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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I LOVE cooking!

So I tried my first recipe from my new cookbook and I'm VERY please - not only were the servings HUGE, but it was SO YUMMY and low enough in points that I ate it on some sweet italian bread :)

Breakfast:
1 cup cheerios with 1 cup skim milk and 3 tsp sugar - 6 pts

Lunch:
Roast Beef & Swiss on Pumpernickel/Rye swirl bread with 1 tsp mayo and a ton of banana peppers - 8 pts
1 serving Fresh Express Lite Caesar Salad - 2 pts

Dinner:
1 serving Turkey Sausage & Peppers - 3 pts
2 servings Sweet Italian Bread - 6 pts

Snacks:
1 serving Quaker Mini Caramel Rice Cakes - 1 pt
1 small (tiny) Oatmeal cookie - 1 pt
1 cup coffee with 1/4 cup Vanilla Chai Spice creamer

Total Points Used: 33.5 (3.5 pts left for a snack - WOO!)


Turkey Sausage & Peppers
Points value: 3
Servings: 4

3/4 lb Italian Turkey Sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
1 green bell pepper, seeded and sliced
1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and sliced
1 onion, sliced
1/4 cup chicken broth (I used reduced sodium)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

Spray a large nonstick skillet with nonstick spray; heat. Cook the sausage, stirring frequently, until no longer pink, 4-6 minutes. Add the bell peppers, onion, broth, garlic, red pepper, and oregano; cook, stirring frequently until most of the liquid evaporates, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the peppers are tender, 3-4 minutes.

Per serving (about 1 cup):
145 calories
5 grams fat (o grams trans fat)
2 grams fiber
15 grams protein

1 comment:

Unknown said...

YUM! That recipe sounds oh-so-gewd! :-D Its great when you love cooking, I love it too - but I didn't used to, and it was hard to eat healthy when you expected everything to come out of the microwave in 2 minutes.

Thanks for sharing! :-D