Dice tomatoes and discard seeds. Dice all peppers and discard seeds. Dice red onion. Mince garlic cloves. Mix all vegetables together in serving bowl. Add cumin, lime juice, sea salt and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Serve with baked tortilla chips.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Tb. Calories: 13 Fat: 0.5 g Saturated fat: 0.1 g Carbohydrates: 2.3 g Sugar: 0.5 g Sodium: 41.6 mg Fiber: 0.3 g Protein: 0.3 g Cholesterol: 0 mg
My favorite breakfast is skim milk and a homemade Oat Bran Chocolate Chunk Muffin. I made another batch yesterday and promised some of my facebook friends I would share the recipe. I decided to share the steps used to make them too, because they are so wonderful. I have had to make them more frequently lately since my kids discovered how delicious they are. The original recipe was found in a diabetic cookbook my mother had. I have since changed the recipe slightly.
One of the first things you need to do is boil 1 cup of water and place the high fiber wheat bran cereal (I use All-Bran Bran Buds) in the boiled water and let stand for 10 minutes. I also make the sour milk. I never have buttermilk on hand as the recipe below calls for so, I add 4 tsp of lemon juice to 2 cups of skim milk (1tsp per 1/2 cup milk). The sour milk needs to sit for 5 minutes.
Here are some of the brands I like to use.
Next you mix together all of the dry ingredients: whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, oat bran, granulated Splenda, granulated sugar, and baking soda.
Once the cereal mixture has cooled the rest of the wet ingredients can be added to the cereal: buttermilk/sour milk, canola oil, molasses, eggs, and vanilla extract.
You are ready now to mix the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix well until all ingredients are moist.
My helper took charge of mixing the ingredients together.
Now to add my favorite ingredient!
The batter can stay in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks in a sealed container. I never do this as I make two dozen muffins each time. For muffins you place 1/4 cup of batter in each muffin slot. I usually add more because there is always batter left over and I only have two muffins pans! You can also use the batter to make pancakes.
The muffins bake for twenty minutes. When cooled I usually freeze them in freezer bags to seal in the freshness. When we are ready to eat them I pop one in the microwave and defrost for 1:15. They come out perfectly warm.
1½ cups High Fiber Wheat Bran Cereal (All-Bran Bran Buds)
2 cups low fat buttermilk (or sour milk)
½ cup canola oil
⅓ cup molasses
2 eggs, beaten (or ½ cup egg substitute)
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup oat bran
½ cup granulated Splenda
⅓ cup granulated sugar
1Tb baking soda
12 oz Chocolate Chunks (Toll House)
Instructions
In a sauce pan, add wheat bran cereal to boiling water. Let cool for 10 minutes. Stir in buttermilk/sour milk, oil, molasses, eggs, and vanilla
In a large bowl, combine flours, oat bran, Splenda, sugar, and baking soda. Add milk mixture, stir in just until moist.
Place ¼ cup of batter in non-stick or paper lined medium muffin cups, filling ¾ full.
Bake for 20 minutes or until muffins are firm to touch.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 160 Fat: 7.5 g Saturated fat: 2.2 g Carbohydrates: 22.2 g Sugar: 11.5 g Sodium: 147.8 mg Fiber: 2.7 g Protein: 3.2 g Cholesterol: 12 mg
I was just reminded that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Cheers to these ladies doing the 3 day Komen for the cure walk in Philadelphia. I ran into these amazing breast cancer supporters in tutus at the Philadelphia Conference Center today while at FNCE. They also have a room full of pink tents awaiting their arrival to sleep in.
I’ll try to snag a picture of the cute tents tomorrow. When I first saw them, I thought they were set up for a girl scout convention or something.
I’m on the train home from day #1 of FNCE. It was a great day. I attended a pre-FNCE workshop on food allergies and got to hear the Ultimate Marathon Man speak today about all of his adventures. Interesting fun fact- when he does his long runs, he orders delivery pizza and cheesecake which he eats while running. I wanted to puke just thinking about it. Hmmm…. Maybe that’s why they call him a miracle.
I was just reminded that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Cheers to these ladies doing the 3 day Komen for the cure walk in Philadelphia. I ran into these amazing breast cancer supporters in tutus at the Philadelphia Conference Center today while at FNCE. They also have a room full of pink tents awaiting their arrival to sleep in.
I’ll try to snag a picture of the cute tents tomorrow. When I first saw them, I thought they were set up for a girl scout convention or something.
I’m on the train home from day #1 of FNCE. It was a great day. I attended a pre-FNCE workshop on food allergies and got to hear the Ultimate Marathon Man speak today about all of his adventures. Interesting fun fact- when he does his long runs, he orders delivery pizza and cheesecake which he eats while running. I wanted to puke just thinking about it. Hmmm…. Maybe that’s why they call him a miracle.
I’m off to FNCE (Food Nutrition Conference & Expo) in Philly. After a crazy morning run around (making breakfast, finding kids soccer shoes and shin guards & gathering my conference stuff) I am at last sitting on the train- peacefully with nothing to do but SIT and blog (love my iPhone 5!) I really don’t think I have sat this still in weeks!
Apologies for being MIA.
I’m happy to report that my friend Jennifer Lynn-Pullman and I have just opened our new Nutrition counseling and education office- Eat Right Bucks- in Doylestown, Pa. (875 N. Easton Rd, Suite 6B zip:18902 phone: 215-230-1900)
And after a couple weeks of painting, putting in new floors and giving our space lots of love- we moved in on Monday- October 1st.
Jennifer and I are both Registered Dietitians/Licensed Nutritionists passionate about wellness and helping others live healthy lives. We both reside in Bucks County with our families and love to eat local and real food!
My areas of interest include: food allergies and intolerances, celiac’s disease, GI and inflammatory diseases, cancer AND working with kids especially picky eaters, weight management and behavioral or neurologic disorders.
Jennifer’s areas of interest include pregnancy, lactation, diabetes, hypertension and adult weight loss. Jennifer also specializes is bariatric surgery-counseling clients pre & post procedure.
And we can also both help with general health & wellness!
We accept most major insurance plans. Note: Blue Cross Keystone & Personal Choice offer six FREE counseling sessions.
Okay- off the train to my conference where I’m excited to be with thousands of other Registered Dietitians to learn a lot more about Food and the Science of Nutrition!
I’m off to FNCE (Food Nutrition Conference & Expo) in Philly. After a crazy morning run around (making breakfast, finding kids soccer shoes and shin guards & gathering my conference stuff) I am at last sitting on the train- peacefully with nothing to do but SIT and blog (love my iPhone 5!) I really don’t think I have sat this still in weeks!
Apologies for being MIA.
I’m happy to report that my friend Jennifer Lynn-Pullman and I have just opened our new Nutrition counseling and education office- Eat Right Bucks- in Doylestown, Pa. (875 N. Easton Rd, Suite 6B zip:18902 phone: 215-230-1900)
And after a couple weeks of painting, putting in new floors and giving our space lots of love- we moved in on Monday- October 1st.
Jennifer and I are both Registered Dietitians/Licensed Nutritionists passionate about wellness and helping others live healthy lives. We both reside in Bucks County with our families and love to eat local and real food!
My areas of interest include: food allergies and intolerances, celiac’s disease, GI and inflammatory diseases, cancer AND working with kids especially picky eaters, weight management and behavioral or neurologic disorders.
Jennifer’s areas of interest include pregnancy, lactation, diabetes, hypertension and adult weight loss. Jennifer also specializes is bariatric surgery-counseling clients pre & post procedure.
And we can also both help with general health & wellness!
We accept most major insurance plans. Note: Blue Cross Keystone & Personal Choice offer six FREE counseling sessions.
Okay- off the train to my conference where I’m excited to be with thousands of other Registered Dietitians to learn a lot more about Food and the Science of Nutrition!
I’m off to FNCE (Food Nutrition Conference & Expo) in Philly. After a crazy morning run around (making breakfast, finding kids soccer shoes and shin guards & gathering my conference stuff) I am at last sitting on the train- peacefully with nothing to do but SIT and blog (love my iPhone 5!) I really don’t think I have sat this still in weeks!
Apologies for being MIA.
I’m happy to report that my friend Jennifer Lynn-Pullman and I have just opened our new Nutrition counseling and education office- Eat Right Bucks- in Doylestown, Pa. (875 N. Easton Rd, Suite 6B zip:18902 phone: 215-230-1900)
And after a couple weeks of painting, putting in new floors and giving our space lots of love- we moved in on Monday- October 1st.
Jennifer and I are both Registered Dietitians/Licensed Nutritionists passionate about wellness and helping others live healthy lives. We both reside in Bucks County with our families and love to eat local and real food!
My areas of interest include: food allergies and intolerances, celiac’s disease, GI and inflammatory diseases, cancer AND working with kids especially picky eaters, weight management and behavioral or neurologic disorders.
Jennifer’s areas of interest include pregnancy, lactation, diabetes, hypertension and adult weight loss. Jennifer also specializes is bariatric surgery-counseling clients pre & post procedure.
And we can also both help with general health & wellness!
We accept most major insurance plans. Note: Blue Cross Keystone & Personal Choice offer six FREE counseling sessions.
Okay- off the train to my conference where I’m excited to be with thousands of other Registered Dietitians to learn a lot more about Food and the Science of Nutrition!
