Pot Luck Dinner

Chicken and Chorizo Jambalaya, its gorgeous and just 400 odd calories a serving. Look up my forum post in the recipes section!

A big veggie tray? Or a fruit tray.
A friend of mine had her kids take fruit and veggie trays to a school party not too long ago. Guess what was gone long before the cupcakes and candy ... yep, the fruits and veggies! People will appreciate the healthy choices.

I have made these before and LOVE them!!!! The entire recipe only makes 4 so you'll have to do more than just this one recipe for the pot luck. These are from Hungry Girl and they are soooo good!!! For 4 of them its only 135 cals!



Hog Heaven!
This is one of our most fun swaps ever. These flaky-licious hot dog treats taste almost exactly like the real ones. Juicy franks are wrapped in decadent dough and oven-baked for the flaky, buttery taste of the authentic hors d'oeuvre we all know and love! Go for it...

Ingredients:
1 fat-free (or nearly fat-free) hot dog (like the ones by Oscar Mayer, Hebrew National and Ball Park)
1 portion Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent roll dough

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut hot dog into 4 even pieces. Stretch or roll out the triangle-shaped dough slightly, to make it a larger triangle. Cut dough into 4 long, narrow triangles. Beginning at the base of each triangle, roll a piece of the hot dog up in the dough until the point of each triangle wraps around the center. Place dogs on an ungreased baking pan and cook for about 12 minutes (until dough appears slightly browned and crispy). Enjoy!

Serving Size: 4 pieces (entire recipe)
Calories: 135
Fat: 5g
Sodium: 645mg
Carbs: 15g
Fiber: 0g
Sugars: 3g
Protein: 7.5g

*3 Points

- fruit kebabs with yogurt dip
- crudites with dips (carrot/peppers/celery/whatever with salsa, hummus, tzatziki...)

Can make a healthy pasta salad- bulk it out with vegetables, beans, etc and a light dressing. My favorite is filled pasta (spinach and ricotta tortellini) and for the dressing, literally a can of chopped tomatoes mixed with enough fat free mayo/greek yogurt until it's the color of Thousand Island dressing. It's SO good- and you can add cherry tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, cucumber chunks, etc.

This is my go-to dish for any events- copied and pasted from another thread I posted it in!

■ 1 can of crushed tomatoes
■ 1 onion, chopped
■ 1 clove of garlic, crushed
■ 1 /2 cup vegetable bouilliuon
■ 2 tsp Italian herbs
■ 1 tbsp paprika
■ 1 tbsp sugar or sweetener
■ 1 /2 tsp mustard
■ few drops lemon juice
■ 1-2 tsp black pepper
■ 1/4 cup tomato puree
■ 1 each large chopped eggplant and bell pepper

Just throw it all together in a large pot, cover and simmer for 30 mins, stirring occasionally.

Then add any extra ingredients with shorter cooking times (zucchini, mushrooms, beans, tofu, etc), uncover and simmer until it’s thickened up and the vegetables are cooked.

This is such a versatile and forgiving dish- you really can’t go wrong. I never measure anything and often forget the lemon juice or mustard- as long as you have the tomato ingredients, paprika and sugar, it comes out great. You can omit all the vegetables except the onion and just use it as a pasta sauce, or load it up with a ton of different ingredients for a thick hearty stew. Endless possibilities! My favourite uses are:

- with cottage cheese on a baked potato
- with kidney beans and brown rice
- with chicken, over pasta or spaghetti squash
- straight up, bulked out with a small portion of filled pasta (spinach and ricotta tortellini works really well!)
- with breaded chicken or fish and salad
- with roast chicken (my whole family request that I bring this as a side dish for dinners now!)

For two servings (large servings!) using basic recipe, it is around 200 cals, and > 2g fat. 15-ish g fiber! Then depends on what you add in for protein or whatever. I could eat the whole pot myself but the recipe easily serves 4-6 as a side dish!