Recipes

[hovis]

I would appreciate any ideas you might have. I have done so well with my weight I don't want to eat anything that might spoil it. The holidays are hard so any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks

[ChiliPepper]

@hovis

Hi Hovis! Congrats on your weight loss!

I love appetizers too. I will look in my appetizer notebook at home tonight & find something delish to post tomorrow.

Keep up the good work!

[Noel7]

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2015/06/greek-7-layer-dip.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_...

GREEK 7 LAYER DIP from my favorite skinny chef

[Noel7]

Skinny Spanakopita

We *love* these!  They are stuffed won ton wrappers which brown like that when baked.  You can make other fillings, too.

http://www.slenderkitchen.com/recipe/skinny-spanakopita

Ingredients, to show you what is in them, they are totally skinny.

• 24 wonton wrappers
• 10 oz frozen spinach, defrosted
• 1/2 cup reduced fat feta cheese
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 egg white, for egg wash
• 1 tsp olive oil

[Noel7]

Easy Stuffed Strawberries

http://www.snack-girl.com/snack/stuffed-strawberry-recipe/

[Noel7]

This food blogger is amazing!  You can't go wrong with her recipes, in my experience.

She was on the Q once with David Venable, when her cookbook came out.  She has many, many free recipes offered online all the time.  Take a look:

http://www.skinnytaste.com/

[Noel7]

Has anyone seen @hovis ?

I don't want her to miss the recipes.

[hovis]

Thank you girls for all of your help. 

[ChiliPepper]

Cucumber Chip Appetizers

INGREDIENTS:

3 large and ripe avocados

1 yellow onion

1 ripe tomato

1⁄2 cup cilantro

1 cucumber

1 lime, halved

1⁄2 teaspoon garlic salt

1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 pinch chili powder

DIRECTIONS:

* Peel and dice all the onion.

* Dice the tomato.

* Chop the cilantro.

* Peel and pit each avocado.

In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the avocados, onion, tomato, and cilantro smashing it all together with a fork. With the lime half squeeze the lime juice into the mixture.

Add the salt, pepper and chili powder and continue mashing till a creamy/lumpy texture is achieved. Set a side.

With the other lime half rub the cut side on a serving platter so the plate has a thin layer of lime juice on top of it.

On a cutting board thickly slice a cucumber so each slice is about a quarter of an inch. Lay each slice flat on the platter.

Once all the slices are in place spoon a dollop of the avocado mixture onto each slice of cucumber.

Garnish with cilantro leaves if you like.

@hovis

[ChiliPepper]

Cucumber Nachos

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup salsa

1 cucumber

1⁄2 cup fat-free cheddar cheese, shredded

1⁄2 cup fat free sour cream

DIRECTIONS:

Put the salsa in a strainer to remove some of the liquid. Peel and slice the cucumber.

Put the slices of cucumber into the bottom of a 9x13 pan, without overlapping.

Discard the extra salsa liquid. Put about 1 teaspoons of salsa on each cucumber slice.

Sprinkle the tops of the cucumbers with the cheese.

Put about 1 teaspoons of sour cream on top of each slice.

Serve cold.