Kids

These are delightfully decadent treats. A word of CAUTION: Treat them like candy!

In addition to being crunchy, satisfying and delicious, pumpkin seeds are a nutritious snack. You can buy shelled pumpkin seeds in the grocery store (also know as pepitas), but when pumpkin season rolls around, you can buy a fresh pumpkin, scrape out the seeds, and toast the whole seeds yourself. YUM! 

A no sugar variation of my caramelized pears recipe. Still very yummy!

Chris’s cousins sent us a HUGE box of fruit as his get well wish. There are only two of us, so in order to use the fruit I have had to get creative! Oh, my, these are yummy!

My favorite technique for cooking low-fat burgers is to quickly sear the burger and finish it by roasting it in the oven. Here’s the recipe for seared burgers that are then oven-roasted.

This will go well with beef burgers or even ground chicken breast burgers or grilled chicken breasts; even a steak.

Traditional orange juice is not allowed on Plan Z because when you remove all the pulp (the fiber) what's left is a whole bunch of sugar. But, if you have a magic bullet or a high-powered blender, you can enjoy a liquefied, blended orange - as long as you blend the whole orange and don't strain the pulp.

A delicious sauce to pair with your favorite dessert.

If you don’t use liquor in your cooking you can leave that out. You can also flavor them with stevia flavorings. You could have coconut, vanilla or other flavors.

When you are in the ZReduction portion of Plan Z you will not be eating the skin of the chicken or any of the dark meat. Breast meat only.

No need to salt them. No need to season them. They will be delicious and have PLENTY of flavor. 

Pears and chocolate go great together. Who needs candy apples when you've got these?

Chill in your refrigerator until ready to eat. If you are going to serve it the next day cover it with plastic wrap.

An easy-to-make, low-carb caramel sauce. Wowza!

Sinfully delicious...with only three ingredients.

A tasty snack - perfect for a road trip.

The parfait is a serious twist on a Cooking Light recipe I came across, so I need to give them credit but I also wanted you to know it's light and rather healthy.

I would not drink this all day while on ZReduction, but a couple of glasses should be fine.

Feed this to the kids (and adults) instead of ice cream.

You’ll be amazed! When this comes out of the oven, it smells just like the famous cookie! Use this in any pie that does not need to be baked.

This is a must try, a wonderfully light and healthy dessert.

Okay. This seems so simple. Everyone wants a fast breakfast or snack. Your kids will be giddy with this as their breakfast or their after school snack.

This recipe contributed by Dieter Victoria. Victoria told us ‘With Memorial Day weekend right around the corner, I was trying to come up with a fun ”dip” for apples.

This is one of my favorite, QUICK recipes for an impromptu dinner party.

Looking for ideas for a picnic? How about almost Fried Chicken?

Make these crackers when you have invited a friend over for a glass of wine and you want to have a little snack on the side.

This is a recipe that can made by a supervised child or a helper. It's basically assembly work. Your time is then freed up to work on the other things. It took me about 30 minutes to do 30 rolls.

Think peanut butter chiffon pie without the crust. For a low carb diet this is perfect.

We have never worked with fruit pectin in this diet. Plan Z dieter Amy came up with the idea to try it. Brilliant idea! This opens up a whole new world of opportunity for thickening.

This recipe was submitted by Zola Diet participant, Amy Z. Amy says, "This was great. The kids gobbled them up!"