Cowboy Stew

Yield: 6 servings (7ww pts each)

• 28oz can of baked beans
• 1 lb stew meat
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 4 medium potatoes, cut up to 1/4” thick pieces
• garlic, salt & pepper to taste

1. throw everything into crock pot
2. cook on low 8-10 hours

This recipe was weird to me at first glance but in the end, it was quite tasty! Our version was a little bland so make sure you taste towards the end and spice accordingly. This would be good with some green pepper and perhaps even some jalapeno, too! Also, I added some water because it looked to thick…that was a mistake – it got a bit runny in the end…so no water needed!

Another Taco Bake

yield: 8 servings (5 ww pts each)

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 pkg taco seasoning
• small onion, chopped
• 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 can corn, drained
• shredded cheddar
• 1 tube reduced-fat crescent rolls

1. preheat oven to 375-degrees
2. unroll crescent rolls in 9x13 baking dish, pinch together to make crust
3. bake 6-8 minutes
4. meanwhile, brown ground beef with onion and set aside
5. in a bowl, mix tomato sauce, taco seasoning, corn and beans together
6. top crescent rolls with ground beef, top ground beef with tomato sauce mixture
7. top with cheese
8. bake 15-20 minutes

Filipino Pork Chops

yield: 4 pork chops (5 ww pts each)

• 1/2 can 7-up
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tsp black pepper
• crushed red pepper flakes

1. combine everything in a bag and add pork chops
2. marinade overnight
3. preheat oven to 350-degrees
4. pour bag contents into baking dish
5. bake for ~20 mins, to 165-degrees internal temp
6. serve with rice

You could fry these in the skillet or even trim your chops or loin into long thin strips and grill, bake or fry them on a skewer. These were delicious. I had even over cooked them a bit so they were a little dry and STILL tasted delicious. We’ll definitely have these again. The marinade is really unique. You don’t taste a lot of soy and you don’t taste vinegar at all. I’m not sure really what it is specifically that you do taste, but the flavors all blend together perfectly. This recipe is a keeper!

Monterrey Chicken

yield: 4-5oz chk breasts (6 ww pts each)

4 (5 oz) Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
1/4 Cup Barbecue Sauce
1/4 Cup Hormel Real Bacon Bits
1 Cup 2% Colby and Monterey Jack Shredded Cheese
1 (14 oz.) Can Rotel tomatoes, drained
Sliced Green Onions (didn’t use)
Pepper

1. preheat oven to 400-degrees
2. if chk breasts are thick, cut them in half so they’re thinner
3. place chk into 9x13 baking dish
4. season chk with pepper
5. top with favorite bbq sauce, rotel tomatoesand bacon bits
6. bake ~20 mins (until they reach 165-degrees)
7. top with shredded cheese and green onion and bake 5 mins
8. SERVE ‘EM UP!

We loved these! Our bbq sauce is a little spicy so it really added a different taste. The rotel tomatoes sounded weird, but they really added a lot, too. I didn’t feel like we missed anything with the green onion not being on top…but if you have it, use it!

Broccoli Potato Soup

yield: 11-1cup servings (2 ww pts each)

4 Cups Fat Free Chicken Broth
12 oz. Potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 Cup Chopped Celery
1 Cup Chopped Carrot
16 oz. Frozen Chopped Broccoli, thawed (I used fresh)
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 Cup Chopped Onion
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
3 Tablespoons All-Purpose Flour
2 Cups Skim Milk
6 oz. Velveeta Light

1. clean and chop veggies
2. combine everything into crock pot
3. cook on low for 8-10 hours
4. delicious!

My “lesson learned” on this recipe was to make sure it cooks all day. I tried to cheat with half a day due to my own laziness and it definitely needs the full day. Also, since I was cheating…I cranked it up to high at the end and my cheese all separated. So while it was still tasty and delicious…it was ugly.

My Menu (12/04/09-12/17/09)

Fri: chinese take-out
Sat: homemade pizza & queso bites
Sun: broccoli potato soup w/ garlic chips
Mon: monterrey chicken w/ veggie
Tue: filipino pork w/ rice
Wed: chicken fajitas w/ spanish rice
Thu: taco bake
Fri: frozen pizza w/ breadsticks
Sat: onion pork chops w/ potatoes & veggie
Sun: out to eat
Mon: cowboy stew
Tue: sweet & sour chicken w/ rice
Wed: meatloaf w/ mashed potatoes
Thu: pigs in a blanket w/ tater tots

Lots of new recipes this round, stay tuned - hopefully they're all delicious (and easy) enough to be posted to my food blog! Yum!