Southern Living Cookbook & Coconut Oil
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Southern Living – Comfort Food Made Easy
April 3, 2014 By
Love to cook? Check out Southern Living’s New Cookbook – Comfort Food Made Easy. I received this new cookbook along with a jar of LouAna’s Coconut Oil. As soon as I received this I started using the coconut oil in my recipes. I made cupcakes and replaced vegetable oil with the coconut oil and no one could tell the difference. I’ve also replaced my margarine with this when I fry up my green beans.
There are so many delicious recipes that it was hard to just choose just one to make. But I knew desserts would go well with my family so I made Oatmeal Cookies, page 273. It calls for pecans and toffee bits but I used chocolate chips instead.
Very easy to make and a bit different than the oatmeal cookies I’ve made in the past (from the box).
Oatmeal Cookies
Recipe Type: Desserts
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Serves: 4 dozen
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked regular oats
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- optional –
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/1/2 cups toffee bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. Beat butter at medium speed with electric mixer 2-3 minutes or until creamy. Add sugar, beating well. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until blended.
- Combine oats and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture, beating juts until blended. Stir in chopped pecans and toffee bits. ( I added my chocolate chips here)
- Drop dough by heaping tablespoons onto lightly greased baking sheets. ( I used parchment paper instead.)
- Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
All the recipes in this book contain a “Make It Easy” tip. For this recipe the tip was to, “Microwave the butter for 20 to 30 seconds on medium heat to soften it.”
Arnold and Thomas Thins ($25 GC Giveaway)
March 13, 2014 By
The coupons for free product, information, and gift card have been provided by Sandwich Thins®, Pocket Thins® and Bagel Thins ®.
I was sent some wonderful coupons to try out some new and fun recipes! I had a meeting in my home and wanted to make something I thought everyone would enjoy, so I looked through the many recipes and chose two.
The first one was the Better-For-You Buffalo Chicken Burger. It just looks so good! Then I wanted something that the kids would like so I chose PB&J “Plus” Bagel.
Then I had to do some shopping. I purchased Arnold Sandwich Thins – Healthy Multi-Grain and Thomas Bagel Thins 100& Whole Wheat. Both count 3 points toward Weight Watchers, if you track there, which I do. I love sandwiches but sometimes there is just too much bread. These are perfect for those days when I’d rather have more protein than bread.
Next were all the ingredients. Ground chicken – a first buy for me but not my last. Non fat yogurt, Low fat blue cheese, cream cheese and strawberry jam were all on my list.
Other breads to choose from depending on your taste are:
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The recipe and ingredient list for the Better-For-You Buffalo Chicken Burger is as follows:
You will need –
4 Arnold Multi-Grain Sandwich Thins
1 lb uncooked lean ground chicken
1/8 tsp Kosher Salt, or to taste
1/8 tsp round black pepper, or to taste
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
2 Tbsp hot sauce
4 oz low-fat blue cheese, crumbled
Then season the chicken with salt and pepper, mix in 1/4 cup water.
Shape the chicken into 4 patties and set aside.
Heat non-stick griddle pan or large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add patties and sear until golden brown; meat will release when ready to flip.
Flip patties and cover until fully cooked, about 8 more minutes.
Meanwhile, mix yogurt and hot sauce. Spread yogurt mixture on bottom half of Sandwich Thins and then add cooked patty.
Divide blue cheese among the burgers and top with the other half of Sandwich Thins and enjoy!
The total for all of these ingredients together add up to 10 points in WW according to the WW website. I thought these turned out pretty well and am looking forward to making them again!
The next sandwich I made was the PB&J “Plus” Bagel. Very simple yet very delicious!
You will need Thomas Bagel Thins, I chose Whole Wheat. Also needed is cream cheese, peanut butter and jam.
Toast your bagel and add cream cheese, peanut butter and jam on top of the bottom half and place to top on and enjoy! I love all three ingredients together!
Looking for more ideas for some delicious meals? Check these websites out!!
- Sandwich Thins® Recipes from Weight Watchers®
- Bagel Thins® Recipes
- The Official Sandwich Thins® page
- The Official Pocket Thins® page
- The Official Thomas’® page
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