Recipes — the cleaner plate club

How to Make Squash Noodle Pad Thai

How to Make Squash Noodle Pad Thai

Pad Thai, meaning “fried Thai style”, is typically a stir-fried rice noodle dish served as a street food and at casual local eateries in Thailand. It is usually made with soaked dried rice noodles, stir fried with eggs, firm tofu, and flavored with tamarind pulp, fish sauce, dried shrimp, garlic, red chili, and palm sugar, and served with lime wedges and chopped peanuts. Sometimes Pad Thai will also contain other vegetables like bean sprouts, garlic chives, coriander leaves, pickled radishes, and raw banana flowers. It may also have fresh shrimp, crab, squid, chicken or other proteins. Vegetarians can always substitute...

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Clean and Simple Grilled Shrimp & Zucchini Skewers

Clean and Simple Grilled Shrimp & Zucchini Skewers

I love shrimp!                   Did you know that while shrimp is so small in size, their nutritional value is HUGE?? Weight Loss Shrimp is an excellent, carb-free food Shrimp is loaded with protein, vitamin D, vitamin B3, and zinc The zinc supplementation has been known to increase levels of leptin, which is a hormone in charge of regulating the body’s energy expenditure, fat storage, and appetite. Insufficient levels of leptin can be the cause of food cravings, overeating, and food obsessions. Beauty Shrimp contains astaxanthin, which is a carotenoid that gives their...

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Homemade Granola Bars

Homemade Granola Bars

Hey everybody, what’s up? I’m going to show you how to make my favorite Homemade Brownie and Blondie Granola Bars.       Who has more fun blondes or brunettes? Hmm If you’re not enjoying your food then you are on a four-letter word called a diet, okay? We don’t advocate diets, we just advocate eating as close to as nature intended and leaving the processed stuff out. It’s that’s easy.       So today we’re going to make this granola bars, and again equal opportunity, so we’re making Blondies and we’re making Brownies. Some are without the cocoa...

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How to Make Taco Bowls

How to Make Taco Bowls

Hey everybody, today I’m cooking with my daughter, which is always a great day when she gives me the time of day. You can relate if you have a teenager, she is my Mini Me. We are making deconstructed taco bowls!!!! The idea here is that you can lose the tortilla part, you can lose the chips part, you can lose those things that don’t necessarily contribute a ton of nutrient density. We’re going to focus on the goods, the yummy stuff, the fillings. We’re going to make it a little bit fun and interesting today with some different flavors...

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