Hamburger Soup

Hamburger Soup 2-3 lbs Ground Meat (you can substitute ground chicken or ground turkey) 

1/2 bag chopped carrots (baby ones in bag) 
6 stalks chopped celery 
1 onion chopped 
1 garlic minced olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan 
1 can diced tomatoes 
1 can tomato sauce 
1 box Vegetable or Beef Broth unsalted or low sodium 
 garlic powder 
 onion powder 
 basil 
 oregano 
 parlsey 
 salt and pepper 
1 box Ditalini Pasta Brown 
Onions garlic and chop meat then put in your carrots, celery let saute and cook so they soften you will be able to tell about 1/2 hour Then put in your broth let that simmer for about 20 minutes add in all your spices Then add in your sauce and diced tomatoes let it cook for a while hour or so you might want to add some water in it also I did. In a separate pan boil your pasta and drain it. You have a choice here you can add the pasta to the soup or leave it and when you serve it you can add a little pasta to it Has a tendency to blow up if you leave in the soup and store in refrigerator. It's a perfect day for soup nice and warming enjoy with some nice crusty italian bread yummy! 


Bueno Appetito Felicia M Apuzzo

Apple Pumpkin Muffins - Nice Fall Treat

Ingredients 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups raw sugar 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup canned pumpkin 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 cups peeled and chopped apples 3 tablespoons butter, softened 1/2 cup raw sugar 1/4 cup whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Combine 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 cups raw sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Mix eggs, pumpkin, and oil in a small bowl. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until just moistened; fold in apples. Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Combine butter, 1/2 cup raw sugar, 1/4 cup whole wheat flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl; sprinkle over muffin batter. Bake in preheated oven until golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from muffin cups to wire racks.

Kielbasa, Potatoes, Onion Frittata

Ok here it goes folks going to do this quickly everyone wants the recipe!

Kielbasa (I use hummel's comes with 2 large links)cut into small chunks
Potatoes (about 6 of them diced up and cooked for about 10 minutes drained and cooled off
Onion 1 large chopped up
8 eggs I actually mixed some eggbeaters in with the eggs a little less fat.
Grated cheese 1 tablespoon
Black Pepper a few shakes
Parsley a few shakes or fresh chopped

Put a tablespoon vegetable oil in saute pan and then the chopped onions let them carmelize.
Then I added the Kielbasa to that pan and let them both brown a little together shut it off.
In the mean time I beat the eggs,grated cheese, black pepper,parsley in a large mixing bowl.
The potatoes should be drained by now and cooled off add them to the egg mixture
Drain the Kielbasa and onion mixture also don't want all of that fat or grease in the frittata
Then add the Kielbasa after drained to the egg mixture
In the meantime get a 13 x 9 glass or whatever you use baking pan spray with Pam or whatever you would use.
Then pour the entire bowl that should have the potatoes, kielbasa mixture in the egg mix into the 13 x 9 pan
Bake @ 350 you will notice it settling and bubbling a little don't overcook it!
It is delish!!

There might be some spelling errors in a hurry so excuse for me!
Enjoy!
Buon Appetito!

Chicken Sausage with Broccoli Rabe and Cannellini Beans yummy!!

Ok so I am on this weight watcher diet and trying to cook a little more sensible than before for myself!!

1 pkg Longhini chicken sausage (or whatever brand you like)
1 bunch or more Broccoli Rabe
1 head of peeled and chopped garlic cloves
1 can of Cannellini Beans
1 tablespoon olive oil

I took the chicken sausage out of the casing and sliced into smaller chunks set aside
Broccoli rabe chopped of course took off most of the stems and washed it and drained good set aside
peeled some garlic (lots)chop but not too small I like to be able to taste the garlic!
drained one can of Cannellini Beans

In my frying or sautee pan I put in a tablespoon of olive oil along with the garlic that is peeled and chopped cook on medium heat letting it get soft the garlic but not too brown
Took the sausage and sauteed that with garlic then I put in the can of drained beans
cooked for a while until the sausage got sort of brown and the beans were cooked also
I took the sausage and bean mixture cooked and used a slotted utensil to put it in a bowl off to the side
Then used the same sautee/frying pan and it had enough of the left over olive oil put the broccoli rabe in it too cook I like my Rabe nice and cooked almost crispy if you want more broccoli rabe in the meal you can add another head of it in it, in the Rabe I added a little white wine, some grated cheese, lemon juice and garlic powder salt and pepper.
Once the Rabe was cooked I mixed it all together you can also add some red crushed pepper if you like a little kick in it.

Hope you all like it I did this quickly for you everyone asking for the recipe if you have any questions just send me an email ok.

thanks
have a great day/night!!

Italian Vegetable Soup (Good for WW users)

Here is another good soup recipe I am going to try and add some extras from my point of view....today is a rainy day and good for soup but probably will make it over weekend..sounds delish and hardly any points.....wooohoooo!!

2 cups escarole, choppped
2 cloves garlic minced
1 cup chopped onions
2 cups fresh spinach baby leaves
2 small uncooked zucchini cubed
1 medium sweet red pepper chopped
1 medium uncooked fennel bulb thinly sliced (tastes like Anise)
6 cups vegetable broth (hopefully sodium free organic perhaps)
28 oz can diced tomates, preferably fire roasted peppers
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
2 tsp thyme, fresh, finely chopped
1 tsp oregano, finely chopped
3/4 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp black peppers
1/4 cup parsley, fresh chopped
1/4 cup basil fresh leaves

Put escarole, garlic, onions.spinach,zucchini,red pepper, fennel,vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, red pepper flakes, thyme and oregano into a large soup pot. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer,partyly covered for about 10 minutes.

Stir in salt, black pepper, parsley and basil. Serve about 1 cup per serving and 1 point per serving.

*I am goint to add in some beans you can use your choice of black beans, cannellini,white,chick peas, red kidney whatever your fancy it will change the points value I would figure an extra point or two for that.


Enjoy everyone more to come have a great day!!
Remember keep cooking keeps your tummy and heart happy cook for the ones you love!! :) xoxo

Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies Weight Watchers

Ok so Happy New Year Everyone!!
It's not easy but trying to count points with WW want to lose some weight so started trying some new recipes last night here is one everyone wanted to try!

Ingredients

2 Tbsp salted butter, softened
2 Tsp Canola Oil
1/2 cup packed brown sugar, dark variety
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp table salt
1 large egg white
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
3 oz semisweet chocolate chips or dark about 1/2 cup

Preheat oven to 375

In a medium bowl, cream together butter, oil and sugar. Add vanilla,salt and egg white, mix thoroughly to combine.
In a small bowl, mix together flour and baking soda, stir in batter. Add chocolate chips to batter, stir distribute throughout.

Drop 48 half-teaspoons of dough onto one or two large nonstick baking sheets, leaving a small amount of space between each cookies. Bake cookies until golden around edges, about 4 to 6 minutes; cool on a wire rack. Yield 1 cookie per serving and 1 point per cookie.

They are really good of course very small but it takes that sweet craving away if you grab 2 not so bad!!
Going to keep trying the WW recipes will forward them to you all!!

Enjoy your day today!!

:)