I thought a zone recipe forum might be helpful, or at least a place where we can kind of run a recipe by each other and make sure it's zoneful and correct. Of course we have a space in the the recipe section as well for zone recipes.

Anyway, I came up with some zoneful French toast this morning and wanted to share.

Zoneful French Toast
2 slices lite whole wheat bread 2C blocks(13 carbs for 2 slices)
1 whole egg, plus 1/4 c egg substitute 2P blocks
2T skim milk...free
1tsp vanilla extract...free
1/2 tsp (or more) ground cinnamon free
1 tsp olive oil 2F blocks

Whisk egg and egg sub together with milk, vanilla, and cinnamon. Heat non stick skillet on med; drizzle O. oil in skillet. Put bread, one slice at a time into egg wash, turn over to saturate, then place in skillet and fry 2-3 minutes on each side.

I added 1 oz lean ham and 1/3 cup unsweetened cherries with splenda and vanilla as my extra protein and carb to make a 3 block breakfast. Also a dab of smart balance for the extra fat block and a splash of SF Davinci's french vanilla syrup. I was totally happy

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WOW--does this ever sound great--will try tomorrow morning and let you know how it tastes--everything add up to success though! great idea. Janell

Another idea for breakfast...I tweaked a zone pancake recipe I found.
Cinnamon vanilla pancakes
makes 1 serving

1/3 C rolled oats 2C blocks (place oats in blender and process until *flour*
then empty the flour in a bowl and set aside)
1/4 C. lowfat cottage cheese 1P block
1 whole egg plus 1/4 C egg sub or 1 egg white 2P blocks
3-4 drops liquid splenda + half packet of stevia plus
1 tsp vanilla
hearty dash cinnamon
1 tsp olive oil 2 Fat blocks
1/2 tsp baking powder

Blend cottage cheese and eggs with vanilla, cinnamon in blender until smooth.
Add baking powder and a dash of salt to oat flour and add to blender and process until smooth(I pulse it for about 30-40 seconds)

Drizzle olive oil in non stick skillet and heat on med heat. Pour batter and fry until golden brown on each side. Makes 2 large pancakes!

Top with 1/3 cup lite apple pie filling (1 C block) mixed with cinnamon and sweetened to taste and 1 tsp smart balance spread(1 fat block). Pour on some DV SF Caramel syrup if desired.

Makes a 3 block breakfast that's really filling!

I have also omitted the whole egg and used the egg beaters only, and then added 3 strips turkey bacon to make the 3 blocks. Either way is good to me

Anyone else have any lunch or dinner ideas?

Shell

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shell, do you know that elcc was originally developed as a Zone book? pub changed that, but both books have l/f versions of 85% of the recipes. i happen to know you own both books

Girlie,
Cool! I do use the lf version on some of your recipes And you know what else? I am TOTALLY a big ole cole slaw fan since I started making your "Yummy Cole slaw"
I took it to our Christmas luncheon at work a couple of weeks ago, and it got rave revues I used reduced fat mayo and a splash of skim milk in place of the cream...it turned out yummmmmmmmie!

My dinner tonight:
4 oz pan broiled chicken breast with season salt, garlic powder and black pepper
whipped cauli with neufchatel cheese and butter buds
large salad with lite Ranch drsg
and for dessert...half an apple, sf jello, 6 pecan halves chopped, all topped with a blob of CW lite.
This was a 4 block meal...I'm stuffed!

Anybody else have a menu to share?

Shell

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sure,

i had 1 piece of "king's chicken," 1/2 apple w/pb and a glass of raw milk for lunch yesterday.

cole slaw -- that would be perfect with our homemade chili for lunch! did you do any of the additions?

Girlie,
I just make it plain...no additions. One of our docs gave us a huge smoked ham for our Christmas luncheon, so I was thinking more in terms of a picnic style side dish.
Actually, the doc that gave us the ham ate 2 HUGE servings of the slaw and wanted to know who made it, and how...LOL. I was going to give him a sales pitch about your cookbook, but he had to leave to go to another hospital for a delivery before I could get back to him. I'm sure I'll get a chance again one of these days...

Also, I bought a bag of pre shredded slaw mix and picked out most of the carrots and didn't obsess about the rest that was left...talk about a nifty time saver...

Shell

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that salad is interesting. i've had a number of people -- including one today -- who say they don't like coleslaw, but after having it, usually have 2nds and want to know the recipe!!

i did it sorta plain today -- just added a sprig of chopped parsley into the dressing. my nifty time saver was dh putting the cabbage through the food processor today

my chili worked out well: 3 cans drained kidney beans, 1 can refried beans, 1.25# ground beef, 1# pork sausage, 1 large can chopped tomotoes, a ton of veggies and some assorted seasonings. yummy and easy. it was a hit. everyone had at least 2nds a bowlful would be about 3 blocks (depending on your bowl!) it made a large crockpot full.

My Zone dinner tonight:
Oven fried pork chops...4 oz butterfly cut chop "breaded" with 1Tbsp of bread crumbs seasoned with garlic powder, season salt, and pepper and a dash of paparika...bake at 400 degrees for 50-60 minutes depending on thickness of chop(mine were about half inch thick) (i bake on a cookie sheet covered with foil and sprayed with OO spray for easy clean up) 4P blocks & half C block
Veggies:
whipped fautatoes(cauli) with neufchatel cheese and butter buds/ spray marg on top for a buttery look and taste 1C block & 3F blocks
1C green beans 1C block
3/4 C butterscotch-pumpkin pudding with ff whipped topping 1C block
total meal was:
4P blocks
4C blocks
3F blocks
Just a little off on the fat, but I'll get that later with my pnb apple

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My zone dinner tonight was *oven fried chicken* made the same way as the oven fried pork chop above; whipped caulitatoes 1 c block, steamed broccoli, and green peas(2c blocks). Found some yummy sf choc pudding with only 6 carbs, 3g fat, so I had that for dessert. Had a 4 block meal...sooooo filling! I'm a very happy camper

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Think I'll try either the "oven fried" pork chop or chicken breasts tonight-both sound great. Thanks for the good idea--and the tinfoil tip will be great for easy clean up. Janell

i did a good zone dinner -- TJs pre cooked wild rice, ~1.5# pre cooked pork, onion, celery, garlic, carrots, mushrooms. cook onion/gar. (in lard, grape oil & butter) till soft, add cel & carr, then mushr. add pork & w. rice. season w/ saeson salt, lem pepp, chicken bouilion gran & few drops hot chili oil. i ate about 3 blocks worth

sorry bad typing -- hope u can understand!

Girlie...that sounds yummy
I may make meatballs with zucchini *noodles* and a big salad for din-din tonight...not sure yet, but the ground sirloin is defrosting, so it will be something with that.

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Well....the commercial for *stuffed French toast* at IHOP put an idea in my head, so I zoned cloned a recipe...LOL. Here's what I did:

2 slices WW LC bread 2C blocks
1oz neufchatel cheese, soften with a few drop liq splenda and vanilla 3F blocks
1 whole egg 1 P block
2T skim milk free
2T sf strawberry jam, melted in the microwave with 2T DV sf strawberry syrup added 1C block

Whisk the egg and milk together. I also added a shake or 2 of cinnamon and touch of vanilla extract to this. Spread the cream cheese on bread and make a *sandwich* of it; Then lay the sandwich in the egg wash and saturate both sides. Spray a non stick skillet with OO spray and cook/fry the french toast sandwich. Melt the sf jam in the microwave and add any flavor sf syrup; I did strawberry and strawberry; this makes a thick liquid just like syrup!
When french toast sandwich is browned and done on both sides, serve with *jam syrup* and a 2 oz serving of another protein. I used 2oz lean cure 81 ham, but turkey bacon would be yummy too.
I had some blackberry sf jam and melted it in the microwave and added a splash of dv sf vanilla syrup....man was it good...kind of a blackberry vanilla syrup

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Oh, almost forgot, I had another breakfast idea to share

Chocolate PNB oatmeal

1 c cooked old fashion oatmeal 3 C blocks
1 tsp. natural pnb, no sugar added 2 F blocks
2 tsp cocoa powder free
3 scoops zone perfect protein powder 3 P blocks

sweeten to taste with liquid splenda. You can also add another half teaspoon of pnb for the 3rd fat block, or 1/2 tsp smart balance.
Also sometimes, I use turkey bacon for my protein blocks.
It's a 3 block breakfast, and easy for me to take to work 1 or 2 times a week.

Shelley

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