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Italian Vegetable Soup
By barbsjustagirl
Nutrition Facts: 1 cup equals 164 calories, 3 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 426 mg sodium, 26 g carb...
- 2 * 2 celery ribs, sliced
- 1 * 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 * 1 medium carrot, halved and sliced
- 1 * 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 * 2 cups water
- 1 * 1 can (15 ounces) white kidney or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 * 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 * 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup marsala wine or additional reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 * 1 teaspoon each dried basil, marjoram, oregano and thyme
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 * 1 cup uncooked bow tie pasta
- 6 * 6 cups torn escarole (about 1 small head)
Duff's Holiday Fudge
By barbsjustagirl
Fudge made with cocoa powder
- 3-1/4 cups sugar
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
- 1-1/4 cups chopped toasted walnuts
Salted Caramel Icing
By barbsjustagirl
Perfect for a chocolate cake!!
- Salted Caramel
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, kosher or sea
- Salted Caramel Frosting
- 2 sticks butter at room temperature
- 8 ounces of cream cheese
- 3-4 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1 cup salted caramel (recipe above)
Almond Brownies
By barbsjustagirl
Nutrition Facts: 1 brownie equals 149 calories, 6 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 30 mg cholesterol, 67 mg sodium, 21 ...
- FROSTING:
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 * 1 cup sugar
- 4 * 4 eggs
- 1 * 1 can (16 ounces) chocolate syrup
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 * 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- *
- 1 * 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 * 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup chopped almonds
Halloween Cupcakes in Jars
By barbsjustagirl
Cupcakes: 2 cups sugar 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (best quality available) 1 1/2 teasp...
- Chocolate Cupcakes:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (best quality available)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (best quality available)
- 1 cup boiling water
- Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick/8 Tablespoons) butter (set at room temp about 10 minutes, but should still be cool)
- 8 oz. cream cheese (directly from fridge)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (always use pure vanilla extract if possible)
- 4 cups powdered confectioners sugar
- 1 to 4 Tablespoons heavy cream, heavy whipping cream (or milk- although I do like the richness that cream adds)
Healthy Mexican Sweet Potato Skins
By barbsjustagirl
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 3 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 can corn, rinsed and patted dry
- 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
- 2-4 INDIVIDUAL chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced or pureed (not the whole can!)
- 1 ounce light cream cheese
- 1/4 cup light sour cream
- 1 teaspoon salt (+ more to taste)
- 1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped
- 6 tablespoons shredded cheese (Pepperjack, Cheddar, Colby Jack... anything will work)
Strawberry Cake
By barbsjustagirl
HEAT oven to 350°F. COMBINE cake mix and dry gelatin mix in large bowl
- 1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix
- 1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup mashed fresh strawberries, divided
- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
Pineapple Salsa
By barbsjustagirl
A great topping for Grilled Pineapple Chicken
- 1 1/2 cups diced fresh pineapple
- 3/4 cup organic tomatoes, seeded and chopped (about 2 small tomatoes)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 2 tbsp unsweetened 100% pure pineapple juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp finely minced fresh organic cilantro
- 1/2 tbsp finely minced fresh flat-leaf organic parsley
- 1 clove garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp fresh grated organic lime zest
Tomato Basil Pizza
By barbsjustagirl
Heat it up: Set up a grill with heat source, coals or gas, on one side over medium-high
- 1/4 cup Simple Tomato Sauce
- 1 1/2 ounces torn fresh mozzarella
- Fresh basil leaves
- Basic Grilled Pizza Dough
- Herb Oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
Hummus, Traditional
By barbsjustagirl
100 Days of Real Food
- 3/4 cup dried chickpeas or 2 cups canned (rinsed)
- water
- 1/3 cup cooking liquid (that is left after boiling dried chickpeas)
- 3 or 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, to taste
- 3 tablespoons tahini (ground sesame seeds – usually found near the peanut butter in the grocery store)
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt (or more if preferred)