hCG Diet Chilled Garlic Refridgerator Pickles

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Easy Garlic Dill Pickles (No Canning Needed) | An Oregon Cottage


Ingredients
One medium cucumber sliced into rounds
4 cloves of garlic in thin slices
¼- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
Salt (Himalayan Pink Salt fine)


Directions
Mix liquid ingredients together. Salt cucumber slices well. Pack cucumber
slices tightly into a small glass canning jar layering garlic slices in between
layers. Pour apple cider vinegar and lemon juice into container until liquid
covers the slices. Refrigerate overnight. Pickles can be refrigerated for up
to 4 days. Or marinate cucumber slices in salt, vinegar and garlic then use a
pickle press or weighted plate to press out excess liquid.
Makes 1-2 servings (1 vegetable)

hCG Cold Curried Chicken Salad

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Curried Chicken Salad | Panning The Globe

Ingredients

100 grams diced chicken

1 apple diced Celery diced (optional)

¼ cup water

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon finely minced onion

1 clove of garlic crushed and minced

¼ teaspoon curry powder or to taste Dash of garlic powder

Dash of onion powder

Dash of cayenne pepper

Dash of cinnamon

Dash of turmeric

Stevia to taste

Directions

In small saucepan lightly sauté chicken in lemon juice until lightly brown, add ¼ cup water and spices. Stir well and simmer over low heat until liquid reduces to form a sauce and chicken is cooked well. Add water as needed to create the consistency you want. Chill, add chopped apple and celery or omit the celery and serve over a green salad.

Makes 1 serving (1 protein, 1 vegetable, 1 fruit)

HCG Recipe Sweet and Crunchy Salad with Fat-free Cottage Cheese

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Try this delicious easy to prepare HCG Friendly Phase 2 Sweet and Crunchy Salad with Fat free cottage cheese.

Ingredients

1 cup fat-free cottage cheese
1 cup celery diced
1 cup naartjie (approx 160g per 1 cup) diced
1/16 tsp powdered stevia
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Mix cottage cheese, stevia, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla in a medium bowl.
Fold in celery and naartjies.
Serve chilled.

hCG Diet stuffed Prawn Tomato

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This is an awesome weekend lunch time recipe and if you have time, why not during the week too.

Ingredients

  • 100 g cooked prawns
  • Tomato – allowed amount
  • Juice of half lemon
  • 1 tbsp parsley and any additional seasonings you like
  • salt/pepper to taste Tabasco (optional)

Instructions

  • Place cooked prawns in food processor, pulse a few times to chop up prawns.
  • Or, simply chop with sharp knife.
  • In small bowl, combine chopped prawns, parsley, lemon juice, salt/pepper.
  • Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes -1 hr.
  • When ready to serve, cut off top of tomato. Scoop out inside of tomato.
  • Chop & combine inside of tomato with prawn mix. (You may discard seeds if you like).
  • Fill tomato with prawn mix.  Top with a couple dashes of Tabasco (optional)

Notes

Tip: This is great using baked fish as well.

hCG Poppy Seed Spinach and Chicken Salad

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INGREDIENTS

198.45 g chicken breast (100g per) boneless, skinless
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried parsley
1/8 tsp black pepper
4 Tbsp Poppy seeds added to your favourite hCG lemon based salad dressing
150 cl baby spinach
187 1/2 ml Clementine segments, chopped fine

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Dip the chicken breasts in lemon juice and let sit in the juice for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Sprinkle the chicken breasts with onion powder, salt, parsley and pepper.
  3. Grill the seasoned chicken for 5-6 minutes on each side or until fully cooked. Dice into bite-sized pieces. I like mine small for this one.
  4. In a large bowl, toss spinach, clementines and dressing together.
  5. Divide the salad between two bowls and top with grilled chicken pieces.

RECIPE NOTES

Marinate the chicken in 2 tablespoons of the lemon poppy seed dressing overnight rather than seasoning it with the lemon juice and herbs.

Apple slices are a good substitute for clementine segments

hCG Diet Chicken, pepper and fennel (Kalonji) hash

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INGREDIENTS
VEGETABLES
2 cups roughly chopped fennel bulb
1 cup roughly chopped green pepper
1 cup roughly chopped red pepper 
2 tsp freshly minced garlic
 salt to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper

CHICKEN SAUSAGE 100 gms ground chicken
 salt to taste
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp freshly chopped basil
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp freshly chopped sage
2 tsp fennel seed ground fine

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together fennel, peppers, garlic, salt and pepper. Add mixture to a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Roast for 10-20 min until vegetables are crisp-tender.
  3. While the vegetables are cooking, heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add chicken, cooking for approx. 5 to 6 min, breaking it up into crumbles as it cooks. Stir in basil, Dijon mustard and sage. Remove from heat.
  4. Add sausage to the roasted vegetables in a large serving dish. Serve immediately.

hCG Poppy Seed Spinach & Chicken salad with Clementines/Oranges

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ONE OF THE YUMMIEST SALADS I’VE EVER TASTED IN MY LIFE….
INGREDIENTS

198.45 g chicken breast ) boneless, skinless
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried parsley
1/8 tsp black pepper
4 Tbsp Poppy Seed dressing (you can make your own from our awesome salad dressing recipes OR just use Lemon Juice)
150 cl baby spinach
187 1/2 ml Clementine segments, chopped fine

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Dip the chicken breasts in lemon juice and let sit in the juice for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Sprinkle the chicken breasts with onion powder, salt, parsley and pepper.
  3. Grill the seasoned chicken for 5-6 minutes on each side or until fully cooked. Dice into bite-sized pieces. I like mine small for this one.
  4. In a large bowl, toss spinach, clementines and dressing together.
  5. Divide the salad between two bowls and top with grilled chicken pieces.

RECIPE NOTES

Marinate the chicken in 2 tablespoons of the lemon poppy seed dressing overnight rather than seasoning it with the lemon juice and herbs.

Apple slices are a good substitute for clementine segments

hCG Diet Green Salad with Chicken and Rooibos

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green salad with chicken and rooibos

Ingredients

Chicken

1 tsp (5 ml) coconut oil

2 chicken breasts on the bone, skin removed

1/3 cup (80 ml) rooibos tea

1 bay leaf

Salad

1/2 tbsp (7,5 ml) prepared mild mustard

3 tbsp (45 ml) lemon juice or white grape vinegar

1 tsp (5 ml) liquid stevia

1 tbsp coconut oil

1/2 tsp (2,5 ml) dried origanum

black pepper to taste

100 g broccoli, cut in florets

1 cup (250 ml) frozen cauliflower

1/4 cucumber, halved and sliced

large handful mixed lettuce leaves

Method

1. Chicken: Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry chicken on both sides until golden brown.

2. Reduce heat, add tea and bay leaf. Cover with a lid. Simmer for 20-25 minutes or until just cooked. Spoon out and allow to cool. (Freeze the pan juices and use as a stock for another meal.) Remove the bones from the chicken and shred the meat.

3. Salad: Mix mustard, lemon juice, stevia, oil and origanum and season with pepper. Pour some of this mixture over the chicken to marinade the cooked meat.

4. Pour boiling water over the broccoli and cauliflower. Allow to stand for 7-10 minutes or until cooked. Drain and repeat if necessary. Rinse well to cool.

hCG Cucumber Dill Salad

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This recipe is safe for Phase 2 of the HCG Diet and counts as 1 veggie serving.

This is a ‘customer favorite’ because it’s so crisp and fresh. A lot of dieters like this recipe because it amps up the flavor of the otherwise boring cucumber and reminds them of pickles and summer-time. We hope you like it!Ingredients

  • 1 large cucumber (about 2 cups when chopped)
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp dill seasoning, fresh or dried
  • 1-2 packets powdered stevia* (or to taste)
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper (or to taste)
  • ¼ tsp sea salt (or to taste)

Instructions

  1. Start this recipe by washing the cucumber. This is an important step, especially if you do not by organic produce. Wash off as much pesticides and chemicals as possible. If the cucumber still has a waxy coating, you may want to peel the cucumber before making this recipe.
  2. Slice the cucumber lengthwise into quartered sections. Chop the long cucumber pieces into ¼-inch chunks (see the photo for example). Set aside.
  3. Add the rest of the ingredients: apple cider vinegar dill seasoning, stevia, sea salt or himalayan salt pepper in a small bowl.
  4. Stir together until the powered stevia is completely dissolved into the vinegar.
  5. Place the cucumber into the mixture, gently stir.
  6. Add more salt and pepper, if desired.
  7. Serve and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

This recipe is also great to make ahead and refrigerate for later because as this recipe chills, the vinegar acts as a pickling agent. Just make the day before, cover, and place in the fridge and the next day you will have a cold, pickle-like cucumber dish that will delight your taste buds.

hCG Diet Chinese Mandarin Salad Phase 3

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INGREDIENTSFOR THE SALAD

3 cups. Shredded lettuce

2 cups. shredded red cabbage

2 cups. Shredded chicken

1/2 c. jarred mandarin oranges or fresh mandarins,

3 cups. Sliced green onions

FOR THE DRESSING

1/4 c. rice wine vinegar

2 tbsp. honey1 tbsp. sesame oil

1 tbsp. hoisin sauce2 tbsp. soy sauce

1 tsp. minced ginger

1 Clove Minced Garlic

1/2 c. coconut oil