Turkey Tacos

What to do with all that left over turkey??.. Make turkey tacos! This great idea here!

Turkey Tacos (211 Calories/9 grams Fat/1.5 grams fiber/ 10 Servings)

• 10 hard taco shells
• 3 medium potatoes, chopped skins on
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 lb leftover cooked and shredded turkey ( or you could even use chicken!)
• 1 T oil
• cumin
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup reduced fat cheese

Heat oil in pan, Add potatoes and onion and cook until soft. Stir in seasonings and turkey until heated through. Preheat oven to 350F. Fill taco shells with mixture and top with cheese. bake in oven for about 5 minutes until shells are toasted and cheese is melted! I ate mine with tons of FF sour cream!

Breakfast Pizza

I really enjoyed this pizza..of course I have really been on a big breakfast kick lately! Original recipe here

Breakfast Pizza (6 points/266 Calories/8 servings)

• 1 Pillsbury refrigerated pizza crust
• 1 lbs Purdue breakfast turkey sausage
• 4 eggs
• 2 T FF milk
• pepper
• 2/3 cup reduced fat chedder cheese

Crumble and brown sausage.  Roll out pizza dough in a greased baking dish and press up about 1/2 an inch on the sides. Spread sausage over dough   In a bowl, beat the eggs, milk and pepper; pour over sausage. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 375F for about 15 minutes.

Weigh in

I am so glad that I did a do over week! I weighed myself yesterday morning..BEFORE all the turkey and desserts.. but at least I have a new week to worry about what I ate on turkey day.. but what would life be if you deprived yourself all the time? I will deal with the fall out later..The turkey was great! :) but as of yesterday.. I am down 27 pounds! I wore my new shirt on Thanksgiving and it felt great to know I had earned it! :)

178..Starting weight
156.. (Smallest since having children) New nail polish
152..(smallest since becoming pregnant w/ Fhillip)..New shirt151..current weight
148..(30 pounds)..Healthy cookbook
142..(wedding weight)..new hair cut and foils
138..(40 pounds gone!).. Family portraits
130.. (just a big deal!)..new swim suit

Simple Pumpkin Pancakes

Easy and good.. What more can you ask for?

Simple Pumpkin Pancakes (3 points/156 calories/6 servings)

• 2 cups pancake mix ( I used Hungry Jack Wheat Blends)
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup pumpkin puree

Blend ingredients together and cook according to package directions. It will take a couple of minutes longer to cook with the added pumpkin.

Copycat Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich

mhhh Spicy chicken.. When I was younger I worked at Wendy's for 3 years.. and I'm willing to bet that is the only thing on the menu I didn't get tired of, and it's still my favorite thing.  BUT...at 510 Calories I can rarely justify the craving..so what can I do?? That's right folks, make it at home!  Original Recipe here.

Spicy Chicken Sandwiches (7 points/310 Calories/2 servings)

1/4 cup Frank's hot sauce

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup flour ( not all of it is used..about 1/4 cup is eaten)

1 tsp salt

2 tsp ground red pepper

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/4 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp garlic powder

2 boneless chicken breasts, approx 4 oz each

cooking spray

2 T light miracle whip (or mayo)

lettuce

 tomato

buns

Preheat oven to 350F. Put water and hot sauce in bowl and mix together. Put spices and flour in a bowl and mix. Dredge chicken in flour, coat in hot sauce, and dredge in flour mixture a second time. Place in baking greased baking pan and spray the top of the chicken lightly with cooking spray. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until chicken is cooked through.

Mashed Potato Salad

A twist on a classic! original recipe here.

Mashed Potato Salad (3 points/146 Calories/8 servings)

• 6 medium red skin potatoes
  2 eggs; boiled, shelled, and mashed
  1/2 c Kraft Miracle Whip Light
  1/2 c. fat free sour cream
  2-3 TBSP sweet pickle relish
  ¼  c chopped onion
  1 TBSP lemon juice
  1 TBSP white vinegar
  1 tsp mustard

Cut potatoes into large pieces and boil in large pot until done (leave skin on). About 15-20 minutes. Drain water and put potatoes in large mixing bowl. Add the Miracle Whip, sour cream, lemon juice, vinegar, and mustard. Mash potoatos. Stir in the relish, onion, and chopped eggs until combined. Put in refrigorator for at least an hour.

Brinner day 2: Beef Tapa and Sinagag

My 4 year old was so excited.. " Look daddy we are eating Filipino breakfast!" " I am Filipino!" So cute! I was in breakfast mode the last couple of days.. so here is brinner day two! Original recipe here.

Beef Tapa (8 points/322 Calories/4 servings)
1lb beef stew meat, cut into chunks
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
liberal amount of crack black pepper
half a head of garlic, peeled and chopped ( but if you wanted more go for it!)
Salt to taste
1 T oil

Put all ingredients, except oil, in a zip lock bag and swish it around.. Marinate in refrigerator for about 24 hours. Put oil and entire contents of bag in a non stick pan and cook on medium heat until beef is tender and marinade is evaporated.

Sinagag ( garlic rice) (2 points/ 110 Calories/4 servings) recipe
2 cups cooked brown rice (although this is usually made with white)
1 t oil
4-5 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1 t garlic salt
pepper

Heat oil in pan, brown garlic until fragrant, add the rest of the ingredients and cook until heated through.