The Sexy Chef Cookbook

By Rachel Alejandro and Chef Barni Alejandro-Rennebeck

Chef Barni shares her original recipes from The Sexy Chef’s wide selection, as well as new dishes created for this book while Rachel tells us how to look and feel our best every day through a healthy lifestyle.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9786218016026

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

Confessions of a Foodaholic

Barni, formerly known as The Sick Woman

Healthy Is Sexy...But What is Healthy Eating?

The Sexy Chef Pantry

The Sexy Chef Recommends

Let’s Get Cooking!

Appetizers & Snacks

Oven-Fried Chicken Fingers

California Maki Pinwheels

Cauliflower Popcorn

Chicken Ala Queen Toast Cups

Tofu Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches

Healthified Nachos

Hummus with Garlicky Pita Chips

Stuffed Tomatoes with Fresh Herbs and Smoked Fish

Thai Minced Chicken in Lettuce Cups

Soups

Chilled Tinola Soup

Creamy Potato Soup with Asparagus

Kamote Soup with Cashew Cream

Monggo Soup Purée with Malunggay

Pinoystrone

Rotisserie Chicken Soup

Southwestern Tortilla Soup

Salads & Sides

Bahay Kubo Chopped Salad with Mango Yogurt Dressing

Crab and Mango Salad with Oriental Dressing

Creamy White Bean Mash with Rosemary

Eggplant in Miso Sauce

Cucumber Salad with Tofu Feta

Japanese Fried Cauliflower Rice

Malunggay Noodle Salad

Romaine Salad with Cranberries, Pine Nuts & Pesto Vinaigrette

Noodles

Asian Style Spaghetti

Chicken Alfredo

Malunggay Pasta Puttanesca

Shrimp Scampi over Carrot-Squash Noodles

Spaghetti with Meatballs

Vegetarian Jap Chae

Veggie Vermicelli

Main Dishes

Bangus Sisig

Arroz a la Cubana

Osso Buco-Style Beef Stew with Gremolata

Seafood Thermidor

Albondigas

Chicken with Cashew and Water Chestnuts

Grilled Teriyaki Steak Kebabs

Pakbet Rice with Shrimp

Shepherd’s Pie with Cauli-Mash Topping

Shrimp Creole

Chicken Adobo Wrap with Mango

Low-Carb Nasi Goreng

Desserts & Smoothies

Apple Cinnamon Whole-Wheat Bread Pudding

Berry Delicious Green Smoothie

Brown Rice Crispy Treats with Flax

Chocolate Chia Pudding with Strawberries

Fruit Kebabs with Chocolate Avocado Dipping Sauce

Green Goblin Yogurt Smoothie

Mango-Coconut Chia Pudding

Being Slim Vs. Being at a Healthy Weight

Diet Programs Demystified

Healthy Everyday

Let’s Party!

Good Eats For The Little Ones

Sexy-cise!

What the Stars Are Saying About The Sexy Chef

Acknowledgments

Credits

About The Authors

Foreword

WEIGHT LOSS is an on-going battle for me and women who are in search of magic bullets to shed excess fat. Most people think they can outsmart the body by simply reducing calorie intake and increasing activity. Unfortunately, those who have been on several diets know that the body makes it difficult to lose weight on a calorie-reduced diet, because it senses starvation and hangs on to fat for energy. Just ask Pinoy Biggest Loser contestants and they will tell you how frustrating it is to exercise ten times as much and eat ten times less, only to find out they have either gained weight or not lost a single pound.

Choosing what to eat for weight loss is daunting and confusing. While I consider healthful eating a matter of common sense, i.e., eating anything in moderation or simply selecting meals which use healthy cooking techniques and fresh/healthy ingredients; eating to lose weight is actually rocket science.

Four years ago, The Sexy Chef decided to invest in the (rocket) science of weight management and, thus, started our mutually beneficial, fruitful, and fulfilling relationship. Together, we are like mad scientists finding win-win approaches to balance good taste and good health by using nutrient-dense and functional ingredients that actually urge the body to lose weight and creative food preparation techniques such as fortification, substitution, extension, and volumetrics.

Through the years, I have worked with many brilliant chefs who are all excellent at creating mouth-watering dishes that are truly world class. However, when it comes to creating original recipes that are just as tasty but also adhere to my very strict (rocket) science of weight loss, I consider Chef Barni of The Sexy Chef, in a league of her own.

Having said that, I am thrilled that you, the readers, get to share in the techniques and expertise of a company that has, for many years, made it their business to help countless people lose weight conveniently. The Sexy Chef Cookbook will show you how to make healthy, delicious food for yourself and for people you care for the most. It is a compilation of the best techniques that The Sexy Chef has developed through the years, all in one place for the very first time.

For me and for The Sexy Chef, it is one of life’s simple joys to make healthy food taste great. I hope that The Sexy Chef Cookbook can help create a framework for your new healthy and joyful lifestyle.

NADINE TENGCO

US Certified Fitness Nutritionist

Food Coach, Biggest Loser Philippines

Introduction

Thoughts become things. If you can see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand. — Bob Proctor, motivational speaker

For some, these lines may sound like positive-thinking mumbo jumbo. But every time someone asks how our health food delivery company came to be, this quote always come to mind.

Once upon a time, in front of their grandmother’s dresser mirror, two little girls held hair brushes in their hands like microphones and pretended to be the hosts of a TV show called The RB Show. They would lose