Tag: gluten free

  • Egg and Meat Muffin Cups, 14 grams protein, 129 calories

    Egg and Meat Muffin Cups, 14 grams protein, 129 calories

    3 minim muffins with 1 ounce topping
    3 minim muffins with 1 ounce topping

    If you are having a productive day and want to cook meals for the week, this gluten-free and flourless muffin recipe will be your perfect investment of your time. I love to prepare these in little containers and then eat them throughout the week for breakfast, lunch, or even dinner; whatever catches my fancy.  It tastes like a meat stew in a cup, or maybe even a breakfast corned beef hash in a muffin.  Enjoy it fresh and warm, cold, or room temperature at work.  The topping will taste a bit like vegetable cream cheese, and will add just the right amount of glide for chewing.  You won’t even miss your bagel.

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    Ingredients:

    • 6 eggs  (36g,420c)
    • ½ cup shredded cheese (14g, 160c) [skip if you are lactose intolerant].
    • 4 ounces deli or cooked corned beef (24g, 160c)
    • ¼ cup salsa  (20c)
    • 1 green pepper  (1.8g, 40c)
    • ½ Large onion  (1g, 20c)
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ¾ teaspoon black pepper

    Topping: Skip if you are lactose intolerant.

    Note: with ¾ teaspoons black pepper, this will be very savory.  You can use ½ teaspoon instead if you like your food mildly spicy.

    Directions:

    • Mix topping ingredients and place in refrigerator to set.
    • preheat oven to 350.
    • Chop everything in food processor and pour into muffin pan.
    • For a larger muffin pan, pour 2 ounces per cup.  The cups should be ¾ full.
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    • For a mini muffin pan, 2 ounces will fit into three cups. The cups will be nearly full.
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    • Bake @ 350 for 30 minutes.
    • Remove from pan and allow to cool.
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    • Top two 2-ounce muffins with ½ ounce of topping each (about 1 tablespoon).
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    • Store each muffin in a GladWare Mini Round Food Storage Containers.
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    • Store in refrigerator, and take to work the next day.  Can be eaten at room temperature.

    Yields:

    • 7 servings of 4 ounces muffins, total 11 grams protein, 114 calories.
    • Greek Yogurt topping: 3 grams protein, 15 calories
    • Total meal of muffin with topping: 14 grams protein, 129 calories
  • Dreamy Creamy Pancakes, 9.5 grams protein per 4 ounce meal (soft enough for bariatric puree)

    Dreamy Creamy Pancakes, 9.5 grams protein per 4 ounce meal (soft enough for bariatric puree)

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    Ingredients:

    • 1 ripe banana, mashed
    • 2 eggs
    • 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
      • 2 ounces Greek yogurt
      • 2 tablespoons lite pancake syrup

    Directions:

    • chop first four ingredients in food processor
    • poor mixture into a cup
    • Use the cup to pour six equal amounts onto griddle or frying pan (medium setting).
    • Flip pancakes when mixture begins to form tiny bubbles
    • Remove when golden.
    • Drain fat on paper towel
    • Mix pancake syrup with Greek yogurt for topping. Skip if you are lactose intolerant.

    Yields:  6 pancakes, 1 ounce each.

    Ounces Grams Protein Calories
    Banana 0.5 55
    Egg, large 1.75 6 70
    Greek Yogurt 1 3 17
    Lite Pancake Syrup 0.5 0 55
    Totals: 0 9.5 197

    Serve: 3 pancakes with 1 ounce Greek yogurt, 1. Refrigerate leftovers.