I'm Mexican and these Whole Wheat Tortillas are AWESOME!

I was looking up how to make tortillas without shortening and DEFINITELY without lard. In my family saying that we're going to make tortillas healthy means using Crisco. mmm not really what I had in mind. Have you seen Crisco? It's super slimy, not appetizing. 

I did a search for someone who changed out shortening and lard with Olive Oil! Yay!

I tried it tonight! Holy moly! 

So please go to this mom's website and see her original recipe!

http://blog.superhealthykids.com/2008/10/tortillas/

Ingredients:

3 cups Whole Wheat Flour

1 cup Unbleached Regular Flour

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups warm water, plus about 2 TBS

3/4 tsp baking powder (I just realized I left that out so if you don't have any don't worry)

2 TBS Olive Oil

1. Put in all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir with a fork.

2. Microwave 1 1/2 cups water for about 40 seconds and pour in.

3. Mix with your hands. You might need a little more water so add tbs as needed to get all the flour together in one dough. 

4. Divide dough in half then in half again so you have 4 equal balls. 

5. Divide each of those balls in half and then half again. You should have 16 small balls. (This is important for smaller sized tortillas and if you want to follow my calorie information!)

6. Flour a rolling board and rolling pin and roll out each ball and or pull them so that they are very thin.

7. Throw them on a griddle or just a regular non stick pan (thats what I have). Or if you are my grandma throw them right on your stove if you have a flat surface stove. 

I used the high setting, but I was moving fast. You might want to put it on medium heat so that you don't  get behind while you are rolling and cooking. Brown on one side and flip. It doesn't take much time to cook all the way through if you've rolled it really thin. 

My stack of awesome HEALTHY tortillas!

Nutrition Facts

Calories 125

Carbs 22g

Fat 2g!

Protein 4g

Fiber 3g

The Before and Afters....

Before and After


190.4 lbs Oct 27, 2011

135.1 lbs Feb 22, 2012

55lbs in 4 months



I just had my first cup of Special K with Berries, 8 oz milk, and about get some Blackberries!!!!! Mmm

My Ridiculously Good for you Carrot Cake Muffins

So, a lot of you know I can't have sugar, flour, carbs, etc. 

A recipe came in my book from the doctor for "carrot cake muffins".

I changed the recipe to make these angel food like carrot cake treats.

2 egg whites

3 oz cooked carrots pureed 

1 packet Splenda or Stevia

1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or combo of nutmeg and ginger)

1. Peel a bag of carrots or use a whole bag of baby carrots. Put them in a microwavable safe bowl (preferably with a lid) and cover with water. Cook in the microwave for seven minutes. 

2. While that's cooking whisk together egg whites, sweetener, and vanilla. Whisk on high until it turns the consistency of fluff.

3. Add spices and whisk on high again until it is a light brown color.

4. Put the cooked carrots in the blender and set on puree. Get them as blended as possible. It's ok if your blender doesn't get it the consistency of baby food (mine never does), you'll just have carrot chunks in the muffin. YUM

5. Add in the measure out 3 oz of carrot or about 1/4 c. Blend on high until mixed well.

6. Spoon mixture into muffin pan, sprayed with a little bit of Pam. This amount of mixture should fill to over-flowing 3 of the muffin areas. Because it is whipped like merengue it will sit straight up like puffy clouds.

7. You can cook just three or repeat the recipe multiple times for as many as you want. I usually do the recipe four times so I fill a whole pan.
8. Put the pan in your preheated oven at 350. Cook for 25 minutes. At this point turn on your broiler and leave in there for 1-3 minutes. Check every minute because the broiler will completely char them if you let it. Brown to your liking, which will give them a slightly roasted marshmellow flavor on the top.

9. You can let them cool in the pan before you take them out. Gently use a fork to unstick and free from pan.

A serving is 3 whole muffins!!!!!! Top with a dollop of whip cream, Walden Farms Calorie Free Carmel Sauce, or maybe some cream cheese frosting. Eating them plain is also super delish!

Nutritional Info
*you should really just eat all three, that's one oz protein and one serving of vegetables!
Calories 50
Carbs 3
Fat 0
Protein 9

If you decide to share and only eat one... (dumb)
Calories 17
Carbs 1
Fat 0
Protein 3

Let me know if you try them and if you like them!