The Couponing Cook

Ingredients:
1 egg
1 C. milk
4 TBS. Margarine, melted (I used butter)
Juice of 1 orange (I used 1 C. of OJ)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
3 C. flour
1/2 C. sugar

Beat eggs. combine with milk and margarine (butter). Add orange juice, apples, and vanilla. Mix flour, salt, and sugar together. Stir eggs, milk, and butter into flour mixture until blended. Preheat oil to 350 degrees. (I did the "cold water" test. Sprinkle a couple drops of cold water into the oil, when it pops it's ready)  Drop dough by teaspoons into hot oil.  Fry until golden brown. turning so they brown evenly. Cool. Roll in powdered sugar (or sprinkle with powedered sugar, less messy) 

FRY REAL GOOD! SOME OF MINE WERE UNDERCOOKED. If I had to guess I would say 5 mins or so for each batch. But you will have to test your first batch to know how long.  It's a shame, isn't it? Having to taste them? :)

3/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth, divided (Used 12 of my homemade chicken stock ice cubes)

1/3 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (I used regular white vinegar)

2 teaspoons honey

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 pound boneless pork loin chops, cut into thin strips (I used a pork loin and cut it in strips)

1 tablespoon canola oil

2 cups fresh broccoli florets

3 medium carrots, sliced (I juliened my carrots with my juliener from Pampered Chef)

3 celery ribs, sliced

4 cups shredded cabbage

6 green onions, sliced

1 tablespoon cornstarch

Hot cooked brown rice, optional

In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup broth, soy sauce, vinegar, honey and garlic powder. Pour 1/3 cup marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add the pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.

Drain and discard marinade. In large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry pork in oil for 2-3 minutes or until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm.

In the same pan, stir-fry broccoli and carrots in reserved marinade for 2 minutes. Add celery; stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add cabbage and green onions; stir-fry 2-3 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender.

Combine cornstarch and remaining broth until smooth; stir into vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened. Return pork to the pan; heat through. Serve with rice if desired. Yield: 4 servings.

I made this the other night and loved it!

FROM: COOKING LIGHT ANNUAL RECIPES 2008

"I grew up in New Orleans and love Cajun and Creole dishes. I have found ways of modifying many of my family's recipes to make them healthier." --Marian Wright, Houston

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (about 1 ounce)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 1/2 cups finely chopped yellow onion (1 large)
• 1 1/2 cups finely chopped green bell pepper (1 large)
• 1 cup finely chopped celery
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
• 8 ounces light smoked sausage, cut into 1-inch pieces (such as Healthy Choice brand)
• 2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans no-salt-added organic diced tomatoes
• 2 (14-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
• 3 cups hot cooked rice

Preparation

• Place flour in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; cook 20 minutes or until light brown, stirring constantly with a whisk. (If flour browns too fast, remove pan from heat; stir constantly until it cools down.) Remove flour from pan, and set aside.
• Add oil to pan. Stir in onion, bell pepper, and celery; cook 10 minutes or until onion is tender, stirring frequently. Stir in garlic; cook 30 seconds. Remove onion mixture from pan; set aside.
• Increase heat to medium-high; add chicken and sausage to pan. Cook 4 minutes or until chicken is done; return onion mixture to pan. Remove pan from heat. Sprinkle reserved flour over chicken mixture; stir well. Return pan to medium heat. Drain 1 can tomatoes; stir in 1 can drained tomatoes and 1 can undrained tomatoes. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add broth, Worcestershire, and bay leaves; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves. Stir in salt, black pepper, and hot sauce. Serve over rice.

TWEAKS: Pick your favorite Buffalo sauce and hot sauce and cayenne pepper to desired amount of spiciness before letting it simmer for 30 mins.  I put probably 10 drops of Louisianna Hot sauce,1/4 C. of my favorite Buffalo sauce, and 1/4 tsp. of cayenne pepper.

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Ingredients:
8 TBS. unsalted butter (1 stick)
2 C. cake or all-purpose flour, plus some for dusting the pans
3 oz. unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped
1 C. Sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/4 C. milk

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray Cupcake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Or you coul use cupcake papers.

2. Melt the chocolate in a small saucepan or double boiler. If over a asaucepan, cook over very low heat, stirring occasionally; if in a double boiler, cook over hot (not boiling) water, stirring occasionally. When the chocolate is just about melted, remove from the heat and continue to stir until the mixture is smooth.

3. Use an electric mixer to cream the butter until smooth, then gradually add the sugar. Beat until light and fluffy, 3 or 4 mins. Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time, then the vanilla, and finally the chocolate.  Mix togethr the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and add them to the choolate mixture by hand, a little at a time, alternating with the milk. Stir until smooth, no longer.

4. Beat the egg whites until they hold soft peaks.  use your hand or rubber spatula to fold them gently but thoroughly into the batter. Spoon cupcake papers in each of the compartments; fill almost to the brim.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 mins. Cook on a rack and then put desired icing on cupcakes.

Tweaks: I used cocoa powder instead of unsweetened chocolate. I followed the directions on the box of cocoa powder on how to make unsweetened chocolate using cocoa powder and crisco. I did not melt the chocolate, just added the cocoa powder in with the dry ingredients, and the crisco in with the butter.  Turned out yummy. I cheated on the icing because I was just using what I had on hand. I used Duncan Hines squeezable icing.  Sorry for dissappointing you there :)  Enjoy!

Eggplant, fresh, 1 eggplant, unpeeled (approx 1-1/4 lb
Winn Dixie Classic Style Fat Free Pasta Sauce. (1/2 Cup), 1 cup
Mozzarella Cheese, part skim milk, 8 oz
Hormel Turkey Pepperoni (17 is one serving), 1.2 serving
Mushrooms, fresh, 16 slice
Cut the Eggplant along its axis (the length) into four slices. Lay on cooking sheet. Now build it like a pizza.... pour sauce onto each piece and cover completely. Add 1/4 cup cheese to each, add 6 pepperonis, add 4 mushrooms add to oven and cook.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AFLBANDWAGON.
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