Healthy and Delish!

Healthy Products that are worth buying. I recently took a trip to Dales natural foods to get some singers lozenges and some supplements. I love oatmeal and always watch what I eat. I try to do no sugar, no dairy, no salt whenever its possible. I found this awesome hot cereal by Bobs Red Mill Called 10 grain and it is fabulous. I eat it with splenda, Molly Mcbutter and almond vanilla milk. The price is just under 4$ and it lasted me about a month for the bag, eating it every morning. Another product I found I really enjoyed are the egglands best brown vegetarian fed hens eggs. These eggs produce delicious egg whites and are wonderful in baked goods. Try Both they are worth the price and very healthy choices.

Valentines Spritz Cookies

You will need a spritz cookie press. Use the Heart shaped disc for these.
For one batch here is the recipe you need. I make two batches one pink and one red. When you mix your food coloring do it into the egg as you beat it and then add to the sugar. pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg room temperature and slightly beaten (add food color here)
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp almond extract

 Cream the butter in a bowl, in a small bowl beat egg with food coloring then add the sugar to the egg and food color mixture and add this to cream butter. Add the flour, baking powder, and almond extract and mix well. Roll dough into a log wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Open the top of your spritz cookie maker and put the dough inside. Press out your cookies on an un greased cookie sheet. bake 8-10 minutes.

White and Black Bean Roasted Chicken Chili

Do you have leftover roast chicken from last nights dinner? If so here is a great recipe with just a few simple ingredients. If you want to roast garlic and onions along with your chicken place garlic cloves top chopped off and onions peeled and cut in half around chicken. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. After chicken is cooked remove them and save for your chili.





1 Can White Northern Beans (12 oz can)
2 cans black beans (12 0z cans)
leftover roasted chicken
4-5 small to medium roasted onions minced
5-10 roasted garlic cloves minced
2 cans diced tomatoes (24-28 0z cans)
1/2 bag frozen sweet corn
2 Packages mild chili seasoning
Top your chili with fat free sour cream and shredded habanero cheese!

More Great Recipes in The Books!

If you would like more great recipes by Heather Renee Ramsey purchase one of the cook books. Book 1 in Black and white has all meat free recipes and book 2 full color has everything from beef to french toast and even a section of cocktail recipes submitted by my readers.

 For book 1 go to http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1947684 a percentage of sales goes to feed the hungry

Book 2 http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2274923 a percentage of sales helps children with spinal muscular atrophy.

Pink Deep Fried Zingers

6 Zingers or cream filled chocolate cupcakes (frozen)
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
Powdered sugar for dusting
2 tbsp vinegar
1 cup milk
1 tbsp oil
Neon Pink food coloring
Oil for frying
Heat oil to 350 degrees, mix dry ingredients in one small bowl and wet ingredients into another. Mix together and add food coloring to desired color. Using tongs dip zinger into batter cover completely and place in deep fryer, fry for about 2 minutes then flip fry other side for about 2 minutes. drain on paper towel lined plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

 

Yummy Tuna Salad for Sandwiches.

1 cup chopped dandelion greens and arugula (washed and dried)
2 small cans tuna fish packed in water
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 medium onion chopped
1/2 to 1 cup olive oil mayo
Nutmeg
salt
pepper

Adventures in Chip Making

I started out making Kale chips using a recipe I got from gluten free girl http://glutenfreegirl.com/baked-kale-chips/. I changed the recipe a little
Oven 305
Big bunch of kale leaves washed, dried thoroughly and torn into pieces
tsp sea salt (course)
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp garlic powder
 Rub leaves with olive oil arrange on aluminum foil lined baking sheet sprinkle with spices toss around and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees

Chips after baking

Kale going in oven.

These chips turned out so delicious I began to wonder what other leafy greens would be like if i baked them into light airy crisps of veggie goodness. So I used dandelion leaves and arugula and using the same recipe as above only adding a 1/2 tsp or so of nutmeg. These leaves do not hold up as well as kale and you will need to tak a large flat spatula and gently ease some of them off the baking sheet. These chips also came out delicious I used less salt this time as well and a finer crystal of lower sodium salt with these.

Going into oven

Coming out of oven