Here at Lose Baby Weight HQ we are all busy mums like you. So when a recipe like this comes along, we just HAVE to share it.

If you haven’t got yeast in the house, or don’t have time to wait around for dough to rise – this is your new go-to recipe.
Just self raising flour and natural or Greek yoghurt is all you need. The kids will love mixing this up in a big bowl, kneading it, and then rolling it out into the traditional pizza shape.
Who knew making your own pizza dough could be so easy?
Pizza doesn’t have to be an unhealthy meal – it’s all about what you put on top of it (and next to it).
If you aim for a few quality ingredients + not too much cheese + a healthy salad on the side + sparkling water to wash it down = you can’t really go wrong.
In fact there are usually some healthier choices for take away at most restaurants these days.

Ingredients (makes one large pizza)

• 1 cup self-raising flour (plus extra for kneading)
• 1 cup of Greek or natural yoghurt

Method

• Combine the ingredients in a large bowl and bring together with your hands.
• On a floured surface, knead the dough for around 5 minutes until it feels stretchy. Add a little more flour if it seems too wet.
• Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough out.
• Top with your favourite toppings and bake in the oven at 180C until golden brown.

Serves: 4. Calories per serve: 219.

4 suggested toppings:

1. 2 tbsp tomato paste + a sliced tomato + a handful of whole olives + a sprinkling of basil + sliced mozzarella + a handful of antipasto from a jar (pictured)
2. 2 tbsp tomato paste + finely chopped red onion + finely diced mushrooms + a sprinkling of low fat feta
3. 2 tbsp tomato paste + handful of prawns + a handful of chopped parsley + a sprinkling of Tasty cheese
4. 2 tbsp cream cheese + a cup of cooked BBQ chicken + ½ cup of corn + a sprinkling of Parmesan

 
 

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Recipe of the Week – Zucchini & Pomegranate Salad

Serves 2 or 4 as a side

2 zucchinis, shaved into ribbons
1 Lebanese cucumber, cut into strips
1 red capsicum
½ cup pomegranate seeds
100g reduced fat feta
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil

1) Mix olive oil and red wine vinegar. Dress salad ingredients and top with crumbled feta and seeds. Add chicken or prawns for a low carbohydrate meal.

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2 Ingredient Home Made Pizza Dough      

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If you haven’t got yeast in the house, or don’t have time to wait around for dough to rise – this is your new go-to recipe.

Just self raising flour and natural or Greek yoghurt is all you need. The kids will love mixing this up in a big bowl, kneading it, and then rolling it out into the traditional pizza shape.

Who knew making your own pizza dough could be so easy?

Pizza doesn’t have to be an unhealthy meal – it’s all about what you put on top of it (and next to it).

If you aim for a few quality ingredients + not too much cheese + a healthy salad on the side + sparkling water to wash it down = you can’t really go wrong.

In fact there are usually some healthier choices for take away at most restaurants these days.

Ingredients (makes one large pizza)

• 1 cup self-raising flour (plus extra for kneading)
• 1 cup of Greek or natural yoghurt

Method

• Combine the ingredients in a large bowl and bring together with your hands.
• On a floured surface, knead the dough for around 5 minutes until it feels stretchy. Add a little more flour if it seems too wet.
• Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough out.
• Top with your favourite toppings and bake in the oven at 180C until golden brown.

Serves: 4. Calories per serve: 219.

4 suggested toppings:

1. 2 tbsp tomato paste + a sliced tomato + a handful of whole olives + a sprinkling of basil + sliced mozzarella + a handful of antipasto from a jar (pictured)
2. 2 tbsp tomato paste + finely chopped red onion + finely diced mushrooms + a sprinkling of low fat feta
3. 2 tbsp tomato paste + handful of prawns + a handful of chopped parsley + a sprinkling of Tasty cheese
4. 2 tbsp cream cheese + a cup of cooked BBQ chicken + ½ cup of corn + a sprinkling of Parmesan 

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Feed Your Little Family. Here's 2 Receipes using the same main ingredient. One for adults and one for toddlers

 

   

Baked Ham with Pineapple-Honey Glaze

Serves: 8 to 10

Prep Time: 10 minutes          

Cook Time: 2 hours

 

 

For the grown ups

Make-Ahead: The honey-pineapple mixture can be made 1 day ahead, covered and refrigerated.

Ingredients

3kg Coles Finest Free Range RSPCA Half Leg Ham or 3kg ham portion
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
2 whole cloves
Method
To prepare the ham:

1. Position the oven rack on the bottom rung of the oven and preheat the oven to 165°C (145°C fan).
2. Set the roasting rack in the Curtis Stone Every Day Turkey Roaster. Remove the skin from the ham, leaving the fat intact. Run a small dull knife over the fat to lightly score it all over. Place the ham on the rack in the roasting pan, cover, and bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the ham registers 30°C.
3. In a small heavy saucepan, combine the honey, pineapple juice, and whole cloves and bring the mixture to a simmer. Remove the pan from the heat. Brush some of the honey glaze all over the ham. Continue to bake, uncovered, for another 30 minutes, brushing the ham with the honey glaze every 10 minutes. The liquid should form a glaze over the ham and the ham should register at least 48ºC on the thermometer. Transfer the ham to a carving board and let it rest for 10 minutes.

To serve:

1. Carve the ham and arrange the slices on a platter. Serve hot or warm.

And for the little ones.....

Primavera Pasta with Ham

Serves: 2-3 kids

Prep Time: 15 minutes          

Cook Time: 20 minutes 

Make-Ahead: The macaroni can be cooked 1 day ahead, drained, cooled, covered and refrigerated.

Ingredients

110g of your child's favorite pasta shape (such as elbow macaroni)
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 large carrot (about 100g), peeled, diced
60g torn bite-size pieces of Baked Ham with Pineapple-Honey Glaze
6 asparagus stalks (about 100g total), trimmed, cut into small bite-size pieces
85g baby spinach, stemmed
60g unsalted butter
25g (1/4 cup) grated Parmesan cheese
Method

1. Add the pasta to a pot of boiling salted water over high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until tender but still firm to the bite. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons of the pasta water.
2. In a large heavy frying pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the carrot and cook for 2 minutes, or until the carrot pieces begin to soften. Add the ham and asparagus and cook for 2 minutes, or until heated through. Stir in the pasta and the spinach and cook for about 2 minutes, or until the spinach wilts and the liquid simmers.
3. Remove the frying pan from the heat. Add the butter and 2 teaspoons of the pasta water and stir until the butter melts and forms a sauce to coat the pasta. Fold in the cheese. Season to taste with salt.
4. Transfer the pasta to 3 serving bowls and serve.

 For Infants - simply puree this mixture

 

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ref: Coles baby and toddler club

 

Chilli Garlic Prawns 3 Ways     

Here is a terrific weight loss recipe to perfect, and then you can make it your own by adding some local flavour.

• Make it Mexican: add a sprinkling of jalapenos, a tin of kidney beans, and fresh corn off the cob.
• Make it Italian: crumble over some low fat feta, add a handful of halved cherry tomatoes and a sprinkling of fresh basil leaves
• Make it Chinese: add a tin of drained pineapple chunks, some snow peas and a handful of toasted cashews

You can serve these healthy eating prawns with your favourite noodles, some brown rice, quinoa or cous cous.
There is no need to buy those expensive and sugar-filled packaged stir fry sauces – just use fresh ingredients like these to create amazing flavours from your pantry cupboard.

Ingredients:

• 400g peeled green prawns
• Juice and zest of 1/2 a lemon
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp finely sliced chilli
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ cup coriander leaves, to serve

Method:

• Combine the prawns, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, chilli, honey and olive oil in a bowl.
• Set aside for 15 minutes to marinate.
• Heat a BBQ or frying pan to med/high.
• Cook the prawns, turning regularly, for 3-4 minutes or until cooked through.
• Sprinkle with the fresh coriander.
• Serve with your choice of accompaniments depending on your desired flavours.

Serves: 4. Calories per serve: 110 (base recipe only).
For more healthy eating ideas with seafood and weight loss recipes, visit our recipes pages here.
 

Hi everyone, Well I haven't done a blog since I had my baby boy last year.. He is now 14 months old and absolutely gorgeous (not biased) lol.

I constantly get emails from different companys all attaching receipes or helpful tips on healthy eating or weightloss. I thought to myself how can I organise all these receipes (some of them are real good!) and share them with my friends and followers.... then it came to me... write them in my blog!

So this is what I'll do.

If you have any receipes that you would like to share then email them mailto:bernie.tahoe@gmail.com. Thanks

Stay tuned for the first one.
And please tell your friends about my blog.

Bernadette 'Bernie' Cilia

weight loss woes

I had a lady call yesterday at ABC Vitamins wanting some weight loss advice. She was desperate. Her mother died 5 years ago and her family have since abandoned her giving her no support. She has a sedentary job - works at home for a magazine, so this means sitting at a computer for hours, bad eating habits as junk food is at arms reach, alone, unmotivated and depressed (This suprisingly a common picture!).

I desperately wanted to help her. I listened to her talk. She sounded so alone so I suggested joining a support group or a gym or even weight watchers. But she lacked motivation. Then after 10 mins of listening to her cries for help I asked her about her diet...She says "my diet is fine" (a statement which always makes me cringe as I truly believe if you are carrying extra weight and you don't have an actual condition then your diet must not be fine). She tells me "I have 1 or 2 coffees per day but thats ok isn't it??" "and on weekends I have a few drinks to be social but thats ok isn't it??" to which I said "so having 1 or 2 tim tams is ok isn't it or 1 bottle of coke is ok isn't it" she thankfully got my point and said ok I understand but its not that bad is it? SHE WANTED ME TO SAY - "NO ITS NOT THAT BAD".  I ended the conversation telling her to write a food diary and start some exercise and join a support group (I even mentioned a counsellor as her weight gain is emotional as well as physical but she didn't like that idea).

My advice if you choose to take it....

1/ "a little bit is ok isn't it", its NOT ok. Its only ok when you have reached your goal weight. Otherwise you must be strict and stay strong. If there is a time where you may lack that inner strength then thats ok you just move on, NEVER say "oh well, I failed wheres that mud cake!" Instead you say next meal I am going to be good.

2/ Get up and move. Do NOT say I don't have time because we always seem to find time for everything else. Do things you enjoy - my favourite is walking along the esplanade at Cronulla rather than walking the streets of suburbia. Join a Zumba class or a spin class or get a treadmill and watch your favourite show while burning calories. skies the limit.

3/ Get some support. (and I'm not talking about Bras - eventhough thats important too!) Whether its a friend to walk with or a gym class or even a counsellor, Don't do it alone. Remember you are not alone in this battle, there are many people who are in the same position as yourself.

4/ Eat 5-6 meals per day. I know this is hard for some people to believe but its true. Eat good nutritious wholesome food 3 times a day and then have 2 or 3 snacks between these meals eg nuts, protein shake, fruit, yoghurt, tuna ...so many options!

5/ LAUGH! Its sooooooo important. If you have gone a few days without laughing then watch a good comedy or call one of your 'funny' friends, or go to the comedy store and watch some stand up comedy (those comedians may use some naughty words but geez they are bloody funny)

I hope these tips help, if you have anything extra to add please add a comment, I love hearing what other people think....and as far as that lady who called the shop, I hope she does find that support and finally do something about it. The first step is recognizing the problem then the second step is ACTION!!!