WEGO Challenge Day 23 (Merry Monday Recipes-Grilled Honey-Garlic Ribs)

Today's WEGO Health Activist Challenge Topic is: Activist Choice Day 2: Write about whatever  you want!


Grilled Honey-Garlic Ribs


Ingredients:
3-4 lbs country style pork ribs
2/3 cup teriyaki sauce
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon ground ginger
4 cloves garlic, minced

Directions:
1. Place all ingredients into a large ziploc bag.
2. Close bag, and shake until ingredients are well mixed
3. Add ribs.
4. Shake bag to coat ribs thoroughly.
5. Place ribs in refrigerator to marinate overnight, turning occationally.
6. Remove rigs from bag, reserve the marinade.
7. Light charcoal grill, and let coals ash, you want a medium fire.
8. Place ribs on grill.
9. Turn ribs every 10-15 minutes and baste with remaining marinade each time.
10. Cook ribs until done, about 1 hour.
11. Throw away extra marinade.

Total carbs: 11.8


I did these on an electric grill, and they were extremely yummy! Total fat will depend on how lean your rib meat is. I typically try to opt for as lean meat as possible, if not, I cut fat pieces off to allow for less fat in the dish.

Do you have a great recipe you would like to share? Email it to me at T1DTeamLenny@gmail.com and I will make it for my family, and post it here on the blog to share with other D-mama's and D-daddy's! Let the sharing begin!

Merry Monday Recipe--Cheesy Potato & Ham Soup

Like many people, after Easter dinner, I wound up with a TON of leftovers.... including, leftover ham!  I had 2 gallon freezer ziploc bags full of leftover ham! So, on Tuesday, I decided to freeze one bag full... and find something yummy to do with the other (or atleast most of the rest of the ham lol).

I came across this recipe, and decided to give it a shot since I did have most everything in the ingredients list (and I added some things to it too lol!). I doubled the batch (though the recipe below will not reflect that, it will only reflect a single batch, just fyi). Let me just say.. I'm glad I doubled it! I had no idea how big a hit this dish would be for my family! My Little Man asked for seconds (which is a rarity!), and my hubby went back for 3rds, and took a bowl full to work for lunch the next morning!

So, be prepared... this is a yummy one! LOL!

Cheesy Potato & Ham Soup

Ingredients:

3 cups diced potatoes (I used canned potatoes since I was out of real potatoes lol)

1/2 cup diced celery

1/2 cup grated carrots

1/2 cup diced onions

1 chicken bullion cube ( I used base instead of cubes)

1 1/2 cups milk

2 tbsp flour

1/3 lb velveeta cheese (I used shredded cheddar since I was out of velveeta)

1/2 tsp salt

pepper, to taste

2 cups cubed ham

Directions:

1. In large, heavy saucepan, bring first 6 ingredients to a boil.

2. Cook till veggies are tender.

3. Mix milk and flour together and add to veggies.

4. Cook, uncovered, until boiling STIRRING nearly consistantly.

5. Add the cheese, salt, pepper and ham.

6. Stir till cheese is melted

Prep time: approx 30 mins

Total time: approx 1 hr

Makes 3 servings

Serving size (approx) 1 cup

Total Fat: 15.8g

Total Carbs: 45.9g

  Sodium: 1478.9mg

Protein: 16.4g

I know this one is pretty high in fat and protein, but I noticed very little affect on my Little Man's sugars, and it was such a yummy dish.. I just had to share!

Please remember though, just because a particular recipe doesn't seem to have an affect on my son's sugar levels, doesn't mean they wont for your child. Every child is different.

Enjoy!

Recipe of the Week- Sugar Free Rice Pudding!

Sugar Free Rice Pudding

• 3 cups milk
• 1 cup MINUTE White Rice , uncooked
• 1/4 cup Splenda sugar substitute
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. 1
   Combine milk, rice, sugar, raisins and salt in medium saucepan.
2. 2
   Bring to boil, stirring constantly.
3. 3
   Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. 4
   Beat eggs and vanilla lightly in a small bowl.
5. 5
   Stir small amount of hot mixture into eggs.
6. 6
   Stirring constantly, slowly pour egg mixture back into hot mixture.
7. 7
   Stirring constantly, cook on low heat 1 minute until thickened. DO NOT BOIL.
8. 8
   Remove from heat. Let stand 30 minutes.
9. 9
   Serve warm. Store remaining pudding in refrigerator.

Merry Monday Recipe~~Sugar Free Homemade Lemonade

Sugar Free Homemade Lemonade

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Splenda Sugar Substitute

1/2 cup boiling water

2 teaspoons fresh lemon rind, grated

1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice

5 cups cold water

Directions:

1. Stir together splenda and 1/2 cup boiling water until sugar dissolves.

2. Stir in lemon rind, lemon juice, and 5 cups cold water.

3. Pour into a 2 quart pitcher.

4. Chill 8 hours

5. Serve over ice, and enjoy!

Prep Time: Approx 20 mins.

Total Time: Approx. 8 hrs. 20 mins.

Nutrition Facts:

Serving Size: 1 cup

Servings per recipe: 8 cups

Calories: 46.5

Total Fat: 0.1g

  Saturated Fat: 0.0g

Cholesterol: 0.0mg.

Sugars: 9.8g

Sodium 5.3mg

Total Carbohydrates: 13.0g

Dietary Fiber: 0.1g

Protein: 0.1g

I found a regular recipe for Homemade Lemonade today on Food.com, but since it wasn't sugar free, I made some adjustments. One thing I love about Food.com is that I can take a recipe I have (or in this case, one from their website that I want to make adjustments to!) and put it into their website either listed as public for everyone on the site to see and rate, or private for only me to see, and, provided I put it in correctly based on their "format tips", it will calculate the nutrition information for me! As long as I am entering in the ingredients correctly for their format to accept and understand it, I have found that their nutrition information is pretty darned accurate!