Karen's Recipes

Craving a gooey, crispy and golden, melts-in-your-mouth quesadilla? Black beans, gooey reduced fat cheese, steamed zucchini, shredded cooked pork or thin lean slices of leftover steak and a side of salsa make these quesadillas leaner and lower in calories and also higher in fiber and protein. My family just raves about how filling these quesadillas [...]

Servings: 4
You’ll need:
1/2 cup lime juice
1/8 cup canola oil
4 Tbsp. raw sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 pineapple rings, from canned and drained of juice
In a small bowl combine lime juice, canola oil, raw sugar, salt, cumin and ginger and using a whisk, mix ingredients well into a [...]

Makes 2 pies or 18 serving slices
You’ll need:
1 can (29 oz.) 100% pure pumpkin
2 cans fat-free evaporated milk
1/2 c. egg substitute or tofu
1-1/4 c. brown sugar or Splenda brown sugar
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
Cooking spray, butter flavored
Completely spray the inside of 2 glass pie plates with cooking spray.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In [...]