Beef and Sun Dried Tomato Flatbread Pizza

Ingredients

* 8 whole wheat pitas (6" diameter)
* 8 ounce beef tenderloin
* 1/2 cup olive oil
* 4 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 head garlic, skin removed and smashed
* 1 cup cooked white beans
* 2 cloves garlic, smashed
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
* salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
* 6 sun-dried tomatoes, in oil, drained and julienned
* 4 roasted shallots, thinly sliced
* 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
* 1 teaspoon honey


Directions

Marinate the beef in 1/2 cup olive oil and garlic four hours or overnight. Grill on both sides for about four minutes for medium rare. Let rest, then slice thinly. Puree beans, two tablespoons olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and thyme in a food processor until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste. Mix together tomatoes, shallots, two tablespoons olive oil, vinegar, and honey, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Place pitas or flatbreads on the grill. Grill each side until golden (about one minute). Spread each pita or flatbread with a thin layer of white bean puree, sliced beef, and tomato chutney. Serve immediately.

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Tuna Sandwich Recipe

This lunch is not only high in protein and healthy fat, but also scores low on the glycemic index. It contains carbohydrates that have little impact on your blood sugar. This keeps your fat burning furnace stoked and helps prevent the dreaded midday lull.

Ingredients


* 1 oz mixed nuts
* 2 slices 100% whole wheat bread
* 1 can 3 oz (or packet) starkist premium chunk light tuna in water
* 1 tbsp hellmann's light mayonnaise
* 1 tbsp mustard
* 1 lettuce leaf
* 2 slices tomato
* 1 tsp chopped onions
* 1 tbsp chopped celery


Directions

Combine the tuna, mayo, mustard, onions and celery. Slap on the bread, pop on a lettuce leaf and the tomato slices. Top with the remaining bread slice. Have 1 oz of Planters mixed nuts on the side to round out the meal.

Low Carb Recipes

Sugar-Free Margaritas
From Laura Dolson,
Your Guide to Low Carb Diets.
Margaritas tend to be very high in sugar. Traditional ones have Triple Sec or Cointreau, both orange liqueurs with 5 grams of carb per tablespoon (16 grams per jigger).

Margaritas made with sweet and sour mix are usually worse, as 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) of sweet and sour mix has at least 17 grams of sugar, and sometimes more. Imagine how much sugar you're getting in one of those big margaritas! Yikes!

INGREDIENTS:

1 jigger (1.5 oz) tequila
2 Tablespoons (1 oz) lime juice - bottled more convenient, fresh tastes a lot better
1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons) water
1/4 teaspoon orange extract
1 Tablespoon's worth artificial sweetener (I like to use liquid, carb-free types)
Ice - small handful
Margarita salt or kosher salt

PREPARATION:

Wet the rim of the glass and dip into a small plate of salt.

Combine all ingredients. You can either serve it over ice (in Mexico I've usually been served it this way, but I can't say I've had extensive experience), or strained into the glass, or blended in a blender.

2 grams of carbohydrate using bottled lime juice, 2.5 for fresh.