How To Prepare
1.
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix oil, pepper medley, garlic, thyme. Rub over roast. Place on rack in roasting pan.
Sweet Potatoes:
1.
Mix potatoes, oil, and black pepper in large bowl. Place around beef in pan.
2.
Roast in 400 degree F oven 10 minutes. Reduce to 350 degrees F. Roast 1 hour, until internal temperature registers 135 degrees F.
3.
Boil sprouts 5 minutes. Drain. For last 15 minutes of roasting (beef should be 120 degrees F), add sprouts to pan. When done, remove beef and vegetables; let beef stand 15 minutes.
Makes 8 servings.
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Peppery Roast Beef
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes and Brussel Sprouts:
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes and Brussel Sprouts:
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How To Prepare
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onions and mushrooms; sauté 10 minutes. Stir in thyme and garlic. Cool mixture 10 minutes; stir in and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
3. Cut a slit through thickest portion of each breast half to form a pocket. Stuff each with 1/4 cup mushroom mixture. Sprinkle chicken with remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place flour in a shallow dish. Place egg whites in a shallow dish. Dredge chicken in flour. Dip in eggs; dredge in potato flour.
4. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 2 minutes on each side or until browned. Place pan in oven. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until a thermometer registers 165°.
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Mushroom-Stuffed Chicken
How To Prepare
Heat oil in Dutch oven or soup pot. Gently sauté garlic, onion and celery until softened. Sprinkle thyme and oregano, and stir. Add canned crushed and diced tomatoes, and vegetable broth, followed by chopped spinach and basil and stir until wilted. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Stir in balsamic vinegar and season with freshly-ground black pepper.
Serve with crusty whole-grain bread
Serve 4-6
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Low Fat Tomato Spinach Soup
How To Prepare
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet. Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat for 5 minutes until it is smoking hot.
Mix together the paprika, cayenne, cumin, thyme, white pepper, and onion powder. Oil the chicken breasts with cooking spray on both sides, then coat the chicken breasts evenly with the spice mixture.
Place the chicken in the hot pan, and cook for 1 minute. Turn, and cook 1 minute on other side. Place the breasts on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 minutes.
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Blackened Chicken
How To Prepare
Preheat broiler.
Divide the first 5 ingredients evenly among 4 (12-inch) skewers, and with thyme, and black pepper. Place on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; drizzle kebabs with oil.
Broil 10 minutes or until desired degree of doneness, turning once.
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Beef and Vegetable Kebabs
How To Prepare
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Toss together the celery, carrots, leek and oil in flameproof 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
2.
Roast vegetables in 400 degree F oven 20 minutes, stirring once or twice. Add tomato. Roast 10 minutes. Remove mixture from pan and reserve.
3.
Mix garlic and onion powders and pepper in small cup. Season skinned side of each fish fillet with half of the garlic and onion powder mixture. Place in baking pan.
4.
Place one-sixth of sauteed vegetable mixture over center of each fillet . Top with one-sixth of basil. Fold ends of fish over filling; turn fillets over, seam side down. (Or place filling over one half of each fillet; fold other half over.) Drizzle with wine. Season fillets with remaining garlic and onion powder mixture. Place sprig of thyme on top of each fillet. Cover pan with foil.
5.
Bake in 400 degree F oven for 12 minutes or until cooked through. Remove fish to platter; cover.
6.
Boil pan juices in pan on stove top, about 3 minutes, until reduced by half. Whisk in butter and lemon juice until creamy. Serve with fish.
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Baked Stuffed Flounder
How To Prepare
1
Fit a food processor with the steel blade attachment. With the motor running, drop garlic through the feed tube and process until minced, then add mushrooms and process until finely chopped. Turn it off, add onion, and pulse until roughly chopped.
2
Cook beef in a large straight-sided skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped vegetables, thyme, and pepper and cook, stirring often, until the vegetables start to soften and the mushrooms release their juices, 5 to 7 minutes.
3
Stir in water, 1 1/2 cups broth, noodles and Worcestershire sauce; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
4
Whisk flour with the remaining 1/4 cup broth in a small bowl until smooth; stir into the hamburger mixture. Simmer, stirring often, until the sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes. Serve sprinkled with parsley (or chives), if desired.
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Hamburger Buddy
How To Prepare
Brown beef in a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray. Put to one side. Peel and halve butternut squash, then cut into 1-1 1/2 inch pieces. Place vegetables and browned beef in a 4 or 5 quart crockpot. Add crushed tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, thyme and oregano. Cook on low for 8 hours.
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Crockpot Beef and Butternut Squash Stew
How To Prepare
Directions:
In a Dutch oven, or large pot, sauté the onions over medium heat, until the onions are soft and golden, about 20 minutes. Add flour, mixing well another 2-3 minutes. Add thyme, bay leaf, sherry, wine and brandy, and simmer uncovered for 10 more minutes.
Add the beef stock & pepper to taste, reduce heat. Cover and simmer gently for about 20 minutes. Remove bay leaf and ladle 1-1/2 cups soup into 6 bowls and serve (no cheese or bread…it doesn’t taste as good as a hot body looks and feels anyway!
