coconut milk?

According to Wikipedia, it is the liquid that comes from the grated meat of a brown coconut. It should not be confused with Coconut water. The colour and rich taste of Coconut milk can be attributed to the HIGH OIL CONTENT. Most of the fat is Saturated fat.

Coconut milk has 21g saturated fat per 100g with 230 calories, that is 104% daily value of saturated fat or even 16% per tablespoon! No bueno.

So what do you do if you enjoy some of the dishes above?

Make a sacrifice and avoid them until your fitness goal is obtained or you can afford to have ‘cheat days’ OR substitute the Coconut milk for Almond milk or Skimmed milk, of course knowing the taste would not be as authentic or delicious.

Break the Monotony and Keep Changing the Ingredients of your Salads

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Trying to lose weight from the holidays and getting bored with salads? Mix it up a little. Try the following but also take into account the portions of each food group used. For instance, if you are keeping a low or no sugar diet, you may not want to have chopped mangoes or raisins. But still check the following ingredients out:-

Keep it leafy with lettuce, spinach, arugula, asparagus or string beans.

Add some flavour to your greens with a fat-free or low-fat vinaigrette or lime juice.

Add some healthy protein like tuna, turkey, boiled eggs or boneless, skinless chicken breast.

Add some fibre with chickpeas or quinoa.

Make use of various kinds of nuts such as pecans, walnuts and almonds.

Make it colourful with strawberries, black olives, tomatoes, carrots, mango, cranberries, beetroot, purple cabbage or corn.

Top it off with cheese! Grated parmesan or a sharp reduced-fat feta.

Experiment and see which ingredients work best with each other. Salads can be fun!

Get to It! Exercise! Do not Procrastinate or Make Excuses

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The gym is too crowded?

‘Do a workout that keeps you in one area of the gym’ or just work out at home for January.

Do NOT use your Treadmill for storage, to hang clothes on, or start to consider it as a piece of furniture

Use your Treadmill during Cardio circuits or Interval workouts.

Your Gym clothes are dirty…really?!

No excuses there. Try pajama friendly workouts such as Yoga or a Total body Kettlebell or Dumbbell workout. You could also wash your clothes regularly and not have them pile up in the hamper!

You would rather do housework instead of working out in your room or living room?

Make your workout or exercise fun to take your mind off of housework or reorganising your closet, because clearly it was not fun before. Joining a gym is an option as well. Change your workout environment from time to time.

Having a salad for lunch is not an excuse to skip a workout

Great, you have restricted your calories for the day, but ‘dieting without exercise not only hampers your weight loss, but it can also cause you to lose muscle mass.’ In order to burn fat, tone and get overall results, muscle mass is needed.

This blog was inspired by Calorie Count. For more information and workouts or ideas, check out this article by Exercise Expert, Paige Waehner, ‘Exercise Excuses to Ditch this Year’ from Living Healthy by Calorie Count by clicking on the link below:-

http://exercise.about.com/od/motivated/tp/Exercise-Excuses-to-Ditch-This-Year.htm?