Mixed Greens with Apple, Nuts and Goat Cheese

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Salad
Mixed Greens
1 Diced Apple
A handful of mixed nuts and cranberries
Sprinkle with goat cheese

Creamy Raspberry Dressing

2 TB light sour cream
2 TB greek yogurt (fat free)
1/4 cup raspberry vinegar (or cider vinegar)
1/4 cup raspberry jam (no-sugar-added)
2 teaspoons sugar
1 TB dijon mustard

Put all ingredients in a mini food processor and mix

Orange Vanilla Cream Jello

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Ingredients
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1 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Brand Orange Flavor Gelatin
1 cup boiling water
2 cups vanilla ice cream softened

Directions
1.Dissolve gelatin in water. Gradually add ice cream, stirring with wire whisk until well blended.
2.Spoon evenly into 4 dessert cups, then refrigerate for 20 minutes or until chilled.

Caramel Banana Nutella Pie

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Ingredients

1 ready made frozen pie crust- follow preparation instructions
5 TB chocolate hazelnut spread (we used Nutella)
3 TB melted butter
3 TB brown sugar
2 TB water
4 ripe bananas, thinly sliced on a diagonal

Topping- whip cream or favourite ice cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°F (230°C).
Spread chocolate hazelnut on bottom of pie crust
Melt butter on low heat in a fry pan then add brown sugar and water
In the meantime slice 4 bananas, once the brown sugar has dissolved, add bananas to fry pan and coat all over. Keep in fry pan for 5 minutes
Transfer caramelized bananas to pie crust

Bake in preheated oven until pale golden, about 10-12 minutes
Serve with whip topping or ice cream.

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Turkey Pasta Casserole

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Ingredients:
455 g ground turkey
1 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
120 ml milk
1 tomato chopped
1 can of tomato paste

225 g your favourite pasta
20 g grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1. In large saucepan, cook turkey, onion, and garlic until turkey is brown. Pour in milk, reduce heat to low, and simmer until reduced by one-third. Add tomato and tomato paste and simmer .

2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

3. Toss with turkey tomato sauce and top with Parmesan. Serve.

More than just Meatloaf

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1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 egg
1 onion, chopped
1 cup milk
1 cup dried bread crumbs
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1/3 cup ketchup



Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, combine the beef, egg, onion, milk and bread OR cracker crumbs. Season with salt and pepper to taste and place in a lightly greased 5×9 inch loaf pan, OR form into a loaf and place in a lightly greased 9×13 inch baking dish.
3. In a separate small bowl, combine the brown sugar, mustard and ketchup. Mix well and pour over the meatloaf.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour

Fresh Homemade Pomegranate Lemonade

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Juice of 5 Lemons – makes about 1 cup
4 cups of water
1/2 cup of sugar
splash of pomegranate juice

Directions:

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
2. Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice, and remaining 3 cups water.
3. add of pomegranate juice

Creamy Healthy Pasta Salad

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Ingredients
  • 12 ounces cooked pasta
  • 1 cup frozen peas thawed
  • 1 cup sweet corn kernals
  • 1 cup chopped kale
  • 1 cup of steamed broccoli, let cool
  • 1 diced grilled chicken breast
  • For the Dressing:
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  •  a ripe avocado
  • juice of  a lime (about 2 teaspoons)
  • kosher salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Cook the pasta according to package instructions for al dente. Drain, rinse with cold water, and drain the cold water. Pour the pasta in a large bowl.
  2. Toss the pasta with the peas, corn, kale, broccoli and diced grilled chicken.
  3. In a smaller dish mix together the Greek yogurt and avocado. You will have to smash up the avocado, so I usually use a fork to smash/stir. When the mixture is creamy and smooth, squeeze in the lime juice. Stir.
  4. Pour the dressing over the pasta and veggies in the bowl. Stir to coat.
  5. Add salt and  pepper  to taste.

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