Dukan egg custards

Oh my!

Im not a good cook, I get by but these were so easy, even I managed them.

They tasted as good as they look and really satified my sweet cravings.

Dont they look good.

Here is the recipe, taken from the Dukan Diet site.

H & V’s Perfected Baked Egg Custard

Ingredients (Serves 10)

• 6 cups of skim/skimmed milk
• 4 tablespoons of Splenda
• 5 whole eggs
• 5 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
• 2 teaspoon of  almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 140 degrees Celsius (275 degrees Fahrenheit or Gas Mark 1)
2. Scald the milk till just below boiling. be careful not to burn – stir to make sure milk isn’t sticking to bottom of pot.
3. Stir in Splenda and salt till dissolved.
4. In a large mixing bowl beat the eggs till completely blended.
5. Add vanilla and almond extract.
6. Slowly add hot milk while beating continuously.
7. Pour into 10 ramekins.
8. Put into pans large enough to hold all – or 2 pans.
9. Pour boiling water to mid-level of ramekins.
10. Bake for 1 hour or until custards are firm around the edges and just a little soft in the centers.
11. Cool and refrigerate.
12. Enjoy.

I halved the recipe using 3 whole eggs and two whites and it worked out great.

I am going to make some more tomorrow but this time swap the almond extract for a lemon one.

I will let you know how they taste.

What do you use to control your sweet cravings.

Lisa xx

Yes I can Dukan.

Since I can remember I've been a yoyo dieter. Lose a stone, put a stone plus on. Repeat repeat repeat. 

I have tried, weightwatchers, slimming world, atkins, cambridge, 2/5, slim fast, you are what you eat, cabbage diet, heart foundation diet, calorie counting. 

 Crickey thats a lot and I bet there still more. But ive never stuck to anything really. 

A few of years ago my weight rocketed to an all time great, I wasnt happy and I do tend to comfort eat. That and I'd given up smoking, so instead a cigarette I ate chocolate!

I looked through the mirror and didn't like or know the person staring back at me.

I tried to stay my usual bubbly self but working in an area where your surrounded by mirrors, inside I was distraught. I had also, after an illness, developed Asthma and was on quite a hefty dose of inhalers to keep it at bay. All round, things weren't good.

One day I was in TK Max looking at hang bags, ( clothes held no interest to me) and I wandered over to the clearance section. It was there I saw the book that changed me. It was 99p. It was the Dukan Diet. Another diet book I thought but it's only 99p I will have a look.

It was near christmas and over the christmas holidays I started to read it. Something inside clicked and I knew where I'd been going wrong all these years. 

The first week in January I bought in everything I needed to start. This mainly consisted of meat, eggs, yogurt and cottage cheese! And I began....

By the first week in June I had lost 3.7 stones, went from a size 20 to a 12. Was completely off any Asthma medication, looked and felt so much better. 

The only draw back my hubby says is I can't stop buying clothes now.

So why this blog post?

Well,  its been over a year and I have only put back on 10 lbs, which is amazing for me. My clothes still fit but they are a bit snugger than they were, so I thought I would go back to the first stage of the diet again to kick start me off. This time with only 10lbs to lose!

Although I have still been following it ( not religiously ) for over a year, I know what I can and cant eat, but the monthly sweet temptation gets too much. 

I knew this would be my downfall to my kickstart so I started on the hunt for new attack stage dessert recipes.

It was then I came across my new life savers. dukan egg custards! 

Im not much of a cook but I had to give these a try. 

You can see them tomorrow!

Lisa xx