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[ride4fun]

Sheryl especially has posted a lot of neat recipes and I think its nice to have 'diet' recipes here for folks that don't want to read the yummy sounding ones for >600 calories/serving items on the main recipe board, but I'm lazy and not copying/compiling the recipes as they get posted and I think they might get hard to find later when I want to try a diet margarita or whatever.
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[alenka]

Yeah, good idea.

[Mary Ann]

Consider this one verrrry sticky!

[ride4fun]

Sheryl's WW Ooey Gooey Chcolate Cherry muffins
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1 muffin = 131 calories or 2 points. Less then 1 gram of fat, 3.5 g fiber
Makes 12

Box No Pudge! Original Fudge brownie mix (or othe fat free)
2/3 cup Light Cherry Pie filling or just plain canned cherries
1 Cup Fiber One Cereal
1/4 cup light vanilla soymilk (I use light vanilla yogurt)

Preheat oven to 400. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, place batter into paper lined muffin tin. Bake for 20 minutes - do not over cook or it won't be ooey gooey!

[ride4fun]

Sheryl's Magical 100-Calorie Margarita
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Ingredients:
6 oz. Sierra Mist Free (or Sprite Zero, or your other fave no-cal lemon-lime soda)
*1 shot of tequila (1.5 oz.)
1 packet **Crystal Light on the Go Lemonade (you may use 1/2 of the packet if you don't want your drink as intensely sweet)
2 tbsp. lime juice from concentrate (or fresh-squeezed lime juice)
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together. Pour over 1 cup of crushed ice. Enjoy.

Actually, this isn't bad at all but I recommend 1/2 the crystal light packet and don't skip the lime juice.
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OK I grabbed the chocolate cherry muffin and margarita recipes to get started. --thanks MA, and Sheryl

[Sheryl]

Ok, I have a million of 'em. I am posting the ones that we make over again because they are usually some combination of easy and we like them! I am sorry that I don't always have calorie or other info, just points, my recipes are very WW oriented.


Southern-Style Oven Fried Chicken
POINTS: 5 , 4 Servings
INSTRUCTIONS

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp table salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
3 oz buttermilk
3/4 cup cornflake crumbs
1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, four 4-oz pieces


Preheat oven to 365ºF. Lightly coat an 8 X 8 X 2-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

Combine flour, salt and cayenne pepper together in a medium-size bowl. Place buttermilk and corn flakes crumbs in 2 separate shallow bowls.

Roll chicken breast halves in flour mixture and evenly coat each side. Next dip chicken into buttermilk and then corn flakes crumbs.

Place coated chicken breasts in prepared baking dish. Bake until chicken is tender and no longer pink, about 20 minutes (there is no need to flip the chicken during baking). Yields 1 breast per serving.


Sheryl's tip: I don't user buttermilk for anything except recipes. I bought some, and then divided it into 1/2 cup portions and froze it. I thaw it in the fridge with the chicken when I am planning on making this recipe. I probably season a little heavier too. This recipe has always turned out well, very moist tasty chicken. Maybe not as good are real fried chicken, but an acceptable and much healthier substitute.

[Sheryl]

EASY SALISBURY STEAK
POINTS: 4, 8 servings
INSTRUCTIONS

1 pound raw lean ground beef
28 items Nabisco Premium Fat-Free Saltine Crackers
24 oz Campbell's Slow Roasted Beef Gravy Fat Free
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp dried parsley
2 Tbsp onion(s)
1/2 cup fat-free skim milk
1/4 tsp black pepper


Preheat oven to 350. Combine meat, crackers, parsley flakes, minced onion and milk. Mix well. Make into 8 patties and place in a 9x13 pan. In a small bowl combine gravy, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, pepper and pour over meat patties. Cover and bake for 1 hour.

Makes 8 servings at Weight Watcher points 4 (1 patty and 1/3 c gravy)


Sheryl's note: I pretty much always have two serviings at 8 points, the kids have 3 each. Pretty good with a lowfat mashed potato recipe.

[Sheryl]

Diet Cola Pork Chops in a Skillet
POINTS: 5; 4 servings
INSTRUCTIONS

4 lean pork loin
1 cup ketchup
8 fl oz Coca-Cola Diet Coke
1/2 cup onion(s)
1 medium green pepper(s)



Place pork chops in bottom of skillet. Place sliced onions and green pepper strips on and around the chops. Mix the Coke and ketchup or BBQ sauce thoroughly and pour over all. Cover with lid and bring to a slow boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until chops are cooked through and are tender.

Sheryl's note: I have only made this recipe with chicken breasts, which I think turns out to be 4 points, depending on the size of the chicken breast. These directions are a little vague, but I simmer it for a long time... 45 min to an hour... so the chicken is falling apart tender. I leave the lid off for part of that in an attempt to thicken the sauce. I usually have to thicken with a bit of cornstarch.

The kids really like this one since it is very sweet, but they like the sauce very thick and sticky. Good served over rice.

[Sheryl]

Mediterranean Fish
POINTS: 3 ; 4 servings
INSTRUCTIONS

10 oz canned diced tomatoes
2 clove garlic clove(s)
20 large olive(s) - Greek or other strong flavored are best
1 medium onion(s)
1/2 cup salsa
2 tsp Italian seasoning (or basil, oregano etc)
1 pound raw tilapia
1 tsp olive oil


Sautee diced tomatoes (undrained) in 1 tsp oil. Add crushed garlic,Italian seasoning, onions and olives. Bring to boil. Place fillets on top and simmer until fish flakes easily. Top with salsa.


Sheryl's note: I already put this one on the recipe board, but it is one of my favorite ways to prepare (non salmon) fish. I usually start with a frozen tilipia or similiar white fish. I usually sautee the onions, then garlic, then tomatoes, but that is just my habit to carmelize onions first. Not sure it matters too much.

[Sheryl]

Wendy's Frosty
POINTS: 2 ; 1 serving
INSTRUCTIONS

1 cup fat-free skim milk
2 Tbsp Cool Whip Free Whipped Topping
2 tablespoons fat-free sugar-free instant chocolate pudding MIX
2 tsp unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp vanilla extract


Whip with 7-10 ice cubes in the blender.

Sheryl's note: Way too cold for this now for me, but I love this even better then skinny cows for a summer treat. The cool whip is the secret ingredient to make it taste like a frosty.

[Sheryl]

Sausage Crumbles Breakfast
POINTS: 3 (this is what the calculator says, but I record it as 4)
One Serving
INSTRUCTIONS

1 cup Morningstar Farms Frozen Sausage Style Recipe Crumbles
1/2 cup Egg Beaters Egg Beaters
1/2 bell pepper(s)
2 cup frozen potatoes o'brien


Cook frozen potatoes as per package instructions (spray pan will Pam cooking spray, cook on med high covered for about 5 minutes, turn, coook uncovered until done).

In a separate pan, heat up sausage crumbles until thawed, stir in egg beaters until cooked. Layer over the potatoes, top with fat free cheese if desired (need to add points).

Delicious topped with a bit of salsa.


Sheryl's note: I don't like a lot of the fake meat products, but I love these sausage crumbles and this recipe is a big feast served with a slice of squirrelly bread (one more point). I missed my big weekend restaurant breakfasts, so I make this when I am craving it.

[MJ]

Sheryl, I love the recipes. Could you put the serving size or how many servings the recipes makes for the amount of points you listed?

Thank you, I really appreciate all your input and especially all the recipes.

MJ

[Sheryl]

MJ- I added it to the ones that were missing!

Two other family favorites are the Taco Junk (crockpot0 and Meatloaf muffins. I have to find them and will post them too. Very easy make ahead recipes that the guys especially love.

[Sheryl]

Curried Sweet Potato Wedges
points =3; makes 6 servings
169 cal/3 g fat/5 g fiber

2 pounds scrubbed sweet potatoes
1 tablespoon canola (or other healthy) oil
2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp salt
pinch cayenne

Preheat oven to 450.
Slice the sweet potatoes into very thick wedges. Toss with all ingredients (or mixing in a big plastic freezer bag) coating the wedges

Arrange in a single layer on a non stick baking sheet. Bake, turning once, until browned and crisp 35-40 minutes.

Sheryl's note: I have several oven fries recipe - this one is the family favorite. I always made the mistake of trying to crisp them too much, cutting them thin. This is more like a decadent jo-jo fry. yum

[alenka]

I just made these, and while I have no idea what the points value is... they're loaded with fiber.

I pack Quaker Muffin Mix, Oatmeal chocolate chip.

Make the whole bag, 2 cups of water, and two eggs.

Now, ADD, 2 cups of Raisin Bran cereal, 1 cup flax seeds, and 4 tablespoons of benefiber powder.. (I have to hide fiber in a lot of my foods for the boys).

Mix it all up, place in greased muffin tin (you can spray with butter pam), or in muffin liners. I prefer muffin liners.

Bake for 15min at 375. Yeilds about 38 medium sized muffins.

They come out SOOOOoooooo heavy (from the fiber), SOOOoooo gooey, and SOOOoooo gooood.

Brad just downed 2 of them and didn't even notice the flax seeds. lol He's sitting on the couch going "MMMmmmMMMmmmm"



You could probably add more bran flakes or wheat germ but I didn't have any.