BLT Stuffed Avocado

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 2 Entree Servings or 4 Side Dish Servings

 

A great appetizer for Thanksgiving!

 

Ingredients

• 2 large Hass Avocados
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 ½ cups small cubed rustic bread
• 1 medium tomato, cored, diced
• 1/3 cup spinach leaves, thinly sliced
• ¼ cup cooked bacon, chopped
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Halve the avocados and pit. Brush inside and out with the lemon juice. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl add the bread, tomato, spinach, bacon, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Toss lightly to combine. Fill each avocado half with ¼ of the bread mixture, packing lightly.
3. Bake for 10-13 minutes, or until the bread stuffing begins to brown. Remove and serve immediately.

Stuffed Pizza Muffins

This is a great snack for get togthers and sunday football parties!!!!!!

Pumpkin Parfaits:

1 box fat-free, sugar-free vanilla pudding mix

 1¾ cup nonfat milk

 15 oz canned pumpkin

 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

 ½ cup Splenda®

 2 cups fat-free whipped topping

 Mix first five ingredients together in a bowl for two minutes. Hold a long tapered glass at a slight angle. Spoon ½ cup of pumpkin pudding mixture into the bottom. Top with with 1½ tbsp fat free whipped topping . Repeat layers. Chill until ready to serve. The hardest part of this recipe is not getting the pudding on the side of the glass. Spoon slowly and carefully.

This is a delicious  that is very healthy!!! ENJOY!  

 

Herb-Stuffed Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 8 tomatoes
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• Salt and pepper
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• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
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• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
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• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3 cups fresh bread crumbs
• 2 tablespoons chopped chives
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 cup grated Parmesan
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• 1 large egg, beaten
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Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut tomatoes in half and spoon out flesh. Put flesh in a sieve set over a bowl and press down to release juices; reserve. Season inside of tomatoes with salt and pepper; invert over a baking sheet lined with a kitchen towel.
2. Melt butter with 2 Tbsp. oil in a skillet over low heat. Add onion and sauté for 5 minutes. Add garlic; sauté for 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in bread crumbs, herbs and Parmesan. Stir in 1/4 cup of tomato juices, then egg.
3. Stuff tomatoes with breadcrumb mixture. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Place tomatoes in dish in a single layer. Drizzle with 2 Tbsp. oil. Bake for 30 minutes, until topping is browned and crisp.

Tequila Cherry Limeade cold drink

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

3-6oz of Jose Cuervo Gold (depending on how strong you'd like it. I used 6oz)

12 oz of limeade concentrate

12 oz of cherry 7Up

1 lime

maraschino cherries

Step 1: Pour the Cuervo into a pitcher. One shot glass is 1.5oz, so if you're adding 6 oz then pour in 4 shots. Add the limeade concentrate and cherry 7Up and stir it all together.

Step 2: Pour over ice into your glasses (my Mason Jar glass pictured here holds 15oz. I filled about 1/3 of my cup with ice before pouring the limeade over to make certain there was plenty to share).

Step 3: Slice your lime into 4 wedges and add each wedge to the glasses along with one maraschino cherry.

Pesto Pasta with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Roasted Asparagus

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces medium shell pasta
• 1 pound asparagus, trimmed
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup basil pesto
• 1/3 cup julienned sun dried tomatoes, drained
• 1/3 cup diced mozzarella cubes
• Fried egg, for serving

 

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