Baptist Punch

pkg orange flavored Jell-O
6 oz can frozen pineapple orange juice concentrate
4 c apple juice
12 oz bottle (3 1/2 c.) ginger ale, chilled

Dissolve gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Stir in pineapple orange concentrate. Add apple juice and 3 cups cold water carefully, pour in ginger ale. Makes about 25 (4 ounce) servings.

Cheese Stuffed Apples

3 oz pkg. softened cream cheese
1 1/3 oz Camembert cheese
1 T dry white wine
4 medium apples

Mix 3 ingredients together in bowl with blender until smooth. Core apples; scoop out inside leaving shells 1/2 inch thick. Fill with cheese mixture. Chill 2-3 hours. Cut in wedges.

Simple Biscuit Pot Pie

1 lb cooked chicken, diced (use left over chicken)
9 oz pkg frozen mixed veggies
1 can cream of mushroom soup
10 canned biscuits

Mix first three ingredients. Pour into 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Lay whole separated biscuits over dish.

Bake 400 degrees for 14- 16 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown. Serves 4.

Super Quick Salsa

2 cans Mexican Style Tomatoes
1 clove garlic
1 bunch cilantro
1 small onion

All into the blender! Serve.

Porcupine Meatballs

1 pkg beef Rice a Roni
1 lb ground turkey or chicken
1 egg (eggbeaters)
Water

Mix rice, beef and egg and shape into small balls. Brown in large skillet that has lid. Add 2 1/2 cups water and add seasoning packet from the rice. Cover and simmer for at least 30 minutes (until rice is done).

Bread Pudding

Preheat Oven to 350.

6 slices Stale Bread - I use French bread because it is fat free (or should be) but you can use whole wheat also
1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries
1/4 cup almonds
1 can each fat free evaporated milk and condensed milk
4 "eggs" (I use powdered egg whites or eggbeaters)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Tear up the bread and place it, raisins, almonds in a deep pan to soak everything. In a separate bowl pour evaporated milk and condensed milk, vanilla and cinnamon and add the eggs and mix very well. Pour over the bread and make sure bread is covered. Soak at least 5 minutes or until bread breaks down.

Pour into 8" casserole baking pan that has been sprayed well with non-stick spray. Bake 60 to 65 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean or top springs up when you push it down lightly. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.

Optional Topping:

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray (1/2 bottle) mixed with 2 tablespoon Splenda Brown Sugar (according to how sweet you want it) and 1/2 teaspoon rum flavoring (or vanilla). Heat in Microwave to warm. Spoon one tablespoon over a serving.

Sausage Balls

1 can Campbell's cheddar cheese soup
1 lb. hot ground turkey sausage
3 c. low-calorie biscuit mix

Brown sausage in frying pan and add cheese. Stir until mixed. Add to biscuit mix and blend well. form into 1" balls. Bake on cookie sheet in 450 degree oven 15 to 20 minutes. Yield: 3 to 4 dozen

Fruit Pizza

Most of us have eaten this at some kind of function where everyone is supposed to bring a side dish. If you can find sugar cookie dough in a low calorie/fat version is would of course make this a better choice.

Slice and Bake Pillsbury Sugar cookie dough
16 oz. Non-fat Cool Whip
16 oz. softened non-fat cream cheese
A mixture of fresh fruits like strawberries, Kiwi, apricots, peaches, cherries and pineapple

Spray pizza pan with non-stick spray. Remove cookie dough from package and flatten onto pizza pan covering entire pan. Bake as directed for cookies until golden brown. Let cool.

Mix together the Cool Whip and cream cheese. Spread mixture onto cooked cookie evenly. Arrange fruits on top any way you like but try to make it look pretty!

Keep chilled until time to serve.

Basic Meatloaf

You can add to this but this is a good basic recipe. If you want to add more veggies go ahead. Chopped spinach is a great way to get in some fiber. If you want a sauce on the top you can make one with tomato sauce and a little Splenda Brown Sugar.

1 lb ground chicken or ground turkey
2 Eggbeaters eggs (or powdered egg whites)
1 small can tomato sauce
3 slices stale whole wheat bread, processed into crumbs
2 tbsp onion soup mix
1/2 onion, diced

Mix all ingredients very well with your hands but try not to mix all the air out. Place in sprayed deep dish casserole and bake at 350 for one hour.

Anytime Smoothie

The number of combination to this are basically infinitesimal. Frozen peaches, pineapples, blueberries, cherries or a bag of mixed fruit can be mixed in any combination. If I don't have a banana then forgo it. Add flavored nonfat yogurt for creaminess. Try any variation. Surprisingly simple and delicious.

1/2 c frozen mixed fruits
1 small banana
3/4 c plain nonfat yogurt
ice cubes
1/2 c water or orange juice

Break up frozen fruit, banana and yogurt. Add liquid as needed to get desired consistency.

Creamed Spinach

20 oz chopped frozen spinach
1/2-1 c non-fat sour cream
1-2 T prepared horseradish

Cook thawed spinach in a dry covered saucepan over a medium heat until water evaporates. Stir in sour cream and horseradish. Serve hot. Yield: 6 Servings

Chicken Liver Salad

NOTE: Schmaltz is rendered (melted) chicken fat. You can actually buy this in places that sell Jewish and/or specialty foods. If you want to make your own, get some chicken fat and put in a frying pan on low heat. Stir the pieces of fat frequently; if there's lots of fat, you can drain the pan into a container to keep things from splattering too much. The fat will eventually melt down to a tough, dry blob (the griveners) at which point you're done rendering. The liquid fat is the schmaltz. But trust me, buying it is much easier.

1 lb chicken livers
1 onion (large)
2 garlic cloves
3 T schmaltz
3 eggs, hard boiled

Melt the schmaltz in a large frying pan. Saute the onions and garlic in the schmaltz until the onions are tender and caramelized. Add the chicken livers, and saute until done. (Livers are done when they are no longer red or pink on the inside.)

Chop the cooked livers and onions, along with the hard boiled eggs. They should be fairly coarsely chopped. Season with a little salt, and a little more melted schmaltz if things are dry. The result should be smooth and a tiny bit sweet from the onions.

Simple Peanut Butter Cookies

Very simple peanut-butter cookies. They are a little moist but that's fine - just don't burn.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

To make one batch:

1 cup peanut-butter
1 cup Splenda sugar
1 large egg or equivalent to two eggs with Eggbeaters

Mix everything together. Place blobs of cookie dough on a greased cookie sheet in the size you like, and flatten with a fork to make the traditional peanut-butter cookie pattern. Put in oven and bake for 8-10 minutes.