Crockpot Lasagna

Ingredients:
1. Ground meat (beef, turkey... whatever) ~ 1lb
2. 1 Jar Tomato/Spaghetti sauce

3. No boil Lasagna sheet noodles (amount will vary due to size and shape of crockpot)

4. Cottage Cheese (~1 container)
5. 1/4 cup of milk
6. 1 egg
7. 1 package of spinach

8. Optional: herbs, mushrooms, other veggies....

Directions.
1. Cook meat. Add in jar of sauce. Set aside.

2. Mix together milk, egg, cottage cheese, and spinach. Set aside.

3. In crockpot, layer mixtures and noodles: meat, noodles, cheese, noodles, meat, noodles, cheese, noodles, meat.

4. Cook on low setting 4-6 hours. When almost done, top with mozzarella cheese, if desired.

"Caramel" Dip

Someone made this for our class on monday, and paired it with apples. It was delicious. I don't have the actual amounts, but there are so few ingredients, I figure it can be made "to taste", so to speak.

Ingredients:
Cream Cheese (another option might be greek yogurt)
Brown Sugar
Vanilla

Directions:
Combine ingredients, blend until smooth. Serve and enjoy!

Banana Bread- with no eggs

Ingredients

• 1/3c applesauce, and a teaspoon of butter
• 1 cup white sugar (you can cut this back too- I often use a scant 3/4 cup)
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ( have mixed this with WW, white WW and spelt with good results)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 very ripe mashed bananas (I use all different sizes and amounts- about 1 1/2c)
• 1-2 teaspoons pure vanilla
• chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan. (This can be made in any size pan or muffin tins just adjust the baking time)
2. In a large bowl, cream the apple sauce, butter, and sugar and add vanilla. Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt. Blend in the mashed bananas. Stir in the chocplate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until it tests done with a toothpick.

Red Pepper Hummus

1 can chickpeas - drained & rinsed
1/4 cup tahini
3 cloves garlic
1/2 cup roasted red bell peppers - drained
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tbsp tamari (or soy sauce)
1/4 olive oil
1 tsp basil
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried oregano

Combine all ingredients in food processor until smooth.

I recommend adding the chickpeas at the end a little bit at a time to make it mix better.

Tahini is in the peanut butter aisle with the nut butters (almond, hazelnut, etc)

Cinnamon/Raison/Date Quinoa

A really good, sweet way to add a filling carb to your dinner!

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Milk
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Quinoa

Cinnamon (as much as you want... I just added a few good size dashes, because I love cinnamon)
Handful of raisins
Handful of chopped dates

Directions:
1. Combine water, milk and quinoa in medium sauce pan. Add cinnamon, raisins and dates. Bring to a boil over high heat.
2. Reduce heat to medium low, and cover sauce pan. Cook for medium low for 15 minutes, or until liquid is basically gone.
3. Remove from heat, let stand 5 minutes. Fluff and enjoy!

Crock Pot!

I just bought a crockpot! If anyone has any good recipes, can they post a few for me? Thanks!

Easy Chinese Food

This is a super easy Chinese food meal. Combine with rice and you're done!

Asian Style Vegetables


2 cups chopped Fresh Broccoli
2 cups chopped fresh cauliflower
1 chopped red pepper
1 cup boiling water

Combine in large saucepan. Cover. Cook for 8 minutes until vegetables are tender-chrisp. Cover and keep warm

1 tbsp hard margarine (or butter)
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp packed brown sugar
1/4 - 1/2 tsp ground ginger

Melt margarine in same saucepan. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, and ginger. Let bubble on medium for 1 minute.

Pour over vegetables, toss gently

2 sliced green onions
1.5 tsp sesame seeds

Sprinkle green onion and sesame seeds over top.


Chicken Teriyaki

4 boneless chicken breast halves
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 tsp ground ginger
2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 tbsp Sherry

Pound Chicken with meat mallet or rolling pin until flat. (I don't do this, I just cut the breasts in half)
Mix soy sauce, ginger, sugar and sherry in large bowl. Add chicken. Stir. Cover.
Marinate at room teperature for 20 minutes.
Remove chicken. Discard marinade
Arrange chick on a greased baking sheet or broiler pan.
Broil 10 inches from heat for about 3 - 5 minutes each side.