Great served hot – and equally as good served chilled. This side salad has a great taste and is very easy to prepare!
4 servings
280 calories per serving
2 c Minute brown rice, uncooked
6 oz. baby spinach leaves
11 oz. can mandarin oranges
½ c light Catalina dressing
Cook rice according to package instructions. Place in a bowl and add spinach and oranges then toss with dressing t coat.
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One would think you could not improve on the perfectly edible Rice Krispie Treat. But when you introduce peanut butter and chocolate you end up with a divine dessert that satisfies with richness, just the right amount of sweetness, and good old ‘snap, krackle and pop’. This is Rice Krispie treats for the adult crowd !
16 servings
247 calories per serving
3 T plus 1 t unsalted butter
4 c mini marshmallows
1/3 c creamy peanut butter
½ t kosher salt
6 c Rice Krispies
Pam
12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips, melted
¼ c chopped roasted, salted peanuts
Butter an 8×8 baking dish with 1 t of the butter (insert your hand into a baggy and use that as a glove to get good coverage). Mix marshmallows, peanut butter, butter and salt and cook on medium heat until all is melted then add cereal. Spray a spoon with Pam so the contents don’t stick to it and use it to press HALF of the mix into the buttered pan. Spread half the chocolate over the mix and then repeat the 2 layers. Finally sprinkle with peanuts.
Teriyaki give the chicken a great glaze that then gets nice and crispy when you put it on the grill. The flavor is simple and that means this dish pairs up well with a myriad of different sides.
4 servings
160 calories per serving
4 4 oz. boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 c teriyaki sauce
¼ c lemon juice
2 t minced garlic
¼ t pepper
2 t sesame oil
Marinate chicken in all the mixed ingredients in a zip loc bag in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Heat grill and cook the chicken 6 minutes each side or until done.
Tomatillos are spicy little green fruits in the tomato family – you have probably eaten them in some salsas (salsa verde which translates to green salsa) and tomatillo sauces. Grilling them brings out a nice sweet flavor. This is a nice spicy addition to a meal that may be a bit on the blander side.
I served it aside Broiled Cod with Chili Powder – it was a great double whammy of flavor 🙂
4 servings
154 calories per serving
¼ c basil leaves
1 clove garlic
1 T lemon juice
6 tomatillos cut into 1/2″ thick slices
1 T oil
Heat grill and oil grates or a grill pan. In a food processor mix the basil, garlic and lemon juice until smooth (adding 1-2 t water if needed). Brush tomatillo slices with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill until lightly charred and then serve with basil sauce.
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Simple yet fancy. Light yet filling. This is a great side salad. If you are making it as a main salad instead of a side, add some grilled leftover chicken.
8 servings
140 calories per serving
2 c grape tomatoes
11 oz. can artichoke hearts, drained and cut into chunks
10 oz. spring mix salad
1 c low fat shredded cheddar cheese
½ c low fat balsamic vinaigrette
Mix salad ingredients and then combine with dressing.
These are nice hearty pancakes and make a great weekend breakfast.
4 servings
328 calories per serving
1 c quick oats
½ c flour
½ c whole wheat flour
1 T sugar
2 t baking powder
½ t baking soda
¼ t salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 c buttermilk
2 T canola oil
1 t vanilla
Berries for the topping
Pam
Combine the first 7 ingredients. Combine eggs, buttermilk, oil and vanilla and mix well. Stir into the dry ingredients. Pour batter by ¼ cupfuls onto a hot griddle sprayed with Pam. Turn when bubbles form and cook another minute or 2.
Serve with fruit, nuts, and a bit of sugar free maple syrup if you like. I usually serve with bananas 🙂
This is so super refreshing – so very lemony ! And just the perfect dessert on a hot summer night. The consistency is VERY light – it’s like eating a lemon cloud.
12 servings
99 calories per serving
2 .3 oz. sugar free lemon jello
2 c boiling water
14 oz. diet Sprite
¼ c lemon juice
12 oz. Cool Whip Lite, thawed
Mix jello with water and stir to dissolve then add soda and lemon juice and chill until slightly thickened. Beat until frothy and then stir in Cool Whip. Pour into individual cups and chill at least one hour.
Cod is a nice white fish available in all fish markets and in most super markets. It is the fish of choice for fish sticks, but in its fresher unfrozen form, it has so much more flavor. If you can’t get cod, halibut will work nicely too. This is a great simple dish that doesn’t skimp on the flavor.
4 servings
122 calories per serving
4 4 oz. cod filets
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 T chili powder
4 lemon wedges
Pam
Preheat broiler. Spray baking sheet with Pam and place filets on it. Sprinkle filets with half the salt, pepper and chili powder. Broil 3 minutes. Turn and sprinkle with the remaining salt, pepper and chili powder. Continue broiling another 3-4 minutes or until opaque and done.
When out of the oven, spritz with the juice of one lemon wedge. Serve immediately.
