When we need a quick comfort meal, we sometimes have Buitoni Pasta.  It’s in the refrigerated section at Walmart and other stores, and it’s yummy with extra virgin olive oil!  Add a salad and we have a fast and easy meal that’s delicious!
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This is a recipe that a friend of mine, Grace, posted on Facebook recently.  It was her mom’s recipe and sounds so good!

Mix in large bowl:

• 3 cups oats

• 6 tablesoons cocoa

• 1 cup coconut

• 1/4 cup chopped pecans

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Combine in saucepan:

• 2 cups sugar

• 1/2 cup milk

• 1/2 cup butter
  

Bring to a hard-rolling boil. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and pour hot mixture over dry ingredients. Mix well, drop by teaspoons on wax paper & let cool.

Here’s a very healthy sounding recipe for cookies!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup almond butter
• 3/4 cup natural sweetener
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 ounces dark chocolate pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  combine first 5 ingredients, stir, add chocolate.  Drop by rounded tablespoons onto parchment paper on cookie sheet.  Bake 10-12 minutes.  Let cool.

Here’s a super-fast and easy dessert that is so delicious and packed with nutrients!  It’s even healthier without the preserves, so you could add Stevia to sweeten the berries and cut down on the sugar content.
INGREDIENTS:

• Fresh blackberries, well rinsed
• Blackberry preserves
• Whipped cream

Mix 1 tablespoon preserves for every 1/2 cup blackberries.  Stir gently.  Top with whipped cream.

My college roommate (I won’t tell you how many years ago) emailed me a recipe that she got from her cousin.  This recipe sounds so good & easy to make and would be good for a special holiday or to put in a pretty container and give as a gift:

INGREDIENTS:

• 24 Ritz crackers

Strawberries Romanoff from La Madeleine’s is one of my favorites!  It’s awesome!!  I’ve seen a couple of different recipes for their sauce, so I thought I’d share them with you:

INGREDIENTS for Sauce #1:

• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

INGREDIENTS for Sauce #2:

• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

If you make either of these, let me know how you like them.

We eat mostly chicken, fish, and turkey so I was glad to find a recipe that could use ground turkey.  This is from a friend, and I trust it’s a good recipe and hope to make it soon, especially since it’s so easy.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 pounds lean ground turkey (or beef)
• 2/3 cup oatmeal
• 1 package onion soup mix
• 1/2 cup catsup

Mix all of the ingredients well and place in crock pot.  Cook for 6 hours on low.

Here’s a recipe from a new church cookbook I bought.  This sounds like it would be a good recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 cans chicken broth
• 1 package Ore-Ida O’Brien Potatoes
• 1 package Non-Fat Pioneer Country Gravy Mix
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 ounces Velveeta Cheese

Cook the potatoes in chicken broth until tender.  Mix gravy mix with water and slowly add to the potato mixture.  Heat thoroughly.

Serves 8 (1 cup servings)

1 Weight Watchers point per serving