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PSMF

Description and Recipes from my PSMF (Protein Sparing Modified Fast) Diet

PSMF Recipe – Seafood Soup

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Green Onion Broth
3 C Water
6 Green Onions
1 t Worcestershire Sause
1/4 t Butter Flavor Extract
1/4 t Salt

Simmer for 15 minutes. Drain and discard the green onions.  Return to heat and add

1/2 lb raw Shrimp
1 C (6.5 oz) Chopped (or minced) Clams & Juice
1 C (6 oz) Crab
1 t Dried Parsely Flakes
1 t Chives
1/2 t Garlic Powder
1/2 t Onion Powder
1/4 t Old Bay
1/8 t ground Pepper
1 t Butter flavor extract

Simmer 20 minutes.

PSMF Recipe – Sweet & Sour Pork (or Chicken…)

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Meat
1/2 lb Pork loin (or Chicken, Turkey…) cut into bitesize pieces

Vegetable Base
1/2 C Cabbage – Shredded
1/2 Medium Onion – Shredded/Chopped
1/2 Tomato – Chopped
5 Medium Mushrooms – Sliced
1 Medium Carrot – Shredded
Handful of Bean Sprouts
1/2 C Apple Cider Vinegar
5 Dashes of Chinese 5 Spice
1/2 C Diet Cola

Sauce Base
1/4 C Chicken Broth
1 T Soy Sauce
1/2 T Arrowroot

Grill or pan sear the meat and set aside.  Lightly saute the Vegetable base until hot.  Add the Meat.  Stir the Sauce base over the meat and vegetables.  Simmer until heated through.

PSMF Recipe – Mock Hash Browns

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Hash Browns (2 servings)

1 C cup grated zucchini
2 eggs — beaten
1 Tablespoon grated onion
1 dash onion powder
1 dash garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir until well combined.

Spread hash mixture in skillet. When brown on one side, turn and cook the other side.

PSMF Recipe – Meat Loaf

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Meat Loaf

1/2 Lb Ground Pork
1/2 Lb Ground Turkey
1 C Spinach, chopped
1 C Onion diced
4 cloves roasted minced garlic
1/2 t Cayenne pepper
4 t fresh Parsley, chopped
4 T Tomato Sauce
1/4 C PSMF BBQ Sauce

Preheat oven to 400F. Mix ingredients together. Press into loaf pan. Glaze with Tomato Sauce or PSMF BBQ Sauce . Bake approx. 1 hr

Serve with a side salad

PSMF – Pork Chops and “Apple Sauce”

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For the mock “Apple Sauce”

1 med Jicama
1/4 t imitation butter flavor
2 packets Splenda
1/2 tsp cinnamon or to taste

Peel Jicama. Chop into 1/2 chunks. Place all ingredients into saucepan and cook over med heat till jicama is translucent.  Place everything in the blender (food processor can be used) and blend to desired consistency*. More water may be needed.  Allow to cool.

Grill or pan sear Pork Loin

Yummy.

PSMF Recipe – BBQ Sauce

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  1. Wrap the garlic bulbs and Habanero in tin foil and roast in the oven at 350 for 45 minutes
  2. While the garlic is in the oven roasting place the remaining ingredients in a large sauce pan and bring to a boil. Then lower the heat and allow the sauce to reduce and thicken over low-medium heat
  3. When the garlic has finished roasting squeeze the softened cloves and the habaneros into the sauce. Use an immersion blender until the sauce is smooth
Recipe Notes

Pour into a 32 oz (1 liter) water bottle to store

If you want to make a “diet” version substitute the  5 T Sugar for the 8 packages of Natra Sweet.

To add some heat to the sauce use 1-2 habanero peppers. Stick them in with the garlic while they are roasting. Depending on the heat desired either seeded or not.

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3 (15 oz) cans Tomato Sauce
3/4 C Cider Vinegar
2 bulbs Roasted Garlic
2 t Dry Mustard
1 t Garlic Powder
2 t Hickory Flavored Salt
8 packages Natra Sweet (or other artificial sweetener)
2 T Liquid Smoke
2 t Crushed Black Pepper

Wrap the garlic bulbs in tin foil and roast in the oven at 350 for 45 minutes
When the garlic has finished roasting squeeze the soften cloves into a large sauce pan with the Tomato sauce, vinegar and spices. Bring to a boil and then reduce sauce over low-medium heat until it thickens

Allow to cool.

Use an immersion blender until the sauce is smooth

Pour into a 32 oz (1 liter) water bottle to store

If you want to make a “non-diet” version substitute 5 T Sugar for the 8 packages of Natra Sweet.

To add some heat to the sauce use 1-2 habanero peppers. Stick them in with the garlic while they are roasting. Depending on the heat desired either seeded or not.

PSMF Recipe – Turkey Burgers

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You can use Ground Beef but since that has more fat then Turkey it makes more sense to make your burgers out of Turkey while on this diet.
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  1. Place the egg, 1/2 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, coriander, celery salt, chili powder, cumin, and cilantro in a food processor and blend into a paste.
  2. Pour that paste into a bowl with the ground Turkey and mix well by hand.
  3. Form into 3-4 oz burger patties
  4. Heat a large, non-stick skillet for medium-high heat (I like to use the griddle side of a cast iron grill pan) Spray a liberal amount of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” spray and place the patty on the griddle. While the burger is cooking (about 5 minutes) season the top with Salt and Pepper and spray the top of the patty with another liberal dose of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” then flip the burger to cook the other side. Let this side cook for about 5 minutes too You will end up with a nice charred crust on both sides of the burger with a very juicy center
Recipe Notes

Serve with BBQ Sauce (see recipe on the site).

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You can use Ground Beef but since that has more fat then Turkey it makes more sense to make your burgers out of Turkey while on this diet.

Turkey Burgers

1 pound ground turkey
1 egg
1/2 onion
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro

Place the ground turkey in a bowl. Add a beaten egg,

Place the 1/2 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, coriander, celery salt, chili powder, cumin, and cilantro in a food processor and blend into a paste. Using your hands, work this mixture into the Turkey and egg until all ingredients are evenly blended. Form mixture into 4-6 patties.
Heat a large, non-stick skillet for medium-high heat (I like to use the griddle side of a cast iron grill pan)
Spray a liberal amount of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” spray  and place the patty on the griddle. While the burger is cooking season the top with Slat and Pepper and spray the top of the patty with another liberal dose of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” then flip the burger to cook the other side.

You will end up with a nice charred crust on both sides of the burger with a very juicy center

Serve with BBQ Sauce (see recipe on the site).  Wrap in Lettuce with a tomato slice.

PSMF Recipe – Homemade Soda

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I HATE the taste of diet soda.  Just can’t choke down that aftertaste.  This soda on the other hand works well.

16 oz of Selzer Water
1 Tbl Lime Juice
2 Artifical Sugar Packets (Natra Sweet, Equal, etc…)

I’ve also used a few drops of a flavor extract like Cherry, Orange, RootBeer, etc… to mae other types of “sodas.  Like the Sparkling Lime-aide best though.

PSMF Recipe – Steak and “Potatoes”

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For the Steak and Potato lover

5 oz of Chuck Steak
6 oz Can of Mushrooms
1 t Wocestershire Sauce
1 Beef Bouillion Cube

Pan sear the Steak to almost desired doneness.  Add the Mushrooms (with their juice), Wocestershire and the Bouillion cube.

1 Med Head of Cauliflower
1/2 t garlic (chopped)
1/3 C Chicken Broth
1/8 t ground Black Pepper
Salt (to taste)
Molly McButter (to taste)

Stock pot of water to boil the cleaned and cut califlower (chopped small).  Boil about 10 min. Drain, pat dry* but do not let cool.
Puree the cauliflower in the food processor with the hot chicken broth, pepper, salt, garlic and Molly McButter.

Serve together with some more Molly McButter sprinked on the meat and the juice and mushrooms over the “mock mashed potatoes”.  I have heard (but not tried it yet) that using carrots in place of the Califlower also works well.

Using Carrots I think I might mix in some Cinnamon and serve them with a Turkey breast.  Kinda like a Thanksgiving dinner.  The Carrots would be sweet like a sweet potato.  I’ll try it in the next week or so and either post the resulting recipe or edit this one to say don’t do it.

* You really want to make sure it’s dry else the “mock” mashed potatoes will be a bit runny.  I think putting them in the microwave for a little bit to help burn off the water might even be a good solution after draining and patting dry.

PSMF Recipe – Quick and easy Tuna Salad

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For lunch I have been having either left overs from the night before or I’ll have a Tuna Salad (the following recipe makes almost enough for three meals)

2 small cans of Tuna
Salt, Pepper and Garlic Salt
2 Stalks of Celery
2 Green Onions
2 Boiled Eggs
Cider Vinegar
Dijon Mustard

Drain the tuna well and place in a food preocessor.  Pulse to break it up
Add Celery, Onion and Eggs to the food processor and pulse to chop/blend it into the Tuna
Add Mustard (about 2 Tbl) and Vinegar to taste
Serve over a mixed salad (about 2 oz) and 1 think slice of Tomato (diced)
Drizzle with Vinegar or a Tbl of a Walden Farms Salad Dressing (I like the blue cheese)

I have also used canned Carb meat in place of the Tuna.  Makes for a nice light salad topper

PSMF Recipe – Typical Breakfast

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A typical Breakfast for me has been the following.

1/4 C Egg Beaters
1 oz of Deli Roast Turkey (thin sliced and diced)
3 oz of Summer Squash (diced)
Country Scrambed with Salt, Pepper and some Yucatan Sunshine
Served with two thick slices of Tomato (about 3 oz) on the side

This has been plenty and taste very good.  On this particular diet I’m limited to just four whole eggs a week so I don’t want to waste one of them on scrambled eggs.  The Egg Beaters work great and when mixed with the Squash and Turkey make for a filling breakfast.

For a bit more “crunch” use Turkey Bacon instead of Deli Turkey

PSMF Recipe – Korean Bul-go-gi

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This recipe can serve two purposes.  1st as a “normal” Korean Bul-go-gi and also as a beef jerky

Korean Bul-go-gi

1 Lb Flank Steak
1/2 C Soy Sauce
1/2 C Water
1/4 White vinegar
2 packages Artificial Sweetener (NatraTaste)
2 Cloves Garlic (chopped)
1/2 bunch Green Onions Chopped
Black pepper to taste

Trim and cut beef into strips
Mix Soy sauce, water, vinegar, sweetener, garlic, pepper and onions
Place Steak and sauce in a 1 gallon freezer bag and allow to marinade overnight

Cut a large Onion into half rings.  Use the “flattop” side of a large grill pan and bring it up to high heat.  Once the pan is heated  throw on the onions and once they start to carmelize add the strips of beef.  Toss together until the meat is just turns from pink to brown.  Remove from heat and serve with Leaf lettuce

adding chopped Cabbage to roll up in the lettuce leaf with the beef will give it some added crunch and texture.  I would also tell you to have the Butcher slice this thin (maybe a little thicker then typical Deli Roast Beef slices)

 

 

 

 

 

 

This marinade is also really good when used to season beef to make your own Homemade Beef Jerky.
Make sure the meat is trimmed of excess fat and pat off the excess moisture before drying
I use a food Dehydrator but you could use an oven heated to 200 degrees for 6-8 hours.  Turn the meat a few times to ensure desired level of dryness

Once dried allow the beef to cool then cut into strips of desired thickness.

PSMF Recipe – Fish Soup

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As I proceed with this diet I’ll be updating this site with Recipes that I find/make/modify that are both tasty and “legal” based on the requirements outlined by this particular Doctor supervised PSMF (Protein Sparing Modified Fast) diet that I am following.

Here was the first “recipe” that I made and it was quite good.  This recipe made enough for me to meet my meal requirement, fill;ed me up and my wife was happy to also have a full bowl.

Green Onion Broth
3 C Water
6 Green Onions
1 t Worcestershire Sause
1/4 t Butter Flavor Extract
1/4 t Salt

Simmer 15 min.
Strain and discard green onions

1/2 lb Cod
1 can (6.5 oz) Clams
1 can (6.5 oz) oysters
1/2 t butter extract
1/4 t lemon extract
1/8 t Tabasco (I used Yucatan Sunshine instead)
1 t. Parsley Flakes
1/2 t Onion Powder
1/2 t Salt
1/4 t Pepper
1/4 t Seafood Seasoning

Combine in Saucepan
Simmer 20 min

Very tasty and filling.

Another good modification to this is to replace the 1/2 lb of Fish with 1 lb of Raw Shrimp

Weight Loss

I’ve never been on a “diet” before so this will be a new thing.  Quite a few employees at a client of mine have had success on a Medical supervised PSMF (Protein Sparing Modified Fast) Diet so I thought I would give it a shot.

First had to attend a seminar that decribed the process.  Then had to visit our doctor to have a complete physical and bloodwork panel performed with the results sent over to the Doc that was supervising the diet (http://www.chiro-medcenters.com/).  BTW, she is listed in Phoenix Magazine as one of the 100 Top Doctors in the Valley for 2008.

Once the Doc reviewed the physical results we scheduled to meet at her office to discuss the details of the diet and make some goals.

At the Docs office I weighed in at 216.  My own goal is to get down to around 170 (46 lbs).  The measurement the Doc took around my abodomen was a 38 and with a goal to get that around 32 should see me around my target weight goal too.

I  had to sign a statement not to reproduce any part of the program for either prublic or private use. So I’ll have to be pretty general on this description.

Basically you are limited to a set number of servings of vegetables per day and to a set serving portion of proteins per day too. Unlike Adkins you are eating lean meats and no dairy (low fat milk, cheese, etc…) has been allowed so far.   The amount and quantities are more than sufficient to keep the hungry away.

You are also taking a set quantity of supplements (Multivitamin, Potaisum, Magnesium, etc..) each day and testing your urine with a ketostick each morning.

A Sample Daily Meal:

For Breakfast this morning I had

1/4 C Egg Beaters
1 oz Deli Turkey
3 oz Summer Squash
3 oz Tomato

Lunch was

5 oz Tuna Salad
2 oz Mixed Salad
1 Tb Creamy Bacon

For dinner the other night I had a fish Soup made with Cod, Clams and Oysters (5 oz of Protien and a 3 oz of Mixed Salad) in a broth made with Green Onions.  It was quite tasty.

For dinner tonight I’ll be having Korean Bul-go-gi (obviously without the Rice) that is currently marinating in the fridge and smells great.

For lunch on Saturday and Sunday I had bought some cuts of Chuck Steak (5 oz portion) that a seared in the pan along with some Wocestershire sauce, a beef bullion cube.  Once the meat was seared on each side I dumped in a 6 oz can of mushrooms to saute along with a sprinking of Butter Buds.  Had a 2 oz Mixed salad (bigger portion than you would expect) on the side with a tablespoon of Walden Farms “Creamy Bacon” salad dressing.   Very Tasty actually.

Some of the recipes in the book to guide you on the diet sound pretty good too (Egg Drop Soup, Spaghetti Sauce over Italian Vegies, Swiss Steak, Beef Fajitas, Beef Stew, Taco Salad, Hot Wings, Mexican Lettuce Warps, Crab Cakes, Sweet & Sour Chicken, etc…).  They are obviously modifed to reduce both the fat content and to eliminate the carbs.

To drink with Dinner and lunch I have been making my own soda:  A glass of Selzer water (0 Carb, 0 Fat, etc…) flavored with an Extract (Cherry, Orange or Lime Juice, etc…) and sweetened with two packets of artifical sweetener (Natra Sweet).  It actually tastes good and does not have that nasty Diet Soda after taste.  Went over to AJ’s and bought some additonal extracts (Root Beer, Banana, etc…) to mix it up some more.

A guy on this diet is suposed to lose about .8 lbs per day.  I started the evening of 2/20 with Dinner.  The day (2/19) before at the Doc’s office I weighed 216.  Yesterday (2/22) I weighed in at 212 and this morning when I weighed myself I was at 210.  That works out for me to be 6 lbs in 3 days!

I’m going to take a picture (front, sides and back) on Monday of each week that I am on this diet and will animate them when I reach the goal.  It should look like I’m spinning around as the weight comes off.

Based on the goal weight I should be done sometime the middle of April if not sooner!