Brittany Samons - 17 Day Diet Cookbook: Delicious Healthy Weight Loss, Fat Loss and Flat Belly Recipes

17 Day Diet Cookbook:

Delicious Healthy Weight Loss, Fat Loss and Flat Belly Recipes

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Brittany Samons

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17 Day Diet Cookbook: Delicious Healthy Weight Loss, Fat Loss and Flat Belly Recipes

By Brittany Samons

Copyright 2015 Brittany Samons

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First Published, 2015

Printed in the United States of America

The 17 Day Diet is a diet plan that encourages the consumption of healthy foods while incorporating exercise and limiting starch and sugar. Divided into 4 different cycles, this diet will help you boost your metabolism, burn fat and create healthy new habits to lose excess weight. You will eat foods in unique cycles that last for seventeen days each to kick start your weight loss, and work toward a goal of maintaining a desired weight and eating healthfully for the rest of your life.

The 17 DD plan utilizes calorie cyclingvarying your daily calorie intakewhich has been shown to help the body in utilizing calories more efficiently by making sure that the metabolic rate does not have a chance to level out. It starts off as a mishmash of low fat and low carb, but mainly focuses on restricted calories. Nutritional experts the world over agree that restricting calories is crucial for weight loss.

There are recipes in the 17 Day Diet plan that can help you lose weight. This book advances a rundown of some of these delicious recipes. Read on for more.

Ingredients:

4 peeled carrots cut into quarter-inch pieces
Four cups non-fat vegetable broth, salt free/low sodium

Salt and pepper to taste
Chopped chives or parsley, as garnish (if desired)
1 tsp. cumin or any other preferred spice

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil
1 chopped onion
1 Tbsp. garlic, chopped
2 peeled, diced and cored apples

Directions: Begin by heating olive oil in a medium sized saucepan. Then, add onion, garlic and saut till soft, about four minutes. Then add carrots and apple and saut for two more minutes.

Add the cumin and vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Minimize heat to simmer and cook till apples and carrots all soften, about 15-20 minutes. Then remove from heat and puree in batches in a blender. Afterwards, season soup with pepper and salt Garnish with parsley or chives and serve.

Ingredients:

1 cup ice

1 cup unsweetened pomegranate juice

1 cup unsweetened cranberry juice or strawberries

2 thinly sliced limes

1 bunch of fresh mint

Pomegranate seeds (if desired)

Ripe Kumquats, peeled

Instructions: Place ice in a punch bowl and add kumquats, cranberry juice, and pomegranate juice and stir properly. Then garnish with mint sprigs, lime slices and pomegranate seeds if desired. Serve.

Note: If using strawberries, blend kumquats and strawberries before adding pomegranate juice.

Ingredients:

Half cup of apple juice

A cup of strawberries

1 banana, peeled and chopped into chunks

1 peeled apple, cored and chopped into chunks

cup quick cooking oats

Instructions: To core apples, c hop whole apples into quarters. Chop away core and seeds from each quarter using a paring knife, beginning at the stem end and cutting downwards in a semi-circular motion. Place the cored apple and all other ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Garnish each serving with a drizzle of ground cinnamon.

Ingredients:

1 cup low-fat acidophilus milk or 1 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, or soy milk
4 Tbsp. Chia Seeds

Tbsp. Cocoa powder
Pinch of Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. of real Vanilla
Dash Salt (optional)

Directions: Combine all the above ingredients in a small-mason jar with an air-tight lid and mix shake till ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Let it sit until Chia Seeds have absorbed majority of milk and have formed a pudding-like consistency. Monitor the pudding occasionally to shake up the mixture to ensure the cocoa is wholly incorporated. Be sure to top with your favorite fruit.

Ingredients:

Two 6 oz. cans of well drained Crab Meat
2 to 3 Tbsp. Olive oil
Wedges from half Lemon

One whisked egg white
Two Tbsp. Parmesan Cheese, Grated
Pepper to taste

Instructions: With this recipe, the key lies in ensuring the crab meat is perfectly drained. Thus, drain it very well before lightly flaking it in large mixing bowl. Then, whisk together 1 egg white and add to crab meat together with parmesan cheese. Proceed to blend together till it is perfectly combined.

Prepare four small patties. Heat 2 to 3 Tbsp. Olive Oil on in frying pan on medium heat. Then, brown each side for about ten minutes. Turn them carefully to avoid breaking.

Serve with Coleslaw and with Citrus Vinaigrette. Garnish with lemon wedges.

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

Sweetener for taste
2 Tbsp. Freshly Squeezed orange juice
2 Tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tsp. Dijon Mustard
Salt & Pepper to taste

Half bag of Coleslaw Mixture

Instructions: Whisk together all the above ingredients till well blended. Proceed to toss into coleslaw & serve with crab cakes. Use about 1 bag of coleslaw mixture or more, depending on your desire. Serve for 2.

Ingredients:

1 bunch Swiss chard with leaves chopped, tough stems removed

1 large bunch kale, leaves dropped, tough stems & center ribs removed

1 tsp. dried basil

1 tsp. dill, dried

1 minced clove garlic

1 Tbsp. Fuhrmans Spicy Pecan Vinegar/any other flavored vinegar

1/2 Tbsp. Fuhrmans VegiZest/other salt-free seasoning blend, adjusted to taste

Black pepper to taste

Instructions : Begin by steaming the Swiss chard and kale together for seven minutes before transferring the steamed mixture to a separate bowl. Then, mix the remaining ingredients. Add this mixture to the greens. Add 2 to 3 Tbsp. of the steaming water for consistency, if desired. Serve for four.

Ingredients:

Twelve oz. bag frozen and deveined small shrimp with tails removed
juiced Lemon
V8 tomato Juice

1 diced Avocado

2 deseeded and chopped Roma Tomatoes

1/2 lemon, chopped for garnish
1 Tbsp. diced red onion
2 Tbsp. chopped cilantro

Instructions: Begin by cleaning the shrimp and thawing it. Once thawed, combine tomatoes, avocado, shrimp, red onion cilantro, and juice of half of a lemon in a bowl. Then add V8 tomato- juice on mixture till it is completely covered. Let it chill for 1 to 2 hours. Use lemon wedge to garnish and serve for 4.

Ingredients:

2 cups broccoli florets

1 large sliced red bell pepper

1 tsp. garlic powder

1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar

5 ounces baby spinach

1 large Portobello mushroom, chopped into half inch slices