Adding Flavor and Excitement to a Decent Weight Loss Program

I'm working on losing some weight through the HMR program. I like the clear way this is set up, and the limitations and ease of use on this diet, but sometimes I DO want to spend a little more time on my food prep, so I can try some new flavors. I'm keeping track of these recipes that I use on the 2 + 3 + 5 diet plan. I'm allowed up to 15 calories of additional ingredient per serving. I've been experimenting over the summer, and I'm starting to post these, so I don't forget some of the successes and failures. Mostly, these will be shake recipes, but I have a few vegetable and fruit serving ideas as well. I decided to post them as a blog, so others can share these ideas, and maybe post a few new ideas as well.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Peach Melba, HMR Style

I am now moving into processed fruits and vegetable mode. Although I love fresh produce, I have to balance that with the cost to our family as well as the true cost of transporting fresh fruit and veggies from wherever it isn't snowing. I am using canned peaches and frozen raspberries for the fruit component of this Peach Melba dessert, and substituting the vanilla HMR shake for ice cream. This recipe makes two servings.

1 can of canned peaches in pear juice. Reserve 4 tablespoons of pear juice for making raspberry sauce

1/4 cup frozen raspberries (Fresh can also be used.)

1 teaspoon SF/FF raspberry jello mix. 

1 scoop vanilla HMR powder (I use the 120)

1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

4 oz. cold water

10 - 12 ice cubes

2 teaspoons vanilla pudding powder, sugar & fat free (optional, for thicker texture)

Make the raspberry sauce first. Put the raspberries into a small saucepan, and crush them up. Add reserved juice from the canned peaches. Stir while heating. When they come to a light boil, add jello powder and stir to disolve.  Allow this mixture to cool while you make the rest of the dessert. Make the vanilla shake as usual, except add additional vanilla flavoring, and use less water and more ice cubes than usual. Add pudding mix if a thicker texture is preferred. Texture should be spoonable. Put about half of the vanilla shake into each small dessert bowl. Place 2 peach halves or 4 peach slices into the dessert bowl. Drizzle raspberry sauce over peaches and vanilla dessert, and eat immediately.


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