Ham and Cheese Sliders

Ingredients:

24 good white dinner rolls

24 pieces good honey ham
24 small slices Swiss cheese
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup miracle whip


Poppy seed sauce 
1 Tablespoon poppyseeds
1 1/2 Tablespoons yellow mustard
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 Tablespoon minced onion
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Instructions:
In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise and miracle whip. Spread onto both sides of the center of each roll. Place a slice of ham and a slice of Swiss inside of each roll. Close rolls and place them into a large baking dish or heavy cookie sheet. Place very close together.

In a medium bowl, whisk together all of the poppy seed sauce ingredients. Pour evenly over all of the sandwiches. You do not have to use all of the sauce! Just use enough to cover the tops. Let sit 10 minutes or until butter sets slightly. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Uncover and cook for 2 additional minutes or until tops are slightly brown and crispy. Serve warm.

Note: Sandwiches can be assembled a day ahead and kept in the fridge ready to bake.
Recipe from thegirlwhoateeverything

Classic Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Classic American Buttercream frosting. This recipe uses powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and milk. This is a great recipe for decorating and piping on cupcakes and cake.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks or 1/2 pound), softened (but not melted!) Ideal texture should be like ice cream.
• 3-4 cups confectioners (powdered) sugar, SIFTED
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• up to 4 tablespoons milk or heavy cream

Instructions

1. Beat butter for a few minutes with a mixer with the paddle attachment on medium speed. Add 3 cups of powdered sugar and turn your mixer on the lowest speed (so the sugar doesn’t blow everywhere) until the sugar has been incorporated with the butter. Increase mixer speed to medium and add vanilla extract, salt, and 2 tablespoons of milk/cream and beat for 3 minutes. If your frosting needs a more stiff consistency, add remaining sugar. If your frosting needs to be thinned out, add remaining milk 1 tablespoons at a time.

French Peasant Bread

Ingredients

• 1 pkg dry yeast or 2 1/4 tsp yeast
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 TBSP sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 4 cups flour
• olive oil
• corn meal
• melted butter

Directions

Place yeast, water, sugar and salt in warm bowl and stir until dissolved. Add flour and stir until blended. Do not knead. Cover and let rise one hour or until doubled in size. Flour hands, remove dough from the bowl and place in 2 rounds on an oiled cookie sheet sprinkled with corn meal. Cover with bread cloth (or loosely with saran wrap sprayed with pam). Let rise an additional hour. Brush the top with melted butter and bake at 425 F for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 F and cook an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven and brush again with butter. Serve warm. Takes just under 3 hours from start to finish.

Vegan Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/2-1 cup chopped onion (I use 1/2)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup chopped carrot
• 1/4 cup chopped celery
• 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes or 8 cups peeled tomatoes or about 12 medium tomtaoes
• 3 1/2 cups vegetable broth or water or chicken broth
• 1/2-1 tablespoon vegetarian Worcestershire sauce (I use 1/2)
• 3/4-1 teaspoon salt (depending on what your broth is)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 drops hot pepper sauce

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large pot oven over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is tender.
2. Add carrot and celery; cook 7 to 9 minutes until tender, stirring frequently. Stir in tomatoes, broth, Worcestershire sauce, salt, thyme, pepper and hot pepper sauce. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 20 minutes, stirring frequently. 

**From allrecipes but altered a bit by me

Mashed Cauliflower

Ingredients:
-2 heads cauliflower, trimmed and roughly chopped
-4-6 garlic cloves, whole
-2 tsp fresh thyme (or a little over 1 tsp dried thyme)
-4 Tbs butter
-3/4 tsp + salt
-1/2 tsp pepper

Bring a large pot of water to a boil.  Add the cauliflower and garlic and cook 6-8 minutes, or until fork tender. Drain and put in food processor or puree with an immersion blender. Add the butter, thyme, salt and pepper. Puree until smooth. Top with a little Parmesan cheese if desired. Serves 8.

Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Cupcakes
-3 cups flour
-2 to 2 1/2 cups sugar (depending on how sweet you like your cupcakes)
-1/2 cup cocoa powder
-1 tsp salt
-2 tsp baking soda
-2/3 cup vegetable oil
-2 cups water
-2 Tbs vinegar
-2 tsp vanilla

Filling
-1(8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
-1 egg
-1/2 cup sugar
-1/4 tsp salt
-1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24+ muffin cups with paper liners.
Cupcake mixture: In large bowl, mix together flour, 2 to 2 1/2 cups sugar, cocoa powder, 1 tsp salt and baking soda. Stir in oil, water, vinegar and vanilla until blended.
Filling Mixture: In medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, egg, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 tsp salt until light and fluffy. Stir in chocolate chips.
Pour cupcake mixture into muffin cups, filling each 1/3 full. Add spoonful of filling mixture into each cupcake. Pour remaining cupcake mixture into muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool to let filling set. Great stored in the fridge for the next day. Tasty with chocolate or cream cheese frosting, but also delicious by themselves.

Recipe from allrecipies.com

The 4-Hour Body Recipe Ideas

Some High Protein and/or Low Carb Meal Ideas for those doing The 4 Hour Body:The 4-

Fish tacos (fish, cabbage, salsa, maybe tarter sauce)

Chicken Breast broiled or baked with olive oil and herbs

Rachel's Meaty Zucchini Casserole

Lettuce wraps

• P.F. Chang's Lettuce Wraps

Soups

• Chicken and Rice Soup (minus the rice)
• Lentil soup
• Vegan Tomato Soup

Salads 

• Taco Salad 

Chili

• Tavias White Chicken Chili 

Crockpot

• Crock pot chicken and black beans

Beans - Try adding cumin to the beans and mixing with cooked veggies.

Spinach, tuna and bean salad with oil and vinegar

Add more as you think of them!

 

 

Chocolate Frosting

1 cup softened butter
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/4 cups cocoa
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk

Apple Dip

1 8oz pack cream cheese
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix all together. Spread into caserrole dish. Pour caramel on top and then sprinkle with crushed heath bar.

creamy mushroom sauce

8 oz mushrooms, cut
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1-2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 1/2 cups cream
2 tablespoons fresh dill

Heat up a pan and saute mushrooms, onion, and garlic in 2 TBS olive oil until mushroom starts to golden and the onion is soft. Add chicken stock, cream and fresh dill
Let simmer 5 minutes and season with (a lot of) salt and pepper. Serve with freshly grated parm cheese on top.