Susan's Pick: Taco Salad

Taco Salad is one of my daughter's favorite salads.  She also loves Apple Bread Pudding.  If you're feeling like something Mexican this will  send you to the grocery store today to buy the ingredients.

To reduce some of the fat and calories we use very lean beef and low fat or fat free dressing.  I'll share the recipe for the Taco Salad below and post the Bread pudding recipe at another time. Enjoy!!

P. S.  The Apple Bread Pudding is definitely NOT low fat!

Hope your day is wonderful!

Happy Baking and Cooking from my kitchen to yours,

 

M.J.

Apple Bread Pudding

Taco Salad

1 lb. ground round 95% fat free
1/2 head iceberg lettuce, sliced fine or broken is small pieces
2 small plum tomatoes
1 taco seasoning packet
8 oz. light French salad dressing(you'll cut a lot of calories if you use light dressing)
8 oz. sharp cheddar cheese shredded( you can cut calories by using low fat cheese)
3/4 cup cooked Rotini or small pasta

Cook ground meat until browned..add taco seasoning mix(do not add water)..Cool..Set aside.  Cook pasta, drain and rinse..Clean and cut lettuce, wash thoroughly and drain well..add tomato, pasta, cheese and ground meat mixture..Toss with French Dressing., regular or light. Refrigerate..Enjoy.




6/6/12
4/15/13

Rainbow Salad

We enjoyed this wonderful as well as healthy salad for our dinner last evening.  There wasn't any left in the bowl when we were finished.  Doesn't that tell you something? You may want to serve this salad with some light crackers!  Yummy!!

Happy Healthy and Tasty Meals from my kitchen to yours,

M.J.

 6 cups chopped romaine lettuce hearts
2 cups sliced red cabbage
2 Granny Smith Apples or Red Delicious, diced
1 large pear, diced
1 mango, peeled and diced
3/4 cup walnut halves, toasted
2 chopped shallots
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tsp. honey
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese, feta or GOAT cheese!

In a large bowl, toss romaine, cabbage, apples, pear, mango and walnuts.

In a small bowl whisk shallots, vinegar, honey,oil, salt and pepper.  Pour over salad and toss.  Sprinkle with blue cheese or cheese of choice.

Another recipe courtesy of Dashboard via local newspaper.

Serves 8 according to the note in the recipe.

250 cal. 23g carbs, 5 g protein, 17 g fat, 5 mg chol, 270 sodium, 5 g fiber.

Mango Ginger Chicken

I'm trying another new creation.  Yes I get bored and my crockpot is so handy that just about any meal you can make in it with a little imagination.

Last night  took out of the freezer 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts knowing full well I didn't have any idea what I was going to do with them.  I had in back of my mind seasoning and grilling them but I was baking so much yesterday and today I wanted something that took little effort and that's how this recipe developed.

Basic ingredients:

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 bottle interesting sauce of your choice.  I chose Ginger, Mango Habanero.  A bit spicy but so wonderful my hubby went crazy and ate two of the three pieces.
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 to 2 T brown sugar

That's it folks.  Place chicken first in crockpot, add sauce, soy sauce and sprinkle of brown sugar.  Cover, Set to high and wow in 3 hours or less this is a done deal.

FYI:  The more chicken you use the more sauce and other ingredients listed above you should use and time will vary so gage yourself  and allow more time for longer cooking. 

I served it over a Basmatic rice. Some fresh fruit on the side.  Delicious and easy.  Two major pluses.