Boeuf Bourgignion My Own Composition

1 5-6 sirloin beef rolled roast
1 lg can mushroom soup low fat
2 cups shiraz red wine
fresh chopped basil 3 Tab.
3 cloves garlic chopped
1/2 jar minced onion dry
teas. crushed red pepper
few shakes seasoning salt
2 8 oz containers sliced fresh mushrooms

Place all except mushrooms in crock pot on high 5 five hours or low all day. Shred beef in pot with two forks in the gravy. Add two containers fresh sliced mushrooms and cook high another hour. Serve over small bakery style buns.

Family Meatloaf Made Healthier

3 lbs. ground lean beef (80% lean or better)
2 lbs. ground chicken or turkey--chicken best
(Best of meatloaves have a mixture of beef and pork.
I prefer a healthier choice and to me tastier of lean
beef and ground chicken)
1 1/2 onions minced
3/4 lb of minced carrots
5 stalks celery minced
2-3 cups old fashioned oats
4 eggs

Chop veggies till almost minced in food processor. Combine in very large bowl, mix thoroughly. Place in one 9 x 13 pan and another large bread
rectangular pan for later freezing after baking. Bake 350 oven 2 hours.

Topping:
One large bottle organic catsup
handful of dark brown sugar
2 Tablespoons mustard
1 teas. Worchestershire sauce

Mix topping ingredients. 15 minutes before ready to serve meatloaf from oven pour sauce
over top of loaves, bake another 15 min till set. If freezing meatloaf in rectangular pan, keep sauce separate.

Makes two large meatloaves---one to freeze after baking. I have always made two as my kids love it and it is a quick meal freezer to thaw to table
on a busy evening.

Jalapena Popper Dip Gone Healthy

2 pkgs low fat cream cheese (1 fat free/1 low fat 8 oz ea.)
1/2 small can chopped jalapena peppers
One large can crushed pineapple drained
1/2 cup fat free may
1 cup parmesan cheese
chopped green onion or chives to taste (optional)

Combine in small casserole dish. Microwave on high 6 minutes stir and microwave again till bubbly and heated through stirring occasionally. Takes about 15 minutes. Serve with healthy tortilla chips or triangle pitas. Any healthy chip. Takes good cold too, but most prefer warm. Everyone
seems to go crazy for this dip I make thanks to my buddy Susan for her original recipe---I just
changed it to low fat.....

Thank you Suzy!

Patti's Chicken Vegetable Soup

2 whole chickens
bay leaf handful
fresh vegetables all kinds
6 cups chopped
celery chopped 2 cups
onion chopped
garlic crushed
crushed red pepper to taste (careful use
sparingly very hot)
2 - 16 oz bag carrots
2 c. brown rice
2 cans peas
2 cans corn
3 lbs. potatoes chopped large
bite size pieces
yellow food dye for color
natural sugar sub. or sugar to taste
chicken boullion to taste
1 bunch fresh dill chopped fine
1 bunch fresh parsley chopped fine
2 bags small whole grain penne or desired pasta

In very large stock pot place two cleaned whole chickens in pot and cover with water. Add bay
leaves, good handful. A truly good vegetable broth is enhanced with good amount of bay leaf.
Simmer 4 hours. Strain broth thru collander removing chicken into large bowl. Set chicken with bay leaf aside. Bring broth back to stock pot. Add fresh chopped veggies, potatoes, celery, onion, garlic, carrots. Add dill and parsley and crushed red pepper. Simmer 1/2 hour and add boullion and enough yellow dye to give color. Add canned veggies of corn and peas last. Add water if needed. Add little sugar or substitute and penne. Simmer 1/2 hour. While broth is simmering debone the two cooked chickens. I set the breast white meat aside and freeze or use for chicken salad and use the rest or most of the dark meat for the soup adding it last before serving the soup.

This makes A LOT OF SOUP!!! I chill overnite to blend flavors and freeze portions. Serve
with whole grain fresh hot bread.

Healthy Crab Dip

1 can crabmeat drained
1-8oz low fat cream cheese
1/2 cup lite or fat free mayo
1 cup parmesan cheese
chopped fresh dill to taste
1 chopped fresh sweet red pepper

Combine all ingredients in small casserole dish. Microwave on high for 10 minutes stirring
occasionally till lightly browned. Serve with bagel chips or crackers.