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Vegetarian

Cowboy Onions

These onions are NOT spicy. In fact they are almost sweet and have a little zing at the end. You can kick them up hotter as you add the hot sauce.

Roasted Asparagus with Artichoke Heart “Sauce”

Serve this with a simple small filet or grilled chicken breast for a wonderful meal.

Italian Roasted Tomatoes

These go with any grilled meat or fish. Or any Italian meal as a side dish.

Eggplant Salad

This salad can be served as a side dish. It can be warm, room temperature or cold; depending on the weather outside and your tastes. It’s an earthy dish with some zip from the vinegar.

Eggplant Tomato Combo

This eggplant tomato combo can be eaten as a side dish or as a spread. When I make an antipasti tray for an appetizer course, I’ll sometimes include this as a dip or spread for crackers.

Cucumber Salad

This is a great picnic dish or summer grilling party.

Ratatouille

Well for those unfamiliar, ratatouille is actually a really fine French vegetable dish. So easy to make!

Grilled Green Beans Cooked in Garlic and Broth

This is down home cooking. Those looking for the simplest of Plan Z recipes will like this one.

Grilled Sweet Onions

This recipe was submitted by Plan Z dieter Judy F. Thanks Judy!

Roasted Red and Yellow Pepper Strips

You can make these in a large batch and store leftovers in the refrigerator. They reheat well and can travel well too. Eat them hot or cold.

Mexican Eggplant

A great side dish with any grilled or roasted meat.

Savory Sweet Onions

These goes great over a burger.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Brussels sprouts are easy to make. Super Easy!

Asian Veggie Medley

Can be doubled for a large group or a larger portion that will be reheated.

Creamed Spinach

This won’t taste as gooey and rich as the restaurant creamed spinach that is full of cream cheese and Parmesan but it’s really so close that you won’t feel like you are suffering.

Roasted Onion Strings (Really, Healthy Onion Strings!)

When you roast Vidalia onions they bring up a really nice, sweetness. When you are on a diet, traditional onion strings are out of the question; unless they are like these.

Broiled Tomatoes

The broiling of a tomato lends a special sweetness to it. The garlic adds an Italian zing. Serve with any simple grilled, baked, broiled or roasted meat and you have dinner in a flash.

Sweet Pepper Sauté

This recipe was submitted by Plan Z dieter Judy. She served these veggies at a dinner party with steak and it was a big hit. Thanks Judy!

Roasted Green Beans

Roasted green beans are easy to make. Super easy!

Steakhouse Tomato Side Dish

This dish pairs perfectly with a simply grilled steak. You can serve it with any meat but the tomato/onion combo works very well.

Zippy Roasted Peppers

The time it takes to roast the peppers will bring out the heat in the cracked pepper so be prepared for a spicy hot dish. Just a very few cracked pepper bits will do.

“Creamy” Coleslaw

Great for your summer barbecue.

Marinated Tomato and Artichoke Salad

Marinate with your favorite Plan Z Dressing. I use the balsamic-pesto dressing or anything on the Italian side will work.

Cherry Tomato Salad

Who knew water could make a dressing! I was in an Italian restaurant the other night and wanted to order a salad to go with my grilled meat.

Italian Salad

You can vary the spices or vegetables according to taste, making the variations on this almost endless.

Mexican Cherry Tomato Salad

Serve over salad greens or as a side dish.

Tomato Tabbouleh (Tabouli)

Goes great over a burger or an accompaniment to any protein.

Spring Oven-Baked Omelet

Daniel Boulud is one of my favorite chefs on the planet. This is a Plan Z diet version of his spring omelet.

Breakfast Fruit Soufflé

This recipe was submitted by Plan Z administrator, Jen. “I thought this dish would be difficult to make, but it was actually very straightforward and easy to do.

The Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

This is a great way to start a ZReduction morning! Remember, two eggs constitutes one of your protein portions for the day, so you will need to skip your lunch or dinner protein portion.

Green Bean Omelet

Although this may sound strange it’s actually super tasty and nice and simple to make.

Shallot Onion Rings

My husband loves these so much he asks for them probably 4 times a week and has even begun making them himself! They taste every bit as good as regular onion rings without the breading.

French Omelet

This omelet taste very fresh and French. You can have this for a lunch or even a light dinner.


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Easy Recipes

Burger and Egg

It’s all the rage in the big city. Have a runny egg on top of your burger. Well, you can do that in ZReduction too! I just ate mine and I’m stuffed!

Pork Loin Chops with Sizzlin’ Cherry Sauce

This dish comes together quickly. Two pans and voila. If you don’t like spicy food you can leave the cayenne out. It does give a nice little zip to the sweet cherries though so you might consider leaving it in or just cutting it back.

Fruit Parfait

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

Spinach Sauteed with Garlic and Chopped Tomato

This is quick cooking at its best…or novice cooking for those who are just discovering their talents in the kitchen.

Crunchy Top Cod

This dish takes no time at all. All you have to do is crust it and toss it in your oven. Come back later, and your entrée is ready! I served mine with sautéed spinach with garlic and tomato.

Spicy-Sweet Green Bean Medley

Add this zippy side dish to your favorite piece of protein for a vitamin packed veggie punch.

My Mom’s Meatloaf

This is very close to my mother's meatloaf recipe. I used to serve this with mashed potatoes and corn when I wanted comfort food. Not Anymore! I also used to say that if I ever ended up on death row and they asked me what I wanted for my last meal, this would be it. It’s such a BIG YUM and brings back fond memories.

Italian Crockpot Chicken Soup

Dieter Emily sent us this easy to make crock pot weeknight recipe. Emily says, "when I came home from work, it smelled heavenly! This soup has so much flavor and is also quite filling!"

Simple Southwestern Chicken

This spice blend is super easy to mix up and adds a nice bit of zip to your chicken.

Cajun Shrimp and a “Mess of Greens”

This is a colorful dish that’s also healthy. Fresh and fancy enough to serve to company. No one will miss rice. Easy for a weeknight too.

Taco Tres (Taco Salad Recipe #3)

Dieters rave about taco salad. This one is my new favorite.

Lime Chicken

Okay, so I know this sounds odd but it really tastes very good! Simple to make. It will make even a rookie cook a star.

Asian Veggie Stir Fry

This dish can be served with something as simple as a grilled steak or a baked chicken breast. If you want an American-Asian combo this is the way to go. It’s also designed to be served with the seared sea scallops for a more Asian-directed entrée.

Mexican Chicken Bowl

This is a quick and easy meal to prepare. You can make it in batches so you get several servings and it travels and reheats in a microwave easily. Mexican food lovers in your family will love this. It's not very spicy. You can always add hot sauce to fire it up.

Salmon with Mustard Rub

This dish tastes fresh and fancy with hardly any work at all. The most novice cook can handle this one.

Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Jalapenos

I used to HATE Brussels sprouts. I couldn't even stand the smell of them cooking. I love them now, as long as they are caramelized which brings out the sweetness. This version is spicy!

Quick Asian Stir Fry

Dinner in 20 minutes or less! Promise! This dish is so easy, you can make it with beef, chicken or even shrimp.

Broiled Cod

This is a simple dish that goes a long way for people that like their food straightforward and without a lot of spice.

Pork Tenderloin Scallopini with Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce

This is easy and very elegant. You can serve this to company and they’ll never know you’re on a diet.

Oven-Roasted, Crispy Shallots

My husband goes ga-ga for these things. He loves them so much he’s even started volunteering to make them!

Simple, Sauteed Lamb Chops

You don't have to go to a steakhouse to get these. Lamb chops are MUCH easier to cook than chefs make them out to be. Super easy!

Old-fashioned, Chunky Bolognese Sauce

I redesigned this recipe to incorporate cream to make a smooth sauce that will remind you of an old spaghetti house. Just no spaghetti.

Poached Salmon

Serve the salmon hot or you can let it cool and chill it in the refrigerator. On a hot day a cold piece of salmon is wonderful!

Extra Easy Meal Ideas

Here's a list of very quick and easy dishes that you can prepare in minutes.

Sauteed Swiss Chard with Peppers and Onions

This dish is full of vitamins. One cup of Swiss chard has over 700% of the vitamin K you need in one day. Over 200% of the vitamin A you need and over 50% of your vitamin C.

Pepper Soup

You’ll never eat Campbell’s Tomato Soup again! This is so EASY!

Tomato Leek Casserole

This dish re-heats just fine in a microwave or oven if you're taking it to work or another event.

Roasted Red and Yellow Pepper Strips

You can make these in a large batch and store leftovers in the refrigerator. They reheat well and can travel well too. Eat them hot or cold.

Mexican Eggplant

A great side dish with any grilled or roasted meat.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Brussels sprouts are easy to make. Super Easy!

Steakhouse Tomato Side Dish

This dish pairs perfectly with a simply grilled steak. You can serve it with any meat but the tomato/onion combo works very well.

Zippy Roasted Peppers

The time it takes to roast the peppers will bring out the heat in the cracked pepper so be prepared for a spicy hot dish. Just a very few cracked pepper bits will do.

“Creamy” Coleslaw

Great for your summer barbecue.

Chili Con Carne

This is a meaty chili with some veggies tossed in for crunch factor. Makes a satisfying lunch.

Southern Pork Loin Roast with Amazing Onion Gravy

This super easy comfort meal is a cinch to make. Even novice cooks can handle this one! And it’s so yummy.

Pork Tenderloin with Warm Apples

This is comfort food at its finest. The pork tenderloin with the cumin on it lends a bit of an exotic flavor; like Indian food.

French Baked Pork Loin Chops

To make life simple you can put your green beans or asparagus in another oven proof pan and they can roast right alongside each other.

Fish with a Tasty Mustard Glaze

You can do this with just about any approved fish. In the picture you’ll see I did it with salmon.

Salmon with a Sweet Mustard sauce

This dish sounds a bit exotic but the mint and the mustard make for a delightful sauce. You can use this sauce on any other type of fish you like too. Super Easy!

Shrimp with a Creamy Mustard Sauce

This dish comes together in what feels like an instant. The sauce is quick and easy and because you are using cooked shrimp it doesn’t take long to cook.

Baked Salmon with a Louisiana Cream Sauce

This recipe is very similar to one that was in Bon Appetit in 1994.

Citrus-marinated Salmon

I served this with pea pods and cherry tomatoes that I cooked in a small pan with chicken broth. Very plain, but tasty.

Super Easy Salmon

Serve with your veggie portion and an optional salad.

Sea Scallops with a Creole “Cream” Sauce

You can make this dish with any fish. I just was in the mood for scallops.

Simple Italian Baked Salmon

This falls under the category of “so easy even a bachelor who professes to know nothing” can cook it.

Mediterranean Chicken

This recipe uses one of my favorite seasonings, but I hesitated to list this ingredient because of its name. It’s really spelled like the swear word. Special Sh*t. I know some would be very entertained by this and others would be appalled by the vulgarity. I use mine OFTEN. It’s great on meat, fish, veggies and more. I even use it to season nuts as a cocktail snack. I hope you enjoy it, too.

Mumbai Chicken Curry

Some love the more exotic taste of Indian food.

Chicken Nuggets

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

Jerk Chicken

This is a fairly mild recipe for what is usually a HOT dish. SUPER easy!


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A STRUCTURED, COACHED, DELICIOUS REAL FOOD DIET PROGRAM.

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Zola's Story

Zola's Story

In June of 2009, I was a mess. That’s me in the pink top. I’m sitting there thinking, “I wish I had shown up late for the family photo so I could have hidden in the back row. Then only my face would show.” That’s how much I disliked having my picture taken. As it turns out, having a front-row seat was a blessing in disguise. Seeing that picture made me vow to take control of my weight. I wanted my body back, even if it meant doing something drastic. I started dieting at 12 years old and have been working at it (in one form or another) ever since. I went to ridiculous measures to lose weight or stay thin. At age 15, I was so fed up with being fatter than other girls that I decided to eat every third day. At 16, I worked a job that required me to ride my bicycle across town all summer long. I worked two shifts so I had to do it twice every day. In between shifts I came home and had one single, solitary, fried egg and a glass of milk. One school year all I ate was a hot dog with no ketchup and a diet soda every day. Any of this sound familiar to you?

One year, at my job, my assistant went every day to a take-out joint and bought me a Chef Salad and a large diet Coke. That was my calorie consumption per day. On weekends I ate a half of a peanut butter sandwich per day and 3 diet orange sodas. Then, as I became more successful I started paying for diets.

I did Dietene, the “shakes only” plus 10 raspberries or half a banana a day diet that was prescribed by diet doctors. It’s the same diet that Oprah Winfrey did. She lost 40 pounds and on her show dragged her fat around in a wagon to show her point. I lost 52 pounds. Although I don’t know Oprah, she and I have yo-yoed in an almost identical concert ever since. She loses weight. I lose weight. She gains it back. So do I. The reasons I gain it back vary. The lack of long-term success stays the same.

I tried and failed on Atkins to Weight Watchers to Slim Fast, Acai Berry etc. You name it, I’ve done it. I spent 40 years and a small fortune dieting.

I even went to the Obesity Clinic at the University of Wisconsin. They studied me and declared my metabolism a disaster. Nothing left. They put me on experimental meds. Then the head of the department left and the program disbanded. I was left hanging. I went to an eating-disorder psychiatrist for 3 months. They even hypnotized me and found nothing wrong. I went to a dietician who reluctantly put me on a 750 calorie a day diet. After one month and a one-pound loss he resigned. I hired a trainer and worked with her 3 days a week for 7 years. No weight loss, but I sure got strong. I took Phen-Fen for 18 months before it had that nickname and before they found out it could kill you. They came and found me two years later to get my heart tested. I was fine, but it was not a success for me. I had only lost 8 pounds in all that time.

Then there are the diets I didn’t do: Jenny Craig, Nutra-Systems, and Seattle Sutton. Anything that required me to buy pre-packaged food, frozen, shrink-wrapped and shipped to me in boxes was out of the question. I figured with those, that as soon as the boxes quit coming, and I had to go back to regular food, the weight would come back.

It made no sense to do a “regular” diet again. I didn’t know what to do, but I was intent on doing one more diet. I got hold of an old diet with some ideas that made sense then my husband discovered an obscure book about obesity written by a science writer and targeted at doctors. I watched the book’s author deliver a mind-blowing lecture on why we get fat. The author convinced me that most of the diet advice we have been sold and told for decades is wrong. At last, I was connected to some credible, brand new weight loss information. For the first time in my life, I knew why I got fat, and more importantly, what to do about it. This is when I started designing a new way to diet and developed a new mindset about eating. I dropped 28 pounds in a little over five weeks and I kept it off. My doctor took me off my blood pressure meds and the weight kept coming off.

I know what you’re going through. I’ve lived through more than my fair share of dieting horror stories - but you don’t have to make the same mistakes I did.

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The Four Phases

FOUR PHASES

Our 3-1/2 month program is divided into four phases:

Phase 1: ZBinge

Junk food…kiss it goodbye.

This two day phase is your time to say goodbye to all the foods you’re going to miss while on ZReduction. You’ll also start taking your ZR50 Crave Control spray. It takes a couple of days for the formula to kick in, so by starting the diet with a binge you won’t be hungry when you start reducing. Don’t worry, the weight comes off fast.

Phase 2: ZReduction

Follow the rules and the weight drops off.

ZReduction lasts for 48 days. You will eat lean meats, fresh fruit and non-starchy veggies. You will avoid heavy fats, complex carbs and sugars. The ZR50 Crave Control spray manages your cravings for sweet and fatty foods. Hunger like you experienced on other diets is a thing of the past.

Once you stop eating processed foods and start eating real food, your insulin levels begin to normalize. Your fat cells can release fatty acids into your bloodstream. This stored fat contains calories you ate years ago but your body never used.

Once stored fat is able to be released, your body will happily burn it; without exercise. Plan Z shows you how.

Phase 3: ZReboot

Eat like royalty without gaining the weight back.

Over the next six weeks on ZReboot, your food choices expand. Your calorie intake increases. You’ll eat, drink and merrily maintain your weight, and you’ll have the secrets to getting yourself back in check if you start to weave off track.

We teach you what to eat going forward – and why. You’ll discover the pitfalls of the processed food industry and what to watch out for. You’ll be amazed how much food your body can handle with no weight gain. ZReboot proves to you, through your own experience, that Plan Z works – and it works for the long haul. At the same time, you’ll discover your relationship with food can be fun. No more guilt trips. No more back slips.

Phase 4: ZLife

Your thinner future.

Phase four of Plan Z is called ZLife, and yes, it can last indefinitely. You can eat what you want, but you won’t crave the foods that make you fat. You will have new, lifelong habits that will keep you thin. Imagine feeling in control of your body again and knowing your life of dieting is in your past. You’ll know what foods your body is sensitive to, and you’ll know how to course correct if you start to gain.

Our goal is to help you never think about dieting again. You will love the way you look and feel; and you’ll have more love to give your family. Plan Z is an eating plan for the rest of your life.