SPENOT KREMLEVES (CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups/stews Vegetables

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 lb Spinach — well washed
1 t Salt
2 lg Onions — minced
4 tb Fat, chicken
6 tb Flour, all-purpose
2 c Light cream
4 ea Eggs — hard-boiled, sliced
Bacon crumbles

Cook the spinach in 2 qts. water with the salt for 5
minutes. Strain; save the water. Rub spinach to a pulp
through a strainer or puree in a blender.
Brown onions in fat, add flour, blend. Cook for a
few more minutes. Stir in 1 cup cool spinach liquid
and cook, stirring, until thick and smooth. Add
remaining liquid and the pureed spinach. Heat to
boiling.
Remove from heat and blend in the cream. Garnish
with the egg slices and crumbled crisp bacon.
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Orange Cinnamon Coffee

Recipe By : The Tightwad Gazette
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Mixes

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/3 C ground coffee — not instant
1 1/2 Tsp grated orange peel
1/2 Tsp vanilla extract
1/2 Tsp cinnamon

Blend coffee and dry ingredients in a blender. Blend in flavorings and
extracts. Scrape sides and blend 15 seconds more. Makes one 8-cup pot
of coffee.

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Title: Lace Cookies
Categories: Cookies, Drop
Yield: 48 cookies

1/2 c Butter or margarine; soft
3/4 c Brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tb All-purpose flour
1/4 ts Salt
2 tb Milk
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/4 c Quaker Oats, uncooked
— (quick or old-fashioned)

Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Blend in flour, salt,
milk and vanilla. Stir in oats. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased
cooky sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake in preheated moderate oven
(350 F.) about 8 minutes.

Cool 2 to 3 minutes, then carefully remove cookies from cooky sheets
with wide spatula. (Cookies will be very thin and lacy.)

Source: Our Favorites for family and friends
Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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Quinoa Pudding

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Grains Vegetarian
Want To Try Desserts
Eat-Lf Mailing List Low Fat

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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rinse:
1 Cup quinoa
simmer in:
2 Cups Water — For Abt 20 Min Or
until all water is absorbed.
Add:
3 Cups apple juice
1/2 Cup Dates — Dried, Packed
1 Cup dried apples — chop, or sub any
dried fruit
1/2 Cup dried apricots — chop, or 1 – 2
fresh peaches or nectarines, chop
1 Teaspoon cinnamon — (1 to 2)

Bring to a simmer, cook and stir for about 10 minutes.
Chill.

Experiment with other flavors of juice and other dried/fresh fruits.
I made this up, it makes a lot, you could halve the recipe if it is too
much for your family. It is a delicious sweet way to add alternative
grains to your diet.

>From: jrg14@cornell.edu (Jan Gordon)
From FF mailing list

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NOTES : Cal 268.1
Fat 2g
Carb 61.6g
Fiber 4.2g
Protein 4.7g
Sodium 26mg
CFF 6.2%

Title: GARLIC POTATOES
Categories: Diabetic, Side dish, Vegetables
Yield: 6 nice folks

4 lg Pink potatoes
6 tb Butter;
-=OR=-
6 tb Margarine;
3 cl Garlic
Salt pepper to taste

Peel potatoes. Gently boil salted water until barly
tender. Drain. Put drained potatoes back into pan and
shake over heat until they appear to have flours on
the outside. Cool and thinly slice. Melt butter in
large skillet. Add garlic through press. Season with
salt and pepper. Add potatoes to skillet. Turn them
about in the butter then press together to form a
large flat cake. Cover slow heat. Turn the whole mass
with a spatula fairly frequently until a nice brown
crust has formed. Serve hot. Makes 6 servings. Food
Exchanges per servings: 1 STARCH/BREAD EXCHANCE + 1
FAT EXCHANGE (If you make the potatoes medium which
would about 1/2 cup for Starch/bread exchange cut
back on the oil by using a pan spray and use 1 fat
exchange per serving. This is really a dish that Bert
would enjoy).

Vegetable Cookbook by Paul Mayer and Nitty Gritty
Productions Brought to you and yours via Nancy O’Brion

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Title: Microwave Cranberry Orange Relish
Categories: Diabetic, Relishes, Low-fat/cal
Yield: 9 servings

1 1/2 c Cranberries; 1/4 c Granulated sugar;
1 sm Unpeeled orange; seeded,chop 1/4 ts Ground ginger;
1 md Unpeeled apple; cored, chopd 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg;
1/3 c Water

Serve in sandwiches or with roast chicken, ham, turkey.

In food processor or blender container, process cranberries, orange
and apple until finely chopped. Place in shallow microwavable
casserole. Stir in water, sugar, ginger and nutmeg.

Microwave on High for 3 to 4 min; stir. Microwave on medium 50%
power for 2-3 min. Cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate up to 2
weeks. Makes 2 1/4 cups. Preparation 10 min

1/4 cup serving, 45 calories 12 g carbohydrate, 0 g protein, 0 g fat,
2 g fibre 1 Fruits vegetables choice

1 tb serving, 11 cal 3 g carbohydrate, 1 g fibre 1 ++ extra

Source: Choice Menus, Marjorie H. Hollands Margaret Howard 1993
Canadian Diabetes Assoc. ISBN 0-7715-9167-5

Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier Oct 93

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Title: Snack: Perky Party Mix
Categories: Snacks
Servings: 1

1 1/2 c M M’s Plain or Peanut
Chocolate Candies
3 c Thin pretzel sticks, broken
In half
3 c Bite-size Cheddar cheese
Crackers
1 1/2 c Raisins

Combine all ingredients. Serve as a snack. Makes about 8 cups mix.

Substitue nuts?

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BLACK BEAN ROLL-UPS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Mexican Main Dish

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 1/2 tb Olive oil
1/2 c Onion, finely diced
1 Clove garlic, minced
1 cn Black beans, drained (15oz)
Salt and pepper to taste
4 Flour tortillas
1/2 c Jack cheese, shredded>>>>>
Jalapeno flavored.
1 Recipe: Tomatillo guacamole

Heat oil in large skillet. Add onion and garlic
and saute until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Add
beans. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook
and stir mixture over low heat, while mashing.

When hot and pulpy, remove beans from heat. Spread
1/4 of mixture on each of 4 tortillas. Top each with
2 tbs. shredded cheese. Arrange tortillas on baking
sheet. Bake at 350 F. until cheese melts, about 5
minutes. To serve, top each tortilla with 1/4 of
Tomatillo guacamole and roll up tortillas and serve.

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RAISIN OAT MUFFINS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 1/2 Rolled oats
1 pt Baking powder
1/2 Raisins
2 pt Raisins
1 Skim milk
1 pt Lemon juice
1/3 Firmly packed brown sugar
1 pt Vegetable oil
2 pt Vegetable oil
2 Egg whites
2 pt Vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly oil 10 muffin
cups or spray with a nonstick cooking spray. Place
oats in a blender container and blend until it has the
consistency of flour. Place in a large bowl and add
baking powder. Mix well. Stir in raisins. Place milk
in a medium bowl. Add lemon juice and let stand 1
minute. Add remaining ingredients. Beat with a fork or
wire whisk until blended. Add to dry mixture, mixing
until all ingredients are moistened. Divide batter
evenly into prepared muffin cups. Bake 20 minutes,
until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin
comes out clean. Remove muffins to arack to cool.

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Title: HAWAIIAN BON BONS
Categories: Candies
Yield: 6 servings

8 oz White chocolate, cut up
1 c Unsalted macadamia nuts
1/2 c Flaked coconut
1 ts Grated orange zest
-(optional)

In a 1-quart glass bowl, heat white chocolate in a microwave oven on
medium for 2 minutes; stir. Return to microwave and heat on medium 1
1/2 to 2 minutes longer, or until melted and smooth when stirred.

Stir in nuts, coconut, and orange zest. Carefully spoon into 25 (1 1/2
inch) paper bon bon cups, filling to top. Let stand at room
temperature, or refrigerate 1 hour or longer, until firm. Store, well
wrapped, in refrigerator.

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