We had waffles the other night and I made this super healthy, low-calorie apple topping for our waffles. I drizzled just a smidgen of real maple syrup over the top, and it was just divine.
It’s also a very frugal recipe, as you can go ahead and use apples that are bruised or just not perfect for serving raw – just cut out the yucky parts and use the rest.
Quick and Easy Microwave Spiced Apples
Quick and Easy Microwave Spiced Apples
4 Granny Smith apples, cored, and sliced
1 tablespoon
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My tomatoes aren’t ripe yet (although they are taking over the sidewalk, so I really need to stake them), but roma tomatoes are crazy cheap right now. Mozzarella was on sale this week, too, and I’ve got basil in the garden. What’s a girl to do, but make Caprese salad?
This differs from the usual in that it’s chopped instead of sliced, I add balsamic vinegar (yum) and I mix it in one of those Ziplock storage jars. So tasty!
Quick and Easy Caprese Salad
Quick and Easy Caprese
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A couple months ago, I saw this recipe on Hon, What’s for Dinner? and vowed to make it. Although I’ve never had the PF Chang’s version, I’d had them at a local restaurant and was crazy about them.
For some reason, though, I put it off until a couple of weeks ago, when ground chicken was on a half price sale, and WOW! We have a new favorite in the house! We’ve had it a couple of times since. They are super quick, easy, frugal, healthy, and oh so very tasty!
I’ve made a few minor changes, so here’s my version:
Asian Lettuce
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The kids and I love to watch the show Chopped on Food Network. A couple weeks ago, one of the contestants made a broccoli and lemon couscous, and I loved the idea, so I decided to see if I could figure out how to make it — it sounded simple enough. We loved it!
Broccoli-Lemon Couscous
Broccoli and Lemon Couscous
3 stalks broccoli
1 lemon
2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup couscous
1. Cut the florets from the broccoli, saving the stalk and stems for another purpose. Chop the broccoli into
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I love this stew – and I love that I can cook it in my crockpot and not heat up the house!
Ham and Lentils Stew
Ham and Lentils Stew (served over brown rice here)
1 lb dried lentils
2 cups fat-free chicken broth
5 cups water
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup cooked ham, diced
3 carrots, diced
1 tsp dried rosemary, crushed
1/2 tsp rubbed sage
1/4 tsp pepper
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
Put everything except the salt into a slow cooker. Cook for 3-4 hours on high. Salt before serving.
Servings: 8
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per serving):
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This is almost the last of the recipes from Doodle’s birthday party.
The menu was:
Guacamole, salsa, and corn chips
Green chile pinwheels
Roast beef, horseradish, and basil pinwheels
Deviled Eggs
And, of course, birthday cake
We love my deviled eggs – I’ll post that one soon, too.
Making everything except the corn chips from scratch enabled me to give my daughter a lovely party with lots of food for a small outlay. And she’d prefer homemade to store-bought any day!
And now, on to the salsa. It’s really simple and quick, and wayyy less expensive than store-bought salsa. It also tastes a lot better than store-bought.
Salsa
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Here’s a yummy snack or lunch that I’ve been enjoying for the last couple of days. This is so quick and easy, I don’t know if it actually counts as a recipe!
Ham and Cream Cheese Rollups
Ham and Cream Cheese Roll-ups
2 slices lean sandwich ham
1 tablespoon reduced fat cream cheese with chives and onions
Stack two slices of ham and spread with cream cheese. Roll up.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per roll-up): 75 calories, 50 calories from fat, 6g total fat, 30mg cholesterol, 355mg sodium, 0mg potassium,
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And I’m finally posting the other side dish to the wonderful dinner of Sage and Thyme Marinated Chicken Breasts, Primordial Ooze Salad, and Sour Cream and Chive Smashed Potatoes. Saving the best for last? Well, if you’re a potato nut like me, that’s true!
I love smashed potatoes with all the goodies in them: bacon, sour cream, cheese, chives… yum. But I don’t think I love it enough for all those calories and fat! So I decided to make a lower-calorie version. I’ll admit that it didn’t taste as decadent as the bacon and cheese version, but it was still very
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Way at the top of the list of our family favorites is Poached Sour Cream with Primordial Ooze. (An explanation of that name can be found on that page.)
Last week, when I served those wonderful Sage and Thyme Marinated Chicken Breasts, I decided on a cucumber salad on the side, along with Sour Cream and Chive Smashed Potatoes (recipe soon). Since it has mostly the same ingredients as Primordial Ooze, we decided that it shall henceforth be called Primordial Ooze Salad.
Primordial Ooze Salad
Primordial
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We love chicken! I don’t think there’s a way I ever cook chicken that my kids don’t clamor for more. This is one of the easiest ways to add lots of flavor and make chicken into something a little different from the everyday (not that regular ol’ chicken isn’t wonderful).
I am really looking forward to trying them on the grill, once we get one. Soon!
Sage and Thyme Marinated Chicken Breasts
Sage and Thyme Marinated Chicken Breasts
4 chicken breasts
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon thyme
2 tablespoons chives, snipped
1
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