Healthy Lean Options

Leanest = 7 ounce portion (cooked weight) plus 2 Healthy Fats

Alligator (cooked)
Buffalo
Catfish
Cod
Crab
Crayfish (cooked)
Cusk (cooked)
Deer
Elk
Flatfish (cooked)
Flounder or Sole
Frog Legs (cooked)
Ground turkey or other meat at least 98% lean
Grouper
Haddock
Lobster
Mahi Mahi
Monkfish (cooked)
Moose (cooked)
Orange Roughy
Ostrich, tip, trimmed (cooked)
Perch (cooked)
Pike (cooked)
Scallops
Shrimp
Squid (cooked) 9 ounces!
Striped Bass (cooked)
Tilapia
Tuna (Yellowfin Steak or canned in water)
Wahoo (Ono) fish (cooked)
Whiting (cooked)
Young Duckling (cooked)

Leaner = 6 ounce portion (cooked weight) plus 1 Healthy Fat

Black Bass (cooked)
Butter Fish (cooked)
Chicken breast or white meat, without the skin
Chicken Gizzards (cooked)
Conch (cooked)
Corvina (cooked)
Duck, wild (cooked)
Ground turkey or other meat 95-97% lean
Halibut
Mussels (cooked)
Quail (cooked)
Octopus (cooked)
Ostrich, top loin (cooked)
Rabbit, wild (cooked)
Sand Bass (cooked)
Shark (cooked)
Squirrel (cooked)
Sturgeon (cooked)
Swordfish
Tilefish (cooked)
Trout
Turkey light meat

Lean = 5 ounce portion (cooked weight) and no Healthy Fats

Bear (cooked)
Beef Liver (cooked)
Blue Fish (cooked)
Carp (cooked)
Chicken dark meat
Chilean Sea Bass (cooked)
Dove (cooked)
Duck, domesticated (cooked)
Eel (cooked)
Farmed Catfish
Ground turkey or other meat 85-94% lean
Ham (cooked)
Herring
Lamb
Lean Roast
Lean Steak
Mackerel
Ox Tail (cooked)
Pheasant (cooked)
Pork Chop
Pork Tenderloin
Rabbit, domestic (cooked)
Rainbow Trout (cooked)
Salmon
Sardines (cooked)
Tuna (Bluefin Steak)
Turkey dark meat
Whitefish (cooked)
Yellow Tail (cooked)

Raw Vs. Cooked Weights

Fish – fillets and steaks, 10 ounces raw = 7 ounces cooked
Fish – whole, dressed, 1.625 pounds raw = 7 ounces cooked
Lobster, meat only, 1.75 pounds raw = 7 ounces cooked
Shrimp – Raw, in shell, 13 ounces raw = 7 ounces cooked
Shrimp – Raw, peeled and cleaned, 11.2 ounces raw = 7 ounces cooked

Chicken – Breast, white meat, 9.1 ounces raw = 6 ounces cooked
Turkey – Breasts, whole, skinless, 10.5 ounces raw = 6 ounces cooked

Beef – Ground, 85% lean, 6.25 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Chicken – Thigh, dark meat, 10 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Lamb – Chops, 11 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Lamb – Roast, leg, boneless, 8.2 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Lamb – Roast, leg, with bone, 11.1 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Pork – Chops, loin, with bone, 12.2 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Roast – Chuck, pot roast, boneless, 7.14 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Steak – Tenderloin, trimmed, 5.5 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Steak – Sirloin, boneless, 6.7 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Steak – Flank, 7.46 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Steak – Ribeye, 6.85 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Steak – Round, bottom, boneless, 7.14 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Steak – Rump, boneless, 8 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked
Turkey – Ground, 5.9 ounces raw = 5 ounces cooked

 

Cilantro Lime Shrimp

Cilantro lime shrimp

Slightly adapted from skinnytaste.com

 

Servings: 3 • Calories: 119 • Fat: 3 g • Protein: 19 g • Carb: 2 g • Fiber: 0 g • Sugar: 0 Cholest: 144 • Sodium: 140 (without the salt)

Makes 3 servings   Per serving   1 Leanest protein   2/3 fat serving   3 condiments Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds peeled and deveined jumbo shrimp
  • 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/8 teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 5 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 4 teaspoons lime juice (from 1 medium lime)
  • 4 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Directions: Season the shrimp with cumin, and salt and pepper to taste. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 teaspoons of the oil to the pan, then add half of the shrimp. Cook them undisturbed for about 2 minutes. Turn the shrimp over and cook until opaque throughout, about 1 minute. Transfer to a plate. Add the remaining 2 teaspoons oil and the remaining shrimp to the pan and cook, undisturbed, for about 2 minutes. Turn the shrimp over, add the garlic, and cook until the shrimp is opaque throughout, about 1 minute. Return the first batch of shrimp to the skillet, mix well so that the garlic is evenly incorporated and remove the pan from the heat. Squeeze the lime juice over all the shrimp. Add the cilantro, toss well, and serve.

Jalapeno Fudge

Jalapeno Fudge

Slightly adapted from Deliciously-Thin.com

Ingredients:

  • 16 ounces of low fat cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 3 eggs, well beaten
  • 1 cup jalapenos, chopped
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Put chopped peppers in bottom of a lightly buttered 9X13 pan.

Top with cheese and eggs and salt and pepper.

Bake uncovered for 30 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven. Cut into squares and serve up delicious jalapeno fudge.

Per Square – 24 squares in a batch
Makes 5 servings

Per serving

1 Lean Protein

4/5 of a condiment