Enhanced Medifast Meals - Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Snickerdoodle Cookies

Yesterday, I found a couple of recipes to spruce up the Medifast meals. I will keep adding to the blog as I try them out.

The first was the Snickerdoodle cookies. I made them last night for my last meal of the day and they were incredible! You just need the Vanilla Shake powder and a few more ingredients. I added an Organic Stevia packet instead of Splenda, so that took off a few calories for a total of 114. For only 4 more calories, you can turn your shake into 2 delicious cookies!

This recipe can be found at: Slim Kicker

Ingredients Needed

1. French Vanilla Shake (2.0 packet)
2. Splenda with Fiber (1.0 packet)
3. Baking Powder (1.0 tsp)
4. Ground Cinnamon (0.25 tsp)
5. Vanilla Extract (1.0 tsp)
6. Water (0.25 cup (8 fl oz))

Instructions

These wonderful cinnamon-sugar cookies are "sinfully delicious". Crispy edges and chewy centers low in carbs and fats for your Medifast diet.

• Mix dry ingredients with a whisk, then slowly add the water.
• When the mixture thickens like a paste, spoon the cookies by tablespoonful on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• You should get about 4 cookies then bake at 350 degress for 8 minutes. Two cookies each serving. Enjoy!

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Now for the Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Are you ready for this? It's made of the Tomato Basil Soup packet. That's right. A soup packet is going to be turned into a delicious grilled cheese sandwich. I ended up having to make mine a bit differently because I couldn't seem to find my sandwich maker anywhere. I have a feeling it never got unpacked from my last move and is at the bottom of a box somewhere. 

My modification was to use diced tomatoes instead of salsa and then make this in a pan. I blended the ingredients as I heated up the pan on medium heat. Make sure to not get it too hot as the mixture can burn. When the pan was hot, I made 2 circles with the mixture. As soon as one side was crisp enough (a couple minutes or so), I flipped the circle to get the other side. After I flipped, I put a slice of low fat cheese on top and let it melt for about two minutes before making the "sandwich". As soon as the sandwich was made, I let it sit another 30 seconds or so and placed it on my plate. Overall time to make - about 5 minutes. 

The original recipe using a sandwich maker and salsa is from: New Beautiful Me blog.

1 packet Medifast Cream of Tomato Soup
1/4 cup egg beaters
2 TB salsa
1 oz moderate fat cheese 3-6 grams fat/oz


This counts as 1 Medifast meal, 1/3 lean, 2 condiments.


Mix soup, egg beaters and salsa together.

Pour evenly among the 4 squares. Cook for 3 minutes.

Fold in half and add cheese in the middle.  Enjoy!