OT any good lowfat recipes?

Harkening back to a previous thread --

When I first saw this thread, I thought it said "Crack Pot recipes" at
first...

Pauline O'Connell wrote:
Since we're on the subject of cooking - does anyone have any good crock pot
recipes out there? The kitchen still isn't finished & we're tired of eating
out for almost every meal. I made someone's beef stew - which was great!
(from RCTQ recipes), but looking for another good one or two recipes!

Pauline
"Taria" wrote in message
news:1Dibe.4355$Nc.4303@trnddc05...

Ok, I can't be the only one dealing with re-learning
to cook. DH has to bring his cholesterol down. We have
made a lot of changes in our diet/cooking. Admittedly I'm
not very subtle about 'sneaking' chocolates, cookies
and burgers once in awhile. Heck, my cholesterol is ok.

Anyway do you guys have any favorite low fat type recipes
to share? DD says we are going to die of mercury from all
the salmon I am cooking. I have to say we are feeling
better and a touch lighter for the changes but I need
good recipes. Help!

To top off the food stuff DH broke his leg and is off work a
month. It has been a long week already and it is MOnday.
TIA, TAria






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Research Associate in the Field of Child Development and Human
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Polly,
I love, love, love hush puppies, but, I'm afraid here in the West, it's not
an item I've ever seen in the grocery store. Once in a while we'lll find
them a a BBQ restaurant. But - I did order them at almost every meal while
in Paducah & Nashville last week. Yumm!

Pauline
"Polly Esther" wrote in message
k.net...
Two bad things about this suggestion, Pauline, but dried beans - lima,
northern, red - are a wonderful crock pot creation. The bad things - you
have to soak them overnight and load them in the morning, and I'm not
going
to give you a recipe since that's such a regional, personal notion of
what's
really good. We spent 6 months without a real kitchen and managed with a
crock, a microwave and a toaster oven. You can bake frozen hushpuppies in
the toaster oven to go with the crock pot limas and have a comfort sort of
meal. Open a sack of salad greens and you're in business. Polly

"Pauline O'Connell" wrote in message
. ..
Since we're on the subject of cooking - does anyone have any good crock
pot
recipes out there? The kitchen still isn't finished & we're tired of
eating
out for almost every meal. I made someone's beef stew - which was
great!
(from RCTQ recipes), but looking for another good one or two recipes!

Pauline
"Taria" wrote in message
news:1Dibe.4355$Nc.4303@trnddc05...
Ok, I can't be the only one dealing with re-learning
to cook. DH has to bring his cholesterol down. We have
made a lot of changes in our diet/cooking. Admittedly I'm
not very subtle about 'sneaking' chocolates, cookies
and burgers once in awhile. Heck, my cholesterol is ok.

Anyway do you guys have any favorite low fat type recipes
to share? DD says we are going to die of mercury from all
the salmon I am cooking. I have to say we are feeling
better and a touch lighter for the changes but I need
good recipes. Help!

To top off the food stuff DH broke his leg and is off work a
month. It has been a long week already and it is MOnday.
TIA, TAria

Thanks for everyone's recipes & suggestions. Guess I'll be doing a little
cooking!

Pauline
"MB" wrote in message
...
Since we're on the subject of cooking - does anyone have any good crock
pot
recipes out there?

Here's one that I like too......Even though I tasted the hominy and
thought
it not so great it gets
good seasoning in this Pork & Hominy Stew ( Posole --a Spanish
stew )--Mary
Brown in 1 T of hot oil...one half at a time...drain off fat after...--1
1/2 lbs pork shoulder-trimmed of fat...cut into one inch cubes...( don't
let
it stew...leave room for the meat to brown ) .Add meat to crock pot.
Also, add to cp: 1 large red pepper ( can use green but I like
red)..cut into 1/2" pieces.
1 can ( 14 oz) chopped tomatoes with sauce
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 cloves of garlic , minced
1 16 oz can of corn, drained ( or frozen shoe-peg corn is very good )
1/ 2 tsp of dried oregano
1 16-oz can of hominy, drained ( if you don't like it just use two cans of
corn instead--I used it because
I had it on hand )
1 4-oz can diced green chilies
2 tsp of chili powder ( mild )
3 cans 14-oz cans of chicken broth
Cover,,,,,cook on low heat for 8 to 10 hours...or high 4-5 hours. Check
for
S&P. Serve with tortilla chips.

Black Rose: You've eaten dinner at my house, haven't you

Pauline
"the black rose" wrote in message
...
Harkening back to a previous thread --

When I first saw this thread, I thought it said "Crack Pot recipes" at
first...

Pauline O'Connell wrote:
Since we're on the subject of cooking - does anyone have any good crock
pot
recipes out there? The kitchen still isn't finished & we're tired of
eating
out for almost every meal. I made someone's beef stew - which was
great!
(from RCTQ recipes), but looking for another good one or two recipes!

Pauline
"Taria" wrote in message
news:1Dibe.4355$Nc.4303@trnddc05...

Ok, I can't be the only one dealing with re-learning
to cook. DH has to bring his cholesterol down. We have
made a lot of changes in our diet/cooking. Admittedly I'm
not very subtle about 'sneaking' chocolates, cookies
and burgers once in awhile. Heck, my cholesterol is ok.

Anyway do you guys have any favorite low fat type recipes
to share? DD says we are going to die of mercury from all
the salmon I am cooking. I have to say we are feeling
better and a touch lighter for the changes but I need
good recipes. Help!

To top off the food stuff DH broke his leg and is off work a
month. It has been a long week already and it is MOnday.
TIA, TAria






--

the black rose
Research Associate in the Field of Child Development and Human
Relations
http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts

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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:49:54 GMT, "Pauline O'Connell"
wrote:

Since we're on the subject of cooking - does anyone have any good crock pot
recipes out there? The kitchen still isn't finished & we're tired of eating
out for almost every meal. I made someone's beef stew - which was great!
(from RCTQ recipes), but looking for another good one or two recipes!

Pauline

Crock Pot Chicken BBQ

1 chicken, cut into pieces
or a family size package of any cut that's on sale
1 bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce

Place chicken in crock with the drumsticks on top, pour BBQ sauce over
it. Turn crock on high for an hour, turn on low and ignore it for
several hours. When the meat is literally falling off the drumstick
bones when you try to remove one from the crock it's time to eat.
Very messy, but very good.

My brother also makes a chicken marinara version by using spaghetti
sauce instead of the BBQ sauce.

Easy side orders:
microwave baked potatoes
Uncle Ben's microwave rice in bags
pre-made salad in a bag
raw baby carrots with Ranch dip

Debra in VA

Pampered Chef (NAYY) makes a pump sprayer for oil. You get the mist
like with the canned sprays, but of just oil. Works well.
Olive oil and some others are actually good for you in small amounts.

Increase bulk by using vegies, and don't peel if possible. My DH likes
mashed potatoes with the skins on, when he will eat potatoes.

My biggest problem at the moment is that his blood sugar won't stabilize.
Sigh.
I am one of those that is miserable on a low carb diet. Got to have my
(complex) carbs most of the time. He eats carbs (other than vegetables)
and he keeps on eating.

Pati, in Phx. Having to get creative about where to store food.


Polly Esther wrote:

If I could explain this to you technically, I still wouldn't understand it
but here goes. One of the sneaky things you have to watch out for is the
non-stick spray. Many of them contain transfats. Transfats are the glue that
cause the bad stuff to stick inside and cause a buildup in your arteries.
Forget my explanation, just trust me or do your own investigation.
Meanwhile, it is really easy to rub some good oil such as canola or olive on
what you're cooking or on the pan. Polly

"Tina" wrote in message
roups.com...


Oh Taria, how I feel for you! Try changing to a low-fat diet with an 8
year old and a teenager! You learn to get creative FAST!

I love fish, and so do my kids, so we also started eating a LOT of
fish. But we also learned to do chicken (breast/no skin) in lots of
different ways and removing "meat" from a lot of dishes. I can even
still make lasagna, with low fat cheese and eggplant instead of italian
sausage or ground beef.

I "fry" in the over with a light spray of no-fat cooking spray instead
of in a pan. My "fried" eggplant and chicken tenders turn out just as
crispy and tasty as they did the old way - even better I think.

I use my wok more often. It doesn't require oil/grease and retains the
crispness/flavor of vegetables.

I will ask DS what his favorite "new" recipe is and I will share that
with you. I think he would probably say the chicken tenders because he
really thought he was going to have to give those up completely. The
first night I tried it, he looked at me and exclaimed shocked, "Moooom,
did you FRY these?!" He has also learned to enjoy low-fat Ranch
Dressing as a "dip" instead of cream gravy!

Good luck to you and dear hubby Taria, I know it's hard to re-learn.

Tina

Polly, I gave up soaking my beans a long time ago. Just rinse/pick them
as needed. Put them in the crockpot with water and start cooking.
Usually I do this at night. In the morning they are tender enough to
add seasoning and keep on cooking. They end up very tender and tasty.
My in-laws have taken to getting hams with bones, they give us the bone
( and usually part of the ham) in return I do butter beans and ham or
split pea soup or mixed bean soupand ham, and send some back out to
them. Works well.

Now to convince DH that while there is starch in beans, they are mostly
protein and fiber and very complex carbohydrate. And that they actually
are good for him to eat to get both the blood sugar and cholesterol
evened out. sigh.

Pati, in Phx

Polly Esther wrote:

Two bad things about this suggestion, Pauline, but dried beans - lima,
northern, red - are a wonderful crock pot creation. The bad things - you
have to soak them overnight and load them in the morning, and I'm not going
to give you a recipe since that's such a regional, personal notion of what's
really good. We spent 6 months without a real kitchen and managed with a
crock, a microwave and a toaster oven. You can bake frozen hushpuppies in
the toaster oven to go with the crock pot limas and have a comfort sort of
meal. Open a sack of salad greens and you're in business. Polly

"Pauline O'Connell" wrote in message
...


Since we're on the subject of cooking - does anyone have any good crock


pot


recipes out there? The kitchen still isn't finished & we're tired of


eating


out for almost every meal. I made someone's beef stew - which was great!
(from RCTQ recipes), but looking for another good one or two recipes!

Pauline
"Taria" wrote in message
news:1Dibe.4355$Nc.4303@trnddc05...


Ok, I can't be the only one dealing with re-learning
to cook. DH has to bring his cholesterol down. We have
made a lot of changes in our diet/cooking. Admittedly I'm
not very subtle about 'sneaking' chocolates, cookies
and burgers once in awhile. Heck, my cholesterol is ok.

Anyway do you guys have any favorite low fat type recipes
to share? DD says we are going to die of mercury from all
the salmon I am cooking. I have to say we are feeling
better and a touch lighter for the changes but I need
good recipes. Help!

To top off the food stuff DH broke his leg and is off work a
month. It has been a long week already and it is MOnday.
TIA, TAria

Mary, when I make split pea soup in the crock pot, I start it at night.
Put the peas in the crockpot with lots of water, cover and turn it on
(High if I am going to be up for a while, low if I am on my way to
bed. Turn it to low as I head to bed.)
In the morning I add the ham, shredded carrots, chopped onion and
celery. Turn it to high and cook, covered, until it is ready, or we are
hungry. If it gets good an mushy, I turn it to low. We prefer it
cooked to where the peas are literally mush, and the other vegetables
have disintegrated into the peas. It is usually thick, but can be
thinned by adding water.

Pati, in Phx

MB wrote:

Marcella...I've always wanted to try pea soup in the CP ...but haven't a
clue how long to cook it..
Do you know how long you do?....I usually cook the peas for 2 min...set them
aside for an hour
or two ( can't remember my recipe off the top of my head)...then cook for an
hour or two with the ham bone...adding
celery...carrots and potatoes and onions in teh last 20 min or so...also
pepper and thyme.
Mary



"Marcella Peek" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Pauline O'Connell" wrote:



Since we're on the subject of cooking - does anyone have any good crock


pot


recipes out there? The kitchen still isn't finished & we're tired of


eating


out for almost every meal. I made someone's beef stew - which was


great!


(from RCTQ recipes), but looking for another good one or two recipes!

Pauline


We like split pea soup. I use the recipe off the bag of split peas and
add in diced carrots and a bay leaf and some thyme in addition to what
the recipe says.

A couple of easy ones that we like a

Taco Chicken

6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
2 cans rotel tomatoes (diced tomatoes with chiles)
1 pkg taco seasoning

Toss it all in and cook on low for 6 hours. Shred with a fork and fill
your favorite taco shell/warm tortilla. Add your favorite toppings.


BBQ Pork

1 pork roast
1 bottle of your favorite bbq sauce

Cook 6-8 hours on low. Shred the meat and serve in sliced buns.

Told you they were easy :-)

There are lots of recipes on the FlyLady pages:

http://www.flylady.com/pages/FoodForThought1.asp

then scroll down to "Slow Cooker information and recipes"

I hope your kitchen turns out just the way you want it! My sister in
law and family did a big remodel and it was amazing the meals she turned
out with just a microwave and a bread machine.

marcella