HG Sweet-hot Steak Bites

This is a Hungry Girl recipe
1# cut up Fillet Mignon, seasoned with s&p
8oz pineapple crushed, lightly drained
1/2t light soy sauce
1/3 cup Asian Sweet Chili sauce
1/4t red pepper flakes
1 chopped onion
Place all in crock pot, mix together and cook on high for 4 hours
**7 pieces of meat= 200 calories

My version..
I had stew meat in freezer, so I just used that
followed the recipe except I only had pineapple chunks
1 zucchini chopped
1/2 white onion
I caramelized a whole head of cauliflower in a little EVOO on the stove top
I served the steak bites over the cauliflower and then sprinkled a few crispy dried Chinese noodles on top.
Enjoy!

Zucchini and Green Chilli Corn Bread Muffins

Marie Calendar Corn Bread Muffin Mix
Follow directions and add...
1/2 Zucchini shredded
1 small can of diced green chilies, drained
Cook as directed
Enjoy!

Mixed Seafood and Red Potato Stew

1/2 bag of frozen or fresh mixed seafood, rinsed.
4 Red Potatoes, cleaned and cut into bite size pieces
1 large can diced tomatoes
1 regular can of low sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup or less of red wine. I just did a turn of the pan
6 baby carrots chopped
4 stalks of celery chopped
4 Asparagus chopped
1/3 white onion
About a palm full of Italian Seasoning
Little salt, more pepper
2 pinches of Saffron

Put all ingredients except seafood into a pot that has a lid
Cook on stove top until potatoes are cooked, medium heat, covered
Add seafood and cover, let cook for about 5 minutes
Plate and can add a little avocado and green onions as toppings
Enjoy!

**Served this with zucchini, green chili muffins

Zucchini and Seasoning Biscuits

I ran out of whole wheat flour and Insta-bake, so I used Bisquick Health Smart
Follow directions for making biscuits (I used Almond Milk) and add...
1/2 Zucchini shredded
1/2 of a unsweetened dark chocolate piece
a pinch of Cheyenne pepper
1/2 palm full of dried Oregano
1/2 palm full of dried Parsley
1/2 palm full of dried minced onion
a pinch of garlic powder
a squeeze of Agave
Mix all together and bake. I baked mine into muffins
Enjoy!

Slow Cooked BBQ Chicken Pasta

3 Boneless/skinless chicken breast, season with a little S&P
1 Good size Sweet Potato, washed and cut
1/3 Red Onion diced
1-2 heads of Broccoli, washed and cut
**I also put my leftover Kale and Red Chard in this time
1 Cup BBQ Sauce
Few splashes of Franks hot sauce
1/2 cup Seasoned Rice Vinegar
2T Apricot/Pineapple jam
Place all ingredients in slow cooker. Cook on low for 6-8 hours

Boil water for favorite pasta and make pasta, I used Spinach spaghetti
Mix all together
Enjoy!

**I served this with my zucchini and seasoning biscuits

Focaccia Bread

Insta-Bake
Butter (I use Noca) 
Milk (I use Almond Milk)
Dried Oregeno
Dried Rosemary
Dried Basil
Dried Parsley
Butter flavored pam spray and regular
Baking dish

Follow directions on Insta-Bake biscuit recipe
Spray pan with regular spray
Spread mixture in pan, want it thin
Spray top with Butter spray
Crush in your hand the dried Rosemary and sprinkle on top of dough
Sprinkle on Basil and Parsley
Bake @425 for 10-12 minutes
Enjoy!
**Paired this with my Baked Butternut Squash and Tilapia in lemon white wine sauce**

Baked Butternut Squash

1 Butternut Squash
EVOO
S&P
1 Cookie Sheet

Microwave squash for 5 minutes to soften. Depends on squash size, may need more time
Cut lengthwise, scoop out seeds, peel skin with a peeler
Cut into cubes, and place on cookie sheet
Drizzle a little EVOO over the top
S&P
Mix with hand
Bake in oven @400 for 45 minutes, occasionally stirring them up. Can bake longer if like my crunchy-I did!!
Enjoy!
**Served with my Tilapia in lemon white wine sauce**

Tilapia, Kale, Red Chard, Asparagus, Sundried Tomatoes in Lemon White Wine Sauce

EVOO
1/3 of White Onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
5 Asparagus spears
4 leaves of Red Chard
4 Kale leaves
6 Sundried tomatoes, cut up into pieces
1 Lemon just the juice
1/2 cup white wine
S&P, just a couple pinches of both
1/8t Ground Nutmeg
2 Fillets of Tilapia

Use a fry pan that can be place in oven.
Pour a little EVOO in pan to saute onion, garlic and asparagus just a couple of minutes
Add Red Chard, Kale, wine, nutmeg, S&P, sundried tomatoes and juice from lemon mix around
Place fillets of Tilapia on top and then try and get fish to bottom of pan and all the veggies on top
Turn fish over after 5 minutes
After 10 minutes (5 minutes on each side) place fry pan in oven for 6 minutes @425
Take out, let serve for a few minutes and then serve
Enjoy!
**This is super yummy** Paired this with my Baked Butternut Squash, Focaccia Bread!

Salmon Strudel

Need 12 Phyllo dough sheets
Cookie sheet
Non stick spray, regular and butter flavor

For filling...
Follow recipe for my Salmon Burgers and add...
1 package frozen vegetables- which ever you like. Drained and dried
4 Kale sticks, cut and only use leaf part
Mix all together, with hands is best, don't over mix
Set aside

**Great dinner to make after making my baked Salmon, Sweet potato and veggie. I used the leftover Salmon, sweet potato and veggies as well. Just chop and mix into the mixture in the bowl.

Spray a cookie sheet with non stick spray
Lay two sheets of Phyllo dough together on counter or cutting board
Spray a little butter spray
Add filling, about 3 spoonfuls
Add just a little of my homemade tarter sauce on top
Fold long edges in, fold the end side like a present and then start rolling. Should look like a burrito when done
Cut in half, and make one slit on each half
Spray top with butter spray
Place a few green onion ends on top (optional)
Bake @350 for 35 minutes
Place in broiler for 1 minute to brown
let set for a few minutes
Enjoy!

Homemade Tarter Sauce

1/2 cup vegan mayo
1/2t yellow mustard
1/4t minced ginger
2T dill pickle relish, drained
4 splashes of Tabasco sauce
5 splashes of lemon juice
Dash of salt
Dash of garlic pepper
2 dashes of parsley flakes
Mix all together
Enjoy!

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Baked Salmon, sweet potato and veggies

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1 Salmon Fillet

1 lemon

1 Sweet potato

1 Green pepper

1 Yellow pepper

1/2 onion, any kind

Handful of Grape tomatoes

Amino Acid

Garlic Pepper, Garlic Salt, S&P, Herbs of Providence

Pam Butter Spray and regular spray

2 13x9 baking dishes

Spray both baking dishes with Pam spray

Place the Salmon in one of the baking dishes

Splash the Salmon with Amino Acid

Cut up lemon and make slits in Salmon, squeeze lemon on top of Salmon then place lemons in slits
Place a few onions (not all, save some for veggies) on top of Salmon

Sprinkle Garlic Pepper, Salt and Herb of Providence on Salmon

Set aside

Cut up all veggies and sweet potato (make sure to cut sweet potato thin or microwave sweet potato for 5 minutes before added to pan of veggies)

Place veggies, sweet potato and the rest of the onion in second baking dish

Spray with Butter Spray

Sprinkle with pepper and garlic salt

Mix all together

Place both pans in oven @ 375 for approximately 25 minutes, just check Salmon

Then leave Salmon in oven and turn broiler on, put veggie pan in broiler for about 10 minutes

Take Salmon out 5 minutes into cooking veggies in broiler

Take Veggies out and plate all

Enjoy!

Baked Vegetarian Chorizo, Turkey and Veggie roll up

1 package of 11 whole wheat flour tortillas
1# 97/3 Turkey Meat
1 package Vegetarian Chorizo
1 can fancy sliced green beans
1 can 28oz diced tomatoes
1/2 bag frozen spinach, rinsed & drained
1/4t taco seasoning
Cookie sheet
preheat oven @350

In a stainer, empty green beans, tomatoes, and spinach (after you have rinsed and drained byself already) let all drain, keep mixing together
Brown turkey in a pan, add taco seasoning
Cut casing off Chorizo, and squeeze into pan with turkey
Cook for a couple of minutes and then add the tomatoes, green beans and spinach to the pan. Cook for a couple minutes. Remove from heat.

Hold tortilla in hand and add mixture, roll and place on a cookie sheet. Continue until filling and tortillas are gone. Bake @ 350 for 15 minutes. Let stand for two minutes and then cut and serve.

These are spicy from Chorizo, would be yummy with guacamole or sour cream
Enjoy!

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Crock Pot Green Chilie Pinto Beans

1# Pinto Beans or +/-
Soak them in water over night
In the morning, rings and pick through. Place in crock pot and also add the following ...
1 can low sodium chicken broth
1 cup water
1 4oz can diced green chilies
1/4 t taco seasoning
1/4t garlic pepper
1/4t cayenne pepper
1-2T dried minced onion
Stir and let cook on low for the day
Enjoy!

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Slow cooked OJ pork

In crockpot...
4 pork chops, no bone
1 can frozen, but thawed OJ
1/2 cup white wine
1/2-1 cup water
Cook all day, about an hour before dinner add...
1 can pineapple chunks, most juice drained
1 can water chestnuts, most juice drained
1 package frozen vegetables, your choice

Make some brown rice (once I put rice in boiling water, I add 2-3 squeezes of Amino Acids) and serve OJ pork ontop
I added a little drizzle of sweet chili sauce
Enjoy!

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Salmon Burger Sauce

I usually always have hummus, so I used some in my sauce. If you don't you don't really need it.

Mix all ingredients in a bowl

1t Hummus
2t Vegan Mayo
less than 1/2t Sweet spicy mustard
Few dashes of dried parsley flakes
1t Chipotle sauce more/less
1/2 t Dill relish
S&P, little salt, lots of pepper
Enjoy!

Corn and Black Bean Salad

In a strainer combine the following 3 ingredients
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can green beans, drained
2 cups frozen Corn
let sit until ready

In a bowl combined and mix
1/4 cup Red onion
Any color bell pepper you wish, red, green, orange, yellow. I used a green and yellow
1 seasoned packet of Chili Lime
1 lime juice
2T EVOO
little salt.
Add the strainer ingredients, mix all together and let sit for about 15 minutes.
Enjoy!

Salmon Burgers

For this recipe I used Trader Joe's frozen Salmon patties.

Here is my recipe for my Salmon patties. Again, I eyeball most of my creations. So I will do my best at giving measurements.
t=teaspoon, T=tablespoon, 3T egg whites=1egg
Mix all in a bowl
2 Green onion, minced with a hand held grater
2 garlic, minced with a grater hand held grater
Handful or more of Panko bread crumbs or Brown Rice Bread Crumbs
1/2t of Amino Acids
1/2t Soy Sauce
1/2-1t chilli sauce, depends on your heat level
1/2t pure Sesame oil
2 Eggs, or I also use 6T of egg whites
2 Cans or more of the canned Salmon, drained and layed out on paper towel to get moisture out.
S&P
Mix, make into patties and bake @350 for 20 minutes.

Building the burger,
Toasted Naturals whole wheat, flax and fiber rolls- they are thin!
Spinach, tomato, pepperoncinis, red onion.
My sauce, see sauces
Enjoy!

Lowfat Chicken, Sweet Turkey Italian Sausage Lasagna

I got original recipe from Cooks.com here it is...

8 oz. lasagna noodles, uncooked
2 c. chopped cooked chicken
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen spinach and/or broccoli, thawed and drained well
8 oz. grated Mozzarella cheese
1 sm. carton low fat cottage cheese
1 (32 oz.) jar spaghetti sauce

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9x13 baking dish with Pam. Pour 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce in dish. Place layer of noodles in dish. Place spinach, both kinds of cheese and chicken in dish. Pour about 1 1/2 cups sauce over this. Bake about 45 minutes.

My Version...
t=teaspoon

2-8oz Whole Wheat, whole grain Lasagna noodles, broken and cooked al dente, drained. Will have some noodles leftover.
3 skinless, boneless chicken breast, cooked in boiling water with a little dried onion for flavor. Once cooked, shred.
3 Sweet Turkey Italian Sausage links cooked, scoop out of the excess oil and place in a big bowl to mix with all other ingredients.
1 package frozen broccoli and cauliflower. 1/2 package of frozen spinach. Rinse both together in strainer, until defrosted, and then towel dry to get moisture out.
2oz of goat cheese
3t of Tofutti cream cheese
1 package Veggie Mozzarella
2 jars Classico sauce. I used one tomato/basil and one Mushroom and olive.

Mix following ingredients in a bowl (shredded chicken, sausage, broccoli/cauliflower, spinach, goat cheese, Tofutti.

Spray a 13x9 baking dish with non stick spray.
Pour a little sauce on bottom and spread. Add a layer of noodles. A little more sauce, not much at all. Add the chicken mixture, add a layer of Mozzarella cheese, add sauce. More noodles, chicken mixture, sauce and spread evenly and then top with cheese.

Bake @350 for 45 minutes. Let rest for a few minutes and then serve! I made this recipe bigger because I needed to serve 6 adults.
Enjoy!

Phyllo Dough Pockets

t=teaspoon, T=tablespoon

-Frozen Phyllo Dough, follow thawing directions.
-Any cut up veggies. I believe I used, Cauliflower, red peppers, green peppers, broccoli, onion, the list goes on!
-2 Tomato/basil frozen patties-Morningstar, just leave out for about 30 minutes to thaw and easily tear apart.
-Mix veggies, and torn up tomato/basil patties in a bowl.

-In another bowl, combine...
1t Hoisin Sauce
4t BBQ sauce, I make sure mine BBQ is not made with High Fructose corn syrup, watch out most are.
1t Sweet and Sour Chili sauce, can be found in Chinese section of store.
1t Black pepper sauce, can be found at Trader Joe's.
-Add sauce to veggies and patties, mix well

-Spray cookie sheet with Butter Flavored Pam Spray
-Layout sheets and lightly spray with Butter Flavored Pam spray. In between sheets and all. I believe for each pocket I used about 7 sheets, just depend on how thick it looked.
-Add some mixture and then take the corners of the Phyllo sheets to the middle to make a pocket. Spray again with Butter spray and repeat process.

Bake @350 for 40 minutes, brush on a light brushing of regular Hoisin Sauce.
Bake @400 for 10-15 minutes. I go by color. We like ours crispy.
Let stand for a few minutes.
Enjoy!

Mexican style baked Cod

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease one 8x12 inch baking dish. I used a Pamper Chef stone bake dish.

cod or any white fish

1 jar salsa

2 handfuls of fresh spinach

2 handfuls of frozen fresh green beans

2 handfuls of Veggie Cheddar

1/2 cup coarsely crushed corn chips

Avocado, a few slices on top once done.

Pat dry fish with paper towels. Pour just a little salsa on bottom of bake dish. Lay fillets side by side in the prepared baking dish. Pour a little more salsa over the top. Layer, spinach, green beans and pour the rest of salsa on top. Sprinkle evenly with the Veggie Cheddar. Top with the crushed corn chips.

Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until fish is opaque and flakes with a fork. Serve topped with sliced avocado.

Green Chili Vegetarian Refried Beans

One small can of green chili's
One 15oz can of Vegetarian Refried Beans
Handful of Veggie Cheddar

Heat on stovetop until ready to serve!

Chicken, spinach, tofutti cream cheese Red Enchiladas

Makes 10 corn rolled tortilla enchiladas
t=teaspoon

In crock pot, cook 2 boneless/skinless chicken breast in one 15oz can of Red Enchilada sauce. I cooked it for about 5.5 hours on low.

Fork out chicken (leave sauce in crock pot) and shred. Place in a bowl and add as much spinach as you would like.
Add 3t tofutti cream cheese (or greek yogurt) and mix well.

Warm up 10 corn tortillas in a paper towel in the microwave for 30 seconds.
Take them out and place in crock pot and cover them well with the sauce.

Take out one at a time, add chicken mixture and roll. Place in baking dish.
After all are rolled, pour the rest of the sauce over the enchiladas in the baking dish.

Sprinkle on some Veggie Cheddar and place a little dab of green chilies on the middle of each enchilada.

Bake @ 350 for 20 minutes.
I added a few slices of avocado on top once platted.
Enjoy!

Cabbage Salad Dressing

2 spoonfuls of Vegan Mayo
1 splenda packet
1 squeeze of Agave
Couple dashes of Seasoned Rice Vinegar
Couple dashes of Amino Acid (can be found at health food stores, just like soy sauce but good for you).
S&P
Stir and mix with slaw!

Orange Sauce

Great over meat or pork

Heat all in a sauce pan. Can pour over and bake on top of meat/pork or pour on after baking is finished.

1 can orange concentrate
1/2C Pineapple/Apricot preserves (S/F)
1t fresh ginger (buy a ginger root, peel it and freeze it. Never goes bad, and when need it, just use a hand grader to shave it).
4 Scallions
2T Teriyaki Sauce
1/2T Housin Sauce
2 splashes of Worcestershire sauce

Pineapple/Apricot Sauce

Great over Tilapia

In sauce pan heat all together...
Pineapple/Apricot preserves (I use S/F)
Few dashes of Soy Sauce
Rice Vinegar
1 Chicken bourlin cube
Water
I have no clue what measurements I used, I just eyeball. Start off small and add more if needed.

Avocado Dip/Sauce

Great with Salmon cakes, on any style burger or as a dip.

Mix in food processor

2 Avocado
S&P
1/2C cilantro
1 lime
1 C sour cream (I use non diary kind) or little less.
Dashes of hot sauce-to taste (I believe I used Tabasco)

Peanut Butter/Chili sauce

Yummy with Chinese Noodles, Chinese dishes and etc

1/4 C PB-chunky
1/4 C Rice Vinegar-seasoned
Mix well
1 T Soy Sacue
2-3t of Chili sauce
Mix well

C=cup
T=tablespoon
t=teaspoon

Spinach Sauce

Good over whole wheat pasta, brown rice pasta, chicken or a spread on bread...

In food processor
frozen spinach-thawed and drained
Tomatoes
2 or more garlic cloves
white wine, a turn or two in food processor
1 whole red pepper
1 whole yellow pepper
1/4 of an onion
fresh basil
some marinated olives

Portobella Mushroom Sauce

Delish overwhole wheat pasta!

Rosemary
S&P
Agave
Balsamic Vinegar
Worcestershire sauce
Portobella mushrooms

Mix all in bowl, taste and then saute all in saucepan with portobella mushrooms. Mix with whole wheat penne and yummy!

Homemade Marinara

3 garlic cloves
1/2 White onion
1 green bell pepper
some fresh basil
some fresh oregano
Red pepper flakes (to your heat liking)
Parsley flakes
1 pkg cherry tomatoes
1 can Italian seasoning tomatoes
Pepper
dash of salt
EVOO, one turn of the pan

Saute garlic, onion, bell pepper in EVOO.
Add other ingredients, cover until tomatoes burst. Once they burst, smash with potato smasher if needed.

Collard Green Pesto Sauce

Place all in food processor...
Collard greens
toasted pecans or walnuts-optional
garlic
S&P
Lemon & lime juice
EVOO