• 2 cups fresh or frozen berries (any combination)
• 1/2 cup Splenda (or 1/2 tsp. Stevia)
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• Bring to boil, turn down to simmer for 2 minutes – then add:
• 2 Tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 3 Tablespoons water.
• Cook until thickened.

1. You can put this on cereal, pancakes, layered with yogurt as a parfait or as a jam on toast.

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by neslyn
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• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 2 Tbls. Splenda (or 1/4 tsp. Stevia)
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

1. Combine above ingredients in blender. Serve with fruit for a nice fruit salad. If you don’t like cottage cheese – DON’T WORRY. I hate cottage cheese but love this dip. My niece Emma, loves it with sliced apples to dip. You can try adding 1 Tablespoon of coaco for a different flavor.

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by neslyn
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This is better than ground beef or ground pork pasta sauce,You have to try it to believe it.

• 1 kg or 2.2 lbs. Ground Turkey
• 2/3 cup TVP
• 1 large onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 large can of tomato sauce (I use Prego)
• 1 small can of tomato paste (i.e. Hunt’s Italian with garlic)
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1 tsp. Mrs. Dash Beef grilling blend
• 1 Tablespoon Italiano spice Clubhouse
• 1 Tablespoon Mrs. Dash Basil Tomato Blend
• 1 Tablespoon Oregano
• 1 tsp. celery salt
• 4 large bay leaves

1. Method: Saute onion and garlic until onions are translucent. Add turkey, dry TVP*, and spices, cook throughly. Add sauce, tomato paste and bay leaves plus 1/3 cup water from rinsing cans. Simmer slowly for at least 1 hour. Remove bay leaves before serving.
2. You could use this sauce over pasta, spinach, rice, or just by itself. By adding 2 Tablespoons chili powder and beans (kidney or black soy beans), you can turn this into a great chili. You could also use this for lasagna, or any recipe which requires tomato sauce.
3. *TVP - Textured Vegetable Protein – you can find this soy product in the health food department of most grocery stores. Usually TVP requires re-hydrating the flakes, but you can use it in this recipe without re-hydrating. You could also omit the turkey, and just use the TVP for a vegetarian tomato sauce.

Optional: You could add fresh vegetables (mushrooms, peppers, fresh tomatoes, celery, etc.) .

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by neslyn
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In large pan with a tight fitting lid add:

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 purple onion
• 1 diced red potato
• 2 carrots diced
• 3 cups of water
• 3/4 cup frozen thawed peas
• 2 tsp. Mexican oregano
• 1 tsp. cumin ground
• 2 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. garlic powder or 1 fresh clove minced
• 1 cube bouillon, chicken or beef

Bring to a boil, the reduce to a low simmer for 20 minutes. This makes a very tasty dish especially if you have been eating plain brown rice. We made it just like this a few times (without the potato), now we just add the spices and onion and it still tastes great. My daughter finds this a little too spicy so you can reduce the amount of spices if you like.

Posted on April 28th, 2007 by neslyn
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