Friday, October 22, 2010

Low fat and calorie version of baked potato soup

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Pepperoni Puffs

Pepperoni puffs  
 * 3/4 cup flour
    * 3/4 tsp. baking powder
    * 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
    * 3/4 cup milk (I used 2%)
    * 1 egg, lightly beaten
    * 4 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 1 cup)
    * 4 oz. pepperoni, diced (about 1 cup)
    * 1/2 cup pizza sauce (homemade or store-bought)
    * 2 Tbsp. fresh basil, finely diced.
Method:

Preheat oven to 375o.  Grease a 24-cup mini muffin pan.  In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and oregano; whisk in the milk and egg.  Stir in the mozzarella and pepperoni; let stand for 10 minutes.  Stir the batter and divide among the mini-muffin cups.  Bake until puffed and golden, 20 to 25 minutes.  Warm the pizza sauce, then stir in 1 tablespoon basil.  Sprinkle the puffs with the remaining 1 tablespoon basil.  Serve the puffs with the pizza sauce for dipping.

Tip:
These would of course be fun with tons of other ingredients!  Some possible ideas that come to mind (all of these diced pretty small!) might be:

    * “Hawaiian” – canadian bacon and diced pineapple
    * sausage
    * green or red peppers
    * olives
    * onion
    * etc….

Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies

Butterscotch Oatmeal Rice Crispy Cookies

1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. butter
1 c. oil
1 egg
3 1/2 c. flour
1 c. white chocolate, peanut butter and butterscotch chips
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. soda
1 c. Rice Krispies
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. oatmeal
1 c. coconut

Cream sugar, butter, oil and eggs. Beat in flour, soda and tartar. Stir in Krispies, oatmeal, coconut and chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet.

Easy Almond Apple Pie

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"Manwhich" Style Sloppy Joe's

"MANWICH STYLE" SLOPPY JOES   

3 lbs. ground beef
1 c. ketchup
1/3 c. vinegar
1/2 c. sugar
3 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 sm. cans tomato paste
1/4 c. onion, chopped
1/4 c. chopped celery
1/4 c. chopped green pepper