Recipe #5

Tea recipes!

Mint Iced Green Tea

What you’ll need:
1 small pot.
5 of these tea bags.
1 2 quart sized pitcher filled halfway with ice.

Fill the small pot with water and put on the stove to boil. Once it starts boiling, turn off the water and add the 5 tea bags. Let steep for around a minute or so, then throw the teabags out. Dump the pot into the pitcher. Fill the rest of the pitcher with water from the tap, then stir it all up [to mix the water with the tea]. I don’t recommend adding sugar or lemon; it tastes amazing as is. The hint of mint really helps the taste, and because it’s green tea, it will boost your metabolism. 

Cal content: 0. 

Low Cal Chai

Contents:
2 chai tea bags. [I highly recommend this brand & tea] 
1 tbs of honey. 
4 tbs of skim/soy/almond milk. 
1 packet of calorie free sweetener. [I recommend splenda] [OPTIONAL!]

Heat up your teapot as normal, and pour into a 16 fl oz travel mug [if only making a mug sized, use 1 tea bag and cut the rest of the ingredients in half] Steep the two tea bags for a minute or so, then add the rest of the ingredients. Stir well and drink! I personally think it doesn’t need the extra sweetener due to the honey, but some prefer it sweeter, so use all the calorie free sweetener you want.

Cal content: ~80 calories.

-I Want To Be A Skinny Minnie

Recipe #4

Cold Veggie ‘Pizza’

Ingredients:
-1 small corn tortilla.
-1-2 tablespoons of garlic hummus.
-<1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese.
-Half a small tomato chopped in thin chunks.
-Chopped baby bella mushrooms. [use your own personal discretion as to how much]

This one’s simple! Just take the tortilla and spread the hummus on it. Sprinkle on the cheese and then the veggies, and there you go! I would not recommend heating this up! This is meant to be a cold dish. Feel free to substitute any of the other veggie if you don’t like tomatoes or mushrooms. 

Total calorie content: ~130 calories. 

Recipe #3

Home Baked French Fries!

Ingredients:
-2 small white potatoes
-Sea salt [table salt works, but sea salt tastes best]
-Black pepper
-Garlic [minced, powdered or fresh]
-Rosemary
-Canola oil
-An immeasurable about of water

1) First cut the potatoes in half, then from there slice in wedges about a centimeter thick all around.
2) Take a paper towel and soak an area of it in canola oil. Then rub the paper towel over on a pan, just getting a thin coat of oil on it. [I actually recommend using aluminium foil over a pan, and then coating the aluminum foil with the canola. This seems to need less oil to not stick.]
3) Put the slices of potato on the pan [spread them out so they’re not touching].
4) Spritz water on the potatoes with your fingertips, just to get them moist enough so the ingredients will stick.
5) Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic, and rosemary leaves to taste.
6) Bake in oven or toaster oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees fahrenheit. 

Take them out and enjoy! Dip them in Frank’s Red Hot if you need a condiment! It’s zero calories and hot sauce leaves you feeling fuller.

Total calorie content: ~260.

Let me know what you think!
Love,
IWantToBeASkinnyMinnie 

Recipe #2

I call it my “pseudo pizza”

Contents:
1 small corn tortilla [flour if you want, but it’s 30 more calories]
1 tablespoon of spaghetti sauce
1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese

Put the tortilla on a plate, and spread the sauce on the tortilla like you would on a pizza. Sprinkle on the cheese [you can use less if you want] and then microwave for around a minute, but keep a close eye. If you want it to be crispier, bake in a toaster oven for 5 minutes on 350.

Calorie content: 160 [in comparison to 270 for one slice of cheese pizza]

It’s a great pizza substitute for when you’re really just craving pizza; especially if you haven’t had pizza in a while. Flour tortilla’s taste better, but with a flour tortilla the total calorie content is 190. Enjoy!

Love,
I Want To Be A Skinny Minnie

Recipe #1

Ingredients:
3 Egg Whites 
Splash of Skim Milk.
1/2 can of tuna.
Salt.
Black/Cayenne/White Pepper.
Garlic powder/Minced Garlic/Dehydrated Garlic. 

1. Heat up a pan on the stove. [I reccomend putting canola oil on a paper towel, and then running it all over the pan so it gets a very, very thin coat of oil on it.]
2. Whip up the 3 egg whites with a splash of milk [for calcium and to make them fluffy] and then pour them into the pan.
3. Scramble the egg whites. Once they’re almost done, add the 1/2 can of tuna.
4. Scramble them all together, the tuna will add a lot of its own juices, so it may take at least 5 minutes to cook the two together.
5. Add salt, your choice of pepper and your choice of garlic to taste. Voila.

Calorie content: 86. :]

This makes a great meal, no matter what. I just had it for lunch today. It’s very filling and very high in protein.

Love,
IWantToBeASkinnyMinnie