ThriftyFun Recipes
Volume Two, Number 19, January 30, 2006
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Today's Recipes
Spanish Roast Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. dried oregano
- 1 Tbsp. paprika
- 2 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 roasting chicken, about 8 lbs
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line roasting pan with foil. Combine oregano, paprika, cumin, salt, garlic, and cayenne; rub over chicken. Place chicken in pan; coat with cooking spray. Truss, if desired. Roast until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh away from bone registers 180 F. about 2 hours. Let stand 10 minutes. Serve chicken with pan juices.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Tofu Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken, diced
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 2 Tbsp. chopped onion
- 1/2 lb. tofu, drained and diced
- 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp. minced parsley
- 1 1/2 tsp. dill weed
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
Directions
Mix together chicken, celery, and onion. Marinate tofu in soy sauce and lemon juice for 1 hour. Add to chicken mixture. Mix remaining ingredients to make dressing. Stir together lightly and serve. Serves 4
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Diet Cookbooks and Programs
I have been a dieter only for the past 2 years but was astounded by the cost of "losing weight". I had to pay a fee each week for someone to show me how to lose weight. The cookbooks were overpriced, the recipes were usually gourmet and not children-friendly and expensive to cook. Forget the ones that deliver the food to your door. They're even more expensive and not something that you can duplicate yourself. So, what does a person do?
I tried to diet on my own, using my own recipes, but lowering the fat content and making my portions smaller, but it just didn't work for me. I needed the prompting of others, but it was just too expensive.
I came across a cookbook called "Symply Too Good To Be True" by Annette Sym at my local newsagent. I didn't even realise it was "diet" cookbook until I got it home. The recipes were down-to-earth, user friendly (my children can cook them); and more importantly, most of the ingredients can be swapped for generic products. The cookbooks are also diabetic-friendly which is fantastic as diabetic diets can be scary for the newly diagnosed diabetics.
We began to cook exclusively from this book. I went online and found Annette's website and discovered that she had a big following in Australia and internationally, and had put out a menu planner CD rom, to help people who needed the extra help.
I don't know whether it's ok to let people know about commercial products on ThriftyFun but I thought I'd let people know about it because it's certainly saved me some money.
The cookbooks are $11.95 AU ($8.95 US) in newsagents but even less through the website. I did also buy a CD rom that spoon fed me even more at a cost of $39 AU ($29 US). I was in front already, especially when you consider it was costing me almost $17 a week in weight loss meetings, and my hubby wanted to do it as well, which would have been even more expensive.
We entered our details in to the program and it calculated the calorie intake we needed and did the menu planning for us including snacks (although my snacks were slightly different to hubby's)... and gave me a shopping list. You can enter up to 4 people on the one CD rom which is great if you have friends who want to lose weight. You could split the cost of the CD and each week print up everyone's menu plan and shopping list. I did have to buy 2 other cookbooks as the recipes on the CD rom came from Books 1-3.
Last week I spent $50 less than I normally would following the menu plans. I was able to feed my children the same menu (bigger portions) and they wolfed the food down and asked for more. They never really liked my previous diet recipes and quite often I found myself cooking double (very expensive and time consuming). Between hubby and I we have lost 4kg (8.8lb) in the first 2 weeks
The website is http://www.symplytoogood.com.au/
If you cannot get a hold of this program or cookbooks, why not look out for something similar where you live. There has to be something better than what's been offered to us. People who want to lose weight are being ripped off and we really need to look at alternatives before forking out our hard earned cash.
I hope this helps someone else as it has helped me.
By Ozbev from Rockingham, Western Australia
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Holy Cannoli Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp. orange extract (opt.)
- 1 package instant vanilla pudding
- 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 package semi-sweet baking chocolate, chopped, divided
- 1 package pound cake, horizontally cut into 4 slices
- 1 cup thawed Cool Whip
Directions
Pour milk and orange extract into large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in ricotta cheeses. Gently stir in 1/2 of the chopped chocolate.
Spread 1/3 of the pudding mixture onto bottom slice of cake. Repeat layers twice, ending with top cake slice. Microwave remaining chocolate in small bowl on high 45 seconds to 1 minute or until almost melted; stir until completely melted. Stir in whipped topping. Spread evenly over top and sides of cake.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Peanut Butter Cookies
Golden Peanut Butter Cookies
Makes: 40 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 3/4 cup oat flour
- Sugar substitute equal to 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2/3 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons margarine or butter
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup fat-free egg substitute
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the flours, sugar substitute, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl and stir to mix well. Set aside.
Combine the peanut butter, margarine, and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer to mix well. Beat in the egg substitute, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture and beat to mix well.
Shape level teaspoonfuls of the dough into balls and arrange 1-1/2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten each cookie to 1/4 -inch thickness by crisscrossing with the tines of a fork. Dip the tines of the fork lightly in sugar between each cookie if desired. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown. Remove the cookies and let sit for 2 minutes. Transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
Nutritional Information Per Serving (per cookie): Calories: 77, Carbs: 9 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Fat: 4 g, Saturated Fat: 0.7 g, Fiber: 0.9 g, Protein: 2 g, Sodium: 82 mg, Calcium: 14 mg
Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 Carb, 1 Fat
By Terri
Peanut Butter Cookies II
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. soda
- 1 cup margarine
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
Directions
Mix flour, salt and soda; set aside. Mix margarine and peanut butter; add both kinds of sugar and mix well. Stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture. Drop dough from a teaspoon on baking pan. Flatten with a fork. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes. Makes 4 to 5 dozen.
By Robin from Washington, IA
Peanut Butter Cookies III
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1 cup flour (unsifted)
Directions
Cream shortening, sugar and peanut butter. Add egg, then flour and soda. Roll dough into small balls. Place on cookie sheet and flatten with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes.
By Robin from Washington, IA
Easy and Quick Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1(14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- 3/4 c peanut butter
- 2 cups Bisquick mix
- 1 tsp.vanilla
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In large mixer bowl, beat milk and peanut butter until smooth. Add Bisquick and vanilla; mix well. Shape into balls. Roll in sugar. Flatten with fork.
Bake for 6 to 8 minutes.
Patricia
Peanut Butter Cookies IV
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 peanut butter cream or crunchy
- 1 cup self rising flour
- 1/2 (stick) soften butter
Directions
Mix together and bake at 350 degrees F for 15-25 min.
Put on a rack to cool!
By Ashley from LAF, LA
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Zoa Bars (Zucchini Oatmeal Apple)
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup oil
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups pureed zucchini
- 2 cups chopped raw apple
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cup flour
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 2 cup rolled oats
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Glaze:
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp. milk
- 3 Tbsp. margarine
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Directions
Beat together soybean oil, brown sugar, and eggs. Add zucchini, apple, lemon juice, and vanilla. Mix remaining ingredients together and then add to zucchini-apple mixture. Spread in greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes.
Glaze: Combine all ingredients over medium heat until smooth and sugar is dissolved. Do not boil. While bars are hot, pierce bars with a fork and pour glaze over bars. When cool, cut into squares. Makes about 3 dozen.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Pork Loin Roulade
Ingredients
- 4 boneless center pork loin slice, about 1 lb.
- 1/2 red bell pepper, cut in strips
- 1/2 green pepper, cut in strips
- 1 Tbsp. cooking oil
- 2/3 cup orange juice
- 2/3 cup bottled barbecue sauce
- 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
Directions
Place meat between 2 pieces of clean plastic wrap. Pound with a mallet to about 1/4 inch thickness. Place several red and green pepper strips crosswise on each pork portion; roll up jelly roll style. Secure rolls with wooden toothpicks. In a large skillet, brown the pork rolls in hot cooking oil. Drain fat from pan. Combine remaining ingredients and add to skillet. Bring mixture to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10 to 12 minutes or until pork is tender. Remove toothpicks. Serves 4.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Peach Crumb Pie
Ingredients
- 2 packages. frozen sliced peaches, thawed, drained
- 2/3 cup + 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup + 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 frozen 9 inch pie shell from 1 package
- 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/3 cup sliced natural almonds
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 10 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place baking sheet on center rack in oven. Combine peaches, 2/3 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1 tsp. cinnamon and ginger; spoon into pie shell.
In separate bowl combine remaining brown sugar, flour and cinnamon with oats, almonds, granulated sugar and salt. Stir in butter until crumbs form. Sprinkle over pie. Bake on hot baking sheet 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until crumbs are golden and fruit is bubbly. Cool on rack.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Party Pork Chops 'n Yams
Ingredients
- 6 smoked loin pork chops, cut in 3/4 inch thick
- 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
- 2 cups cooked mashed fresh yams or sweet potatoes
- 1 can crushed pineapple, drained, reserve liquid
- 3 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/8-1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/3 cup black walnut pieces
Directions
Brown pork chops in butter over medium heat. Place pork chops in 13x9 baking pan. Combine yams, pineapple, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt; mix well.. Spoon mixture over pork chops. Sprinkle with nuts. Pour pineapple liquid into pan. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes, or until yams are thoroughly heated. Makes 6 servings.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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