Simple as cake.. blend (1) large head of broccoli, (2) cups of frozen cut spinach, (1) apple (1) frozen banana and (3) cups of water.

Makes 2-3 servings (depending on your size).. I drink half in the morning, the rest throughout the day.

Enjoy being healthy the quick and easy way!

Tips on how to make the veggie/fruit mix even easier

Recent discovery.. be sure to put bag of frozen veggie/fruits in fridge the night before. it thaws it and makes it softer for blending. use plenty of water!

A great high fiber, crunchy, nutritious, and tasty snack. Good with dips, spreads, or plain.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:

• 1 cup flax seed meal
• 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup water

Preparation:
Heat oven to 400 F.

1) Mix all ingredients together.

2) Spoon onto sheet pan which is covered with a silicone mat or greased parchment paper.

3) Cover the mixture with a piece of parchment or waxed paper. Even out the mixture to about 1/8 inch. I find a straight edge, like a ruler, works well, though you can use a rolling pin or wine bottle too. The important thing is not to let it be too thin around the edges or that part will overcook before the center firms up. So after you spread it out, remove the paper and go around the edges with your finger and push the thin part inwards to even it up.

4) Bake until the center is no longer soft, about 15-18 minutes. If it starts to get more than a little brown around the edges, remove from oven. Let cool completely – it will continue to crisp up.

5) Break into pieces.

The whole recipe is 6 grams of effective carbohydrate plus 35 grams of fiber.

It’s important to have access to nutritious low-carb snack food so that if you get hungry between meals you won’t reach for crackers and chips.

Ideally, a low-carb snack should have protein, healthy fat, and some fiber (so the best thing would be to have some raw veggies with your eggs or jerky). Here are some easy snack ideas. I will be adding to the list as time goes on.

• Celery with peanut or almond butter
• Celery with tuna salad
• Hard boiled eggs
• Deviled eggs
• Dill pickles and cheddar cheese (no kidding, it’s a great combo)
• 1/4 cup berries with 1/3 cup cottage cheese
• Nuts (keep raw ones in the freezer if you think you’ll overeat them)
• Sunflower seeds (get them in the shell so it will take longer to eat them)
• Other seeds (How to Toast Pumpkin or Squash Seeds)
• Low-Carb Trail Mix
• Jerky (beef or turkey — try to find low-sugar varieties)
• Low-carb shakes
• Cheese sticks, such as string cheese
• Sugar-free Jello, alone or with cottage cheese and a sprinkling of nuts
• Make sugar-free lime Jello with part coconut milk — For a large package, dissolve the powder in a cup of boiling water, add a can of coconut milk, and then add the rest of the water. Stir well.
• Pepperoni “chips” — Zap the slices in the microwave
• Cheese with a few apple slices
• 4-ounce plain or sugar-free yogurt with berries and flax seed meal
• Smoked salmon and cream cheese on cucumber slices
• Lettuce Roll-ups –- Roll luncheon meat, egg salad, tuna or other filling and veggies in lettuce leaves
• Lunch Meat Roll-ups –- Roll cheese or veggies in lunch meat (read the labels for carbs on the lunch meat)
• Spread bean dip, spinach dip, or other low-carb dip or spread on the lunch meat or lettuce and then roll it up
• Raw veggies and spinach dip, or other low-carb dip
• Pork rinds, with or without dip
• Ricotta cheese with fruit and/or nuts and/or flax seed meal
• Mushrooms with cheese spread inside (or other spreads or dips)
• Low-carb snack bars (watch out for sugar alcohols, especially maltitol)
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• Pepperoni Chips — Microwave pepperoni slices until crisp. Great with cheeses and dips
• Garlic Parmesan Flax Seed Crackers
• Parmesan Crisps — Good when you want a crunchy snack.
• Peanut Butter Protein Balls
• More Snack Recipes

This is a great recipe, it’s simple and easy to make, tastes great and is super healthy for you.

I’ve been leaning out fast lately and this change in my diet has helped a lot.  Six to eight hours before bed, you want to cut out carbs like rice or pasta and instead, just eat vegetables.

I’m not a big fan of veggies or salads, but while I was touring Romania with Hollywood Men, I was served this dish every day and it’s the most delicious way for me to eat my veggies.

Here’s how:

Chop up a tomato and half a cucumber.  Top with feta cheese.  Sprinkle pepper.  Add olive oil and vinegar.  Mix it up.  Voila!  This salad is so tasty I eat it practically every day.  The tomato contains fat burning properties and cucumber is a great fibrous and water bearing veggie.  The cheese provides calcium and olive oil and vinegar are a healthy combo (as long as you don’t drench your food).

Try and enjoy!

- Steve

Recipe:

30 gms whey/casein blend protein

1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal

1/8 cup of raw almonds

5-6 ice cubes

1 cup water

voila!

I recommend BNS Protein Powder

Ingredients for one serving

• 1 head romaine lettuce
• 4-5 stalks of green kale
• 1 lemon
• 2 SWEET apples
• 3 inches or more of fresh ginger

The above amount is for one drink.  This is how I make it instead. I buy 3 heads of romain lettuce, 20 stalks of green kale, 6 apples, 3 lemons, and 9 inches of fresh ginger. I juice all of this and make approximately 64 oz of green lemonade. I then use the water bottles from Sam’s Club (the small ones, usually around 8 oz each) and I fill up eight of these empty bottles with the juice. I then store the bottles of juice in my freezer and before I go to bed, I take one out and put it in the fridge so that its thawed out by morning and ready to drink.

This works out the best because juicing is a pain to clean up afterwards so with this method, you only have to clean up once a week .  I could talk forever about why this is so damn healthy to do, but I’d rather you read up on it and see for yourself.  I got the recipe from the book below!

- Steve
 

The Raw Food Detox Diet: The Five-Step Plan for Vibrant Health and Maximum Weight Loss

The first book from top Manhattan Nutritionist, Natalia Rose. Natalia provides her simple, proven five-level diet plan to safely make the transition to eating raw foods, and to detoxify and achieve a perfect body no matter how you eat now.

The raw food craze has taken off, as raw restaurants spring up and celebrities, models, and other fans tout the effects of eating raw. However, many people who are intrigued by raw food simply don’t know how to make the transition from what they’re eating now, or how to achieve the benefits of eating raw without giving up their lifestyle or the foods they love. Natalia Rose, an in-demand nutritionist, shows how in The Raw Food Detox Diet. Whether your diet is primarily made up of meat and potatoes, or tofu and tempeh, you can incorporate the flavour and lasting health benefits of raw food into your life.

Over time, our bodies build up poisons and store waste from food that is not fully eliminated. Raw food helps to detoxify the body by flushing out these poisons and setting us back on a course toward greater energy, clearer skin and shinier hair, and a slim, natural figure. But making the transition to a raw diet too quickly can have negative effects on the body. Instead, the healthier way is to make a gentle change based on your previous diet and current needs. You do not conform to The Raw Food Detox Diet; it conforms to you, and you choose how far you want to go. Whether you’re looking to live an all-raw lifestyle, or just to improve your energy and shape while still eating the foods you love, this groundbreaking diet book will energize and inspire you to achieve your goals safely and easily.The first book from top Manhattan Nutritionist, Natalia Rose. Natalia provides her simple, proven five-level diet plan to safely make the transition to eating raw foods, and to detoxify and achieve a perfect body no matter how you eat now.

Take a peek inside the book

article courtesy of Natalia Rose, author of “The Raw Food Detox Diet”

So I got this new magical broccoli salad you gotta try!

First its got carrots. Yuck.
Second its got broccoli. Double yuck.
Next its got purple onion. What, are you kidding me?

Sounds pretty nasty so far eh? Well wait cuz I gotta way to mix these up with some secret ingredients that’ll make your mouth water!

What you add to this bowl are raisins, bacon bits and low fat mayo…

Together this mix is insane! so basically you do it like this:
1 oz carrots
1 oz broccoli
1/8 oz purple onion
1/4 oz bacon bits
1/4 oz raisins
Tbsp low-fat mayo

So I wash the and peel the carrots and broccoli, then use this chopper device I bought at the store that mashes it up pretty fine.  Definately chop up the onion into real small pieces.  Then add the bacon bits (get the gourmet kind, not the cheap fake hard stuff), then the raisins (remember to keep the raisins in the fridge, they get rock hard if left out too long), then add the mayo.

You can add more or less of any ingredient depending on your tastes.  This ratio works pretty well for me.  Also its good to soak the carrots sometimes to make them a little softer, easier to chop up and also chew on.

I got the idea for this salad from my local gym (LVAC).   I ordered a turkey wrap one day and they offered the salad in substitute for chips.  I didn’t think anything of it til I had a bite.  Damn!  I knew then and there that I had to learn how to make this.  They wouldn’t tell me how they made it (big secret I guess) so I basically took it home and dissected it until I figured out the ingredients.  Then a couple times of trial and error and I had my own version of it!

Look for me to star in “Iron Chef” in 2010

Article courtesy of www.stevekim.us/journal