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Summer Fruit Salad

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Summer Fruit Salad with Yogurt Dressing The fruit you choose should be a colorful lot, and a mixture of sweet with a little sour. I use equal parts of watermelon with honeydew mellon, some fresh strawberries, and grapes for the fruit and lettuce for some bulk and stability. The amount of fruit you use is entirely dependent on how many you are feeding. Including too much of one type of fruit tends to overpower the others. Adding other like fruits however, may add to the overall flavor like apple, banana, cantaloupe. After slicing the watermelon place it into a collander and allow it to drain for about twenty minutes. After combining all the ingredients above place it in the refrigerator and mix the dressing ingredients. Again the amounts used are based on the amount of salad you are making. The following is enough for a large salad that is feeding four as a main part of the meal, if not the meal. 1 cup mayonnaise 1 cup vanilla yogurt 2 tsp poppy seeds 2 tbls lemon juice 1 tbls gi...

Banana Nut Waffles

1 ripe banana .5 cup of your favorite nut 1 egg Veg oil Vanilla Spray oil Milk/1/2&1/2 Bisquick Waffle maker I don't use exact amounts for the bisquick and milk because it is easy to adjust recipe. Start out with about two to three cups of bisquick in a bowl you can pour from. Add egg, a small shot of vanilla, a glug of oil, and about a cup of milk. Plug in waffle maker and as it is warming up cut up the banana in small slices and add to mixture. Useing a fork mash the bananas into the mixture as you stir. Too thick? A half cup or more of milk to thin it out as you squash and stir. Have a hand mixer? OK to use but go slow because it is OK for waffle and pancake mixes to be lumpy. You want the mix to pour slowly, thick, not runny. Chop up nuts and add to mixture. When light goes out on waffle maker, spray with oil and pour mixture into center of waffle maker. Spread mixture out with fork and close. Directions will tell you to close waffle maker and wait for light to come back...

Zesty Sausage Dip

1 lb medium spicy sausage 1 Onion chopped 1 Clove garlic 1 tomato chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped 16 oz cream cheese cubed 1/2 cup yellow medium/hot banana peppers chopped 1/2 cup chopped black olive Cook sausage and brown the onion and garlic clove. Drain off excessive grease and return all to frying pan. Add olives, banana peppers, jalapeno peppers and cream cheese. Heat until melted and warm and pour into a container for serving mixing as you pour. Chill and best served the next day - warmed up in the microwave.

Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

2 tbs Honey 1 tsp garlic salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 tsp corn starch 1/2 tbs canola oil 1/2 tbs olive oil 8 tbs honey mustard 2 tbs horseradish 3 tbs balsamic vinegar 1/4 to 1/2 cup water Best to combine all ingredients in a container you can shake, store, and serve from. Total calories for container is 240 so the amount of calories used is based on amount used on salad.

Waffles - whole wheat 100 calories

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2 cups whole wheat flour 1 tbs oil 1 egg 1 cup 1% milk 1/2 cup water 4-6 drops of real vanilla Mix all together and let it sit for 15 minutes to thicken. Adjust thickness with water. Use a waffle iron for best results. Divide waffles up into 8 to 10 servings to stay in the 100 calorie range.

Teriyaki Vegatables

1/2 cup chopped red onion 2 medium carrots 1 medium summer squash 1 medium zucchini 1/2 red bell pepper 6 small mushrooms vegetable oil olive oil 3 cloves of garlic 6 to 8 tbs Teriyaki sauce (depending on taste) 4 tbs Balsamic vinegar Garlic salt Pepper In a frying pan pour about 4 or 5 tablespoons of oil in the center of a pan and pour a teaspoon of garlic salt into the oil and turn heat on medium. Slice the carrots into thee inch segments and then into carrot sticks and place in the pan. Slice up the garlic cloves into thin strips and with the chopped red onion toss into the pan. Slice the pepper, the zucchini, and the squash into thin 1/4 inch strips and toss into the pan. Slice the mushrooms and toss them as well into the pan. Cover and steam for a few minutes. Remove cover and add Balsamic vinegar and allow the vinegar to "boil up" then cover and cook for 5 minutes. Uncover add the Teriyaki sauce and allow the sauce to thicken a bit before serving. Optionally add ...

Arugula Salad

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1 bag baby arugula leaves about 5 oz 1/4 cup chopped almonds 4 tbs chopped bacon 3 tbs chopped onions 4 tbs caesar dressing Mix salad first then add the dressing mixing well.  Very tasty had has about 3 grams of protien