Friday, July 10, 2015

Tortellini soup

1 bag frozen tortellini
1 sm bag of fresh spinach
2 cans italian diced tomatoes
1 box of veggie broth
1 block of cream cheese

Put it all into a crock pot and cook on low for 5-6 hours.

Best breakfast muffins

1 lb sausage (hot or regular or low fat)
8 eggs
1/4 c skim milk
1/2 T veg oil
1/2 tsp baking powder
cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 375
Cook the sausage and put it in a muffin pan that has been sprayed with Pam.
Mix the eggs, milk, oil and baking powder.  Pour over the sausage
Top with cheese and bake until the egg is set

These freeze really well.  Also, they can be chopped up for an instant breakfast burrito.

Baked mozzarella sticks

1/3 c. Panko
3 sticks of mozzarella cheese
3 T egg substitute (or eggs)
 Dipping sauce

Preheat oven to 425.  Add panko to the pan and cook for 2 minutes until toasted.  Cut the mozzarella sticks into 1" pieces.  Dip the cheese into egg and then to panko.  Put on a baking sheet and bake for 3 minutes or until the cheese is soft.

Kale Caesar Quinoa Salad

2 T hot water
2 T mayo
1 1/2 T olive oil
1 T fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp pepper
1 garlic clove
6 T parmesan
6 c kale
1 1/2 c quinoa (cooked)
1 1/2 c chicken (cooked)
2 T toasted walnuts

Combine water, mayo, oil, juice, pepper, and garlic in a bowl and whisk together.  Stir in half the parmesan cheese.  Add kale, quinoa, chicken and toss to coat.  Top with rest of paremsan and walnuts.

*I have not tried this yet, but will*