Bariatric Foodie Play with your food

  So I already have a perfectly lovely, no-flour protein banana bread recipe here on the blog. Lookit: But yesterday I played with my food to come up with another recipe, this one using Quest banana flavored protein powder. I like both versions but this one is a heartier banana bread. Whereas I can eat a whole mini-loaf of the …

I love baking cookies. Mostly because it is the ONLY realm of science I can truly wrap my head around. Having said that, these cookies were challenging! My mission: a higher protein, lower carb cookie recipe that didn’t have 8 million ingredients! My goal was 7-8. I’m going to go through this recipe but also through all the missteps I …

 …but first…my long-awaited review of the cold version. And now for the winners. Congratulations to: Lianne Zara Thompson Totty whose purchase of a Bariatric Foodie product from the “Shop BF!” page earned her a winning entry. Mitchell Kleinman who took this week’s challenge to reconnect with someone and earned his winning entry Karen Marie Swartz who liked Big Train …

I’ll replace this with a better picture when…ah, hell, who am I kidding??? Sorry for the ghetto fab pic. I didn’t mean this to be a blog post. The other day I posted a pic of my lunch in reaction to a question I get a lot: “What do you use in place of spaghetti noodles?” While it is true …

See Kafi, I found some natural light!!! So…a day late…but in “Nik” time this is actually right on schedule! You might remember that we are doing the “Mother of ALL Decembers” giveaway event and that this first week of December our friends at Big Train are giving THREE Foodies a canister of the brand spanking new Fit Frappe Spiced Chai …

Early out we can’t eat much (and some of us not even further out). Getting protein is hard. The stuff is filling! So how DO you sneak protein into foods you are already eating without adding a bunch of volume? Here are some tips for newbies and veterans alike! Tip #1: Go Greek Yes, yes, I know some of you …

I just love it when you guys play with your food and let me know about it. It’s so exciting to see what you’re cooking up. My pal Dee Dee sent this to me to show her first attempt at working with TVP (“What the heck is TVP?”). It looks yummy, vegetarian-friendly (correct me if I’m wrong) and easy to make!  …

There is a phenomenon that us kitchen experimenters know well. It is called the “happy accident.” What you see above is a picture of a happy accident. See…here’s the thing. This recipe started as “apples and peanut butter.” Cuz I love peanut butter (this is well documented) and I have an abundance of apples. But I realized something in the making of …

One of the biggest worries I’ve heard from post-ops about making WLS-friendly desserts for Thanksgiving is getting stuck with the leftovers if nobody else likes it. It’s a valid concern. Although I’d theorize if we stop TELLING people the dessert is healthy (instead, simply put it on the table and walk away!) we’d find this is not so much a …

Ok so can I just say Salisbury steak is REALLY hard to photograph??? It all looks like gravy and mush! This is the story of how these simple turkey burgers became heroes. You see…it was late evening on a weekday. My evening ran late. The kids were hungry (and whiny) and frankly I was already feeling like a bad mom …