Dukan Friendly Oat Bran Cookie Recipe

RECIPE

DUKAN OAT BRAN COOKIE ALABAMA

Oven 350 degrees F

Ingredients:

6 Tablespoons oat bran

2 Tablespoons sweetener  ( I use Splenda type sweetener)

1/2 to one teaspoon of cinnamon

1 to 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons Greek yogurt Fat Free

2 or 3 medium egg whites

(Black strap molasses 2-4 drops  Optional)

Mix dry ingredients together.  Mix egg whites ( I froth them first) and yogurt. (I dip small fork tines into the molasses – just barely touch it.)

Combine dry and wet ingredients. If too much liquid let stand a few minutes or add one tablespoon of oat bran.

Spoon out 6 cookies (or 7 if you added more oat bran) on a cookie sheet that is  covered with silpat or foil.

Bake 350

Toaster oven  bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Conventional oven bake 12 to 14 minutes or golden brown.

Using My Fitness Pal ,  here are the calories, fat, protein, sodium, carbs and fiber.  See bottom for the symbols..

Egg White –  2 Egg White	34	0	8	0	0	0
Oat Bran, Dry 6 tbsp	135	3	6	0	24	6
Kirkland – Costco – Greek Yogurt (Non Fat), 34.05 g	21	0	4	14	2	0
Rumford – Aluminum-Free Double Acting Baking Powder, 0.5 tsp.	0	0	0	220	0	0
Generic – Splenda – Granulated (With Carb Count), 6 tsp (same as 1g or 1 packet)	9	0	0	0	6	0
Symbols	c	f	p	s	c	f

Each cookie has 33 calories, 1 g of fat, 3 g protein, 39 mg sodium, 5 g carbs. 1 g fiber approximately.

Total:	199	3	18	234	32	6
Per Serving:	33	1	3	39	5	1

Sis adds 1 teaspoon of dutch cocoa.

I urge you to try different flavorings.  Thank you all dukaners for the original recipe.

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Dukan Happy Thanksgiving Colorful First Course Ideas and Recipes

November 17, 2011

Colorful Thanksgiving Dinner first course

I would serve additional items that you can easily ignore.  For me that would be nuts, olives, and raw veggies.  It is important for you to eat as many of the first course items as you want that are Dukan safe.  Missing are shrimp cocktails and stuffed eggs.  The meatballs and ginger chicken can be made ahead and frozen.  The bacon squares can to made a day or two ahead and then just arrange on a platter.  Cucumber cups add color and are crisp.  I was going for texture and color at an affordable price.

Perrier water

Crisp turkey bacon squares,  grape tomatoes

Zen balls

Turkey meat balls

Cucumber cups

Ginger Chicken

Thanksgiving needs to be yummy and colorful.  No white please.   The recipe for Zen balls is in the Dukan book( and on the Dukan facebook US  site).  Leave out the bran to save for the dressing.  Try to add color to the mix.  This can be done ahead.

Make tiny meatballs from ground turkey or chicken.  I add fried mince onions and peppers, an egg,  spices and herbs (sage, thyme, cracked fennel seeds, pepper, garlic powder). Bake in the oven and serve with a little bit of tomato sauce for color. This can be made ahead and frozen. Just  reheated to serve.

Stuffed Cucumber Cups  (make day before, finish quickly right before serving)

Serves 8.

1 medium red or golden beet*

3 Tbsp. Greek yogurt

1 tsp. finely minced fresh dill,

plus dill sprigs for garnish

1 tsp. very finely minced shallots

Salt and pepper

English (hothouse) cucumber

*(If you are unable to find a nice beet to roast use canned and roast to dry beet out a bit.  Use no foil. )

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Wrap the beet loosely in aluminum foil, sealing the package tightly. Bake until the beet is tender when pierced, about 1 hour. When cool enough to handle, peel the beet and cut it into very small, neat dice. You should have about 1/2 cup.

Place the diced beet in a small bowl and fold in the yogurt, minced dill and shallots. Season to taste with salt and white pepper. Chill well.

Peel the cucumber and cut into 1/2-inch-wide chunks. You should have about 2 dozen. Use a melon baller to scoop out the center of each chunk to make room for a filling, taking care not to pierce the bottom and to leave the sides about 1/4 inch thick. Set the cucumber cups on a serving tray and chill. Just before filling, season with salt and white pepper.

To serve, spoon 1 teaspoon of the beet mixture into each cucumber cup and garnish with a small sprig of dill. Serve immediately.

*My notes:   I needed two beets to get ½ cup finely minced.  Use gloves to handle the beet.  Make the day before and it is easy for an early guests to fill cups.

Gingered chicken
Marinate chicken pieces (chicken tenders cut into bite size pieces) in SF gingerale with 3 Tablespoons of grated ginger and a dash of reduced sodium soy sauce up to 3 hours.  Bake in shallow pan 400 degrees F til cooked.  Serve with pan juices and minced parsley sprinkled on the top.  Do not forget toothpicks.

Make bacon crisp in the mirowave.  Cut into thirds or fourths before mirowaving between paper towels.  Serve with grape tomatoes.

Have a great Dukan holiday.

Consolidation Days Left 164 Custard Recipe

Day 107  November 15, 2011  Consolidation Days left   164   Wt 170.5    TW 154

Daily Loss: Same
Total Loss: 41 lbs
Wt. to go:   16 lbs

Busy, busy.  I am helping a friend with his move from Tennessee farm to suburbia in Huntsville, Alabama.  He has been in the hospital twice in the last month.  So it is slow going.  He has finally closed on the house deal and received his last truck load of belongings.  Old college professor is 78. 

Here at home I am trying to reorganize my kitchen and living room and it looks like a tornado in both rooms.  It says “stop and finish this or I will explode”.  I think it exploded.

Breakfast:     Homemade bread with 1 tablespoon of  peanut butter. Coffee with creamer.

Snack:     Oats in custard.

Lunch:     Oats in custard

Supper:     2 ounces hamburger patty, fried onions, ½ thinly sliced bread. Soymilk.

Snack:     Custard (see below), yogurt.

I stopped and tried this recipe.  No quick dish.  I forgot about heating the milk and never got the temp correct on the microwave.  I finally finished it at 30% oven power after 20 minutes at lower powers.  I aborted the bain marie and I finished without problems.  See if you do any better.  I would recommend add a few grains of salt. It lacked flavor.  I used vanilla soy milk since I am trying to avoid dairy.

By Lilianne Wallace posted on facebook.

“Imitation Old Fashioned Baked Egg Custard
(Save our precious Oat Bran for something else)

125 ml FF milk (4 oz) (Half a cup)
1 egg
Vanilla
Sweetener
Cinnamon

You will need a cup and two dishes, a smallish one, shallow but deep enough to contain all the ingredients, (similar to a small pie plate or a small pyrex bowl) and a larger one to use as a bain marie in the microwave oven.

Beat egg, sweetener and vanilla together in the smaller dish
Microwave the milk in a cup just enough to make it warm (± 20 seconds)
Then slowly add the warm milk to the beaten egg mixture
Sprinkle a LITTLE cinnamon on top
Quarter fill the larger dish with very hot water
Very carefully place the smaller dish into the larger one (don’t burn yourself)
Microwave on Low for approx 10 minutes

It sets and tastes EXACTLY like Old Fashioned Baked Egg Custard! Comfort food de luxe.

If you can wait for it to cool down, eat it cold.
If you can’t wait for it to cool down, eat it warm.

Really quick, really easy, really does the trick!”

My stomach felt better today and wish I planned on eating more.  Since I have not felt like eating it has been hard.  I have thrown out food.

Dukan Diet More on Diet Soda Sis’s Ginger Fish Recipe

Day 85         PP         172.5                October 25, 2011

Daily Loss:  No Loss    No Gain
Total Loss:     33.5   lbs
Wt. to go:      18.5    lbs

Breakfast:     Bran in custard, coffee

Snack:     Yogurt, Pork and onions (leftovers)

Lunch:     Tofu fries, Bran in custard

Dinner:     Hamburger (2 ounces) with onion, Chicken tender in gingerale with onions.  Yogurt

On October 23, 2011, this blog talked about diet soda and the rules (you can drink diet soda) and recommendations (limit diet soda to one a day).  I was a bit floored since I was under the impression that Dr Dukan said was an advocate of diet soda.  Remember I went out to and bought a case of diet soda.  (I rarely drink soda.)

I went back to reread the section where he talks about diet soda, (page 34 in The Dukan Diet USA version).  Basically he states diet sodas are great “allies” when no more than one calorie per glass. He discusses diet sodas in three paragraphs.  He never gives any indications we should limit diet sodas, I suggest you read the October 23 entry of this blog and Dr Dukan’s writings on diet soda so you can decide for yourself.

Looking for different tastes on pure protein day?  My sister raves on about her fish cooked in ginger sauce.  I finally tried it and yes it is very good.  Now I can eat frozen fish.  The dish can be adapted to a fry pan.

Sis’s Ginger Fish

1 fillet of fish like tilapia

1/3 cup Diet gingerale

Freshly finely grated ginger to taste (I use ½ to 1 teaspoon)

Soy sauce small dash

Black pepper to taste

Set oven 350/185.  Grate ginger into gingerale and allow to sit for 15 minutes or so.   Place fish in baking dish that will allow the fish to be almost covering the fish somewhat.  Drain gingerale mixture, discarding the grated ginger.  Add soy sauce to gingerale and pour over fish. Add black pepper to taste.  Bake until fish is cooked, using the 12 to 15 minutes per inch rule.  Yes, it is  Pure Protein recipe.

Dukan Diet 84 days Cruise Recipe Oat Bran in Custard

Day 84          PP          172.5                  October 24, 2011

Daily Loss:   Gain .5 lbs
Total Loss:        33.5
Wt. to go:          18.5

Breakfast:     Oats in custard, scrambled eggs and two pieces of crisp Jennie o.

Lunch:     Ginger fish leftover, one piece of pork.

Snack:     Yogurt

Supper:     French toast with Canadian bacon with caramel syrup

Snack:     Oats in custard

I must admit I had to check my list of Pure Protein Faves today when planning my daily foods.  I do tend to mix it around a bit.  I have two leftovers, fish and pork. Snacks are yogurt or frozen drinks.  I need to have options and plenty of choices.

Water requirement:  I have two-quart glass containers in the refrigerator at all times.  I also measure my glass containers to ensure I get my full amount. I stop counting after refilling them both once.  I do not include any other fluids in my water count.  And yes I have to force it down and sometimes flavor it (Sweet Leaf, Valencia Orange).  Sis and I concluded years ago that lots of water was the secret to successful dieting.   I make sure my water is ice-cold.  I filter my own water and do not drink from plastic bottles.  I also measure my glass containers to ensure I get my full amount.

If you have been reading my blog lately you know I start my day with this and it is my last snack of the day.  It is so filling, sweet, and rich.

 

Oats in Custard

½ cup of skim milk

1 Tablespoon of Oat bran

1 egg beaten

Splenda to taste.

Piece of vanilla bean  (opt)

On medium heat add oats, milk, and vanilla bean to sauce pan.  Heat to almost boil (do not burn) stirring frequently. Temper eggs by adding some hot oat mix to eggs while stirring eggs. Add rest of hot milk to eggs then return to pot stirring until it boils, stir constantly, it boils quickly..  Add splenda to taste and serve hot or cold.  Remove vanilla bean.

Dukan Diet No Gain No Worry ; Pumpkin Pie Try Gone Bad or Really Bland

Day 81        PV            173.5                                           October 21, 2011

Daily Loss:      No Loss No Gain
Total Loss:        32.8      Lbs.
Wt. to go:           19.5      Lbs.

Breakfast:     Crustless pumpkin pie with caramel syrup, 3 cookies  and coffee

Lunch:     One egg and one egg white scrambled

Supper:     Eggplant topped with turkey and tofu red gravy,  Oat bran in vanilla custard

Snack:     Maybe yogurt or icy drink or if I am hungry, Vicki’s Chocolate eggs with SF  Chocolate syrup

I do round off the last digit of my weight.  Today I am 173.3 which is rounded to 173.5.     Dealing with every 0.1 is too awful.  It does all averages out.

All I need is a 2 lbs. loss this week to reach my personal goal set in my first posts.  It is not bad to lose 1 lb per week  or 1.5 lbs.  It is the direction that counts.  Dr D says to expect a slowing down of weight loss the closer we are to our TW true weight.

When I was reviewing my posts to gather list of PP faves I realized how long I have been sick.  I think it is due to three things.  Not learning to say no to others.  Getting into situations that are bad for breathing.  Going out in current weather, cold and very windy.

I missed an important anniversary because I am just not thinking.  I feel like I let my daughter down.  Stupid me.  Stupid me.  I have not been keeping my weight totals correctly and  lbs loss lbs to go are all screwed up.  I did change the loss total.  I have more than 17 lbs to go.   I have to lose  19.5 lbs to reach TW.   Oh well.  I am going to add PP days if I have any weight gain or if I do not lose my 2 lbs per week.

PUMPKIN EXPERIMENT

I made crustless pumpkin pie last night.  The recipe was off the back of the can.  I have made crustless pie before but sugar adds more than just a sweet taste, so I reduced the milk from 12 ounces to 8 ounces. (added 4 Tablespoons to the milk to get it closer to canned milk).  I added an additional egg to make up for structure loss.  I will admit I added no salt and it needed about half the amount required.    It may be OK with some SF chocolate syrup.  I will continue to experiment.

Dukan Diet Still in the Up, Up, and Down, Down

Day 76        PV           175.8            October 16, 2011

Daily Loss:   Water loss 1 lb     (Need 1 more to be even with lowest of this week 174.8 lbs)
Total Loss:   30.5  lbs
Wt. to go:     19.3  lbs

Breakfast:   Vanilla Crepes made with Hazelnut flavoring.  (1 Tablespoon Oat bran)

Lunch:      Coffee and conversation  I forgot to eat

Supper:    Eggplant Dukan top with tomato sauce with turkey and tofu

Snack:      Microwave cookie

I had 3 small but beautiful eggplants and only a cup of homemade tomato sauce.   I stretched  it with more spices and tomato paste but it only had a 1/3 lb of ground turkey.  I added 1/2 lb of tofu and cooked it 30 min.  I was so shocked it tasted so good.  Tofu is going to be my answer to the high cost of protein.  The slices of eggplant dipped in egg cooked up well.  I now have 3 serving for future PV meals.  I did have to add some salt to the sauce (allergy to garlic).

I had a great cheer up today.   I forced myself to stay awake all day and got some stuff done,  able to get a note off to my darling daughter and got a call from Sis, who sounded so tired.  I still have not had time on a PV day to make something with pumpkin.  For the holidays there has to be one very good pumpkin recipe.  Any ideas?

Dukan Diet The Future Where will we be?

Day 74       PV           174.8        October 14, 2011

Daily Loss:    1   lb
Total Loss:  31.5 lbs
Wt. to go:    18.3 lbs

At 7 am weight was 175.8 lbs.   At 9 am weight was 174.6 lbs.  Amazing.

 

Breakfast:    Vanilla crepe  made in fry pan with both reg cocoa (for the flavor) and Dutch cocoa (for the color).  Coffee

Lunch:   Rest of pork slices with onion, 2 very crisp Jennie-o bacon.  Ice coffee.

Snack:   NF Greek  yogurt

Supper:    Fried eggplant top with turkey tomato sauce. Sprinkle of soy  (or rice) cheese.

Snack:    NF Greek yogurt

I was surprised that dipping the eggplant in a beaten egg and fried Dukan style did very well.  Oh what a beautiful eggplant and I have more.  I think I must go ahead and cook and freeze them.  I have no choice. That or change my pv/pp.

I really think that this diet is getting more and more expensive.  The flavorings are essential.  I do not know what I will do without them but soon I will know.  Greek yogurt is high.  But it is the meat and fish that is so dear.  I do not like chicken.  Eggs are the more reasonable protein and the most versatile.  I waste veggies by not being able to have them everyday. And that makes them expensive.

I am use to having meat about once a week.  I am a lentil and rice gal.  I make may own bread.   Whole wheat, bran, and flaxseed bread.  I have peanut butter (organic),  1/2 tablespoon with my bread every morning.

How do I gain my weight?  I gain 5 to 15 lbs when I have to take steroids.  If it is in the hospital, I gain 25 to 40 lbs. ( It makes you want to kill for food when I give you large amount of steroids IV every four hours. )

Oh and yes,  I love to bake.  True I love to give my baked goods away.  But I love to eat them also.  Yes, I love ice cream.  I miss olive oil the most.

I have to figure out how much and how long this diet will take.  And how I will live with it.  Or how to adjust it to my life.

 

 

Cruise Stall to End, How to will away a stall, Tofu Fries Recipe

Day 71, 72         PV      PP         178      October 11 &12, 2011

Daily Loss:  No gain No loss
Total Loss:  28.3 lbs
Wt. to go:    21.4 lbs

Breakfast:  1/2 crepe recipe

Snack:      Cup of Greek yogurt  Morning and again in afternoon

Lunch:     2 small hamburger patties with raw onion and vinegar with a glass of NF milk

Supper:     Pork tenderloin with onions and flavorings

When you think a stall is due to be over,  what can you do?  Since this stall is due to an illness and a nasty medication  I could only wait.  My wait is over and I will do two PP days to see if I can jump-start this weight swing to weight loss.  Reading Dr Dukan UK weekly chats at   ddr.myfreeforum.org

I also have been reading the book from the beginning again.   Looking at the website, and Face Book  Dukan Us.

I have found a bunch of new recipes. and have been working on some.    I have heard about this recipe but could never find it.  It looks good because it is all protein.

Tofu Fries

Ingredients:

1 package of firm tofu

1 egg

Seasonings of your choice (garlic, cayenne, paprika, chipotle, pepper)

Preparation

1. Drain firm tofu  and slice French fry style.

2. Cover with paper towels and put a pan on the tofu for 30 to 45 minutes to squeeze out the water in the tofu.

3.  Wisk the egg and coat the tofu with the egg mixture.

4. Season with pepper, garlic, cayenne, or whatever you like (seeing how tofu takes on the flavors you add)

5. Lightly coat a cookie sheet and wipe it. Place tofu in the pan and bake at 375 for 15 minutes (or until toasted) then take out and flip over and bake for 10 minutes (or until golden brown) .

http://www.dukandiet.com/Forum/Food-and-Dining-Out/Recipes/TOFU-recipes

I want to give a shout out to Vicki C at   http://dukanblogging.blogspot.com .   Thank you for all your support.  I always read you when I think I can not stand another piece of chicken.  You are amazing in that you are almost  half way through this rebound period called consolidation.  You are doing well and you should give yourself a pat on the back.

And to Sandi at  http://flamidwyfe.wordpress.com/  who is travelling to all sorts of countries and does not have the benefit of a USA grocer with all the special things we have here.  I am always amazed in the ways you manage to stay on Dukan diet.  Yes, the boiled egg trick.  So simple and so wise.
Thank you Sandi and Vicki.

 

 

 

Day 70 Cruise to a Stall Steroid Hell and RECIPE Vanilla CREPE

Day      70               PP             178                       October 10, 2011

Daily Loss:    No gain No loss
Total Loss:    28.3 lbs
Wt. to go:      23.7 lbs

Well,  I feel like a stall since my weight swings back from 175 to 180.  Today it really is 178.  I am dealing with other side effects of the steroid withdrawal.  But that is very boring and all I know is what I can do.  Move ahead.

Yes, the day is 70 because I can not add correctly.  There is another miscalculation there.  I started this thing at 211 lbs  not 206 lbs.  But  It means I loss more pounds than it shows.  But the road ahead is unchanged.  I still have 23.7 pounds to go.

I am going to not worry so much about PP days.  I am going to include Vicki’s chocolate eggs on PP days.  (Tolerated item or not.)  The treat is too wonderful.  And I need a treat I can have on PP days.  This is my logic.  It is a lot of protein and protein low-fat, low-carb is the name of the game.  Just watch those carbs (dairy) and lots of protein.  The only protein I like well done is turkey bacon,  pork tenderloin and hard boil eggs.

I do know I love that oat bran and look forward to increasing it.

Twenty four pounds away.   I go to Florida December 17th and that is 68 days away or a little less than 10 weeks.  The best a person can expect on a diet is to lose two pounds a week.  That should be the bottom line.  If you are losing an average of 2 pounds a week you are losing at a normal rate.  Right now I am in a limbo.   A steroid hell.

Sis and I decided we were not going to try to match each other to PP or PV days.  We are going to celebrate in some fashion.  I asked her not to buy ice cream and she agreed.  We will choose a meal to indulge and eat out.  It may be our grouper sandwich or something like that.   Sis and I talked about grilling out at the state park.  (Since I am an apartment dweller I miss that so much.)  That will keep us in the protein and on the diet.  She is bringing her big kitchen aid and I will bring my ice cream maker.  Yes,  floating islands and custard ice cream ahead.  And we bring lots of SF flavorings.  We talked about ones we have not tried and I am going to do a big shipment this month.

I was looking for a treat to make and look at what I found.  A vanilla crepe recipe from Brittainy Chantel Cherry on DD Us facebook

Vanilla Crepe recipe

Take 1 TBS oat bran, 1 TBS sweetener, 1 TBS yogurt, 1 egg, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and mix together in a bowl.

Place in cake pan (spray the pan) and spread out thin. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Take out and sprinkle a little sweetener on top and toss under the broiler for 2-3 minutes (watch closely) Omg sooo good! Make sure the corners crisp a little and get golden brown under the broiler 🙂

Kath’s variation:   Fry on top of stove.  Make double recipe using one egg and 3 tablespoons of egg white.  Add flavorings eg. cinnamon, cocoa with more splenda.  I use lots of sweetener.   I make small pancakes.  And eat slowly.  I think you could make and take with you.  Easier and more filling than the gallette.

This is very good.  Next time I will make on aluminum foil.  Addresses the sweetness and is void of tolerated except for vanilla which needs replacing so it can be a PP day delight.   Thank you Brittainy