Buffalo Turkey Burger!

If you love chicken wings, this will fill your craving without the fat! Quick and Easy week night meal for a family...serve with fries!

Makes 4!

1 pound of Turkey chop meat
1 grated carrot
1 grated celery
1/4 of grated onion
3oz of Blue cheese crumbled
Hot sauce
1/4 cup of hot and spicy breadcrumb


Mix all ingredients in a bowl cut meat down middle and then again...makes four quarter pound burgers.

Cook stove top or on BBQ

:-)  200 cal per burger!

Monday is Italian! Asiago & Pesto Chicken Meatballs

Tonight's dinner is Low cal Italian meatballs! We decided to come up with this recipe after cascading the frozen food shelves for new meatballs ideas...with the outrageous calorie counts on frozen food. We decided to go fresh and save the calories.

 Asiago & Pesto Chicken Meatballs

 makes 48 meatballs serving size 6meatballs.

1-lb chicken chopmeat
1 Egg

Asiago 1/4 pound sherred

Pesto –fresh  or Jared

1/4 cup breadcrumbs – Italian  flavored

salt n pepper

Mix  all ingredients in bowl 

Roll into 2in- balls

Place on cook sheet sprayed with cooking spray

bake for 15min at 325

calories 126
cholesterol 37.5
4.9 carbs
sodium 102

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Veggie Lasagna

A classic Italian comfort dish with a vegetarian twist!

1 small eggplant thinly sliced

1 small zucchini thinly sliced

1 ten ounce box of spinach

12 pieces of healthy harvest whole grain lasagna

Two pounds of part skim ricotta cheese

½ pound of part skim mozzarella cheese

4oz Parmesan or Romano cheese

Sauces:

White Sauce:

6 table spoons of margarine

6 tablespoons of flour

About one cup of your choice of milk/or cream (depending on consistency)

Ricotta mixed with one egg

One can of Crushed tomatoes

Bowl the lasagna (precook) 5 mins.

Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray and place zucchini and eggplant bake at 350 degrees for 20 mins

Cook spinach in microwave for 6mins on high- cool and drain well

Stack and chop all veggies well and place in separate bowls

Grade cheeses

In a baking pan line the bottom with two to three spoons of crushed tomatoes (like one quarter of can)

Place four noodles across pan

Layers for repeat:

Sprinkle some eggplant some zucchini and some spinach (half of each mixture) on layer one.

Place one pound of ricotta cheese on top of veggies

Layer mozzarella and Parmesan cheese next

Spoon white sauce to cover

Cover with four noodles

(Repeat for one more layer)

After repeated with layering, top with rest of tomatoes. Put last layer of four noodles and Top with white sauce.

Top with foil and bake in oven 350 for one hour.

Full recipe calories : 1297 12 servings – Each serving about 108 calories.

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Thursday's Dinner

Tonight's dinner is a fishy tale! Your favorite fish...ours is tilapia. This stuffed fish is so scrumptious and satisfying, you'll love to make it over and over again. You can even use the stuffing as an appetizer on your favorite crackers or chips.

Flashy Fish with Spinach Stuffing

Makes 6 to 8 pieces  Serving Size two fillets

Two ten ounce boxes of chopped spinach
One medium chopped onion
four cloves of garlic chopped an peeled
6-8 oz of feta cheese
1/2 teaspoon of basil and oregano
1/2 teaspoon Black pepper and dash of salt
1/2 cup of breadcrumbs
3tablespoons Evoo

In a pan put your 3tablespoons Evoo cook spinach for about seven minutes and drain
saute chopped onion and garlic
In a bowl mix spinach,onion and garlic with feta,spices and breadcrumb.
Place fish on a plate and fill middle with two to three tablespoons of stuffing in center.
Roll and place in baking pan
Coat baking sheet with :
 6 teaspoons of sliced butter
1 cup of water
two teaspoons of white wine and lemon.

Sprinkle fish with paprika and garlic powder.

Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45minutes.

Each complete 210 calories.

Recipes and Meals on the go! Wednesday- Lunch or Pre-Cocktails.

Clara's Homemade Italian Steak Flat bread-

Today at lunch, we couldn't decide what to eat! The night before we had a new product, Organic Angus London Broil.  Having left overs we decided to make a healthy appetizer for lunch that would satisfy our need for a sandwich without the calorie crunch of a Philly cheese steak.

This Appetizer is Italy meets upper east side minis.

Makes 20 mini flat breads
Serving 4 per Person.

6 slices of steak ( or any left over meat or veggies) or 1/4 pound.
2 tablespoons of Pesto (homemade or jar)
1/2 teaspoon of Horseradish and Olive Oil
3oz of Asiago or Parmesan Cheese
2 tablespoons of Alfredo Sauce
1/4 of an Onion
1 clove of garlic
Dash of Salt and Pepper

Combine all ingredients in food processor and process for two minutes on low.

Spread on flat bread  and bake for 15mins at 375 degrees


Calorie counts available on Myfitnesspal.com.

(255 calories per 4)

Recipes and Meals on the go!

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At Home Private Chef!

Family style private chef for hire! Background in Catering and Family style cooking. I can come into your home 3-7 days a week or make and drop off ready to heat meals. Experience in all dietary needs, also available for corperate events and parties! Please email for more information
Charely58@yahoo.com

Theme Parties!

Themes
High School Musical
Hannah Montana
Cheetah Girls
Camp Rock
Disney Mania
Line Dance Fun
Girls Rock
Twister Moves
Halloween
Ultimate Dance
Disney Princess
Tea Party
Luau
Pirate
Mall Madness
Scavenger Hunts
Decade Parties (50's Grease)
Character parties With Your Favorite  Characters! (Dora, Diego)
other themes available upon request.
Contact for Prices and packages:
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Catering Menu

Finger Foods
  - Mini Pigs in a blanket
 - Chicken fingers/nuggets with dipping sauce.
 - Chicken parm rolls
  - mini meat balls
 ( Hawaiian, Italian and Swedish)
 - Mini Grill Cheese
  - Pizza bites
 -Chicken wings. -boneless chicken bites. - filled  shaped sandwiches
 -Heroes
 -Polka dot Mac and cheese
 -Mini burgers
  -Mozzarella sticks
  -Veggie platters
 -Cheese and pepperoni platters
 -Nachos
 -Breaded veggie sticks

  Dips
 7 layer Taco
 Salsa Con Queso
 Spinach dip
 Spicy Spinach and Cheddar
 Ranch
 Onion
 Veggie


Desserts Platters
 - Assorted mini cupcakes
 -Mini brownie, peanut butter,
 sugar, chocolate chip cookies
 -Cinnamon snicker doodles
 -Ice cream cone cupcakes
  -Happy birthday jigglers
 -Brownies
 -Mini crumb cakes.


Salads
Spinach
Garden
Caesar
Mexican
Antipasti
Pasta Salad
Macaroni Salad
Potato Salad (American or German)