Dirt Cake, Lite Option

2 large pkgs chocolate sugar-free pudding
4 cups 2% milk
16 oz container lite cool whip
30 crushed lite Oreo Cookies
gummy worms

In large bowl whisk together chocolate pudding and milk. Chill a few minutes
till thickened. Fold in Cool whip litely. Add all but 1 1/2 cups of Oreo
cookies. Pour into a large glass bowl. Top with remaining 1 1/2 cups of
crushed Oreo cookies. Decorate with gummy worms.

You can also put this mixture into individual cups glass/foam as individual
servings topped with gummy worms. Chill.

Crepes a la Josephine

1 cup water
1 cup flour
2 eggs

Whisk eggs, add water, add flour, continue whisking. Heat crepe pan and melt
small amount of butter in bottom of pan. With gravy ladle add one and 1/2 ladles
of batter to pan, swirling into pan to cover in a rounded fashion. Heat on stove
under low flame till moistness is gone from crepe and flip with fork. Heat till
dry and set aside. Continue cooking using sm. amount butter ea. crepe or they
will stick. Fun to have ea. person get up from table and make their own crepe.
Set crepes aside, can pile them on top of ea. other.

Have following available:
Nutella
banana to slice
canned peaches drained
cherry pie filling
whip cream topping

Filling for fruit crepes:
1 block lite cream cheese whipped with sugar to taste

When ready have ea. person make their own crepe. For fruit crepe spread cream
cheese litely over crepe and dollop cherry or peaches over. Fold seam side up.
Decorate with whipped cream.

For Nutella crepe spread Nutella over crepe and slice banana over. fold seam side
up and dot whip cream.

All we could say was "OMG Josephine, these are incredible!!!!!"

Josephine taught us Crepes 101----She is Angie's mama. She is from Sicily and
an incredible cook!!! For manicotti Sicilian style use crepes instead of noodles.
Fill with ricotta cheese:

3/4 Romano cheese
1 1/2 lbs. ricotta cheese
salt, pepper, parley minced
2 eggs

Combine and fill crepes. Pour over marinara sauce. Mozzarella cheese over and
bake 350 oven till bubbly.

Split Pea Soup With Ham

2 lbs dried split peas (2 pkgs)
1 med. onion chopped fine
4 carrots minced
4 stalks celery minced
1 ham bone optional or
2 cups or less of chopped baked ham
(I prefer honey ham) optional
4 bay leaves
sea salt, fresh ground peppercorns to taste
chicken bouillon to taste

Place split peas in very large crock pot. I process onion, celery, carrots in
proessor. Place over split dried peas in in crock pot. Add bay leaves and cover
with water with few inches over peas. Add ham bone (optional)Simmer all day or
overnite in crock pot. Remove ham bone and dice ham off bone returning ham to soup. Season to taste with salt, pepper, chicken bouillon (optional). If it is too thick add wate, simmer, and taste again for seasoning. Serve with cheese crouton if desired, Freezes well.

Quick & Easy Jamaican Jerk Chicken

3-4 lbs. boneless frozen chicken breasts
1 16 oz bottle Jamaican Jerk bottled sauce
2 sliced onions
1 20 oz can pineapple tidbits drained

tortilla wraps--I use low carb
cheese slices cheddar---low fat if desired as shown
lettuce salad mix

Place chicken breasts frozen in crock pot. Cover with 1 bottle of Jamaican bottled
sauce. Cook on low for 3 hrs, add 2 sliced onions, not chopped. Heat till softened. Pour off some of the juice to the side in a cup. Shred chicken using
two forks. Add more liquid if needed till desired consistency. Add pineapple
tidbits. Heat on low another half hour. Serve in tortillas as shown with lettuce,
wrapped, melted cheddar on top; or serve on buns.

Thanks to my RN friend Megan for this recipe!!!!!!

Mashed Cauliflower

2 large pks of frozen cauliflower
non-fat milk
little olive oil
butter small amounts for flavor
chives
salt

Place thawed cauliflower in large dutch oven and cover with water. Boil till tender
and drain. Process small amounts with milk till smooth in food processor and add back to the dutch oven.

Reheat and add chives, taste to salt, add small amount butter to taste. Serve warm....

My Son Keith's BBQ Pork

2 boneless rolled pork roasts
Old Bay Seasoning
Oregano
olive oil
minced fresh garlic
minimal amoum=nt of water

Place in roasting pan covering with seasonings and bake slow till pork falls apar;
I placed mine in large crockpot and cooked on low for hours. Drain liquid. Pull
pork apart. Return to crockpot or baking pan.

Add:

3 bottles Hickory BBQ sauce, I used Sweet Baby Ray.
2 teas. of liquid smoke
crushed black peppercorns to taste
diced fine onion large
Tabasco sauce to taste
3 fresh jalapenas seeded and diced or I used jarred nacho sliced I diced to taste
garlic crushed to taste, I used jarred minced 2 teas.
few shakes of Tabasco sauce
2 cups orange juice
1 cup Jack Daniels whiskey

Cover and simmer till done couple hours. Add little water if too thick and
season to taste altering spices. The orange juice is the trick, it gives it
such a kick, even more than the whiskey, lol. Tastes even better late day or next day when the spices sit. Freezes well. I served on pretzel rolls.

This is my son Keith's recipe from the restaurant he is a cook at presently.

Patti's Tuscan Lite Italian Sausage Lettuce Wraps

1 lb hot Italian sausage removed from casing
1 lb hot Italian turkey sausage removed from casing

Brown sausages together in pan with non-stick spray. Drain, cool, and process in
food processor, leave a little chunky.

2 jars marinara of your choice (24 oz) I use Healthy style marinara
1- 14oz can drained diced Italian style tomates
fresh basil large handful chopped
1 lg tomato paste
2 large diced red/green sweet peppers
small pkg fresh sliced mushrooms
2 teas capers (optional) I don't use them
2 small cans drained sliced black olives
fresh shaved parmesan cheese
1 head romaine lettuce leaves pulled apart and washed


In a dutch oven combine 2 jars of marinara sauce, 1 can drained 14 oz Italian style diced tomatoes, large handful of fresh chopped fresh basil. Simmer 1/2 hr and add 1 large tomato paste. Simmer to thicken.

Add small pkg sliced fresh mushrooms, 2 chopped sweet red/green peppers. Simmer
to soften. Add two teaspoons of capers if desired (I don't like them, and don't
add them).

On a long dish, lay a slice of cleaned romaine lettuce leaf. Fill with meat
filling. Top with sliced black olives, sprinkle with fresh shaved parmesan
cheese and serve.