Low carb recipes 2 (Cake)

This is an answer to people who are on  a diet but still have sweet cravings. A very simple yet delicious cake made with whey protein, eggs, virgin coconut oil, stevia, chopped walnuts ,ripe banana and yogurt.

Ingredients (dry)

Oats flour 1 cup

Whey protein 2 full scoops

Stevia 1/2 tsp

Baking powder 1/2 tsp

Baking soda 1/2 tsp

A pinch of salt

Wet ingredients

2 whole eggs

2 mashed ripe bananas

2 tbsps thick plain yogurt

1 tsp virgin coconut oil

1 tsp butter

1 tsp vanilla essence

Procedure

Beat eggs, stevia, oil, butter and yogurt,vanilla essence until fluffy.

Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Add mashed bananas. Mix well.

Put in a greased mould and bake for 30 minutes in a pre- heated oven.

Slice when cold and keep it in the fridge way out of your sight. Have a small slice with your lunch or dinner platter or can have with tea in the evening. Remember  here we are talking about a dieter’s sweet cravings.

Low carb lunch recipes 1

Sugar and salt intake when kept in control gives us good health and keeps our weight in check. In this series, I will share few of my daily lunch platter. Ingredients are sometimes plenty but sometimes it is just fridge clearance. I have replaced sugar with stevia or jaggery when required.

I made butter garlic prawns served on a bed of sauteed brocolli and red and yellow peppers.

Also, I had removed excess water from the chana dal I had made earlier. It had very little salt and little turmeric . I added a pinch of kashmiri chilli powder, a punch of roasted cumin powder and a pinch of carrom seeds powder, flittle ghee and boiled for a few minutes.

To make garlic prawns, I peeled and chopped almost 10 fat cloves of garlic and sautted it in half a teaspoon of butter and half a teaspoon of oil. As soon as it started to turn brown, I added  the pre marinated prawns (with salt, black pepper powder and a tablespoon of cornflour).Cover and cook for a,few minutes. Keep turning it up and down . Remove the lid and stir fry for 2 minutes. Serve it on top of vegetable bed.

To make brocolli and peppers stir fry , add a drop of oil to your non-stick pan,add the cut vegetables. Add salt and pepper, two drops of white vinegar and sate on high flame. Remove it when there us still crunch in your vegetables.