Pie Crust

Sister Haglund's Pie Crust

Combine:

3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar

cut in:

1 cup shortening

Make a well and add:

1 egg
1 Tbsp vinegar
6 Tbsp cold water (cup of ice with water)

Blueberry Muffins

These are really yummy blueberry muffins. If you make them according to the original recipe they are about 100 calories per muffin. If you use my subtitutions they are 90 calories per muffin.

1 cup flour (I subbed whole wheat.)
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon

2 egg whites (I used 1 whole egg.)
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup sugar (I subbed stevia for half)
1/2 cup water

1 cup blueberries

Combine dry in big bowl. Add wet and stir until just combined. Fold in blueberries. (I used two bowls (combined wet separate first) but it says it can all be done in one.)

Bake 20-25 minutes at 400 or until tops brown. (There was discrepancy on temperature in the original post. I tried 400 for 20 minutes and I think they could have been cooked a little less but they were still super yummy. Some people said they cooked at 350. You may want to play with the temp/time).

Meatballs for Spaghetti

Meatballs:
1 1/4 pounds ground sirloin
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs, a couple of handfuls
1/4 cup grated Parmesan, Parmigiano-Reggiano or Romano cheese
2 cloves garlic, chopped
Salt and pepper

Mix beef and Worcestershire, egg, bread crumbs, cheese, garlic, salt and pepper. Roll meat into 1 1/2 inch medium-sized meatballs and place on nonstick cookie sheet or a cookie sheet greased with extra-virgin olive oil. Bake balls 10 to 12 minutes, until no longer pink.

Turkey Tacos

1 - 1.25 lb ground turkey
1 can salsa
1 can black beans
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin

Cook the ground turkey. Add the salsa, black beans, chili powder, and cumin and mix it all in. simmer 20-30 minutes.

Can eat as a lettuce wrap or with taco shells. Also great on a taco salad or just by itself topped with some cheese!

Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken Curry

• 2 large carrots, peeled and diced
• 1 small onion, peeled and sliced into thin strips
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 medium green bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips
• 1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts or chicken thighs, cut into cubes
• 2.5 ounces tomato paste
• 1 (14 oz) can coconut milk
• 1 tsp salt
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tbsp garam masala

 

1. Begin by layering carrots and onions in the bottom of your slow cooker. Add garlic and peppers.
2. Layer chicken cubes on top of veggies.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together tomato paste, coconut milk, salt, pepper, curry powder and garam masala.
4. Pour over chicken and veggies.
5. Place lid on slow cooker, and cook on high for 3 1/2 hours or low for 5 hours.
6. Serve with brown rice.  (To cook perfect brown rice, cook in a pressure cooker!)

http://www.superhealthykids.com/slow-cooker-coconut-chicken-curry/

Baked Ziti

1 lb Italian Sausage
1 green pepper
1 onion
1 lb noodles
1 jar spaghetti sauce
mozzarella cheese

Cook the sausage in a pan and then cut it into slices. Dice the green pepper and onion and cook in the grease from the sausage. I throw the slices of sausage in when this is cooking so they are crispy on the outside. Cook the noodles. Mix the sausage and veggies, noodles, and sauce in a casserole dish.Sprinkle cheese on top and cook in the oven at 350 for about 30 minutes (til the cheese is melted).

Breakfast Hash

1 potato
1 onion
1 green pepper
butter
6 eggs
milk
salt and pepper
bacon, ham, sausage (any breakfast meat)


Dice the potato, onion, and green pepper. Heat up skillet with a little bit of butter on it (If you decide to have bacon or some other meat, cook  the meat first, put it on a plate, and use the leftover grease instead of butter). Throw in veggies and cover. Cook til soft. Whisk 6 eggs with a little bit of milk (maybe a tablespoon) and salt and pepper. When veggies are done cooking add in eggs and scramble.