The Clever Spoon
This is my collection of healthy recipes that are family friendly, tasty, easy and fun! All are SUGAR FREE, I use healthy fats, easy to digest grains and lots of veggies. Most recipes fit into eating plans written by Haylie Pomroy- The Fast Metabolism Diet Plan, Metabolism Revolution, Food Rx Plans and Burn plans. I did not write these plans, I do not own the plans. These are my recipes I use for those plans. Of course, you don't have to be on a plan to eat these yummy recipes!
Italian Beef Sandwich- All Phases
Italian Beef
All Phases
Makes 12 servings protein
3lb chuck or round roast, trimmed of fat
2 cups beef broth, divided
8 oz pepperoncini pepper slices, plus 1/4 cup juice from the jar
8 oz giardiniera (mild or spicy), chopped variety
1 T Italian seasoning
2 tsp xylitol or stevia equivalent
1-2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp black pepper, ground
1/4 tsp dried thyme, ground
Bring meat to room temp for 30 minutes. Season liberally all sides with salt and pepper. Brown the meat in a hot skillet on all sides. While the meat browns, measure out your spices into a bowl and mix together.
Transfer the beef to a crock pot or slow cooker. Add some of the broth to the skillet and scrape up the bits on the bottom. Pour over the meat in the crock pot. Add half of the spice mixture over the beef. Add in the pepperoncini peppers and juice, giardiniera (no juice from this) and remaining broth. Sprinkle the remaining spice blend over everything. Cook on low for 8-10 hours until the meat is soft and shreds easily. Once the meat is shredded, mix with the juices in the crock pot and cook for 30 additional minutes.
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1/2 cup sorghum flour
2 cups unsweetened oat milk or unsweetened brown rice milk
2 egg whites
2 egg whites, lightly beaten until foamy and loose
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Heat up your waffle iron
In another bowl, whip the 2 lightly beaten egg whites, milk, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sweetener until very well combined. Add flours and stir just until combined. Allow batter to sit for 10-25 minutes.
Serve with fruit compote and other components of P1 breakfast
Chai - Phase 1 & 3
Chai is a hug in a mug. I'm not a fan of tea leaves, so I'm kinda glad they aren't part of FMD.
This is technically a Masala Chai, since it is spiced.
This is highly customizable, also. There is no one Chai recipe. Change spices to please your palate. This is my favorite blend at the moment. Some folks like 1 part water to 2 parts milk, others for 1 to 1. You do want a thick and creamy milk.
I prefer to use whole spices, as the ground spices will not dissolve.
I think this fall, this will be simmering on my stove all day!
Chai
Phases 1 & 3
Makes 2 mugs of tea
3-4 slices fresh ginger
10 green cardamom pods, smashed
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp whole cloves
2-3 whole star anise
1-2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 whole nutmeg, broken
Sweetener to taste
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup unsweetened plant based milk
Optional spices: split vanilla bean, fennel seeds, whole coriander seeds, holy basil leaves, lemongrass.
Place all the spices in a pot. Break the cinnamon sticks if they're too long to fit. Add 1 1/2 cups spring water. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. You need it to reduce to about a cup.
Add the milk and sweetener. Bring to gentle boil while stirring for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir. You can repeat this process if you like. I think it adds more flavor to cook the milk a bit.
Strain the tea. If you want it thicker, use a milk frother or whisk for a minute or so.
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