You can eat anything Rachel makes, just adjust it to your dietary needs.
With the Toga beef tonight, use a thinner cut of meat, feta cheese is very low fat to begin with, and then top your steak with half the feta, and double the spinach. If you really want the crust use one layer of phillo with spray Pam if you must, otherwise just put your steak on top of a cup of the orzo a couple of pine nuts or try barley, it's a great substitute!
You will get the taste of her cooking, without all the calories when you don't want them.
It just takes creativity and a feeling of "Look what I get to eat!" not "look what I don't get to eat."
It's all in your mind, not your stomach!
PS. I quit a 30 yr smoking habit AND lost 30 pounds I gained from having 7 babies.
Mind over matter and keep your servings small for rich foods and add lots and lots of veggies!
First of all, if you have to do that many substitutions it is NOT her recipe...it is yours. All I can say is her fans must have a lot of money. She uses the most expensive cheeses and cuts of meat and thinks everyone an afford it. She doesn't have to worry about it...she makes 16 mil a year and she's not paying for the food on her shows anyway. Her recipes are NOT healhful..they are full of fat and calories. Beef tenderloin is very lean but it sells for about 21.00 to 24.00 a lb. This is a math test...so remember, she is aking for 6 to 8 oz. cuts. Multiply that by 4 and see what you come up with. Is that "That's for dinner tonight" at your house...certainly not mine. Maybe on special occasion I do buy beef tenderloin, but when I do it will be simply grilled to perfection with a little salt and pepper...nothing else and served with a simple salad or grilled asparagus and a baked potato. She doesn't give a flying flip about the cost or fat content in her recipes. When she first started she had simple "make sense" recipes. Now every one has to have a gazilloin ingredients. Sometimes less is more.
