Pumpkin Oats

 

I don’t know how I lived this long before discovering pumpkin butter.  I guess I shied away from it because it has “butter” in the name, and all things butter are high calorie and fat.  Not pumpkin butter though.  Two tablespoons of this delicious stuff has only 60 calories and 0 fat!  Score!  I got [...]

Low Fat Blueberry Scones

Man, I am really procrastinating on my sisters slideshow (see previous post).  I watched almost two hours of Olympic rowing and made scones to get out of it.  Time to bite the bullet though now.  Well after I finish blogging
Speaking of biting….these are worthy of just that.  They are a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

For the recipe and [...]

Cola Pork & Apple Slaw

Cola Pork & Apple Slaw
I’m doing this new thing with grocery shopping lately.  Usually I would go to the store for a big shop once every two weeks.  That worked OK except I have this big problem with keeping produce fresh.  We also waste SO much food because things always come up and meal plans [...]

White Bean & Barley Risotto

Adapted from Rachael Ray
INGREDIENTS:

1 large yellow onion, chopped
2 1/2c. Fat free beef broth
2 cloves of garlic, finely diced
1/2c. quick cooking barley
15oz small white beans
1/4c. flat leaf parsley

Stuffed Peppers

This is probably not rocket science for most of you, but I was fishing around in the fridge today and came across red peppers and leftover Mexican casserole and thought..hey..stuffed peppers.
Easiest thing to make in history and oh-so-good.
INGREDIENTS:
Leftover Mexican Casserole
Low-fat Shredded Mexican Cheese (I use the WW variety)
Red Peppers
Olive Oil Spray
DIRECTIONS:
1. Spray pan [...]

Granola French Toast

Granola French Toast
adapted from Rachael Ray magazine
INGREDIENTS:

Light Whole Wheat Bread ( I used Country Kitchen Light)
1/4c. Egg beaters
1/4c. Light granola (I used Back to Nature Cranberry Pecan)
Cinnamon
Pam cooking spray
Sugar free strawberry preserves (optional)
Sugar free honey (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
1. Grind granola in a food processor until fine (to make two pieces of Granola French Toast I used [...]

Classic Comfort Food: Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd’s Pie
I love comfort food. I grew up on stick-to-your rib dinners and homemade everything (homemade bread, oh my word the homemade bread). We were not the kind of family that ate many blue box dinners. Oh how I longed to be that kind of family when I was kid, but instead [...]

Whoopie Pie Showdown

I was first introduced to a whoopie pie in 6th grade. My best good friend Erica’s family is Mennonite (radical Amish) from the Pennsylvania Dutch area and her Mom made them all the time. I love her mom.
Since moving to Maine in ‘05, I see them everywhere! Apparently (I googled it) whoopie [...]

Egg-cellent

Every other Thursday night we have a group of close friends that come over for dessert and to watch LOST. Well, the guys watch it. We girls mostly cackle in the kitchen about the stupid thing(s) our husbands did or said that week. We talk about recipes, work, our hair, other people’s [...]

A love affair with Ellie K. and her Smoothies

Ellie Krieger has got to be one of my favorite Food Network personalities.  She not only makes healthy food, but it’s delicious and easy.  My husband bought me her new cookbook The Food You Crave for Valentine’s Day this year and I haven’t put it down since.  I can’t say the same for many of [...]