Tilapia Parmesan

One of my favorite new recipes, but I cant take the credit.  It comes from sparkpeople.com recipes and its quick and amazingly delicious and low fat!!  Even my kids liked it, to my surprise, and we're not big fish eaters.  In fact, Ive always despised anything from the sea that wasnt beer battered and fried.  My new sea food love affair is with Tilapia.  I highly reccomend it for those looking to include more fish in their diet, but have a hard time digesting the thought of that fishy, salmon taste.  Tilapia is mild and delicious.  Try this recipe once and I promise you wont be dissapointed!!
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
1 pound tilapia fillets
Preheat your oven's broiler. Grease a broiling pan or line pan with aluminum foil.
In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well and set aside.
Arrange fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over and broil for a couple more minutes. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned and fish flakes easily with a fork. Be careful not to over cook the fish.

Calories: 177.2

Total Fat: 10.3 g
Cholesterol: 63.7 mg
Sodium: 226.0 mg
Total Carbs: 1.8 g

Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g

Protein: 18.7 g

Low fat Lasagna

lasagna noodles
16oz container fat free cottage cheese
1 1/2c low fat cheddar or colby cheese
1/2c mozzarella
1 jar marinara/spaghetti sauce
10oz pkg frozen spinach
1 egg
1/2 lb ground turkey
italian seasoning
basil
boil noodles per pkg directions. Cook turkey, add 1tsp italian seasoning and salt and pepper to taste (clove of garlic is also good) then mix in the spaghetti sauce. Mix egg, 1cup cheese, cottage cheese, spinach, 1tps basil, 1tsp italian seasoning, 1/4tsp onion powder. Spray 9x13 casserole dish, layer noodles, meat mixture, cheese mixture. repeat 1 or 2 more times (I do 3 layers of noodles) then top with remaining cheese. Cover with foil and Bake 1hr at 350*, removing foil for the last 15 minutes.

Number of Servings: 10

Calories: 234.0

• Total Fat: 7.0 g
• Cholesterol: 52.2 mg
• Sodium: 581.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 21.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 20.3 g

you can also use whole wheat noodles, and skip the mozzarella to save around 50 calories!

Chicken and Bean enchiladas

Ill take full credit for this one. Quick, easy, and healthy.
12 corn tortillas
1 large can enchilada sauce
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and chopped
3 cups cooked brown rice
2 cups black beans
1 cup kraft 2 % mexican cheese blend

heat oven to 350*, and spray a casserole dish.
heat tortillas in the microwave 3 at a time (youll find corn tortillas dont roll as well as flour. Heating them up makes them less likely to split)
sprinkle a bit of cheese, chicken, rice, and beans in each tortilla, roll it up, and put it in the pan. Continue til all are done. Smother them with the sauce, and top with remaining cheese. Bake for 30min. and serve.
and if your curious to know the nutrition, heres a few things...
8 servings, 313.7 calories...6.6g fat...39.3g carbs...1.6g sugar...24.1g protein...7.5g dietary fiber...60%vitamin A
Enjoy!!

A "healthy" effort

Ive found in my adventures in cooking that I tend to lean towards fatty, comfort food. I suppose this is one reason for my current weight issues, so we're making a few much needed dietary improvements :).  Of course, I cant give up my yummy food so I will just add to it. My goal is to make 3 healthy meals a week.  Some of these recipes I will get from other websites, some I will come up with on my own, but I will leave the good ones here. With, of course, where they came from :) credit where credit is due!!

stuffed french toast

Filling
8oz cream cheese
1tsp vanilla
1/2c strawberries
Mix together with hand mixer. slice texas toast pieces on the side to form a pocket. Stuff with 1-2tbsp of filling, dredge in the coating:
5 eggs
1pint heavy cream
1c milk
1tsp vanilla
1tbsp sugar
1tsp cinnamon
Mix it all together, cook on a griddle after dredging. Top with whipped cream (i like heavy cream blended with powdered sugar to hold its form) and strawberries and enjoy!

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Amazingly delicious Donuts

This little gem came along in from my tire-less search for homemade donuts. My motto has always been try and cook everything at least once. If it doesnt work out, go with store bought. If it was ok, make it better. Heres my better. :) First off, Ill tell you my original, super easy recipe.
1tube refrigerator biscuits
1c powdered sugar
1tsp vanilla
milk
oil
flatten and hole out your biscuits, fry em up in hot oil, then let em drain on a cooling rack. Mix the powdered sugar and vanilla then add milk a tsp at a time til desired thickness. Dip your donuts and go to town!
   Ive used this "recipe" forever. My mom taught it to me. Alas, I had no biscuits one day, and thought "I can make donuts!" The first time, I made a biscuit recipe from the better homes and gardens cook book, then proceeded as above. They werent bad. Tasted like old fashioned donuts. But of course I thought, "I can do better!" And this is what I found
3 1/2c flour
2pkg yeast
3/4c milk
3/4c sugar
1/4c butter
1/2tsp salt
2 eggs
mix milk, sugar, butter and salt on stovetop til its all melted (micro works to, just take it out every 20 seconds and stir) In a seperate bowl combine 1 3/4c flour and yeast. Add eggs to butter mixture then add wet mix to dry, and mix on low for 30 seconds. Beat on high for 2 minutes. Add remaining flour and knead 4-5min.  Let rise 1hr, roll and cut into donut shape. Rise again 45min, then fry in oil. Top with the powdered sugar mix above or whatever else you might like :)

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Pizza crust. Or breadsticks. Whatever floats your boat

2 1/4tsp yeast
1c luke warm water
2tbsp oil
2 1/2c flour
1/2tsp garlic powder
1tbsp honey
1/2tsp onion powder
a pinch of basil
Let the yeast sit in the water 5-10min til yeast is dissolved.  Add the rest of the ingredients, roll into a crust, add your favorite toppings, and bake at 450* for 12minutes.
For Breadsticks, roll them like you would a pizza crust (just a bit thicker) cover with butter, garlic and/or italian seasoning, and mozzerella cheese and bake.
I like to double the dough to make both :)