janda927

I love cooking shows! My husband calls it food porn Regardless, I get great ideas, then tweak them to be what I like. I will be the first to tell you I am NOT a foo foo cook (I love to watch it, but have you priced saffron threads??) Anyway - I don't even cook with raw onion or shallots - I use the ground up stuff from my spice cabinet....and no one has complained yet...and it simplifies my life....
So on with my latest and greatest!
Preheat oven to 350
Spray your muffin tin - I have a 6 cup tin that works great for this - regular size muffins...
In a bowl mix
1 small container ricotta (I used part skim)
1 small container cottage cheese (drain moisture off - I use paper towels, use a cheese cloth if you have one)
half cup mozzerella
half cup of the REAL shredded parmesan - not the white powder out of a can (see - I can be a food snob!)
I package of minced spinach (I used the steam in a bag stuff from HEB, then SQUEEZED the heck out of it with paper towels!)
1 large egg yolk
some onion salt
garlic powder
Mix well
Spoon into muffin tin, top with some provolone (I love cheese! - can be mozzerella if you want)
Bake for about 35 minutes - watch you cheese on top - no burning!!
Let set for about 7 minutes and enjoy!
I am almost a month out of surgery and eat almost a full muffin tin - but not quite -
So yummy!
I know someone smarter than me will plug it into your online doomahickie and tell me the Protein and calories...each portion is about 4 oz. I did have some mix left over.....my dog loved it too!
Enjoy!

I checked with nutrition data.com and It looks like this is the breakdown.
Protein 29 g,
Carbs 10 g (11 g.)
Sugars 3g.
Sodium 785 mg. (752 mg.)
Fat 15 g.--saturated fat 9 g.
Fiber 2 g (1 g.)
Cholesterol 84 g.
The difference is that I used onion powder not onion salt, based on recipe I used 12 oz. cottage cheese-1 % and 15 oz. ricotta part skim. Also sprinkled tops with a wee bit of Parmesan. The numbers in parenthesis are the data using 2 cups of fresh zucchini or yellow summer squash grated-instead of the spinach(my garden runneth over--ha ha )
I hope this was helpful

Hi everyone, my name is Ericka i found this site while researching on the sleeve. Today was my 1st appointment and the Dr. recommended the sleeve. I will be starting my nutritionist appointments next month. I am still unsure about this as any surgery is risky and i am really afraid of undergoing any changes to my body like that, especially since this surgery is permanent. i guess i have alot of time to think about this, i always have the option of changing my mind during or at the end of the 6 month weight loss program. So lets see. I will pray on it.
And i also look foward to getting some insight from everyone on this site who have done this surgery.