Even Quicker Tortilla Pizzas!

Sorry, no pic. I think these are probably around 3 points each as well.

Last night, we had some left over spaghetti, but not enough to make a meal out of, so I threw together some quick pizzas. I didn't have any pita bread (or Flat Out flat bread which is also good for a quick pizza), so I eyed the whole wheat tortillas in the fridge and thought... hmmm... that might just make a good pizza crust! Man were they ever good. I liked them better than the pita pizzas we made the other night.

Just throw some spaghetti sauce on the tortilla, shred some cheese over, bake at 425 for about 5 mins (again, keep an eye on them every minute or two) and voila! quick and easy pizza.

Quick Pita Pizzas

I whipped up a quick Friday night dinner by making quick pita pizzas. I think these are about 3 points each!

Ingredients

• Pita bread
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Cheese (I used shredded cheddar, but use whatever you like)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 425
• Split the pita bread horizontally so that you get two round pieces - one top and one bottom
• Spread spaghetti sauce on the pita bread
• Sprinkle with cheese
• Bake for about 10 minutes. Keep checking to make sure it isn't getting overdone. The cheese should be bubbly and getting a little brown but not too brown.

Tofu and Veggie Stir Fry

We recently joined an organic produce co-op and I discovered that a stir-fry will use up a lot of vegetables!! I also discovered a delicious all-natural Teriaki Sauce - Soy Vay. It is so good!! I has sesame seeds as well as actual pieces of ginger and garlic. Here's a pic and a link: http://www.soyvay.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=23&chapter=0&zenid=2ee7c41367e2df9eb995758e47a80a62

Here's my recipe. I just use whatever stir-fry worthy veggies I have on hand. This is what I used last time:

Ingredients

• 1 cup of brown rice (or other grain such as quinoa)
• 2 carrots, sliced on the bias
• 1/2 head cabbage
• 2 zucchini, sliced
• 2 stalks of celery, sliced
• 1 bunch of broccoli, chopped
• 1/2 onion, sliced
• 1 pound firm or extra firm tofu
• Soy sauce
• 1/2 bottle of Soy Vay (about 1 1/4 cups) - make sure it is well mixed

Directions

• Start cooking your grain according to package directions. I used quinoa the last time I made this and it was really good!
• Preheat oven 350 degrees
• Cut tofu into pieces of the desired size you like. We like ours super thin, so I cut the tofu into 64 pieces. I cut the tofu into sixteenths, then each sixteenth is cut into 4 pieces.
• Spray baking tray with oil
• Arrange tofu in a single layer
• Drizzle with soy sauce and brush to cover.
• Spray with oil
• Turn tofu pieces over and brush again as needed
• Spray again
• Bake about 15-20 minutes
• While tofu is baking cook the stir fry. Spray the skillet with oil and heat on medium heat.
• Pour a bit of Soy Vay in the skillet (about 1/4 cup or so)
• Add broccoli, carrots and celery (or whatever veggies you are using that will take longer to cook).
• Stir to cover veggies with Soy Vay.
• Let cook a few minutes (5? 10?) until they start getting a little soft.
• Add zucchini and onion and the remainder of the Soy Vay, stir to completely combine and let cook a few more minutes.
• Add cabbage, stir and cook another 5 mins.
• Add tofu and stir and cook a few more minutes.

Serve with cooked grain. Delish!!

Misto oil sprayer

We recently bought a Misto oil sprayer rather than continuing to buy Pam. I love it!! It uses air to propel the oil, so you aren't eating all of the additives that Pam has!! All you do is fill up the sprayer halfway (the air needs room), pump the lid up and down about 10-15 times and spray. Easy! Healthy! Cheaper than Pam!!

The sprayer was $10 at Bed, Bath and Beyond. That's about 3 cans of Pam, I guess. Then, of course, you have to figure in the cost of the oil. It uses 3oz of oil. The organic EVOO I get is about $6 for 17 oz; about $0.35 an ounce. So it is about $1 to fill the thing up. It uses up quicker than a can of Pam, but, seriously, this thing will pay for itself very shortly!

Here's a picture and a link: http://www.misto.com/

Sweet Potato Pancakes

2.7 points each

I just wanted to share a recipe that I made up a couple of weeks ago to use up some sweet potatoes (actually yams, which are much more nutritious than sweet potatoes). These pancakes are super delicious and very healthy.

Ingredients
1 medium sweet potato - baked, peeled and pureed
1 cup white flour
1 cup rolled oats
1.5 cups milk
2 Tbl EVOO
2 Tbl sugar
1 Tbl baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup flax seed meal

Directions

• Combine all ingredients until just blended
• Using 1/4 cup measuring cup, pour batter onto medium-hot skillet
  Cook a minute or two on each side. These don't bubble like regular pancakes, so you can't use that as an indication that they are done on the first side.

Makes a baker's dozen (13) pancakes.

These are super thick, dense and fluffy!! So, it might make it a bit hard to get the middles fully cooked. Today, I made them again and pureed a banana along with the sweet potato. I did not add any more liquid, which I should have done because they were very very thick and it made it difficult to cook the insides. Plus, it only made 10 pancakes vs. 13 (which makes the points higher). After I cooked them on the skillet, I put them in a 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes. This cooked the insides and made the outsides really crispy!! YUMMY!