Sweet and Sour Chicken

3-4 chicken breasts
1 cup cornstarch
salt/ pepper
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup oil

Sauce:
3/4c brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce.
4 tablespoon ketchup
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon garlic salt

1 can pineapple chunks, with juice, optional.

Cut chicken into cubes and season with salt and pepper and dip in cornstarch, then egg. Fry until brown, not cooked through. Place in single layer in baking dish. Mix sauce and pour over. Bake 1/2 hr. @ 325 degrees. Turn over every 15 minutes. Make another batch of sauce. Add 1 can pineapple- boil 6-8 minutes. To thicken dissolve 1 tbsp cornstarch in cold water and add to sauce. Bring to boil, boil another minute.

Optional: Thinly slice and lightly steam 4 carrots and 1 bell pepper. Add to sauce just before serving. As seen in picture.

Serve over rice.

Butternut Squash Soup

We saw a cooking show where they made a Butternut squash soup, this is my healthy version, sorry the measurements are not exact, but it also depends on the size of your squash.
4 Butternut Squash, peeled and cubed
2-4 cups chicken broth(maybe more)
1 onion
4-6 cloves minced garlic
1 teaspoon parsley
1 teaspoon basil
Spray large pot with cooking spray. Saute garlic and onion. Add Butternut Squash cubes and saute 6 more minutes. Add parsley and basil. Add chicken broth, enough just to cover cubes. Simmer 40 minutes. Blend with hand blender until smooth.

Cornbread

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients, mix just until wet, do not overmix. Pour batter into greased 9x13 pan and bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Easy Chili Beans

I differ every time I make Chili Beans in my attempt to make them just like Grandpa's, but they are never just like his. This is one really easy version anyone can make.
2 pounds ground beef
2 onions
1 Tablespoon Garlic salt
1 Tablespoon Cumin
1 Tablespoon Chili powder
2 cans Rotel tomatoes and green chiles
2 cans green chile
2 cans tomato sauce
2 cans kidney beans
2 cans pinto beans
Brown Ground beef and onions together, add seasonings. Add rest of ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer 30 minutes.

WW Jello Cake

I did not make up this recipe, but I don't know who did :)

White cake mix
3 Tablespoons applesauce
1- 12 oz diet cream soda
1 package sugarfree Jello
Fat Free Reddi or Cool Whip

Mix Cake mix with Applesauce and soda. Bake according to package directions. Mix Jello according to package directions and pour hot Jello over cake. Refrigerate cake several hours to set Jello. After set, top cake with Fat free Reddi or Cool whip. 12 servings, 4 points each.

Mexican Chicken and Rice

4 chicken breasts
1 Tablespoon garlic salt, or to taste
1 Tablespoon cumin
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 onion, chopped
1 can green chile

2 cups chicken broth

1 can cream of chicken soup
4 cups cooked rice

Spray large pot or Dutch oven. Brown chicken breasts in pot with onions and green chile. Add seasonings while browning. Add chicken broth, simmer one hour. Add cream of chicken soup and rice, heat through and serve.

Cornmeal Enchiladas

My mama's recipe. I will not take credit for something I did not invent :)
Batter: 2 cups milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
Mix Batter and pour onto griddle to make pancake sized circles, cook on both sides and remove. Keep warm.

Sauce: 1 jar red chile paste
4-5 cups water
2 Tablespoons oil
2 Tablespoons flour
3 tsp powdered boullion
1 can cream of chicken soup to make milder, optional
Heat oil in pan. Add flour, then water, chile paste, and rest of ingredients. Simmer 15 minutes or while "pancakes" are cooking.

Top "pancakes" with sauce, then cheese and lettuce.

Yadira's Spanish Rice

My sweet Sister-in-Law gave me this recipe, I am not taking credit for it, I just post it here so I can find it again. :)
1 cup white rice
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1 1/2 cube beef boullion
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon onion
2 teaspoons oil
2 1/2 cups water
Heat oil in pan, add rice. Toast rice until it begins to brown lightly. Add rest of ingredients and simmer 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes covered. Let stand 5 minutes uncovered.

Strawberry Dip

1 package cream cheese(can use lowfat)
5 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Blend cream cheese, add vanilla. Add powdered sugar a little at a time until it is all incorporated. Serve with fresh strawberries.

New Format

Hello, loyal readers...
I apologize if you have been patiently waiting for new healthy recipes from me. I have not had any good new ones cross my path lately. All the good new recipes I have tried have been...not so healthy. But I decided to reorganize and label recipes to make them easier for me and you to go back and find them. And I am not just limiting myself to healthy recipes. Because I bake and cook for company sometimes and I have some "wow" recipes that are too good not to share. So I am still trying to be on the wagon, but I don't have calorie counts for all my new recipes(nor do I want to know for some of them) but I just tell myself, all things in moderation. So enjoy the new ones, make them for company, and share some more healthy ones with me! Happy Wednesday!

Streusel Topping

This works well on top of muffins, coffee cake, pies, any baked good that could use a little oomph.

3 Tablespoons Flour
3 Tablespoons Brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 Tablespoons Butter or margarine
cut together until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add on top before baking.

Amish Friendship Bread

start with a portion of batter, called the starter. Use no metal bowls, pans, or utensils. This recipe takes 10 days to complete. You can freeze starter, just count thawing day as Day 1.
Day 1-5 stir once.
Day 6 add one cup each of flour, milk, and sugar.
Days 7-9 stir once.
Day 10 add one cup each of floup, milk and sugar. Remove 1 cup starter to make bread, give 2 cups to 2 friends with recipe, and store remaining cup to start process over again.

To make Bread:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup starter
3 eggs
2/3 cup oil
1 Tablespoon vanilla

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place in greased 9x13 glass baking dish. Top with cinnamon and sugar or streusel topping, if desired. Bake for 50 minutes or until done.

Streusel topping:
6Tablespoons Flour
6Tablespoons Brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup butter or margarine
cut together until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over bread before baking. Some will sink into bread.

Danish Oven Pancake

For Batter:
8 eggs
2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 teaspoons white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
Beat eggs, add milk and vanilla.  In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients.  Add wet mixture slowly to the dry while stirring. It may be lumpy still, that is ok. Let sit 30 minutes.
Other ingredients: 1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
Powdered Sugar
Fresh berries and Whipped Cream, or Jam

Heat oven to 500 degrees.
Place 1/4 cup butter or margarine in 9x13 glass pan. Put it in the hot oven until butter is melted.  Brush butter all around edges and sides of pan, then pour batter into pan. Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle with lemon juice and dust with powdered sugar. Serve with syrup, warm jam or berries and cream.