just a tip

many people are like my mom who refuse to try something called 

                     MorningStar Farms® Meal Starters® Grillers® Recipe Crumbles™

especially when the package says meat free.

here is a little trick i use to help out with cooking. 

one pack = one lbs of uncooked ground beef. 

i mix one lbs of lean ground turkey and one bag of crumbles. 

makes a lot but the rest saved can be added to other dishes another day. 

my mother has now stopped turning her nose up at trying a dish i made with it. 

she is actually taking some of my cabbage to work with her for lunch tomorrow. 

and the mixture i used in it was left from tacos last night.

you can mix it with ground beef  as well.

a serving size of the crumbles is 2/3 cup

that has 80 calories2.5 grams of fat

saturated fat and trans fat 0

carbs 5

and protein 10

mixed with 

                                                    Honeysuckle White

                            99% Fat Free Extra Lean Ground Turkey Breast

4 servings in a 1 lbs pack

calories 130

carbs 0

fat 7.5

protein 135

like for our tacos the serving size was a lot less.

so less guilt i feel eating it.

but even if u eat the serving size your 130 calories from the turkey turns into 105  

a 25 calorie difference.

my fast chicken noodle soup

my fast chicken noodle soup

rotisserie chicken deboned (160 calories)

2 boxes of 99% fat free chicken broth(20 calories)

5 stalks celery diced

carrots diced

1 onion diced

barilla plus angle hair pasta 1/2 box(105 calories)

a little corn starch if desired to thicken.

black pepper to taste

pinch of parsley

about 6 cups water

2 packs of chicken flavor boost or bullion cubes

add all except past to pot. bring to a boil. about the last 20 min. break pasta into small parts and add to pot . 

serve and enjoy 

total time about 30 min. 

(this does make a good bit but we save it for another day.)

Turkey Bacon wrapped stuffed banana peppers.

12 banana peppers (tops cut seeded and sliced down side)

1 lb turkey sausage (serving size 4oz 250 calories)
1 cup feta cheese(serving size 1/4 cup 90 calories)
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese(40 calories)

one egg

12 strips turkey bacon(1 strip 25 calories)

tooth picks

marinara sauce(optional)

first i cut and seeded and washed the banana peppers.

next in a small pan cooked down the ground turkey sausage.

after browning i removed from fire and stirred in one egg and crumbled feta cheese and reduce fat parmesan cheese.

after stuffing the peppers we then wrapped each one with a strip of turkey bacon (using tooth picks to hole in place)

we then sprayed a pan with olive oil then placed all completed peppers on the pan then sprayed the tops lightly with olive oil.

we then baked the in oven for 20-30 min.

i laid a small amount of marinara sauce in bottom of a serving tray and set the cooked peppers on top.

we served this with home made baked macaroni and home made rice pilaf using yellow saffron rice. what a great dinner it was.