I’ll be honest, when I started this mini cut, I thought it was going to awful… I was so used to eating a ton of food and never really feeling hungry. I have a massive appetite and love to eat huge meals so I knew it was going to be a challenge trying to satisfy my appetite while being on poverty macros. To give you perspective, I went from 400g carbs and 65g fat per day to 200g carbs and 45g fat.
The trick when dieting is to trick your body into thinking it is eating the same amount of food by picking more macro friendly option aka more volumous,
But this mini cut was a blessing in disguise because it gave me a kick in the butt to create some macro friendly recipes
So In this post, I am going to cover my 5 recipes (with some bonus variations 🙂 that I’ve created that have allowed me to flourish while on these poverty macros and make this mini cut a piece of cake…. That was punny
So here are the recipes I will cover:
- Easy High Protein Frosting Recipes
- Diet Saving Jello Protein Cheesecake
- Low Calorie Crunch Wrap Burger
- Salad Gainz
- Low Calorie Protein Cookie Butter Dip
RECIPE #1: Super Easy High Protein Frosting Recipes
I needed to find a recipe that was portable, high volume, macro friendly and most importantly, was sweet to have for my first meal of the day. I started thinking of my options and knew I wanted to use my new PEScience protein powder (honestly the best protein powder I have ever tasted… literally not even close) to make a tasty creation. So I thought of my options for the base of the recipe and knew that chickpeas would be a great base because of my previous recipe for cookie dough.
So if I wanted for it to be higher volume, I knew I rice cake are an amazing option to make like you’re eating more! You can watch this super quick tutorial to find 4 different high protein variations of my favorite frosting!
Talk about a craving crusher and macro saving option!
BDay Cake Protein Frosting:
10g Whey/Casein Blend Vanilla Protein Powder
3g Coconut Flour
2g Zero Cal Sweetener of your choice
20g Plain Non Fat Greek Yogurt
30ml Cold Water
5g Sprinkles
PB Frosting:
6g Whey/Casein Blend Vanilla or PB Protein Powder
12g Powdered PB
2g Coconut Flour
2g Zero Cal Sweetener of your choice
30ml Cold Water
Chocolate Sea Salt Frosting:
10g Whey/Casein Blend Vanilla Protein Powder
10g Black Cocoa Powder (https://amzn.to/2K5AYfq)
2g Zero Cal Sweetener of your choice
30ml Cold Water
1g Sea Salt Flakes
5g Crushed Almonds
5g Mini Chocolate Chips
Pumpkin Pie Protein Frosting:
10g Whey/Casein Blend Vanilla Protein Powder
3g Coconut Flour
2g Zero Cal Sweetener of your choice Dash of Pumpkin Spice Dash of Ground Cinnamon
75g Pure Canned Pumpkin
5g Mini Chocolate Chips
5g Crushed Almonds
RECIPE #2: Diet Saving Jello Protein Cheesecake
- Prep the jello the night before (or you can use pre made jello containers if you prefer)
- Take greek yogurt and place in a bowl, add the sugar free jello pudding flavor of your choice and zero calorie sweetener to it and mix like crazy.
- Add the frosting to the jello.
- Top with strawberries and fat free whip and enjoy! That simple!