Week 3: Comfort Food (Without the Calories)

Deviled Eggs

Calories: 151

Ingredients:

- 1 ½ hard boiled eggs (cut in half and hollowed out (reserve yolk))

- 1 oz. light Italian dressing 

- ½ oz. diced turkey bacon

- 1 tsp. chopped parsley

- Paprika

Preparation:

- Cut the eggs in half and gently scoop out the yolk into a bowl. 

- Mash the yolk and add enough salad dressing to get a creamy consistency. 

- Stir in the parsley and the chopped up turkey bacon.   

- Scoop the filling back into the egg white. 

- Sprinkle with paprika for color. 

Sugars:

- 1.6 grams

Jalapeno Cheese Turkey Burgers

Calories: 406

Ingredients:

- 5 oz. ground turkey 

- 1 tsp. parsley (chopped)

- Garlic to taste

- ¼ jalapeno pepper (seeded and chopped)

- 1 oz. jack cheese (shredded)

- Salt and Pepper to taste

Preparation:

- In a bowl combine the fist three ingredients.  Salt and pepper to taste.

- Mix the Jalapenos and the Jack cheese, set aside.

- Portion out the patties; make an indentation in the middle of the patty and stuff with the jalapeno and jack cheese mixture.

- Grill the burgers.

Sides: 

- 1/4 cup pineapple

- ½ a whole wheat hamburger bun

Sugars:

- 5.1 grams

Breakfast Hash

Calories: 393

Ingredients:

- 2 eggs 

- 1 oz. turkey ham

- 1 oz. mozzarella cheese, part skim (shredded)

- Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

- Sauté the turkey ham and season with salt and pepper.

- Once the turkey ham is caramelized, add the egg and scramble.

- Place on a plate and top with cheese.

Sides:

- ½ wedge of honeydew

- 1 slice of whole grain toast

Sugar:

- 8.1 grams

Read more in Jackie Warner's "This is Why You're Fat (And How to Get Thin Forever)" from Grand Central Publishing.