Turkey Peppercorn Ranch Bites

Another one from Kraftfoods!

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Banana Pie

Ingredients:
2 bananas
1 oz package vanilla fat-free instant pudding
1¾ cup skim milk
1 Keebler reduced-fat graham cracker crust
1 8 oz container of fat-free Cool Whip

Slice 1 banana and lay slices on the bottom of crust. Beat pudding and milk and pour over bananas. Slice other banana and lay slices on top of pudding. Refrigerate until firm. Top with Cool Whip and serve.

1/8 pie = 3 WW points

Spaghetti Sauce

Jude’s Spaghetti Sauce

1 lb. beef
1 jar spaghetti sauce
Mushrooms
14 oz. can of diced tomatoes
Packet of spaghetti seasoning
1 can water
1 tbsp. brown sugar
Diced onion
Oregano
Italian seasoning

Brown beef with the onion. Add remaining ingredients and simmer. Freeze leftovers.

Lasagna

Not so easy...but everyone needs a great lasagna recipe:

Lasagna from Jude
Serves 8+

Step One:
In deep skillet or saucepot, sauté onion in olive oil for 5 minutes. Add meat, brown, and drain, if necessary. Add following sauce ingredients and simmer for 1 hour:
1 lb. pork sausage
1 lb. beef
1 medium onion
1 26 oz. chunky Prego
1 small can of mushrooms
1 tsp. oregano
2 tsp. parsley
2 tbsp. brown sugar

Step Two:
Prepare 9-12 lasagna noodles per box, but do not overcook. Rinse.

Step Three:
In a mixing bowl, combine the following filling ingredients:
¾ cup Parmesan cheese
8 oz. Ricotta cheese
16 oz. small curd cottage cheese
3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 eggs
Optional – 6 slices Swiss cheese in the middle layer

Step Four:
In 13x9 baking dish layer the meat sauce, noodles, and filling three times. Reserve some meat sauce for the top. Bake in the oven on 350 for 1 hour. Before last ten minutes of baking, sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.

Meatballs and/or Meatloaf

Mix in a large bowl:
3 lbs. fresh ground beef
1 ½ cup soft bread crumbs
3 eggs
6 tbsp. minced onion
3 gloves garlic, crushed
1 ½ tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. pepper

Shape into 1 ½ inch meatballs. Arrange on a cookie sheet and freeze until meatballs are set. Store in a ziplock baggie in the freezer until ready to use. Microwave the meatballs to defrost and then bake in the oven or in the sauce. Recipe also works for a couple of meatloaves.

Black Bean Pinwheels

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Baked French Toast

4 English muffins

Mixture:
3 eggs
3 tbsp melted butter
½ cup sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 2/3 cup half and half or whole milk

Topping:
Raspberries
Kiwi
Bananas
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp lemon juice

Fruit Dip:
8 oz cream cheese
Small container of marshmallow fluff
1 tbsp vanilla syrup – different than vanilla extract
Red food coloring optional to make dip pink

Spray pie dish with non-stick spray. Cut up 4 English muffins into small squares. Put in pie dish. Mix other ingredients together in a separate bowl with a whisk. Pour over the English muffins and be sure that the muffin pieces are coated with the mixture. Push down into mixture to fully coat if necessary. Sprinkle top with nutmeg. At this point you can cover and put in fridge until next morning or put into oven immediately. Bake 45 minutes at 350. Let sit 10-15 minutes. Mix topping ingredients together. Whip fruit dip ingredients in mixer. Top slice of baked French toast with the topping mixture and a dab of fruit dip or just use maple syrup.

I must confess that I've never made the topping or fruit dip, but the baked french toast is YUMMY with just syrup and powdered sugar. And it's great for when you have overnight guests since you can make it the night before.

Thanks Jill!!