9 POWERHOUSE FLAVOR RECIPES FOR PHASE 1

From Guilt-Free Pancakes to Pecan-Maple Shake, from Lip-Smacking Chicken Wings to Sweet-and-Sour Dill Pickle Cashews, from Golden BBQ Chicken to Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Truffles, my mouth-watering recipes will show you that eating well does not require deprivation. This chapter will give you concrete ways to make healthy choices a part of your everyday eating routine. Your family will love these recipes and probably won’t realize you have made major adjustments to their diet.

Please do not be put off by what might seem like long lists of ingredients. You are becoming an architect of flavor and constructing layered flavor takes many building blocks. Knowing how busy we all are, the recipes themselves are easy to prepare.

The core of the Spice Diet is to make the healthy food you are eating as appealing as possible. I want you to look over the list of recipes for Phase 1 and think, “You mean I can eat that when I’m trying to lose weight?” Yes, you can! I have designed these recipes to work with the caloric restrictions of Phase 1.

I have also taken into consideration medically driven diet issues in creating my Powerhouse Flavor Recipes. Though only some of the recipes are vegetarian or vegan, the food you will be eating will promote your health. The illustrations that follow are icons that represent the benefits of eating the Spice Diet way:

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