Thursday, July 25, 2013

Chewy Low Fat Banana Nut Oatmeal Cookies

Chewy Low Fat Banana Nut Oatmeal Cookies
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 15 • Serving Size: 2 cookies • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 5 pts
Calories: 175.8 • Fat: 6.7 g • Protein: 3.5 g • Carb: 28.3 g • Fiber: 1.6 g Sugar: 14 g


  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup unpacked brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup mashed ripe banana
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups quick oats
  • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350°; line two baking sheets with parchment paper or use a silpat.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

In a large bowl, with a mixer, cream together the butter and the sugars on medium speed.  

Add the egg, followed by the mashed banana and vanilla extract.

Working by hand, stir in the flour mixture and the oats until just combined and no streaks of flour remain; stir in the chopped walnuts.

Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the dough onto prepared baking sheets. Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until cookies become light brown at the edges.

Let cool on baking sheet for 3 or 4 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Store in an airtight container so you don't eat them all in one sitting!

Makes about 30 cookies.

Splenda Lovers: Substitute all the brown sugar with 1/4 cup Splenda brown sugar blend, and all the white sugar for 1/4 cup Splenda sugar blend. Points remain the same.


Recipe from SKinny taste

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Mixed Grill with Apricot-Soy Sauce

Mixed Grill with Apricot-Soy Sauce

Mixed Grill with Apricot-Soy Sauce
Weight Watchers Recipe
4.5 Stars
Ratings (60)
9PointsPlus Value
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 19 min
Other time: 0 min
Serves: 8
The glaze is sweet and spicy. It adds just the right flavor note to grilled chicken thighs, turkey sausage and pork tenderloin skewers.

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; add preserves, soy sauce, vinegar, mustard and ginger. Cook until bubbly, stirring frequently, about 5 to 7 minutes; remove 2 tablespoons of glaze to a small dish, set both saucepan and dish aside and cover to keep warm.
  • Thread pork onto two metal skewers; season pork and chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
  • Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high heat. Grill pork, chicken and sausage until finished, turning once or twice, and brushing meats frequently with glaze from saucepan during last 2 minutes of cooking, about 8 to 9 minutes for pork, 10 minutes for chicken and 12 minutes for sausage. Make sure to flip meats often during last 2 minutes of cooking to help glaze stick. Just before serving, brush meats with 2 tablespoons reserved glaze, sprinkle with cilantro and serve. Yields 1 chicken thigh, 1 pork cube and 1/2 sausage per serving.

Notes

  • Add peppers and onions to the pork skewers for a complete meal (could affect PointsPlus values).

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Jiffy cornbread

1 (8 ounce) package Jiffy corn muffin mix, dry
2 eggs
2 (8 ounce) cans corn, 1 can drained
1 (15 ounce) can creamed corn
8 ounces sour cream
2 tablespoons butter

Directions:

1
Mix all ingredients.
2
Grease 9x13-inch pan and pour in batter.
3
Dot with butter; bake at 350F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
4
Cut in squares and serve.

Recipe from:
http://www.food.com/recipe/jiffy-corn-pudding-4423

Monday, March 11, 2013

Chicken Parm casserole

Chicken Parmesan Casserole
Source: adapted from Food.com

Ingredients:
2 lbs raw boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ t crushed red pepper flakes (or more to taste if you want it hot)
¼ cup fresh basil, finely chopped
2 cups marinara/pasta sauce (I used Wegmans Tomato Basil)
1 ½ cups 2% reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
2 oz Parmesan cheese, freshly grated (I used the smallest holed side of my box grater), divided
3.5 oz garlic croutons, roughly crushed, leaving some larger pieces (I used New York Texas Toast brand Garlic & Butter)

Directions:
1.    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly mist a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
2.    Spread the cubed pieces of chicken across the bottom of the baking dish in a single layer. Sprinkle the minced garlic, red pepper flakes and basil evenly over the chicken. Spread the sauce evenly across the top. On top of the sauce layer, sprinkle ¾ cup of the Mozzarella and one ounce of the Parmesan evenly across the dish. Sprinkle the crushed croutons across the top and follow with the remaining cheese.
3.    Bake for 40-45 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Yields 8 servings. WW P+: 8 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Nutrition Information per serving from myfitnesspal.com: 303 calories, 15 g carbs, 11 g fat, 37 g protein, 1 g fiber
*** I got the recipe from http://www.emilybites.com

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Frosting:)

1cup unsalted butter
6 cup X sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp vanilla
1tbsp water


Beat butter/suga

and the rest and whip until fluffy

Cake Cake Cake:)

Price chopper yellow cake mix
1 1/3 cup cold water
2 eggs
bake at 350

Friday, January 4, 2013

Crockpot Chicken Tacos

Use 2 lbs. of raw (not frozen) chicken breast, 1 packet of dry ranch dressing, 1 packet chicken taco seasoning & 1 can of chicken broth. Put that all in the crockpot and cooked on low for 3 hours then shredded the chicken and let it cook on low another 30 min. Heat the taco shells and assemble your tacos.

Yummy:)