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LEAKAY59
SparkPoints: (39,902)
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OOps - sorry Rene! Knew I missed posting after dinner that night on one thread or another! The bean and vegetable stew has been a real hit -- going to make it at least once more before the weather breaks. DH had two bowls the night I originally made it. Hope you like it.
Laurie
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Calvin Coolidge
Co-Leader, Friends on Our Journey Together
Co-Leader, Official Healthy Cooking Challenge
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WOMEN4CHANGE
Posts: 201 2/23/09 4:31 P
I tried two SUPER simple, AMAZINGLY stupendous recipes. One is a salsa and the other a dip.
The salsa - all you do is mix two cans of corn, two cans of black beans and a jar of salsa together. This is fantastic with crackers, on a whole wheat tortilla, with eggs, and is a big hit at parties!
The dip - Spinach-artichoke dip - which I did NOT think I would like. 2 packages of low fat cream cheese, 2 packages of low-fat cheddar cheese, a package of frozen spinach and a jar of artichoke hearts. Mix it all up (using your hands works best) and heat at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. This is wonderful with veggies!
Have a wonderful week everyone!
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LEAKAY59
SparkPoints: (39,902)
Fitness Minutes: (28,339) Posts: 5,553 2/15/09 4:38 P
hope you like it Rene - this is my first time making it myself, so I'll come back after dinner and repost!
Laurie
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Calvin Coolidge
Co-Leader, Friends on Our Journey Together
Co-Leader, Official Healthy Cooking Challenge
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LADYPHOENIX61
SparkPoints: (40,853)
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I've tried several new recipes this week and I have one planned for today. I made a Tofu and Vegetable stir fry that was wonderful and a tofu salad that's like egg salad that's delish! I also made a black bean and sausage soup that was very good and a macaroni and cheese that I never want to see or taste again in this life or any other! Yuck! Today, I'm making a recipe that was a quick fix for my aunt Gwen called Ground Beef and potatoes. I'm using a 98% lean ground beef I found at a market here. The meat is so lean I have to coat the skillet to keep it from sticking! Lea, I'm going to check out that stew recipe. I like beans too and love a good stew or soup!
Reneé
Proud to be University of South Carolina Gamecock!
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CPCJONES01
Posts: 1,460 2/15/09 10:13 A
Pan Chicken Parmesan. SP recipe.
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself." -Mikhail Baryshnikov
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SparkPoints: (39,902)
Fitness Minutes: (28,339) Posts: 5,553 2/15/09 9:44 A
Today is Healthy Bean and Vegetable Crockpot Stew. I put it up on SparkRecipes last night. Less than 1 gram of fat per serving! We do love our bean soups and stews!
Laurie
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Calvin Coolidge
Co-Leader, Friends on Our Journey Together
Co-Leader, Official Healthy Cooking Challenge
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MUFFIY831
Posts: 440 2/15/09 9:29 A
I'm going to try a lentil loaf. I got all the ingredients yesterday and will make it tomorrow. If I like it, it'll be dinner for close to a week. (If I don't, it'll either be cat food or garbage disposal food!)
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TEVA2000
Posts: 600 2/9/09 12:33 P
I found a butterflied boneless leg of lamb in my freezer and another leg of lamb (who knew?) so one is going to be made into Lamb Rogan Josh (Spicy lamb curry) and the other is going to be split into Lamb Stew (which I've never made) and probably a Greek Lamb pasta dish, which I can't remember the name of right now. Each of these will be divide up and put into the freezer. I'm a huge fan of batch cooking, since it gives me a quick nutrious meal
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LEAKAY59
SparkPoints: (39,902)
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I've had SparkRecipe, Brazilian Black Bean Crock Pot Dish, cooking all day - can't wait to dig in. Hopefully, though it will be the last high-volume thing I make for a while!
Laurie
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Calvin Coolidge
Co-Leader, Friends on Our Journey Together
Co-Leader, Official Healthy Cooking Challenge
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LADYPHOENIX61
SparkPoints: (40,853)
Fitness Minutes: (31,327) Posts: 7,392 2/8/09 11:32 A
Hi Ionna! Your lunch sounds delicious! I'm going to write that down and try it sometime with chicken breasts.
Also, because this is National Cherry Month and I'm co-leader of the All My Children's team, I've created a cookbook featuring green bean and cherry recipes-not mixed together! One of our favorite characters on the soap is named Greenlee and we sometimes refer to her as green bean and since she's leaving the show this month, we have green bean recipes. I'm adding to them at least 3 times a week so the cookbook is growing. I hope you'll check it out: recipes.sparkpeople.com/CookbookEdit.asp?i d=80042 Have a great week everybody!
Reneé
Proud to be University of South Carolina Gamecock!
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IOANNA
Posts: 162 2/8/09 9:52 A
I think this might be my first post here...so, I love to invent new recipes and try new taste combinations. Today, I put two chicken legs in a ceramic dish, covered them with 1/4 cup sweet red wine mixed with some spicy mustard, balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp. brown sugar and 1 tbs. citric marmalade, salt and red and black pepper. I added 4 sliced carrots and roasted for about 1 hour. I served this with Basmati rice cooked with leeks. I first saute the leeks in 1/2 tbs virgin olive oil, then add 1 cup Basmati, 2 cups water, 1/2 cube chicken Knorr, 1/2 vegetable Knorr cube. I spooned 1 tbs. of liquid on cooked rice when served.
1 chicken leg + 1/2 cup rice + 2 cooked carrots = lunch
I will have the second portion tomorrow:):) Greetings from Sunny Greece, Ioanna
Greece...not only the founder of Democracy,
but the home of ancient Medicine!
Use the natural foods around you to heal your body and your mind.
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LADYPHOENIX61
SparkPoints: (40,853)
Fitness Minutes: (31,327) Posts: 7,392 1/25/09 1:37 P
I'm making Savory Shrimp with couscous for dinner along with some green beans and carrots with turnips. Looking forward to it already!
Reneé
Proud to be University of South Carolina Gamecock!
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HILLYSARAH
SparkPoints: (3,155)
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today i am trying the easy crocpot chicken from sparkpeople. should be interesting, i love my slowcooker!
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LADYPHOENIX61
SparkPoints: (40,853)
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I'm planning to make an Oatmeal Spice Bundt Cake tomorrow. I haven't put the ingredients into the recipe calculator but the recipe looks OK nutritionally. My daughter's birthday is Friday and I'm making a Pork Stir Fry with Orange Sauce from a recipe I found in the WW 2008 cookbook. That recipe is posted at Spark.
Reneé
Proud to be University of South Carolina Gamecock!
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MY_AGREEMENT
SparkPoints: (41,123)
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Tonight I'm making "Nutty Maple Cinnamon Bars" from the latest issue of Clean Eating. I discovered that I was completely out of vanilla and only had a 1/4 tsp or so of cinnamon, grrr. So they aren't as cinnamon-y as they otherwise would be. They're in the oven right now, but the batter tastes great! :-)
--Marsha
Virtual Walk challenge, from Durham, NC to Modesto, CA: 2995 miles 2702.49 miles walked so far Passing through Toiyabe National Forest in NV 292.51 miles left to go!
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CRAZYTRAIN
Posts: 339 1/16/09 7:45 A
Beer BBQ pork chops!
Just a mom of a toddler trying to lose the baby weight and more! Trying my best to get healthy!
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KPHICKEY
Posts: 155 1/16/09 6:44 A
Made Crockpot Chicken Taco Stew from Spark recipes. It is so good over brown basmati rice!! Kath
Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect. It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections. Anonymous
Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain! Anonymous
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TERRIFARWELL
SparkPoints: (21,035)
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I made the peachy chicken found on SparkRecipe.com. It was so awesome.
"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." -- James Thurber
“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. " George Burns
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MOMTO2CATS
Posts: 198 1/15/09 9:59 P
I made a recipe for ginger glazed mahi mahi from recipezaar today ... it was really good. Served it with some steamed broccoli and some rice. YUM!
In honor of our teams goal to try one new recipe a week I thought I would make this thread so we can share what recipes we're trying and what we thought of them etc. This week I am trying a cripsy salsa chicken recipe from kraft.com. I love salsa and I love chicken so this recipe should be really good, I will let you guys know how it turns out!
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