Cut the top off of each whole pepper, remove seeds. Place peppers in boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Heat pan and add sesame oil. Add garlic and ginger root. mix for 30 seconds. Add chopped peppers and green onions and stir fry for an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add shicken and remianing ingrediants. Combine well.
Spoon 3/4 cup of this mixture into each reserved pepper. Surround the peppers with the rest of the stuffing. Cover and bake in a 350-degrees oven for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Per serving: 367cal; 17fat; 34g protein; 22g carb

Ingredients:

3 large zucchini

¼ ts. Allspice

Cinnamon

Walden Farms Apple Butter

Walden Farms Caramel Syrup

Peel and cut a zucchini lengthwise.  Cut it crosswise into ‘apple slices’.  Seed if needed on larger zucchinis.

Put in a bowl and drizzle with a little lemon juice

Stir in several spoonfuls of Walden Farms Apple Butter, and allspice.

Mix and spread out in dish, sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle with Walden caramel syrup if you like.

Bake in oven at 350* for up to 40 minutes or until ‘apples’ are at desired tenderness.

You might want to let it sit a bit to let the juices thicken.

I had it re-heated the morning after so it had time to marinate a bit and was less juicy, it was amazing!!

Ideal Protein Weight Loss in Fort Myers

Are you looking for a proven lifestyle and diet change that you can trust?  If so, Fort Myers Chiropractor, Dr. Rob Watkins, is offering a new physician-supervised weight loss program.  Dr. Watkins, his family, and other members of his clinical staff and patients have been using the program with great success.  The nutritionally balanced weight loss program is a medically designed protocol that results in fat loss while sparing muscle mass. The protocol is an easy 4-phase protocol which helps stabilize the pancreas and blood sugar levels while burning fat and maintaining muscle and other lean tissue. It is also an excellent support for cellulite reduction and has been used in well over 2500 professional establishments in North America over the last eight years with great success.

The program begins with a workshop which explains the science behind the program and offers an opportunity for questions to be asked and answered and for sampling of some of the foods offered.  Prior to starting the diet, Dr. Watkins personally reviews each person’s health profile to make sure there are no contraindications beginning the program.  He also communicates with the dieter’s personal physician as requested and/or needed.  Once the patient begins the protocol, they come in for weekly one-on-one weigh-ins and meetings with the weight loss coach.

 Yummy sugar free strawberry muffins using Ideal Protein Pudding pack. It makes 6 -12 mini muffins depending on how fluffy you mix them.

 Ingredients:

• 2 egg whites
• 2 oz water
• several drops almond extract
• 2 packets of Splenda
• Ideal Protein Strawberry pudding mix

Directions:

• whip the egg whites, Splenda and almond extract until fluffy
• gradually fold in the pudding mix
• pour into muffin tin
• bake at 350 degrees for 15 -18 minutes

Yes, that’s 12 mini muffins for the price of 1 Ideal Protein pudding mix!

Ingredients:

• 6 oz tomato paste
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 5 tsp Splenda
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp ground cloves
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp allspice

Directions:

• Mix all ingredients in sauce pan
• Simmer over low heat until well blended
• Keep in refrigerator in airtight container

This recipe will make 25 servings of 1 TBSP

There is 1.7g of carbs per serving which come from the tomato paste – since the only ingredient is tomatoes and it is an allowable occasional vegetable… just use in moderation!

This is one of several recipes we have tried and our personal favorite! – Dr Rob