Notes:
The perfect recipe for baked chicken… Guaranteed to make your family drool!

Servings: 4

Ingredients:
(Can be doubled, etc depending on your family's needs)

1 whole frier chicken (We prefer the organic ones from Whole Foods) Pre cut chicken works great as well!
Extra virgin olive oil (If desired)
Spices as desired (Our favorites for this recpie are: Rosemary, Thyme, Sea Salt, Pepper, Cayanne, Paprika, Cumin, Garlic Powder, a dash of Nutmeg and a dash of Cinnamon)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350
Cut up chicken into quarters if working with whole chicken (You should end up with 2 breasts and two legs/thighs)
If using Olive Oil, spread thin layer over each chicken, already placed in baking pan
Sprinkle on desired spices
Cook about 1 hour, putting oven on Low Broil for the last 5-10 minutes to get a crispy skin! (Watch to prevent burning)

Submitted by:
Chelsea

Notes:
I absolutely love this recipe.. For those of you who have never eaten buffalo, what are you waiting for? We get our ground buffalo from the local Whole Foods and the flavor is amazing, not to mention it’s lower in fat than beef!  We make these burgers the same way we do our beef ones, but we use sesame seeds instead of breadcrumbs with the egg to get a perfect consistency and great flavor without the carbs of the breadcrumbs.

Servings: ~4

Ingredients:
(adjust to your family needs)

1lb ground buffalo (We prefer the grass fed variety from Whole Foods)
1 egg
Sesame seeds
Spices as desired (Sea Salt, pepper, cumin, and paprika are our favorites)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350
Mix buffalo, egg and breadcrumbs until desired consistency is reached
Seperate into chunks of preferred size and form into burgers
Sprinkle on spices
Cook for about 20 minutes or until desired preference

Submitted by:
Chelsea

Notes:
Chocolate Banana Muffins (Low Fat Recipe)
Yield: 12 Servings (or you can make 24 mini’s!)

Servings: 12

Ingredients:
1 c flour
2 ts baking powder
Sprinkle of salt
2 tb cocoa powder
1/3 c sugar
1 1/2 c cereal; Kellogs All Bran
3/4 c skim milk
2 egg whites
2 tb oil
1 banana- mashed

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Line 12 muffinpans with paper
liners ( or spray with Pam or low fat cooking spray, but remember this means more fat is going into your muffins!) 2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour,
baking powder,salt,
cocoa powder and sugar. 3. Combine cereal and milk in large bowl
and let stand 2 minutes,
or until cereal softens. 4. Add egg or egg white and oil to
cereal.Beat well. 5. Stir in banana. 6. Add flourmix, stirring only
once until combined and evenly moist. 7. Spoon batter in muffin cups.
8. Bake for 25 minutes or until muffins are lightly browned.

Submitted by:
Lisa

Notes:

Servings: 2

Ingredients:
1 tbsp of water
Half a can of crushed tomatoes, or one diced tomato
1 onion, chopped and diced
1 tspn of crushed garlic
1 cup of peas, lentils or 1/2 cup of chickpeas or corn
Herbs: basil, oregano, thyme…whatever you prefer or have
Seasoning: pepper, low sodium salt

Directions:
1. Place the water into a saucepan so that it covers the base of the pan. Put on low heat until the water is simmering.
2. Place the chopped onion into the hot water until it has softened and the colour becomes transluscent. (at this point the water may have evaporated if the heat is too high, if so, add a little extra water or tomato juice)
3. Chuck in the crushed garlic and stir.
4. Pour in the half can of crushed tomato/ diced tomato and seasoning to the pot, stirring to incorporate all the ingredients.
(if diced tomato was used instead of crushed canned tomato, pour in a cup of water or enough to fill half the pot and a tbspn of tomato paste)
5. Throw in your pulses (peas, corn, chickpeas, lentils…whatever) and stir
6. Let the sauce simmer (approx 15 mins) until thick and fragrant, tearing the herbs into the pot a minute before removing it from the heat.
6. Serve on a bed of wild or brown rice, or eat on its own as a soup. Et Voila!

Submitted by:
Sarah

Notes:
Pita Pizza Rachael Ray had a similar one on Good Morning America

Servings: 6

Ingredients:
Sara Lee Mr Pita plain 6 ct
Ragu pizza sauce or make your own
mozzarella cheese fat free for you reg for your family
cooked boneless chicken
home made salsa cut up tomatoes, green onions garlic and jalapeno peppers
italian seasoning

Directions:
Spread about 2tbsp on pita bread add cheese i make boneless chicken in advance and use it for different meals so its always on hand to cut up add the chicken and then the salsa or what ever toppings you like veggies pepperoni etc . . . bake about 20 min or just keep an eye on it the cheese should be melted pita will be crispy, great with a side salad i enjoy a glass a wine with mine I'm counting about 7 points but maybe you might want to recount it.

Submitted by:
Jenny

Notes:
Chocolate Cream Pie

Servings: 8

Ingredients:
fat free sugar free chocolate instant pudding larger box
fat free or sugar free whip cream small or large tub
graham crackers
chocolate sprinkles or grated chocolate (optional)
fat free milk

Directions:
Prepare pudding as directed then fold in half of the whip cream i put in most and leave some for the top
line graham crackers in a dish then top it with the pudding mixture then spread remaining whip cream and top with sprinkles grated chocolate or even some coco powder and chill about an hour. taste like chocolate cream pie with out all the fat and calories.

Submitted by:
Jenny

Notes:
yummy cream cheese veggie spread, great on celery and carrots

Servings: 1 tbsp/veg.

Ingredients:
1 8oz. block cream cheese softened
1 pkg. Lipton onion soup mix

Directions:
In med. size mixing bowl, mix ingredients well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Spread on veggies of choice. My favorite is celery and carrots. Also, good on brocolli. You could also add 1 more 8 oz. cream cheese, form into a ball, and cover it by rolling in topping nuts or crushed pecans. Serve with crackers.

Submitted by:
Rachel

Notes:
This is a delicious salad you can have as a side dish or entire meal plus the ingredients are always easy to find.

Servings: 4=6

Ingredients:
1 jar of Nopales (this is just sliced cactus in spanish find the jar with the least amount of ingredients)
1 bunch cilantro
lemon juice
salt
1 small white onion

Directions:
Empty jar of nopales in a strainer and rinse in cold water. Clean until the cactus has no more sludge and brine is washed away. Chop half of the cilantro and white onion into small pieces. In a bowl add nopales, cilantro, onion and toss. Add lemon juice and salt to taste. To make this recipe stretch give the nopales a few rough chops. Chill before serving at least an hour.

Submitted by:
Stefanie

Notes:
Ok so I am a home cook daughter of two chefs and Im sorry to say we dont measure anything, but Its mashed potatoes something that to me is easy to do by eye

 AMAZING DISH DOESNT TASTE LOW FAT AT ALL!!!!!

Servings: depends

Ingredients:
Red Skinned Potatoes (skin left on)
Garlic (a couple of whole cloves, depending on how much garlic you like)
Salt & Pepper
Light or low fat sour cream
Smart Balance Butter (or any other yummy butter subsitute)

Directions:
Cut the potatoes into smaller cubes , all about the same size, so they cook quicker and evenly
Boil in water with some salt
Add the Garlic in with the potatoes in from the begining

When the potatoes are tender, drain and mash (yes with garlic and all)

Then instead of adding Cream and butter we are going to add sour cream and butter subsitute, to taste along with salt as well..

AMAZING DISH DOESNT TASTE LOW FAT AT ALL!!!!!

Submitted by:
Valeria

Notes:
1.CHOP BEEF OR CHICKEN BREASTS UP INTO DICED.PEICES 2.PUT INTO A POT OR SAUCEPAN FULL OF WARTER.3.PUT THE POT ON BOIL ABOUT GAS MARK   FOUR. 3. COOK MEAT FOR ABOUT 25-30MINS ON ITS OWN. 4 THEN ADD ANY VEGTABLES YOU WANT EXAMPLE/CARROTTS,ONIONS,BROCILI,PARSNIP. 5 THEN COOK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. 6 THEN ADD VEGTABLE STOCK AND A BEEF STOCK IF USING BEEF. 7 THEN ADD SWEET POTATO AND COOK FOR ANOTHER 30MINS. 8. ADD MORE STOCK 3 VEGTABLE STOCK CUBES AND LEAVE TO STEW TILL MEAT TENDER ON A LOW HEAT ABOUT GAS MARK 2 AND THEIR YOU HAVE IT ENJOY

Servings: 4

Ingredients:
CHICKEN OR BEEF AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. VEGTABLES ANY YOU LIKE, VEGTABLE STOCK, SWEET POTATO.

Directions:
A POT USEALY SERVES 4 BUT CAN SERVE AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE DEPENDING ON THE QUANTITY YOU PUT IN

Submitted by:
Martina