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, so you feel like you are eating the same amount of food!
But this mini cut was a blessing in disguise because it gave me a kick in the butt to create some macro friendly recipes or I was going to die! 🙂
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
This recipe is so so easy, quick and delicious. When you’re on poverty macros and time is short, this one is gonna come in CLUTCH.
Directions:
- 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!
RECIPE #3 Low Calorie Crunch Wrap Burger
This one is a tried and true recipe I use almost every other day.
Ingredients: –
Trader Joe’s Flour Tortilla
– 6oz 96/4 Lean Ground Beef (used Trader Joe’s Brand)
– 14g Trader Joe’s Light Mozzarella Cheese (might add a bit more if you need to seal the bottom of your crunch wrap with it.
– 15g Archer Farms Salsa Con Queso
– 14g Fresh Mashed Avocado
Macros for the WHOLE Crunch Wrap Burger:
504 Cals, 35g Carbs, 20g Fat, 46g Protein
RECIPE #4 Low Calorie Salad Gainz
How much you forget how awesome salads are when you have not been on poverty macros for almost 6 months! They are a game changer and provide that volume that keeps me sane and gives my mouth quite the workout!
The Recipe:
- 100g Raw Spinach
- 300g of Pepper, Yellow Squash and Zucchini
- 125g Alfredo
- 2 Slices Fat Free Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 1 Pepper Jack Laughing Cow Cheese
- Mustard
- Slash of Fat Free Milk
- 600g Head of Romaine
- 150g Tomato
- 1 Fried Runny Egg
So now you just take all the ingredients and add to your massive doggie bowl and devour that bad boy! Ohh and be prepared that this will take a good 30 minutes to devour 🙂 That is a theme with many of these recipes because I have a large stomach to fill.
RECIPE #5 Protein Cookie Butter
And last but not least! Let’s not forget about possibly my favorite life saving, macro saver of all time,Protein Cookie Butter!
Macros for the WHOLE Bowl:
277 Cals, 19g Carbs, 5g Fat, 39g Protein!
❇️ Ingredients:
12g Protein Cookie Butter Golden Cookie Sandwich
12g Protein Cookie Butter Cookies & Cream
24g PEScience Gourmet Vanilla Select Protein
2g Zero Cal Sweetener of your Choice (optional)
80g Plain Non Fat Greek Yogurt
Cold Water
10g Mini Chocolate Chips
10g Crushed Peanuts
✳️ Directions:
1️⃣ Add all your Protein Cookie Butter, PEScience and sweetener into a bowl and mix to avoid clumping.
2️⃣ Slowly add cold water and mix and repeat till you have thick but not to thick frosting like consistency.
3️⃣ Add your greek yogurt in and mix.
4️⃣ Add to freezer for 15-20 minutes to thicken up more.
5️⃣ Add your mini chocolate chips and crushed peanuts
6️⃣ Take a Kim’s Magic Pop and dip it into the heaven like a dessert chips and dip!
