Low Carb Recipe: Cheese Crisps (Imitation Cheese Nips)

When I was on Atkins back in 2003/2004, I lost a lot of weight and had almost no cravings.  I also learned tons of different recipes and snack ideas, this was one of them!  I used to be a member of an Atkins Diet Bulletin Board and found this awesome recipe for imitation cheese nips!  They definitely do taste like them too!


Ingredients:

• 1 cup hard hand grated cheese. This would be parmesan, asiago, swiss, cheddar, etc...

What to do:

• Preheat oven to 350 F

* If you use cheddar and other firm but not hard cheeses will work with this recipe, but it won't get as crisp and as crunchy as Parm or Asiago or other hard cheeses.  The oil will separate from the cheddar and you'll have to pat it off before you eat it.

• (Optional)  You can toss your grated cheese with any seasoning you'd like, or you can just leave the cheese the way it is.  It depends what your favorite flavor is.

• You can either pile the cheese (2-3 tsp) on parchment paper making little towers or you can spread the cheese the whole size of the baking sheet, making one flat cheese sheet! You will slice these later.

• Bake 5 to 6 minutes until they are a light golden brown (they will be a little darker at the edges). It happens fast, so watch carefully.

DELICIOUS!

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Since I've been on a diet, I really want to make different things to make things more interesting.  Sometimes, eating the same salad or chicken is very tiresome and makes you not want to diet anymore.  My mom was talking about a stuffed hot dog that she used to eat when she was a kid, and I made my own variation!  I saw some different recipes online where you can mix ketchup, mustard and saurkraut to make a paste to go in the hot dog as well, but I wanted to make it as low carb as possible.  So I used the ketchup, saurkraut and mustard as garnish, if I wanted to eat it!

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Cranberry Apple Turkey Burgers with Summer Squash Salad

Cranberry Apple Turkey Burger

• 1 medium thin slice of green apple
• 1\2 celery stalk, finely chopped
• 3 tbsp fresh salsa (or chopped onion)
• 1 garlic and red pepper seasoning (or you can use poultry seasoning)
• Dash of salt
• Dash of pepper
• Ground turkey patty
• 2 toasted slices of 40 calorie wheat bread
• 3 tbsp whole cranberry sauce
• Slice of fat free sharp cheddar cheese

1. In a bowl, combine the turkey, salsa/onions, celery, seasoning, salt and pepper. Form into a patty.
2. Spray a pan or grill pan with Pam Olive Oil spray. Add the turkey patty and cook until done.
3. Add the cheese and cover until melted.
4. On the toasted bread, put a slice of apple, the turkey patty, top with cranberry sauce and you're done! 

This burger is 320 calories :)

 Summer Squash Succotash

• One small yellow squash
• 2 tbsp red bell pepper finely chopped
• 2 tbsp chopped onion
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
• 1\2 tbsp butter
• 1\2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1\2 tbsp EVOO
• Dash of salt
• Dash of pepper

1. Cut the squash into quarters (length wise) and those into slices.
2. Add water to a sauce pan filling about 2\3 full and bring to rolling boil.
3. Add the squash, pepper and onion.  Cover and reduce to lower heat.  Let that cook about 8-10 minutes or until the squash is fork tender.
4. Drain the vegetables and put in a bowl
5. Add the basil, butter, EVOO, salt, pepper, lemon juice and toss until the butter is melted.

About 2\3 cup is 61 calories. :)

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