Bingo Fiesta
Friday night I had some friends over for a fun bingo night out with the girls. To make things easy, I bought some frozen appetizers and limited my cooking to a few additions. Here are 3 recipes from that night:
Black bean Quesadillas
Serves 10
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 7 – 10 minutes
Estimated Values per Serving:
Calories: 145 Fat: 4 grams
Ingredients:
1 can (15.5 ounces) black beans – drained and rinsed
4 ounces fat free cream cheese – softened
4 ounces low fat cream cheese – softened
1 packet cheese flavored taco seasoning
1 clove garlic – minced
1 cup low fat Mexican grated cheese blend
8 medium soft flour tortillas
Salsa for serving
Directions:
- Place black beans in a food processor with the cream cheeses, taco seasoning and garlic. Puree until the ingredients are smooth.
- Spoon into a bowl and mix in grated cheese.
- Spread the black bean mixture onto 4 tortillas then place the remaining 4 tortillas on top.
- Grill tortillas for 3 – 5 minutes on each side until the tortilla has browned and the cheese has melted inside.
- Cut each into 4 triangles per tortilla.
- Serve warm with salsa.
Cheese Quesadillas
Serves 10
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 7 – 10 minutes
Estimated Values per Serving:
Calories: 115 Fat: 4 grams
Ingredients:
4 ounces fat free cream cheese – softened
4 ounces low fat cream cheese – softened
1 packet cheese flavored taco seasoning
1 cup low fat Mexican grated cheese blend
8 medium soft flour tortillas
Salsa for serving
Directions:
- In a mixer, beat the cream cheeses and taco seasoning mix on high speed.
- Mix in grated cheese.
- Spread the cheese mixture onto 4 tortillas then place the remaining 4 tortillas on top.
- Grill tortillas for 3 – 5 minutes on each side until the tortilla has browned and the cheese has melted inside.
- Cut each into 4 triangles per tortilla.
- Serve warm with salsa.
Tortilla Crisps
Serves 20
Preheat oven 425o
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Bake Time: 8 – 10 minutes
Estimated Values per Serving:
Calories: 110 Fat: 1 grams
Ingredients:
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
10 large soft flour tortillas
¼ cup melted low fat butter spread
Directions:
- Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.
- Cut tortillas into triangles
- Wrap a large baking sheet with foil then coat with cooking spray.
- Spread tortilla triangles on the baking sheet on 1 layer (you may need to use more than 1 baking pan). Brush melted butter on the tortillas then sprinkle the cinnamon/sugar mixture on top.
- Bake 8 – 10 minutes until the tortillas are crisp.
- Cool to room temperature and serve.
Easy Italian Pasta Salad
We had a family BBQ over the weekend and with our crazy schedule, I had to make a menu that takes minimal effort. The night before I threw this together and it worked out really well. Instead of trying to come up with a homemade salad dressing, I figured it’s easier to buy the salad dressing and just “jazz” it up a little with fresh basil & garlic.
If there are some ingredients that do not appeal to you, feel free to substitute. Here are some ideas:
- grated parmesan instead of mozzerella
- Minced onion instead of garlic
- Chopped celery
- chopped tomatoes
Have fun with it because that’s what it’s all about…
Easy Italian Pasta Salad
Serves 16
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Refrigerator: 2 hours
Ingredients:
8 ounces pasta
8 ounces Italian ham
1 can artichoke hearts – rinsed and drained
8 ounces roasted red peppers – drained and rinsed
¼ cup pitted calamata olives
1 cup low fat Italian salad dressing
2 cloves garlic – minced
½ cup low fat grated mozzarella cheese
¼ cup fresh basil – chopped
Directions:
- Bring a large pot of water up to a boil and add pasta. Cook according to package directions then drain and rinse under cold water until the pasta is cool to the touch.
- While the pasta is cooking, chop the ham, artichoke hearts, red peppers and olives and spoon into a large mixing bowl.
- Add pasta, salad dressing, garlic and cheese. Toss all ingredients together and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Right before serving, chop fresh basil and toss.
Easy Strawberry Angel Food Cake
Hello,
I know it has been too long since I have posted a new fun recipe to try. The summer season has left me no time to enjoy experimenting with tasty low fat recipes. I am hopefully getting back into the groove and have an easy – 5 minute – recipe that you can put together for a BBQ you may be going to.
The other day I was going to a friend’s house and had no time to make anything so I bought:
1 Angel food cake
1 quart fresh strawberries
1 container of strawberry gel glaze
1. Rinse and slice the strawberries
2. Remove the cake from it’s container and pour strawberry glaze on top.
3. Decorate with sliced strawberries and refrigerate.
You are done – instant dessert that is sweet, delicious and fat free.
Enjoy!
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