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Mexican Lasagna
Servings: 8

Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
2 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
4 (10 inch) low cal wheat tortillas
3 cups shredded colby jack cheese
2 cans Rotel Diced Tomatoes & Green Chiles, drained
2 cans Old El Paso Enchilada Sauce

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In large skillet over medium heat, cook beef & onion until browned. Drain. Combine with taco seasoning and drained Rotel cans. Spread half of mixture in 9x13 inch baking dish. Top with 1 can enchilada sauce. Top with two tortillas, trimming if necessary, and half of cheese. Repeat layers.
3. Bake 35 to 45 minutes until heated through and cheese is bubbly. Top with lettuce and fat free sour cream.

Mine came out at 322 calories per serving.

Tonight I modified a Rachael Ray sauce recipe for chicken, Horseradish Pan Sauce (this is 2 servings)

2 chicken breast halves
salt and pepper or Original Blend Mrs. Dash
Evoo

small onion chopped
1 tsp dried thyme
2 tablespoons horseradish
1/3 cup chicken broth, low fat low sodium
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 cup low fat milk
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter (just a sliver from the stick to thicken the sauce)

Brown the chicken in the pan with S&P in a few teaspoons of EVOO, remove from pan. Add in onion, thyme, and horseradish and cook 3 minutes stirring often. Add in broth, mustard, milk, and butter and cook on med-high until reduced by half.
Add chicken in and rewarm. Serve chicken with sauce on top.

I like this with rice or couscous and broccoli or some other green veggie.

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Crunchy Vegetable Wrap

1/4 cup tub-style fat-free cream cheese
4 (10-inch) fat-free flour tortillas
4 curly leaf lettuce leaves
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup (1 ounce) crumbled blue cheese
2 tablespoons finely diced red onion

Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese over each tortilla; top each with a lettuce leaf. Divide sprouts and remaining ingredients evenly among tortillas; roll up. Cut each rolled wrap in half diagonally.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 wrap)

CALORIES 183 FAT 2.3g FIBER 1.1g

Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore

This is soooo good! It was a huge hit w/ my family and I've shared the recipe w/ friends who loved it too!


http://www.recipezaar.com/Crock-Pot-Chicken-Cacciatore-41685 (a link to the original recipe)

And here's how I made it:


4 lbs chicken, cut up in pieces
1 large onion, thinly sliced
3 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
8 ounces sliced mushrooms
1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
2-4 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon celery powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup white cooking wine
1 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional

Directions
1. Place onions in bottom of crock pot.
2. Add chicken pieces.
3. Stir all the other ingredients together.
4. Pour over chicken.
5. Cook on high heat for about 3 to 4 hours or 7 to 8 hours on low heat.
6, Serve over pasta or rice. (I used Barilla whole wheat spaghetti)


Nutrition Facts - listed in database under Jess homemade Chicken Cacciatore

That does *not* include adding pasta or rice. I used Barilla Whole wheat spaghetti which is 200 calories per serving.

10 Servings

Amount Per Serving (figured at sparkpeople.com)

Calories 230.6

Total Fat 2.2 g

Saturated Fat 0.2 g

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0 g

Monounsaturated Fat 0.0 g

Cholesterol 88.0 mg

Sodium 508.0 mg

Potassium 178.7 mg

Total Carbohydrate 10.8 g

Dietary Fiber 1.7 g

Sugars 3.1 g

Protein 40.4 g


Vitamin A 10.2 %

Vitamin B-12 0.0 %

Vitamin B-6 0.0 %

Vitamin C 32.0 %

Vitamin D 0.0 %

Vitamin E 0.0 %

Calcium 0.2 %

Copper 0.0 %

Folate 0.0 %

Iron 4.9 %

Magnesium 0.0 %

Manganese 0.0 %

Niacin 0.0 %

Pantothenic Acid 0.0 %

Phosphorus 0.0 %

Riboflavin 0.0 %

Selenium 0.0 %

Thiamin 0.0 %

Zinc 0.0 %

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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I'm a sweet lover when I diet. Don't understand it because when I'm not dieting I hardly ever eat them. Here's one of my favorite recipes and I make it alot to take to church functions and everybody always wants the recipe. Don't know caloric value but when I went to WW, the leader helped me figure points value=3. Can be eaten warm or cold.

Cream Cheese Danish
2 cans reduced fat crescent rolls
2 8 oz. pkgs reduced fat cream cheese
1 cup splenda
2 tsps. vanilla
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
2 Tbsps. milk
In 9x13 an, spread out 1 can of rolls. Don't worry about spreading to fit pan. It will be fine. Just lay rolls in as a sheet.
Mix cream cheese. splenda, and 1 tsp. vanilla with mixer. Spread on top of the rolls in pan and then top with other can of rolls. Bake according to directions on crescent roll package or until top is golden brown. When done, remove from oven and mix confectioners sugar and the other tsp. of vanilla together with milk and drizzle on top of danish. Cut into 16 pieces.


Strawberry Delight

1 (5 serving) angel food cake
2 (8 oz) pkg. RF cream cheese
1 cup splenda
1 large container FF cool whip
1 bag strawberry pie filling
fresh strawberries

Break angel food cake into bite size pieces in 9x13 pan and mash it down as if you were trying to make a crust. Mix cream cheese, splenda and cool whip together and spread on top of cake. Place fresh strawberry halves all over the top of the cream cheese and top with the filling. Refrigerate for several hours or over night is best. You can also use peach and blueberries in place of the strawberry stuff. Don't know the values, sorry.

saving- i'll add some of mine tonight, opps no got a meeting. well tomorrow i will for sure.

Black Bean & Wehani Rice Burgers

Burgers:

1 can (15 ounces) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup wehani rice, cooked
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
Sunflower seeds (optional)
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

mash beans in a large bowl with a fork or potato masher. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Form into four equal-sized patties and cook over medium-high heat in a lightly oiled skillet for about three to four minutes per side or until firm and browned.

Serve on "in the thin" multigrain buns - salsa or homemade guacamole condiment -super good!

Yum I'll have to try this.

These sounds GREAT!!! Saving for later

oops - his user name is ChefJeremyC - he's on my list of friends, and he does post lots of recipes, and they're awesome.

LC No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake Pie

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs, divided
1 package (.3 ounce) sugar-free lemon gelatin
2/3 cup boiling water
1 package (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese, cubed
1 cup (8 ounces) 1% cottage cheese
2 cups reduced-fat whipped topping

Directions:
Coat the bottom and sides of a 9-in. pie plate with cooking spray. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cracker crumbs; set aside.

In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; cool slightly. Pour into a blender; add cream cheese and cottage cheese. Cover and process until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into prepared pie plate. Sprinkle with remaining cracker crumbs. Cover and refrigerate until set.

Yield: 8 servings.

Nutrition Facts
One serving: One piece Calories: 131 Fat: 7 g Saturated Fat: 5 g Cholesterol: 17 mg Sodium: 207 mg Carbohydrate: 8 g Fiber: 0 g Protein: 7 g Diabetic Exchange: 1-1/2 fat, 1/2 fat-free milk.

im not sure what its called but its a little healthy recipe that i found very tasty

Ingredients_

1. corn flakes
2. non fat strawbery yogurt
3. fresh strawberrys
4. non fat whipped cream

Directions_

1. pour corn flakes into bowl
2. pour the yogurt into the bowl
3. chop up the strawberrys and put into the bowl
4. squirt a tiny bit of whipped cream into the bowl
5. mix it all up and enjoy

that is my way of doing it if you got better idea like a different cereal or different flavor of yogurt or something then please post