Originally Posted by AnnieC

For me, tonight I'm making spaghetti. We bought Newman's Own Italian Sausage sauce and I added a bunch of stuff to it (tomato paste, diced tomatoes, hamburger, Lea & Perrins, seasonings, onion, etc.).

Originally Posted by KaryAnca

Kind of a 'fusion' dish tonight : a 'stir-fry' (using water instead of oil) of skinless chicken breast pieces, zucchini and onion with a non-fat yoghurt and Thai red curry paste sauce poured over broken whole wheat lasagne noodles. Sounds weird, but tastes OK.

Originally Posted by KaryAnca

Chickpea and Lentil Soup - lentils, chickpeas, stewed tomatoes, cauliflower, carrot, onion, olive oil, ginger, cinnamon, salt and black pepper - and water, of course.

Originally Posted by Kristina921

Tonight I'm making Chicken & Veggie Bake...
Skinless chicken tossed with broccoli, carrots, onion and celery and covered with lipton's onion soup mix. Bake and serve!

Originally Posted by kpants

i've been doing this lately for a snack:
1 tablespoon of fat free mayo
1 tablespoon of low fat sour cream
mix together w/dried onion flakes and dried dill weed to taste
eat with carrot sticks, celery sticks .. or stone ground wheat crackers. it's delicious and you always have these ingredients in the kitchen, etc. .. if you want to make it really good and are serving it at say, a party .. i serve it in a breadbowl and add chopped hard salami to it. but for a single serving snack, this takes 5 seconds and really fixes my salty cravings. i didn't even want dinner after having it.

Originally Posted by kpants

tonight i'm making whole what linguine w/shrimp.
i saute garlic, red pepper flakes & oil in a pan .. add the shrimp & saute for a few mins.. then toss with the pasta & finish it off with lemon slices and lemon zest.
it's spicey, delicious and delicious. super easy too.

Originally Posted by kpants

i often order from freshdirect.com -- they have the best whole wheat pizzas they make themselves. otherwise .. try this:
1 teaspoon sugar (or honey would be yum)
1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (or u can try all whole wheat flour)
In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water. Sprinkle yeast over the top, and let stand for about 10 minutes, until foamy.
Stir the olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture, then mix in the whole wheat flour and 1 cup of the all-purpose flour until dough starts to come together. Tip dough out onto a surface floured with the remaining all-purpose flour, and knead until all of the flour has been absorbed, and the ball of dough becomes smooth, about 10 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover loosely with a towel, and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
When the dough is doubled, tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and divide into 2 pieces for 2 thin crust, or leave whole to make one thick crust. Form into a tight ball. Let rise for about 45 minutes, until doubled.
prebake at about 500 or so before adding the toppings .. u might have to experiment
found this originally on allrecipes.com .. i always love their recipes

Originally Posted by Jashobeam

Salmon cakes: I debone a can of salmon and mix in 2 eggs, some SF mayo, salt, pepper, whole wheat flour, 1/2 a fried chopped onion (sometimes) then drop spoonfulls of the mix into a frying pan with olive oil. Since cooking onion takes so long to get soft, i sometimes cook the onion first in oilve oil, then when it's done scoop the onions out (with as little oil as possible) and put them right into the fish mix. Mix well and spoon nice sized portions into the frying pan. Today I also added Mrs. Dash and it was good! If I don't use flour, I add more mayo and they usually stick together pretty well. You have to have the oil hot though, or they fall to pieces.

Originally Posted by KaryAnca

Today is a stew of chickpeas, barley, tomatoes and bok choy.

Originally Posted by KaryAnca

Beef strips, red pepper, onion and garlic stir-fry and a baked yam.

Originally Posted by *~Smiles

I'll give you the original recipe, but I usually don't use the bacon or the tenderizer. There are also a lot of substitutions you can make, like using baby carrots and regular onion. You can also slow cook this in a crockpot, that's what I did yesterday....took about 6hrs on high.

BEEF BURGANDY (serves 6-8)
2 1/2 lbs boneless chuck beef (or stew meat)
1 tsp instant tenderizer
4 strips bacon
1/4 cup flour
2 cups burgandy wine
1 10oz can beef broth
4 stalks parsley
3 tsp tomato paste
1 1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp pepper
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp marjoram
1 lb carrots, cut diagonally into chunks
18 silverskin (pearl) onions
18 mushroom caps
2 tbsp butter
> Cut meat into 2" by 2" pieces
> Tenderize meat according to label directions.
> Fry Bacon in dutch oven until crisp & remove
> Brown beef in remaining fat (I use olive or canola oil instead)
> Sprinkle with 1/4 cup flour and stir until flour is browned
> Add burgandy wine, beef broth, parsley, tomato paste, salt, pepper, garlic,bay leaf, thyme, and marjoram.
> Bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 1 hour
> Add carrots and peeled onions (*Can also add red potatoe here if desired)
> Simmer another 45 min or longer until vegetables are tender
> Meanwhile, sautee the mushroom caps in butter until tender and add to stew
*Since this makes such a huge batch of stew, if I'm just making it for the 3 of us, I don't put the potatoe in because they don't freeze well. Instead I just boil small red potatoes seperately, break them up on the plate a bit, and serve the stew on top. They do pick up a better flavor though if you throw them in.
Enjoy!

Originally Posted by kpants

i get some really good recipes from foodnetwork.com.
Last night I made winter vegetable soup by chopping about 10 kinds of root vegetables (from parsnips to celery root, sweet potatoes & fennel, etc) and simmering them in water for hours. it came out thick and creamy without adding anything to it! finished it off with a spoon of yogurt and chopped chives.. served with 7 grain baked rolls & spinach salad. yumm.

Originally Posted by kpants

whole wheat taco shells with various fillings .. making a spicey ground beef w/tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, etc..
i crush whole black beans in the food processor with garlic to make 'refried beans' .. serve up diff kinda of peppers & veg, lettuce & make my own guacamole with avos, tomatoes, peppers, lime and cilantro. smush it all together.

Originally Posted by kpants

i made a sort of lower fat chicken paprikash.
bought a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. sauteed onions and mushrooms with garlic.. added a cup of chicken stock .. brought it to a boil. stirred in (slowly) 2 spoonfulls of low fat sour cream. 1 tsp of paprika, 1 tsp of curry powder and salt & pepper. shredded the chicken into the sauce and served over yolkless dutch egg noodles & side of salad with red wine vinagrette. yum!

Originally Posted by PerfeCtlyOptomiStic

So my supper tonight was juiced in a juicer :
5 carrots,
1 cucumber,
1 beet,
2 apples,
2 stalks celery
Actually pretty good and I'm about ready to drink another one with just carrots and apples!
How's that for fine dining! LOL

Originally Posted by kpants

whole wheat thin crust pizzas w/low fat shredded sharp cheddar and jalapeno peppers & vegetables on one pizza .. roasted red peppers and goat cheese on the other one.

Originally Posted by KlassicalKat

Honey Hoisin Chicken over white Japanese rice with some stir fry mix veggies that I bought at Trader Joes.
Here's the recipe for the chicken! It's so good. From the book, Healthy Crockery Cookery by Mable Hoffman
I have doubled the sauce ingredients because I cook up a whole big flat of chicken pieces. It fills the Crock Pot so we have leftovers, too. Tonight it's chicken legs as there was a good sale on them.

Honey Hoisin Chicken (Crock Pot)
2 1/2 to 3 pounds chicken pcs.
4 Tablespoons soy sauce
4 Tablespoons Hoisin sauce (the plum sauce you can find in the Asian food section of your supermarket)
4 Tablespoons honey
4 Tablespoons white wine
1 to 2 Tablespoons grated ginger root
1/2 tsp. black pepper
to add later:
2 Tablespoons cornstartch
2 Tablespoons water
Toasted Sesame seeds for garnish
Saute chicken pieces for about 20 minutes in fry pan. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, hoisin sauce, honey, wine, ginger, pepper. Layer chicken pieces in Crock pot, pouring sauce in between each layer. Pour remaining sauce on top.
Cook on Low 5 hours
Then turn to HIGH, remove chicken and in a measuring cup, dissolve cornstarch in water. Stir into Crock Pot juices to thicken into sauce, cook on High 15-20 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
I serve with rice and stir fry. The extra sauce is good on the rice!
Happy eating!

Originally Posted by KlassicalKat

Oh, and we had another Trader Joe's inspired meal last night, baked Mahi Mahi fish (I'd gotten the filets in the frozen section) and some of their "Soycatash" steamed (it's like succotash which is beans or peas and corn and sweet peppers, but they use fresh soybeans instead of the beans or peas) I also cooked up some lemon/spinach cous cous from a boxed mix for on the side. Yummy and easy!

Originally Posted by Jashobeam

Wings: DH's version is to take a bag of fresh or frozen wings and put one layer on the bottom of a large shallow casserole dish. He pours over about a cup of white vinegar, Louisana hot sauce to taste, a few tablespoons of olive oil or 1/4 stick of butter, salt and Splenda to taste. He bakes them in a preheated 500 degree oven for about 40 minutes. He turns them, adds more hotsauce and splenda and puts them back in till they are fall off the bone tender (about 30 to 45 more minutes).

Originally Posted by Julius

shrimp stirfry (shrimp, green/orange/yellow peppers, broccoli, carrots with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, red pepper flakes) over basmati rice.

Originally Posted by KlassicalKat

We had this really good and simple Crock Pot bean soup with oven toasted garlic bread.
My sister in law gave me the recipe, it's pretty much just open up cans and dunk it in!
NORMA'S CROCK POT BEAN SOUP
This makes a lot...fills the crock pot pretty near to the top, but it freezes well.
Turkey Kielbasa sausage (the kind in a loop, like HIllshire farms makes)
One onion, diced
garlic, diced (however many cloves you like)
can black olives with their liquid, cut in half (or just smash the olives between your fingers to break up...it's easier and faster!)
can of corn
Can each of:
Kidney beans
Garbanzo beans
Black beans
White beans
lg. can diced tomatoes
Sometimes I add a small 8 oz. can of tomato sauce
Basil to season
Slice turkey kielbasa and brown with diced onion and garlic. Put in Crock Pot. Put a large colander in the sink and open and drain all the beans into it. Put the beans in the Crock Pot and add the can of olives and corn with their juices. Add the big can of diced tomatoes and Basil to taste.
Cook on low to heat it up, maybe about 5 or 6 hours or so. It tastes so good and even better the second day. Freezes well, too.

Originally Posted by beejcee

we had boneless chicken breasts, wrapped in a slice of bacon, baked in the oven with a sauce made of cream of celery soup and milk poured over it.

while that was cooking, i made some brown rice with chopped fresh parsely in it.
i also sauteed baby carrots in olive oil and cooked some peas and baby pearl onions together.
then i served the chicken and the sauce over the rice (sprinkling toasted slivered almonds over the top), with the veggies on the side.
dessert was chilled mandarin oranges.

Originally Posted by KlassicalKat

Since my son had a guest over here today, I made a big batch of fajitas out of cut up boneless chicken breast meat, sliced red and green bell peppers, and onion slices. I fried it up in a frying pan with lots of chile powder, cumin, oregano, a bit of marjoram and salt. Then we heated up big flour tortillas in the microwave just a bit to soften them and rolled the chicken mixture up into them....YUM!

Originally Posted by KlassicalKat

OK, I found the Crock Pot Turkey Meat Loaf recipe! It was tacked up on my fridge with a Pepe Le Pew kitchen magnet, buried under other recipes and magnets on the fridge!
Crock Pot Turkey Meat Loaf (this can also be made with ground beef)
2 lbs. ground turkey
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper (or more according to your taste)
small onion, chopped
1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt
dash pepper
1 cup cracker crumbs or dried bread crumbs (I use the dried bread crumbs in a can)
1 egg
1 envelope brown gravy mix (or turkey gravy mix), dry
1 cup milk
6 small unpeeled, cup up potatoes to place around it, although we usually have mashed potatoes and I make some more of the envelope gravy on the side.
Mix all ingredients except potatoes in a huge bowl. Spray the crock pot with a non stick spray. Shape the meat into a loaf and place in Crock Pot. If desired, place potatoes at the sides of the loaf to cook alongside it.
Cover and cook on LOW 8 -10 hours...OR...HIGH 4 - 6 hours.

Originally Posted by Wendy M.

* Tonight I had Grilled Chicken Salad, I grilled a piece of chicken on the GFG and then after it was done dipped it in a bowl of Hot Sauce and sliced it up into strips and shredded some lettuce, red cabbage, carrots and had cucumbers and cherry tomatoes in it, and dressing was Fat Free Ranch.

Originally Posted by kirvygerl

We had vegetarian vegetable lasagne made with ww noodles, a reduced fat white sauce and tons of vegies (finely shredded carrots, brocolli, spinach, yellow squash and zuchini).

Originally Posted by Jashobeam

DH’s tuna casserole:
whole wheat noodles, cream of mushroom soup, butter, tuna, salt, pepper, & sharp cheddar cheese.

Originally Posted by Wendy M.

Tonight will be hamburgers on the BBQ grill. I am going to put portabella mushrooms, onions, peppers & cheese and no bun on mine. Just meat & toppings for mine. I gonna make a salad with our meal (lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, shredded carrots, cheese, black olives)

Originally Posted by Jashobeam

One dish chicken recipe with chicken breast, cream of chicken (or mushroom) soup, milk and wheat noodles.

Originally Posted by AshleysMom1

Tonight Im making this

Taco Casserole- by mary mcdougall
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 15 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 15 ounce can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups frozen corn kernels
1 ½ cups salsa, mild
mexican seasoning mix
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine all ingredients in a casserole dish. Cover and bake for 30 minutes, uncover and bake for an additional 15 minutes.

Originally Posted by Wendy M.

I made a soup and it was very cheap, quick and easy and also healthy, it was really good, DH & Kids loved it, they had there's with bread sticks. Here is the recipe if anyone wants to give it a try.

1lb of ground beef
2 cans of pinto beans
1 can of corn ( I used frozen corn)
2 cans of stewed tomatoes
1pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch Mix
1pkg. taco mix ( I bought the reduced sodium packet)
3 cups of water
*Brown meat and drain, add all the ingredients & simmer.
** I bought lean ground beef or you could even use ground turkey meat in this recipe, I also put more ground beef in it and more corn, kinda eyeballed the amount of water. But, it was pretty good. Cheap & Easy to make.
To the ladies who are on Weight Watchers this is 3-points for one cup.

Originally Posted by Wendy M.

Tonight we had pork tenderlion and I made BBQ Sandwiches out of it.
I put the pork tenderlion in the crockpot with some BBQ Sauce and a little water, let it cook most of the day. Took it out and pulled it apart with 2 forks and then baked some Garlic Toast in the oven and made coleslaw and put the meat on the garlic toast & some coleslaw and drizzed a little more BBQ sauce on top.
Here is the recipe for the coleslaw:
1tsp. apple cider vinegar (I used Braggs)
2cups coleslaw mix (the one in the bag from the store)
3tbsp mayo (I bought reduced-calorie mayo)
3tsp scallions
1/8tsp. ground pepper ( I also added a little salt & hot sauce to mine & Dh's)
For dessert it will be something I am trying new so I am not sure if it is good or not, just got the recipe for it today, if any of you want to try it out here it is:

Mock Wendy's Frosty
1 cup skim milk
2 Tsp. Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix
1 Tsp. Vanilla
2 Tsp. Fat Free Cool Whip
8 Ice Cubes
Put all the ingredients in a blender. Blend until ice chunks are all broken up. For a thicker shake, place in the freezer for 5-10 minutes.
*So, if any of you ladies Love the Wendy's Frosty at the Resturaunt, this is suppose to be a Mock version and alot less calories and taste like the one at Wendy's Rest. I will be trying the recipe out here within the next hour so I will tell you how it turns out.

Originally Posted by AnnieC

Crock pot spaghetti is awesome. It makes a lot and it gets better each day. Here's what I do:

1 jar Newman's Own Italian Sausage spaghetti sauce (or just any jar of your favorite sauce)
1 can diced tomatoes with Italian seasonings
3 small cans Contadina tomato paste (I use one regular, two with Italian seasonings)
1 can regular tomato sauce (just plain, I use Contadina)
lean ground beef, browned in olive oil (I use 1.5 lbs, Laura's Lean ground beef)
One onion, chopped (I cut big pieces for my veggies, makes a chunky sauce)
One pepper, chopped
Sautee the onion and pepper in the same skillet as the beef (if it all fits, I usually end up doing the meat first, then the veggies).
When I brown the beef I add a lot of pepper and Italian seasoning (I think McCormick). I also add onion powder and garlic powder, even though I use onions in the recipe. I also season the onion and pepper with salt and pepper. Sometimes I might chop a few cloves of garlic and add those in to sautee with the other veggies. We also get the hot Italian sausages and add those in (brown them then chop them up into medallions), but I don't eat those.

I put all this in the crock pot and stir. I also add in several shots of Lea and Perrins worchestershire. I love that stuff. I probably use about 1/3 cup. I also add more pepper and Italian seasoning. I put it on low to cook for 8 hours and it's done. It's pretty tasty. I hope it's not too confusing, but I never really do exact measurements when I cook.

Originally Posted by CarlyCaitlin

One stalk of celery with onion and chive cream cheese (about two table spoons)
Chicken cooked on the stove with olive oil and Mrs. Dash southwest chipotle seasoning. I spooned a little bit of fresh salsa from my local grocery store over the top of the chicken when it was finished... so delicious.
5 baby carrots

Originally Posted by lil annie

Tonight is stew from the crockpot made with lean sirloin steak, diced seasoned tomatoes, green beans, hominy, lima beans, diced potatoes and fresh baby carrots. It's been cooking for 6 hours and smells wonderful.

Originally Posted by Wendy M.

Tonight is skinless, boneless chicken breast with grilled veggies(zuchinni, squash, red bell peppers)

Here is the recipe for the chicken I am cooking. If anyone wants to give it a try. It is easy!
Crunchy Ranch Chicken
1/3 cup Corn Flakes (make crumbs)
1/4 cup reduced fat Parmesan Cheese
1 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast
Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9x13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. Combine corn flakes crumbs, cheese and dressing mix. Spray chicken with butter flavored pam then roll the chicken into the corn flakes mixture to coat. Place chicken in prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes or until done.

Originally Posted by Jashobeam

I had a 4 pound rack of spare ribs in the freezer. I put them in my roasting pan, covered them with BBQ sauce and covered them. I didn't baste them as the directions called for but they still came out tender. It took 2 and 1/2 hours on 350.

Originally Posted by Wendy M.

Last night I had a Chef Salad with Ranch Dressing.

Here is a recipe I got, I haven't tried it yet, but wanted to share with all of you.

Broccoli Chedder Nuggets

1pkg. Frozen Broccoli, cooked,drained,chopped
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
3/4 cup Fat Free shredded chedder cheese
1 large egg
salt, pepper, seasonings to taste

Preheat oven to 375
Coat a baking sheet with Pam. Set aside. In a large bowl combine all ingredients. Shape mixture into 15 nuggets. Place on baking sheet 3" apart. Bake 10 minutes, turning nuggets after 10 minutes. Serve warm.

Originally Posted by Wendy M.

Here is another recipe I found, thought I would share, this is for everyone that likes hot & spicy foods.

Buffalo Chicken Dip
8oz. light cream cheese
1/2 cup wing sauce (Frank's)
1/2 cup fat free blue cheese or ranch dressing
4oz. roasted chicken diced

Combine all ingredients in a small crockpot, cook on high and serve.
*I haven't tried it, but I noticed that alot of people wrote that it was really good. I love hot & spicy foods so I will defintley be trying this one out!