Health News
Does the word "corn syrup solids" or "partially hydrogenated soybean oil" make your mouth water? How about fake butter mixed with tiny metal particles (nickel oxide) or plastic imitation cheese? Do you know what distilled monoglycerides or what L-Cysteine hydrochloride is? Well, if you've been enjoying Hot Pockets...that is what you are filling your body with! The poster photo is a diagram of all the crazy ingredients in one Ham and Cheese Hot Pocket! For tons more innovative recipes click HERE for my cookbook!
Ingredients: Unbleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Imitation Mozzarella Cheese (Water, Palm Oil, Mozzarella Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Casein, Modified Food Starch, Food Starch, Whey, Salt, Natural Flavor, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Citrate, Lactic Acid, Carrageenan Gum, Sorbic Acid [Preservative], Artificial Color), Pepperoni (Pork, Beef, Salt, Water, Dextrose, Spices, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin of Paprika, Dehydrated Garlic, Sodium Nitrite, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid), Tomato Paste, Yellow Corn Flour, Contains Less than 2% of: Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Palm Oil (with Soy Lecithin, Artificial Butter Flavor, Beta Carotene), Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil (with Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid as Preservative), Seasoning (Bread Crumb [Bleached Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Yeast, Salt), Dehydrated Garlic, Tomato Powder, Spice, Salt, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Corn Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor), Dough Conditioner (Calcium Sulfate, Distilled Monoglycerides, Salt, L-Cysteine Hydrochloride, Garlic Powder, Tricalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, BHT), Seasoning (Garlic Powder, Salt, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spice, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil, Citric Acid), Modified Food Starch, Dried Egg Yolks, Salt, Yeast, Dried Whey, Soy Flour, Dried Egg Whites.
3 eggs, separated
1/2 cup unflavored egg white or whey protein
3 ounces cream cheese, warmed
1/2 tsp onion powder (optional)
Filling:
6 egg, scrambled
6 slices bacon, cooked (or ham)
6 (1 ounce) slices cheddar cheese
Separate the eggs (save the yolks for a different recipe...creme brule???), and whip the whites for a few minutes until VERY stiff. Slowly fold in the whey protein and onion powder if using. Then slowly fold in the cream cheese into the whites (making sure the whites don't fall). Grease a cookie sheet very well. Spoon the mixture onto the pan making 6 large molds. Place a scrambled egg, cheese and chopped ham or bacon on each mold. Top with additional egg white batter and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake at 375 degrees F for 25 minutes until lightly browned. Enjoy! Makes 6 LARGE servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per pocket)
Store Bought Hot Pocket = 310 calories, 36 carbs, 3 fiber
"Healthified" Hot Pocket = 283 calories, 1 carb, trace fiber
(Ingredients Photo above is from Here)
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Health News
Breakfast HOT POCKET
Does the word "corn syrup solids" or "partially hydrogenated soybean oil" make your mouth water? How about fake butter mixed with tiny metal particles (nickel oxide) or plastic imitation cheese? Do you know what distilled monoglycerides or what L-Cysteine hydrochloride is? Well, if you've been enjoying Hot Pockets...that is what you are filling your body with! The poster photo is a diagram of all the crazy ingredients in one Ham and Cheese Hot Pocket! For tons more innovative recipes click HERE for my cookbook!
Ingredients: Unbleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Imitation Mozzarella Cheese (Water, Palm Oil, Mozzarella Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Casein, Modified Food Starch, Food Starch, Whey, Salt, Natural Flavor, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Citrate, Lactic Acid, Carrageenan Gum, Sorbic Acid [Preservative], Artificial Color), Pepperoni (Pork, Beef, Salt, Water, Dextrose, Spices, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin of Paprika, Dehydrated Garlic, Sodium Nitrite, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid), Tomato Paste, Yellow Corn Flour, Contains Less than 2% of: Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Palm Oil (with Soy Lecithin, Artificial Butter Flavor, Beta Carotene), Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil (with Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid as Preservative), Seasoning (Bread Crumb [Bleached Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Yeast, Salt), Dehydrated Garlic, Tomato Powder, Spice, Salt, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Corn Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor), Dough Conditioner (Calcium Sulfate, Distilled Monoglycerides, Salt, L-Cysteine Hydrochloride, Garlic Powder, Tricalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, BHT), Seasoning (Garlic Powder, Salt, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spice, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil, Citric Acid), Modified Food Starch, Dried Egg Yolks, Salt, Yeast, Dried Whey, Soy Flour, Dried Egg Whites.
3 eggs, separated
1/2 cup unflavored egg white or whey protein
3 ounces cream cheese, warmed
1/2 tsp onion powder (optional)
Filling:
6 egg, scrambled
6 slices bacon, cooked (or ham)
6 (1 ounce) slices cheddar cheese
Separate the eggs (save the yolks for a different recipe...creme brule???), and whip the whites for a few minutes until VERY stiff. Slowly fold in the whey protein and onion powder if using. Then slowly fold in the cream cheese into the whites (making sure the whites don't fall). Grease a cookie sheet very well. Spoon the mixture onto the pan making 6 large molds. Place a scrambled egg, cheese and chopped ham or bacon on each mold. Top with additional egg white batter and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake at 375 degrees F for 25 minutes until lightly browned. Enjoy! Makes 6 LARGE servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per pocket)
Store Bought Hot Pocket = 310 calories, 36 carbs, 3 fiber
"Healthified" Hot Pocket = 283 calories, 1 carb, trace fiber
(Ingredients Photo above is from Here)
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Eggo Waffles seem like a harmless breakfast to serve to your children right? NOPE! Throw them out of your freezer! Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1]Riboflavin [Vitamin B2]Folic Acid)Water,...
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No wonder Hostess Twinkies can sit in a pantry for years and never mold! Hostess Twinkies Ingredients: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Flour, Reduced Iron, B Vitamins (Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate (B1)Riboflavin (B2)Folic Acid)Corn Syrup, Sugar, High...
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Here is another staple to toss from your pantry! Ingredients = Enriched Pasta (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Corn Starch, Salt, Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin,...
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