Tasteful Espresso Cream and Ricotta

Instructions

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   cocoa, if desired Combine the espresso, sweetener and vanilla. Beat the ricotta with a whisk to loosen it up. Whip the cream until stiff and fold into the ricotta. Swirl in the espresso and fold it in lightly to leave it streaky. Pile into 6 dessert dishes or wine glasses and dust with cocoa if you like. SPREADS Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread Instructions/Ingredients: Combine 4 ounces soft cream cheese (3.2 grams of carb) with 4 Tablesps (1/2 stick) soft butter in a blender or food processor. Add ½ cup chopped chives (0.8 gram of carb). Add 1 Teasp Worcestershire sauce (1.0 gram of carb) and salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. TOTAL YIELD: 18 Tablesps. One Tablesp has 0.3 gram of carb. Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Smoked Salmon Instructions/Ingredients: Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread (above). Cover canapés generously with the spread and with slivers of smoked salmon, lox, or nova. Two ounces of smoked salmon have virtually no carb. 166 ©2004 Achieve Fitness, LLC - All rights reserved. http://www.burn-fat-fast.com

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   Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Prosciutto Instructions/Ingredients: Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread (above). Cover canapés generously with the spread and with slivers of Prosciutto. Two ounces of smoked salmon have virtually no carb. Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Crabmeat Instructions/Ingredients: Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread (above), but reduce chives to ¼ cup (0.4 gram of carb). Add 1 Tablesp lemon juice (1.3 grams of carb), add 1 cup cooked, well-cleaned crabmeat. Mash together. TOTAL YIELD: 2 cups. One Tablesp has 0.2 gram of carb. Blue Cheese Spread Instructions/Ingredients: Mix together 8 ounces blue cheese or Roquefort – the better the quality, the better the taste – (6.4 grams of carb) with 4 ounces (1 stick) butter. Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. TOTAL YIELD: 24 Tablesps. One Tablesp has 0.3 gram of carb. THICKENING AGENTS Here are a few suggestions to thicken your sauces: 1. Xanthan Gum: made from fiber so all the carbs can be deducted. Just a little (1/2 teasp. will thicken 1 cup). sprinkle on about 1/4 teasp at a time and whisk it in real well. It will thicken upon standing so do not overdo. can be found at local health food stores. 2. Guar Gum - Can be uses the same way as the xanthan , but it leaves a "slimy" taste on the food. 3. Expert Foods notStarch - Haven't had much success with this product, as it just didn't seem to thicken very well, but other people have had good results. 167 ©2004 Achieve Fitness, LLC - All rights reserved. http://www.burn-fat-fast.com

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   4. Soy Flour/Oat Flour - This works well in small quantities but it tends to be higher in carbs than the "gums." You can make a great white sauce by melting butter, stirring in soy or oat flour til it makes a paste, and adding light cream. If you only need 1/2 cup of sauce or so, this will work very well. HIDDEN CARBS EQUATION: (Carbohydrate grams x 4 calories) + (Protein grams x 4 calories) + (Fat grams x 9 calories) = Total Calories.Example: Can of Beans shows 4 g carb (4x4=16) and 1 g protein (1x4=4). 16+4=20 calories per serving. Flatten Your Abs! Introducing the amazing abdominal workout program that works for anyone! Revealed by top sports trainer, David Grisaffi Corrective Exercise Kinesiologist and Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach Toss the rest of the abdominal training programs you may have used in the garbage! Now here's a abdominal training program that works and results in MASSIVE improvement! Are you tired of crunch, crunch, and crunch sit up programs! Check out "Flatten Your Abs" The Eating Plan - Personalized Meal Plans Online! Now you can get customized and personalized meal plans online that will help you to stay on target with your eating. No more excuses... it's never been any easier than this! Click here to learn more. 168 ©2004 Achieve Fitness, LLC - All rights reserved. http://www.burn-fat-fast.com