Shrimp with Chardonnay

Oh Yum!

Looked in the freezer for something to make.

I had peppers, butternut squash, corn and raw shrimp.

This is what I made.

1 cup cooked and cubed Butternut squash
1/2 cup Corn
1 cup Peppers
1 container Rice
1 can Black Beans
12 Frozen Shrimp

Saute shrimp in a tsp oil. Salt, pepper, chili lime, red pepper flakes. Flip when begins to turn pink.
Add 1 oz Chardonnay and 2 TBS G. Hughes mustard sauce. Set aside.

Stir fry everything else with salt, pepper, chili lime, garlic, parsley, Italian seasoning. Spoon into bowls.

Top with shrimp and sauce.

4 pts Blue

Peppermint Meringues

These look yummy. 

Only 1 pt each

National Pancake Day!

Today is National Pancake Day - YUM!

After my Grandma Shea died I took her cookbooks and hand written recipes home. I was 18 and a senior in high school; I put them in a box and forgot them. When my Mom moved to an apartment I found them. At that time,1975, I was a new mom with time to look through the box. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my Grandma had written notes by many of the recipes. Most were "good" a few were "not good" but some were "very good."

This recipe is inspired by one of her "very good" notations. It was called French Pancakes. The eggs are separated and the whites are beaten with a mixer until peaks form. After mixing the rest of the ingredients the egg whites are gently folded into the batter. This causes tiny air bubbles to create light and fluffy pancakes that melt in your mouth.

I added different ingredients until the flavors were scrumptious and there was enough batter to make pancakes for both my husband and me. It was also important to keep the points as low as possible.

French Berry Pancakes aka Berry Cloud Pancakes

Preheat griddle sprayed with Pam

2 eggs, separated - whites beaten to peaks

Yolks in separate bowl

Add to the yolks:

1 banana

Lots of Cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup Kodiak Pancake mix

Separate egg yolks and egg whites. Mix whites on high until peaks form.

By hand gently fold the egg whites into the batter. Do not over mix.

Spray a hot griddle with Pam.

Spoon batter onto griddle and if you want berries add to each pancake after they are on the griddle. It doesn't take them long to brown, so work quickly. Then flip the pancakes. Push any of the batter or berries back into each pancake.

Hint for flipping: I use two metal spatulas. One under the pancake and one at the back edge of the pancake making a 90° angle with the griddle.

Cover loosely with foil.

We love Al Fresco Chicken Bacon. Sprinkle a paper towel lightly with water. Put 2 pieces on the towel, fold over, 2 more, fold over, 2 more, fold over, last one, fold over. Microwave for 20 seconds.

Wash dishes. (My scientific method of perfect timing.)

Plate and eat - a scrumptious 2 pt breakfast and an extra bonus is that I never get hungry after eating this.

My favorite breakfast... Enjoy.

BBQ Pulled Chicken

Mmmm...  Mmmm...  Mmmm

I love taking a zero point condiment and making it into a luscious low point dinner. This makes 10 servings. Good to put in small containers to freeze.

1 large package boneless, skinless chicken breasts. There were 8 large breasts.

Mix
1 bottle G. Hughes BBQ sauce
1/2 cup Hoisin sauce
2 TBS cup light sodium soy sauce
Ginger
Garlic

Put in slow cooker
Cook 7 hrs in low
Take two forks and shred chicken

Leave cover off and let sauce reduce.

Use in wraps, buns, or just plain.

10 Servings
1 point

Chicken and Biscuit Dumplings

Instant Pot Recipe - testing Tuesday

Apple Crisp

This was yummy. I saw a package of sugar free lemon Jello on my shelf and used half in the topping and half in the apples. Delicious!

Cranberry Surprise

We went to the Kilted Cook for lunch in December and we had a delicious roasted vegetable dish. I've been looking for cranberries to make it every time we went to the store. I knew fresh would be hard to find after the holidays but thought I would find frozen. Finally found them. I guessed at the herbs - turned out pretty good. Served it with salmon one night and chicken the next. 

The sweet roasted vegetables and the tart cranberries are a delicious combination.

Carrots

Turnips

Onions

Cranberries

Olive oil and Pam

Salt

Pepper

Sage

Rosemary

Mrs. Dash

Mix and spread on cookie sheet

425

Stir after a half hour

Roast until it looks and smells good

Depends how small you chop veggies

The only points is for olive oil so it depends on how much you use.

Parfaits

The best purchase for this WW journey was 4 oz glass parfait cups. It gives us just the right amount for a sweet treat.

I love the little cookies from Trader Joe's, but you can switch them out for 1 point worth of cookie crumbles of any kind of cookie.

The combinations are endless, but these two are my favorites.

Tropical

Bailey's

Whitefish Pizza Step-by-step

This is my go to recipe. I've taken it pre-baked to a dinner and even baked as an appetizer to a party.

6 points for two of these delicious pizzas.

You can prepare all of this at once or break it up during the week. I've sauted the vegetables two days before and refrigerated, made the dough the night before and wrapped the divided 1.6 oz balls in waxed paper and refrigerated. I wouldn't suggest mixing the Alfredo base before because it could get hard on top and you want every bit to use.

Spray Parchment paper with pam

Divide dough into 1.6 oz balls (can refrigerate overnight at this point)

Spray wax paper, put ball of dough and fold over wax paper. Roll out thin.

Place on sprayed parchment covered baking sheet. Bake until just a little brown. About 8 minutes.

Spread Alfredo base and top with sauted vegetables.

Add 1/2 TBS bacon bits and flaked whitefish

Top with cheese and yogurt mixture.

At this point I cover with foil, refrigerate (one sheet on top of the other is fine) then I take to our friends' home and bake there.

Bake 400° until cheese is melted.

Turkey Meatloaf

This is yummy turkey meatloaf. We've had it often and served it to company.

Lasagna

Lasagna - 4 Freestyle Points

10 inch pie plate - each serving 1/4 of pie plate

This was very filling and delicious

Chicken Butternut Stew

Dinner tonight was delicious. Leftovers are my favorite starting point for creating a new recipe.

2 cups cooked chicken, cubed (0)
2 cups cooked butternut squash (0)
1 can Healthy Request Cream of Chicken Soup (5)
1 can Pinto beans (0)
1 cup zucchini, chopped (0)
1/2 cup celery, chopped (0)
1/2 cup carrots, chopped (0)
Half a yellow onion, chopped (0)

In a slow cooker, mash squash, mix in condensed soup. Saute chopped vegetables in Pam sprayed pan. Salt, pepper, lots of sage.

Add chicken, vegetables and beans to squash mixture.

Cook on low 2-3 hours.

3 large servings - 2 Freestyle Points each

Smoothie Changeup

So, even though WW makes you count points if you drink your fruit, I've decided to try adding a smoothie for breakfast.  I'll take the hit for 1/2 the points.  So a large glass of smoothie for 4 pts.

1/4 cup carrots
1 small apple
Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 Lime
1/2 cup orange juice
2 stalks celery
1 Tbs Ginger
3/4 scoop Vega Vanilla flavor protein powder

It was delicious.  I'll see how this works for breakfast every other day or so.

Salmon Omelette

Leftover Deliciousness

Serves 2

1 Freestyle Point Each Serving

Egg Mixture

4 Eggs

1 TBS Fage FF Greek Yogurt

Salt, Pepper, Dill

Cheese Mixture

2 Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges

1 TBS Fage FF Greek Yogurt

1/2 Cup Leftover Cooked Salmon 

In a bowl combine egg mixture. Whisk or use fork to mix well 

Combine cheese mixture and microwave for 10 seconds. Mix well.

Turn flame on medium on a nonstick pan. Spray lightly with Pam olive oil. Mix eggs again and pour into hot pan. Turn down flame to low. As the edges begin to cook, push the egg from the side a little towards the middle and tilt the pan so uncooked egg fills the empty space. Do this all over the pan until all the egg mixture is used.

Add little piles of cheese mixture on half the omelette. Layer flaked Salmon on top. Shake the pan to make sure the bottom is loose in the pan.

Gently begin to pour the omelette onto a plate and fold the last half over the bottom half.

Cut in two. Delicious for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Mexican Street Corn Salad

 Serve in bowls, top with Trader Joe's Chili Lime

Or serve on slices of peppers

Serves 6 - 0 Freestyle Points

6 corn on cob, roasted
Take kernals off cob

4 green onions, sliced
1/2 cup parsley, chopped

Mix
1 cup Fage FF Greek yogurt
2 TBS Walden Farm's Ranch dressing
2 TBS lime juice
Trader Joe's Chili Lime Seasoning

Add to corn
3 TBS crumbled goat cheese

Pizza and Bagels

Our favorite pizza ( I ate half of one before I remembered to take a picture!) is Smoked Whitefish. This recipe makes 12 small 5" across - serves 6

Same crust:
1 1/3 cups self rising flour
1 1/3 cups Fage FF Greek yogurt

Preheat oven to 400°

Mix in bowl with rubber spatula. Knead in bowl.

Divide into 12 pieces. Spray parchment paper covered cookie sheet and spread each section of dough into a circle. 4 to a pan. Need 3 pans.

Prebake crust for 10 minutes - let cool

Mix: 6 wedges Laughing Cow cheese with 3/4 cup Fage FF Greek yogurt, 2 TBS Walden Farm's Ranch dressing and sprinkle of Italuan seasoning. Spread on cooled pizza crusts.

Top with Flaked Smoked Whitefish.

Saute onions and peppers. Season with Trader Joe's seasoning.

Mix 1 cup FF Mozzarella and 3/4 cup reduced fat sharp cheddar. Top each pizza.

Grate 1 ounce of Parmesan and grate some more until it maxes the scale without going up in weight. Top the pizza.

At this point if taking somewhere put non stick foil on each sheet. Can stack them.

Preheat oven to 400° uncover and bake a sheet on each rack. About 20 minutes.









The things I missed most were pizza and bagels. Well... no more.  We've had pizza for lunch the last two days and bagels 2 times last week.  We both love them.

Same dough - easy peasy

Pizza

1/4 cup Self Rising Flour

1/4 cup FF Greek Yogurt

Mix and then knead for a couple minutes

Preheat oven 400°

Divide into 2 and flatten on parchment paper covered cookie sheet.

We topped with

Al Fresco chicken uncured bacon 

Green peppers

FF mozzarella 

Spray with Pam Olive Oil

Bake 20 minutes

1 of these pizzas is 3 pts

Bagel

1/4 cup Self Rising Flour

1/4 cup FF Greek Yogurt

Preheat oven to 450°

Mix and knead for a couple minutes

Divide into 2 pieces

Roll into balls and stick your thumb through for the bagel hole

Brush with egg

Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar or Everything but the bagel seasoning from Trader Joe's or sesame seeds or poppy seeds

Put on parchment paper covered cookie sheet

Cover and let rise for 15 minutes

Bake for 25 minutes

One of these bagels (no seasoning) is 2 pts

I just prepped 2 Ingredient Dough - rolled out and put waxed paper between each crust and froze. It worked - however - either thaw the dough before making grilled bread or make sure the griddle is very hot. When using for Pizza I prebake the dough for a few minutes so it can be frozen when you do that. I weigh each piece before rolling them out. Each one weighs 1.6 oz which is 1 point.

It was perfect to dip into two easy over eggs.