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Fiber Cake Muffins

Try these homemade fiber cakes — similar to those at TJs, only better and less costly.  You won’t feel hungry after eating one, and you get the fiber you need for under 100 calories.

 

 

2 cups wheat bran
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 egg
1 cup apple juice
2 tsp honey
6 dried prunes, cut into small pieces
1 cup blueberries

Pre-heat oven to 400. Mix dry ingredients (save prunes & blueberries until end), then mix and add wet ingredients. Stir until incorporated, then add prunes and blueberries and fold in. Spoon mixture into muffin tin lined with paper cups — resulting muffin will not rise appreciably & retains same profile. Bake for 20-22 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.  Refrigerate or freeze (recommendation:  microwave before eating to bring out the flavor and texture). Makes about 8 muffins.

 

Dill Salmon Recipe

dill salmonIngredients:

2 large cucumbers
3T rice-wine vinegar
1/2 cup chopped fresh dill
1/2 t salt
1 t sugar
4 (5 oz.) salmon fillets, skinless
1/4 t ground black pepper

Peel cucumbers in lengthwise strips, leaving thin strips of skin between peelings.  Slice cucumbers into very thin rounds, and place in a bowl with rice-wine vinegar, 3 T dill, sugar, and 1/4 t salt.  Toss to combine and set aside.

Heat grill or grill pan until very hot.  Place salmon on a tray, sprinkle with remaining 1/4 t salt and the pepper, and coat with remaining dill.  Transfer to hot grill, and cook several minutes, until nicely browned.  Turn over, and continue grilling until just cooked through and flaky.  Place pickled cucumbers on a serving platter, top with salmon fillets, and serve.

4 Servings:  266 Calories, 4 g Carbs, 12 g Fat, 24 g Protein