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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Shannon's Cantaloupe Delight Smoothie

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • 1/4 cantaloupe, peeled,seeded,diced
  • 4 medium strawberries, sliced
  • 1/2 banana, sliced
  • 1 cup fat free skim milk

Recipe

  • 1 freeze fruit and defrost slightly before blending with milk.
  • 2 enjoy.

Epicurious Carrot Ginger Dressing

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • 1/2 lb carrot, coarsely chopped (3 medium)
  • 1/4 cup chopped peeled fresh ginger
  • 1/4 cup chopped shallot
  • 1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup water

Recipe

  • 1 pulse carrots in a food processor until finely ground (almost puréed). add chopped ginger, chopped shallots, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and salt and pulse until ginger and shallots are minced. with motor running, add vegetable oil in a slow stream.
  • 2 transfer mixture to a blender. add 1/4 cup water and blend until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. thin dressing with additional water if desired.
  • 3 dressing keeps, covered and chilled, 1 week.

Lemon Pomegranate Shrimp Saute

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 1 1/2-2 lbs peeled & de-veined shrimp
  • 1/2 cup pomegranate salad dressing
  • 1 tablespoon dried thyme
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

  • 1 rinse shrimp and remove tails.
  • 2 place shrimp in bowl with top or ziploc freezer bag.
  • 3 combine all ingredients, and shake to thoroughly coat shrimp.
  • 4 let mixture stand (in refrigerator) as long as you are able.
  • 5 add to large saute pan and cook for 5-7 minutes, until shrimp are opaque and nicely pink.
  • 6 serve with your favorite sides, we like linguini and brocolli with grated parmesean.

No Bake Lime Cheesecake Low Sugar

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) container cool whip lite
  • 8 ounces light cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
  • 1 (1/3 ounce) box sugar-free lime gelatin
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 graham cracker crust

Recipe

  • 1 mix jello with hot water, set aside and let get thick.
  • 2 cream together vanilla and cream cheese.
  • 3 fold in cool whip, add jello and whip until smooth.
  • 4 poor into pie crust and refrigerate for 1 hour. top with fruit.

Pepperoncini Chicken

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • 2 whole chickens
  • 24 ounces pepperoncini peppers
  • 2 teaspoons paprika

Recipe

  • 1 cut up and skin chickens.
  • 2 pour juice from the pepperocini's in a fry pan.
  • 3 slice open 1/2 of the pepperocini's and lay in pan
  • 4 lay chicken on top
  • 5 cook on top of stove covered for 40 minutes approximately or until meat starts to pull back from the legs.
  • 6 place the chicken, pepperocini's, and juice in bottom of broiler pan.
  • 7 sprinkle with paprika.
  • 8 lay remaining whole pepperocini's over the top.
  • 9 broil on high for 3 to 5 minutes or til brown.
  • 10 pepperocini's will plump.

Raspberry Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 cups frozen raspberries
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar or 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute

Recipe

  • 1 make raspberry sauce by combining water and raspberries in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
  • 2 bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer raspberries for 10 minutes.
  • 3 use a potato masher or a large spoon to crush the raspberries as they boil.
  • 4 strain raspberry seeds from water, then put the liquid back into the saucepan and add the sugar.
  • 5 bring mixture back to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
  • 6 cover and cool sauce until you are ready to serve the pie.

Guiltless Buffalo Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 2
  • 8 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 10 nugget-shaped pieces
  • 1/4 cup all-bran cereal, finely crushed (fiber one preferred)
  • 1 ounce fat-free potato chips (pringles preferred, approximately 14 chips) or 1 ounce pringles fat free barbecue potato crisps, finely crushed (pringles preferred, approximately 14 chips)
  • 3 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (frank's red hot preferred)
  • 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • salt, to taste

Recipe

  • 1 preheat oven to 375f and spray a baking pan with cooking spray (pam).
  • 2 mix dry ingredients together.
  • 3 place chicken pieces in a separate dish and toss with pepper sauce.
  • 4 give each chicken piece a shake (so it's not dripping) then coat it evenly with the crumb mixture.
  • 5 lay the battered nuggets on the prepared baking pan.
  • 6 place in preheated oven.
  • 7 bake for ten minutes, flip the nuggets over and return to oven for 10 more minutes, or until outsides are crispy and chicken is cooked throughout.