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Meatballs and Spaghetti

Written By: Chris - Apr• 04•12

This dish was inspired because I was thinking of what the kids would like when they recently were coming over for a Sunday dinner… I always try to come up with something different and we all enjoy meatballs and Spaghetti.  We all like the flavor of ground beef, but I try to “lighten it up” by combining it with ground turkey for less fat and calories.  This is a simple recipe!  It was very tasty and even healthy!  🙂   Coincidentally, this was the same dinner that we enjoyed with the light bread pudding dofus herunterladen!

We enjoyed this dish over spaghetti pasta, (Bill and I had “spinach” pasta, which is wonderful!) with a side of garlic butter toast (for those not watching their Weight Watchers Points), a salad and french green beans!  I started with a prepared spaghetti sauce and “doctored” it up to keep things simple yet Delicious Download minigames for free!

I’m including Weight Watchers Points™

Meatball Ingredients:
1/2 lb. ground Beef
1 lb. ground Turkey
1/2 large Onion
3 slices of 1″ French bread
3/4 Cup Milk, fat-free
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire
2 Tablespoons dry Italian Seasoning
2 Garlic cloves, crushed
2/3 Cup grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 Cup Egg beater
2 Tablespoons of flat leaf Parsley
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Servings: 21, 2 Weight Watchers Points Plus each

Easy Spaghetti Sauce:
2 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 large Onion
2 Tablespoons light Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons dry Italian Seasoning
1 Can Italian seasoned tomatoes
6 fresh Tomatoes
2 Garlic cloves, crushed
Salt & Pepper
3 cans Hunt traditional Spaghetti Sauce

Servings: 18, 2 Weight Watchers Points Plus each

Start by chopping your onions and sauteing them until translucent gps tracks herunterladen. (Reserve half of the onions for the sauce)
Always use fresh  herbs when possible.  Chop parsley and set aside.

Soak three thick sliced pieces of Italian bread in the milk

 

Combine entire ingredients together

Then tear the soaked bread into small pieces and blend with hands until everything is evenly distributed download from facebook videos.

Using an ice cream scoop keeps your meatballs consistent in size.  Place them on an oven safe cooling rack that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.  Bake/roast them at 400 for 15 – 25 minutes depending on how large you choose to make them facebook video to mp3.
Mine were larger than a golf ball.

 

Start sauce by using the second half of the cooked onion.  Add the garlic and all of the other ingredients except the prepared spaghetti sauce and simmer for 15 minutes or so before combining with the prepared sauce hintergrundbilder downloaden gratis.

    

Simmer on low while you prepare your pasta al dente download rust for free.

Enjoy! (Yes, there was wine!)

Cheers!
~Chris

 

 

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Pineapple, Chicken & (Turkey) Ham Flat Out Pizza’s

Written By: Chris - Apr• 04•12

You already know that WE LOVE Flat Out Pizza’s, which are a delicious, healthy option for ordering pizza delivery!

You can make so many varieties based on what you have on hand!  I rarely use pizza sauce, but did with this version and it hit the spot Download videos from facebook mac!

I often deliberately choose not to include an ingredient list because it is something you can make fairly quickly and simply customize with your personal favorite toppings.  Go ahead and dress them to your liking how can I with itunes!

I’m including Weight Watchers Points™

“Flat Out’s” are low in fat & carbs, high in fiber and can easily be counted on the weight watchers program.  They can be found in nearly every grocery store.  Cub carries them in their deli department video downloaden van youtube naar mp4.

This pizza’s toppings:

Fresh pineapple, chopped cooked chicken tenderloins and turkey ham, fresh oregano, prepared pizza sauce, garlic and mozzarella cheese gpxen op ipad!

Start by sauteing the onions and fresh crushed garlic

Once your onions and pressed garlic have cooked, set them aside to cool.  Use the same pan to saute your chicken tenderloins, which have been seasoned with salt & pepper Download tolino app books.

Start by spraying or drizzling each side of the flat out with Olive oil.  Bake at 400 for just a few minutes on each side turning half way through to crisp up slightly before topping.  Then sprinkle with a small amount of mozzarella cheese.  Just enough to help the toppings stick.  Don’t add too much or your crust will become soggy.  We like it CRISPY huawei p8 lite fotos herunterladen!

Begin adding and distributing the toppings to your liking…

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Bake for about 15 -20 minutes.  Turn and/or rotate shelves between the two stones to insure even cooking.  Cooking time may vary for your Pizza’s depending on your oven.  Let rest for a few minutes before cutting.  The edges will be crunchy and the overall pizza should be THIN an CRISPY Download crysis 3 for free in full!

 

We have enjoyed these with a variety of delicious wines.  Bill served me this delicious Migration Pino Noir that he tells about in his blog: Bill’s Wine Wandering… 

It was AMAZING you can bluetooth!

Enjoy!

Cheers!
~Chris

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Country Pork Rib Soup

Written By: Chris - Apr• 03•12

Recently during dinner, I was thinking ahead and knew that the following day was going to be an exhausting one since we were going to be working in my gardens.  I’ve been there, done that and recall that after five or six hours pulling foliage, bending over and cleaning for spring – I knew that I wasn’t going to feel like cooking or going out to eat Girls pc games for free!

Since we’re trying to eat better, I thought that ordering Pizza deliver probably wouldn’t be a great idea either… so threw together an easy, but delicious crock pot recipe!  Our friends Dave and Heather had been working in their yard too, so they joined us for a nice quiet evening and dinner was pretty much made by its self all day while we did the yard work problemen met apps downloaden!

The citrus adds a bright and refreshing twist!

Ingredients:
6 – 4 oz Download linux ubuntu for free. Boneless Pork Ribs
Lowrey’s Season Salt
Pepper
Granulated Garlic

Crock Pot:
1 large Onion
2 large Potatoes
4 Tablespoons Chicken Stock (soup starter)
6 Cups Water
2 Clementines
5 Garlic cloves
Salt * Pepper
2 packages Pork Gravy
4 Tablespoons Johny’s Au Jus concentrate

Start by seasoning the pork ribs.  Mine was slightly frozen inside, so they stuck together in one big roast.  There were actually four or so boneless pork ribs prison break herunterladen.

   

Clean and chop veggies in nice even sized chunks whatsapp web mehrere bilder herunterladen.

 

Brown the ribs on a hot grill and mix soup starter with the water

   

Add vegetables and boneless ribs to crock pot that has been sprayed with non stick spray datei von google drive herunterladen.
Cover with broth and arrange cut up clementines including the skin on.
Crush garlic over the top

 

Stow away in the refrigerator until morning uni oldenburg powerpoint.
Start crock pot on high for first two hours or so and turn to low.
Allow slow cooker to do its magic!

 

Slow cook until pork is tender and can be shredded with a fork open office word for free.
Discard oranges completely and add Au Jus to flavoring.

Enjoy!

Cheers
~Chris

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Light Bread Pudding

Written By: Chris - Apr• 02•12

Hungry for something that isn’t too sweet, but just sweet enough?  I served this wonderful “Light” Bread Pudding after dinner with the family, but then we enjoyed it for a nice breakfast the next day too download adobe reader for free windows 10!

I’m including Weight Watchers Points™

Ingredients:
2/3 – 1 lb horse spiele kostenlos downloaden. loaf of French bread (dried)
1 Tablespoon Butter
2 Tablespoons Brummel & Brown (butter product made from Yogurt)
1/2 Cup Raisins
1 Cup Egg beaters
2 Eggs
1 Can evaporated fat-free Milk
1 Cup Milk, fat-free
1/2 Cup light Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Xylitol
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon fresh Nutmeg
pinch of Salt

Not so “light” Sauce Ingredients:
1/2 Cup half and half
1/2 Cup Milk, fat-free
2 Tablespoons
1/3 Cup raw Manuka Honey
1 Tablespoon flour
pinch of Salt
zest of 1/2 Lemon

The bread pudding is delicious with a fat-free whip topping as well if you are trying to reduce points.  Save the not so light sauce for your friends and family who don’t need to reduce their calories download ipad mp4.

Cut bread into small cubes and place into a 9 X 13 (mine is a 9 X 14) pan sprayed with Butter flavored cooking spray.  Also spray the bread with a light dusting of the butter spray

 

In medium sauce pan, heat milk over medium heat until it forms a frothy film.  Add butter and Brummel & Brown until melted.  Cool to Luke warm amazon movies pc.

 

Mix together sugar, eggs, spices & vanilla

   

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Mix the egg mixture into the milk mixture evenly and

 

Press gently with hands to make sure the bread has soaked up all of the liquid

Bake 350 degrees 45-50 minutes

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Cheers!
~Chris

Bread pudding 16 servings, 3 Weight Watchers Points Plus
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Spring Rolls

Written By: Chris - Mar• 26•12

Recently, Bill and I had to meet some friends of ours – after hours at the WEBCO Showroom herunterladen. (My day job) They are building a new house and we will be helping them with their structured cabling and security.  We had a little time to kill before they arrived and we needed a snack!  We wandered just down the road to an Asian place for an appetizer.  Always looking for options on the lighter side, we enjoyed steamed dumplings and thought the Fresh Spring Rolls looked pretty good!  The menu said were made with cooked shrimp, roasted pork, cilantro, lettuce, bean sprouts and rice noodles wrapped with rice paper and served with a peanut dipping sauce.  Well, I don’t think they had any lettuce or bean sprouts in them and we went easy on the peanut dipping sauce google tabellen download kostenlos!

My son Andrew is always talk about making spring rolls, so I thought we should give it a try.  I had to stop for a few of the ingredients because I didn’t have rice papers on hand!  I also figured I could add more vegetables and allow us each to pick and choose some of our favorites to roll up vavoo.to!

Ingredients:
Rice Papers
Fresh Spinach
Cucumber
Carrots
shredded Cabbage
Cleaned, peeled & deveined cooked Shrimp
I had a couple of large Prawns that we had grilled the night before that we cut up and also added. 
Avocado
Yellow, Red & Orange Peppers
Green Onion
Cilantro
Sriracha hot sauce

Prepare various vegetables by cutting them julienne style.  The ideal julienne cut is about two inches long – any longer and it’s hard to get into your mouth! A sharp, non-serrated kitchen knife makes the best cuts quicktime player für mac download kostenlos. Avoid serrated knives, which “saw” through food.

Have a bowl of hot water for dipping rice paper available and assemble your work station with everything close and on hand prime video auf computer herunterladen.
Place softened sheet on a flat surface or plate


I used a glass plate, but you can see Andrew made his right on the counter top!  Arrange ingredients you prefer within your rice paper.  Don’t stuff too much, or the papers tear easily.  I had more of a problem then Drew, but he also said we’ll be looking for a better quality paper next time.  These ones were very thin skyp kostenlos herunterladen deutsch!

 

Fold sides in

 

Roll jelly roll style laying Spring Roll seam side down

 

Red Curry dipping Sauce:
2 Tablespoons of fresh Lime Juice
1 Tablespoon Fish Sauce
1 Tablespoon Red Curry Paste
1 Tablespoon Xylitol (or sugar)
2 Tablespoons fresh grated Ginger
1 Garlic clove
1 Tablespoon Teryaki Sauce
1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil

Peanut dipping Sauce:
2 Tablespoons of fresh grated Ginger
1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
3 Tablespoons Rice Vinegar
1/4 Cup Red Pepper Flakes
2 Tablespoon Hoisin Sauce
2 Garlic cloves
1 Tablespoons Oyster Sauce

You can use low sugar peanut butter to cut back on calories download the pay card. I prefer the chunk style for additional texture.  Make your own varieties and Enjoy!

Cheers!
~Chris

 

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