Another great recipe with ground beef. This time, it’s made with tomatoes. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

100 grams of 96% lean ground beef (130 calories)

1/2 Tbl. minced garlic

1 Tbl. Bragg’s Liquid Aminos

1 Tomato (varies in calories)

Black Pepper to taste

Lean Ground Beef, Bragg's Liquid Aminos, Chopped Tomatoes, Black Pepper, and Minced Garlic (not shown)

Gather all of your ingredients for this recipe. Chop one tomato.

Cooked Ground Beef and Minced Garlic in Bragg's Liquid Aminos

Brown ground beef in pan on medium-high heat. Add minced garlic and Bragg’s Liquid Aminos and cook an additional minute.

Ground Beef and Tomatoes

Add chopped tomatoes and continue to cook until tomatoes are tender.

Ground Beef and Tomato Mash

Remove from heat and sprinkle with black pepper. Pour into a bowl and serve!

Serves: 1

HCG Exchange: 1 meat, 1 vegetable

Tags : beef, Bragg Liquid Aminos, garlic, ground beef, HCG recipes, phase 2, photos, tomato, VLCD

This is really good and very simple. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

100 grams of 96% lean ground beef (130 calories)

1/2 c. low-sodium fat-free chicken broth (7.5 calories)

1 Tbl. minced garlic (adjust to your taste. I like a lot of garlic!)

1 Tbl. Bragg’s Liquid Aminos

1 onion (varies in calories)

Black Pepper to taste

Chicken Broth, Bragg Liquid Aminos, Minced Garlic, and Chopped Onions (Ground Beef not shown)

Gather all of your ingredients. Chop up the onion.

Saute Chopped Onions in Chicken Broth

Pour 1/2 cup of chicken broth in skillet and cook onion on medium to medium-high heat until tender. Most of the chicken broth will reduce.

Onions, Ground Beef, Garlic, and Bragg Liquid Aminos

Add minced garlic and lean ground beef. Cook until beef is no longer pink. Add Bragg’s liquid aminos and cook for a few more minutes on medium heat. Sprinkle with black pepper and remove from heat.

Ground Beef Onion Hash

Pour onto a plate. Enjoy!

Servings: 1

HCG Exchange: 1 protein, 1 vegetable

Tags : beef, Bragg Liquid Aminos, garlic, ground beef, HCG recipes, onion, phase 2, photos, VLCD

In a previous post, I showed you how to prepare chicken breasts and steak to make your life a little easier. I recently purchased a few pounds of 96% lean ground beef, so I thought you might want to see an easy way to prepare it for individual packaging.

Packages of 96% lean ground beef

Gather your packages of 96% lean ground beef along with snack size ziploc bags.

100 Grams of Lean Ground Beef

Weigh your ground beef and divide into 100 gram portions. Place each 100 gram portion into a snack size ziploc bag and set aside.

Flattened Lean Ground Beef Divided Into Snack Size Bags

Seal one side of your baggy and flatten ground beef in snack size bag, pushing the air out as you go. Once your ground beef has been flattened and the air removed, seal the remainder of the bag. I found this tip two years ago on the GreenLiteBites blog while I was on Weight Watchers. This is a very smart idea. The bags lay flat in the freezer, they defrost rather quickly, and they don’t take up much space. You can also stick them into a box or paper bag and cut out part of the side’s bottom so that you can pull out one package at a time… like a dispenser.

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I saw a recipe for hot ‘n sour cabbage soup on one of the HCG yahoo groups, and I decided to slightly change it up a bit. As a result, this is what I came up with:

Hot ‘N Sour Cabbage Soup

100 grams of chicken breast or 96% lean ground beef

1/4 cabbage, shredded or chopped

16 oz. low sodium fat-free chicken broth

1 cup water

1 Tbl. lemon juice

2 Tbl. apple cider vinegar (I use Bragg’s. It’s the best!)

1 tsp. onion powder

1 tsp. garlic powder

black pepper to taste

crushed red pepper to taste

Cook your meat. Place cooked meat in a small pot with remaining ingredients. Cook on med heat until cabbage is tender. This makes a very large bowl of cabbage soup. No need for any added salt due to the chicken broth. If you are worried about the sodium, replace 1/2 of the chicken broth with an additional amount of water.

Servings: 1 (You get to eat the whole thing!)

HCG Exchange: Your meat and veggie for one meal (or your veggie if you leave out the meat)

Tags : apple cider vinegar, beef, cabbage, chicken breast, chicken broth, ground beef, HCG recipes, lemon juice, phase 2, VLCD, water