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Lemonade with blueberries
By barbsjustagirl
Pour lemon juice through a fine sieve into a large pitcher
- 3 cups fresh lemon juice, about 20 lemons
- 2 cups superfine sugar
- blueberries, picked over, for serving
Frosted Cocoa Cookies
By barbsjustagirl
* In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy
- Cookies:
- 1 * 1 cup shortening
- 2 * 2 cups sugar
- 4 * 4 eggs
- 2 * 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3-1/2 * 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 * 1 cup baking cocoa
- 2 * 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 * 1 teaspoon salt
- *
- FROSTING:
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 3 * 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 to 4 * 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
Peach-Blueberry Parfaits
By barbsjustagirl
Servings: 2 servings (1-1/4 cups each) Calories166 Total Fat (g)1 Cholesterol (mg)2 Sodium (mg)95 Carbohydrate (g)3
- 1 6-ounce carton vanilla, peach, or blueberry fat-free yogurt
- 1 cup lightly sweetened multigrain clusters cereal, such as Kashi® GoLean Crunch® brand
- 1 ripe peach, pitted and cut up
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Blueberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing
By barbsjustagirl
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour, not self-rising
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes; room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries plus 2 tablespoons flour
Overnight Oats, 100 Days of Real Food
By barbsjustagirl
Instructions Mix together all ingredients, cover, and refrigerate for a minimum of 5 hours before eating
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon plain yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- 1 to 2 tablespoons raisins (depending on how much you like raisins!)
- 1/8 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 pinches cinnamon (We prefer fresh.)
Sweet Potato slices
By barbsjustagirl
Kinda like fries but cut in slices
- 2 sweet potatoes
- Olive oil
- pepper
- kosher salt
White Tea Mimosa
By barbsjustagirl
In pitcher, combine all ingredients
- 1 * 1 bottle Lipton® Pure Leaf™ White Tea with Tangerine, chilled
- 2 * 2 cups Champagne or sparkling cider, chilled
- 1 * 1 cup chilled orange juice
Acorn Squash with Apples
By barbsjustagirl
Variations: You could use butternut squash for variety
- 1 acorn squash
- 2 apples, cored and sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Chicken Parmesan - Healthified
By barbsjustagirl
1 In 1-quart saucepan, heat Tomato Sauce ingredients over medium-low heat
- 1 cup crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 oz uncooked multigrain angel hair pasta
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth, warmed
- 8 oz uncooked chicken breast tenders (not breaded)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves, shredded
- 2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese
Tuna Pockets
By barbsjustagirl
Serve with raisins and carrot sticks for a well balanced lunch!
- 1/2 cup Coleslaw blend (cabbage slaw mix)
- 1/3 cup halved seedless red grapes
- 1/4 cup flaked drained canned tuna
- 2 Tbsp. KRAFT Light Ranch Dressing
- 1/2 Whole wheat pita bread
- 1 Leaf lettuce leaf