Delicious diet recipes - Lose Pounds Every Day

Here are a few great HCG Diet Recipes to help you lose weight.

• Breaded Talapia or Chicken

- Rub meat with lemon juice or dip in milk
- Crunch up melba toast and mix with seasonings of choice
- Coat meat with mixture and bake or grill on George Forman.

• Bunless Burgers

- Grill chicken, turkey burgers or beef patties and season to taste.
- Layer between 2 lettuce leafs
- Add grilled sweet onions and tomatoes

• Meat Kabobs

- 100 grams of meat of choice
- 1 sweet onion
- 1/4 cup of dressing
- 1 tsp Seasoning
cut meat into cubes. Cut onion into small wedges. Combine seasoning and dressing and marinate with meat and onions for 4 hours. Place on metal skewers and grill on medium heat.

• Orange Ginger Chicken

- 100g chicken – cut into chunks
- black pepper - orange – cut in 1/4s
- 2-3 cloves minced garlic - 1/2 t basil
- 1 T fresh ginger root (about 1/2"-1" long piece, peeled & minced)
- juice of half lemon 
1. Preheat pan over MED heat.
2. Sprinkle chicken with pepper. 
3. Add chicken to pan and stir fry until brown on all sides, about 5-10 mins. 
4. Add garlic and cook for 1 min. 
5. Squeeze juice of orange quarters over chicken. 
6. Peel & separate orange into sections. Add orange sections, ginger, lemon juice, and basil. Stir well. 
7. Cover and simmer for about 20-30 mins.

• HCG Mixture

- 3.52 oz of ground chicken (or turkey)
- 2-3 cans of organic stewed tomatoes (or crushed tomatoes if you can’t find stewed – tomatoes that don’t have sugar or corn starch in it) 
- 3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
- Season with parsley, cumin, basil, rosemary, salt, red pepper flakes. 
Brown chicken with seasonings and then add tomatoes. Simmer for 10 minutes.

• Slow cooker Roast

-1 very lean roast (trim extra fat)
- 1 whole onion chopped
- 1 whole stalk of chopped celery
- ½ cup of water
-salt & pepper, minced garlic, spice blend.
*Place all ingriedients in crock pot and cook on low for 8-12 hours . This is so yummy by itself, rolled into lettuce wraps or atop a bed of shredded lettuce!

• Garlic Chicken

- 100g chicken400g chicken – 4 servings
- diced onion 
- 3-5 cloves garlic – unpeeled & left whole 
- juice of half lemon
- black pepper to taste
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Heat non-stick saucepan over MED. 
3. Add the onion. Stir constantly until tender. 5-10 mins.
4. Transfer onions to glass baking dish. 
5. Place chicken atop onions. 
6. Squeeze on lemon juice & sprinkle with pepper.
7. Place garlic around and on the chicken. 
8. Cover tightly either with lid or aluminum foil.
9. Cook for 30-45 mins or until chicken is no longer pink.

• Fried Chicken Tenders

- 100g chicken
- 1 T milk
- 1 grissini
- Seasonings (salt, pepper, paprika, ground red pepper, garlic powder)
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Slice chicken breast into 3 tenders.
3. In small bowl, mix milk and any seasonings you prefer. 
4. Grind grissini in food processor until it is a powder. (I use my coffee grinder.)
5. Put grissini powder in a separate small bowl.
6. Add chicken to milk mixture and toss to coat well.
7. Then one at a time, place chicken in grissini powder and coat both sides of chicken. 
8. Place chicken in glass baking dish and bake 30-40 mins, turning over halfway through.
9. In last 5 mins, turn on broiler and broil 2-3 mins each side.
10. Serve immediately

• Taco Salad

-2 cups of chopped romaine lettuce
-100 grams of lean ground beef
-½ tsp garlic salt
-¼ tsp of chili seasoning
- crunched up melba toast
*Saute ground beef and spices. Sprinkle on top of lettuce and top with crumble melba toast.

• Chicken Vegetable Soup

- 6 cups of chicken broth base (see recipe under soups)
- 3 100 grams of cooked chopped chicken
- 3 stalks of chopped celery
- 1 whole sweet onion chopped
- 2 handfuls of chopped cabbage
- 2 medium sized chopped tomatoes (optional)

• combine and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetable are tender adding cabbage for the last 10 minutes.

• Chinese Chicken (or other meat)

- cubed meat 100 grams (chicken, shrimp, or steak)
- 5 Tbsp of chicken Broth
- Cabbage
- Dash of onion salt, Chinese 5 spice, salt & pepper
- 1 minced clove of garlic
- ½ packet of stevia

• Shred cabbage. Sautee minced garlic in 1 Tbsp of bouillon base. Add 2 Tbsp of base and cabbage over medium heat. Remove while still crunchy. Combine 2 Tbsp of bouillon base, onion salt, Chinese 5 spice and stevia. Pour into pan with cubed meat. Stir fry this mixture. Throw cabbage back in for 1-2 minutes until heated.

• Shake and Bake Chicken or Fish

- 4 chicken breasts or Fish fillets
- dash of salt & pepper, thyme, rosemary
- 1 packet of stevia
*combine all ingredients inside a bag and shake well. Grill till done.

• Seafood gumbo

-100 grams of seafood (any allowable combo)
- 1 chopped garlic clove
- 2 large chopped Roma tomatoes
-¼ tsp. onion salt. – ¼ tsp. Creole seasoning
- dash of garlic powder, celery salt, cayenne pepper.
- 1-2 packets of stevia

• Sauté seafood with chopped garlic or high heat until browned. Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low for 15 minutes.

• Spicy Baked Chicken

- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 onion cut up
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning

*Season Chicken and place into baking pan. Place onions and garlic on top. Cover with foil and bake 35 minutes at 375’

• Fried Chicken-(fish works too)

- 1 chicken breast
- 1 Tbsp. of milk
- 1 crushed melba toast
- Salt & pepper

*Dip chicken in milk and coat with crushed melba toast crumbs. Cook in non-stick pan. Salt & pepper or other spices to taste.

• Tomato Basil Chicken

-1 chicken breast cubed - 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- ¼ cup of water - 2 Tbsp. of lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. of chopped onion - 2 garlic clove minced
- 3 fresh basil leaves sliced
- ¼ tsp. oregano, garlic powder, onion powder
salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste.
lightly brown chicken in saucepan with lemon juice. Add garlic, onion, spices and water. After chicken is cooked add fresh tomatoes and basil. Cook for additional 10 minutes. Add salt& pepper. * 1 serving

• Chili

-1 lb. of lean ground beef -3 cups of chopped tomatoes
-1 ½ cups of water -½ cup of chopped onion
-4 garlic cloves minced -tsp of garlic powder
-tsp of onion powder -tsp of chili powder
-½ tsp of oregano -cayenne pepper to taste
-salt & pepper to taste

• brown beef with onions and garlic. Stir in tomatoes and water. Add spices and simmer. Top with chopped green onion

  • 3 servings

• Chicken Egg Roll

-2-3 big cabbage leaves
-1 cup shredded cabbage
- dash of onion salt, garlic powder and Chinese Five spice
- ½ packet of stevia
- 2 melba toast rounds
-1 chicken breast cooked and chopped

• Steam big cabbage leaves for 5 minutes. Move over to side of steamer to make room for shredded cabbage. Steam for 5 min. Remove shredded cabbage to mixing bowl and mix with chicken and spices. Wrap in big cabbage leaves and crunch melba toast on top to give crunch.

• Cajun Chicken

- 2 chicken breasts
- a dash of salt & pepper, onion powder, garlic powder
- 2 tsp of water.
Rub spice mixture into chicken and marinate for at least 1 hour. Grill.

• Shake & Bake Talapia or Chicken

- Rub meat with lemon juice or dip in milk
- Crunch up melba toast and mix with seasonings of choice
- Coat meat with mixture and bake or grill on George Forman.

• Ground Meat Mix

-Brown 1 lb. ground meat of choice (chicken, turkey, or beef) with seasonings of choice (salt, pepper, garlic, onion salt, spice blend)
- add 1/2 chopped sweet onion
- add chopped stalk of green onions
- add diced tomatoes (about 4 roma size)
Add this mix to iceberg lettuce to make lettuce wraps or sprinkle on top of chopped lettuce for salad.