Asian Meatball Stir-Fry

If you made the Asian Meatballs and are wondering how to use them... here's my concoction. The whole family enjoyed this and I will be making it again. I think it would be really good with chicken or pork pieces as well... if you're not into beef or meatballs! This recipe uses hoisin sauce, which gives the recipe a niice sweet flavor.


Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion
1/2 large red or orange sweet pepper
1 cup green beans
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
2 cups fat-free chicken broth
2 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp cornstarch
2-3 tbsp water
20 Asian Meatballs

Directions
- Heat oil in a large skillet or wok.
- Cook onions, peppers and green beans until softened
- Add ginger-garlic paste, chicken broth, and hoisin sauce and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low and add meatballs.
- In a small bowl, mix cornstarch with water and add to skillet.
- Simmer on low until sauce has thickened.

Nutritional Data
excluding meatballs!
(4 servings sauce)
2 WW points
87.5 cal
3.8 g fat
0.3 mg cholesterol
11.1 g carbs
1.3 g fiber
0.6 g sugar

with 5 meatballs = 8 WW points
1.6 g protein

Asian Slow Cooker Pork

Had a pork craving, so I made pork in the slow cooker tonight.... it was awesome... I was left satisfied!
So far, I haven't been liking the texture of meat when cooked in the crockpot... This is the first recipe that I really loved. The best part is that the little critics thought the "chicken and the little green balls" were delicious... YEAH BABY! The big critic ate enough for 2 people, so all and all, this was a success :) I'm definitely making this again.


Ingredients
(makes 4 servings)

1 lb pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
1 small onion, halved and sliced
1/2 cup sliced red pepper
1 garlic clove
2 tbsp teriyaki sauce
1 1/2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce

3 tbsp light peanut butter
1 cup frozen green beans, thawed *

Directions
- Place all ingredients (but not peanut butter and green beans) into the crockpot and mix.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours.
- Stir in peanut butter an thawed beans.
- Cook on HIGH for 30 minutes.
- Serve with rice or rice noodle.

* My frozen beans were a mix of grean beans, peas and ademane beans (soya beans).

Nutritional Data
1 serving
8 WWpoints
345.8 cal
21.6 g fat
76 mg cholesterol
11.3 g carbs
2.3 g fiber
3.6 g sugars
25.8 g protein

Breakfast Burritos

I make most meals around here, but when it comes to breakfast my husband takes over the kitchen. He's a breakfast kinda guy! He whips up the best scrambled eggs, cooks up perfect crispy bacon, master pancake and french toast maker, and he makes the most delicious breakfast burritos. I made him tell me every single ingredient as he was making them this morning so that I could share his yummy recipe with all of you!


Ingredients
2 eggs
2 egg whites
1 oz fat free milk
1 tbsp taco sauce
1 small onion, diced
1/4 cup diced red pepper
2 tbsp Light Cheez Whiz
salt and pepper to taste

2 (10 inch) flour tortillas
2 tbsp taco sauce (or salsa)
1/4 cup grated fat free mozzarella or cheddar

Directions
- In a bowl, beat eggs with milk and 1 tbsp taco sauce.
- Heat a non stick frying pan, and spray with Pam cooking spray.
- Fry up onions and peppers until soft.
- Add eggs and cheez whiz and mix.
- Keep mixing as you would to make scrambled eggs.
- Once eggs are cooked, split mix into 2 portions.
- Put each portion on a tortilla, top with half the cheese and 1 tbsp taco sauce (or salsa) and roll up serve hot!

Enjoy!!

Nutritional Data
8 WW points
412.8 cal
11.4 g fat
195 mg cholesterol
52.9 g carbs
3.6 g fiber
23 g protein

Mediterranean 3 Grain Risotto

Like most pre-schoolers, our little critics love pasta and rice, and almost any other grain we put in front of them. Their second favorite, right behind Mac-n-Cheese, is Risotto. Sure, it's tedious to cook, but the results are always creamy and delicious.

Here is a little twist on regular Arborio rice based risotto.

Ingredients
(makes 5 servings)

1 tbsp Olive Oil
1 small onion, diced
1/2 celery stalk, diced
2 chicken breast (approx. 1 lb), cubed
1 1/2 cup 3 Grain Riso Gallo Rice (also marketed as Riso Bello Rice)*
4 cups hot chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 cup tomato puree (crushed tomatoes)
1/2 tsp marjoram, dried
1/2 tsp oregano, dried
1/4 tsp thyme, dried
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 cup chopped red pepper
1 cup quartered mushrooms
40 g freshly grated Parmesan cheese


Directions

-Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet; add onion and celery and sauté until softened.
-Add chicken and cook until white on all sides.
- Add rice and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add 1 cup of hot broth, tomato puree, marjoram, oregano, thyme, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir frequently.
- As broth evaporates, add more broth, 1 cup at a time.
- When rice is almost al dente, and there is 1 cup of broth leftover, add red pepper and mushrooms. Keep stirring until all broth as evaporated. Add more broth if needed. (red pepper and Mushrooms will be cooked but a little firm, if you want them more cooked, then add them earlier on, but they will be less flavorful).
- Stir in parmesan and stir 1 minute and serve.

* To make your own 3 grain risotto mix: 1/2 cup Arborio or Carnoli rice, 1/2 cup pearl Barley, 1/2 cup Spelt (Epautre in french).

Tips
- You can substitute Mushrooms and/or peppers for some of your favorite veggies. Nutritional Data shouldn't be much different.

Nutritional Data
1 serving
8 WW points
408 cal
8.7 g fat
4.4 g fiber
43.5 g carbs
37.7 g protein