Tonight we had home made pasta sauce with ground turkey and DreamField Spaghetti pasta. Now DreamField pasta Co. claims to have only 5 grams of digestible carbs. I am not sure how they can claim this? I have read their packaging and I have reviewed their website but I am not sure how they can claim this?

If anyone knows please let us know. Until then I will just believe the packaging…

I will try and post the South Beach Diet pasta sauce recipe we have created.

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In Josh’s last post he mentions our menu planning. We try to plan out our meal for the week, during the weekend. If we don’t do this, I usually run out of ideas by the middle of the week. Which results in Josh coming home to no dinner or canned food. LOL!

Seriously, just plain sauteed chicken and veggies or hamburger patties. That can be kind of boring, though… Fortunately for us, with all the tax deadline pressure, we were able to plan our meals for this week. Today’s dinner was Chicken asparagus w/three cheeses It was outstanding! Even the baby loved it… I did make a couple of changes to the recipe, but not pertinent ones. I used chicken thighs instead of breasts. I am not a huge fan of chicken breasts. I can have them but not on a regular basis. They tend to be too dry.

I prefer boneless skinless chicken thighs. Then I take off every piece of fat, nerves and tendons. I also didn’t have poultry seasoning so I kind of made up my own. Salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder, a little cumin and paprika. Everything else was the same and everyone loved it. I will definitely add this to our regular dinner options. Delicious!

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Tonight we are going to try “Slow Cooker BBQ ribs” from Kraft.

We will have to modify it of course to fit the South Beach Diet Plan. Here is the original ingredient list:

4 lb. beef short ribs
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
1 cup KRAFT Barbecue Sauce, any flavor
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup flour
1 Tbsp. yellow mustard

Here are the modifications.
Kraft carbwell BBQ sauce. The label says ok for phase 1, 2 and 3 of South Beach Diet.
No honey
½ flour (This is a big cheat! If you want to stay 100% on SBD then just do not add the flour)

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We had Parmesan Chicken from a recipe we found in Kalyn’s Kitchen:
http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2005/11/parmesan-chicken.html
It was delicious and we really enjoyed it. However, we used chicken thighs instead of breasts. Also, Kalyn says to marinade all day, but unfortunately, I didn’t have that kind of time. I marinated our chicken for 45 minutes to an hour. I think something is better than nothing. If it was this good, on short time of marinating, hmmm…. I wonder how it tastes if you do it all day? It’s easy and tasty; a must try!

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This is simple, tasty and South Beach Diet approved recipe. Be careful when choosing your vanilla. Many brands have added sugar. I was able to find plain vanilla with no sugar at my local grocery store.

Low Carb Yogurt Recipe:
¾ cup Trader Joe’s Non Fat Plain Yogurt
½ a pack of Sweet and Low
¼ teaspoon of Vanilla (No Sugar added)
Optional/seasonal
2 or 3 sliced Fresh Strawberries

Add all ingredients except the berries and stir until it reaches the desired consistency and then add the strawberries.

Enjoy!

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