Eggplant Caponata

 Ingredients
 Eggplant– 1 (1 1/2 pound), cut into 1/2″ cubes. Also, it could be peeled.) 
 Olive Oil– 1/4 cup.
 Onion- 1 medium diced.
 red bell pepper diced
 Garlic- 2 cloves chopped.
 Celery- 1 cup chopped.
 Green Olives– 1/3 cup chopped. Preferably Sicilian or Italian olives.
 Diced Tomatoes– 1 14-15 ounce can or 1 3/4 cup chopped. Using canned tomatoes allows us to use the juice. However, you could add a bit of tomato sauce or paste to your fresh tomatoes instead. 
Red Wine Vinegar– 3 tablespoons.
 Capers  – 1 1/2 tablespoons. 
Italian Seasonings as needed.
I added some whole baby carrots to take any acid taste away

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet until hot. Add eggplant and cook for approx 5-7 mins. Add onion, pepper, celery, and garlic and cook for approx 15 mins.  Add  the remainder of the ingredients and cook for 20 mins and has thickened

Meatballs with Sunday Gravy

1 lb of ground beef I used the 85/15
2 slices of bread I used the 647.             1/4 cup of 1 % milk
1 cup of Parmesan cheese
2 eggs
1 tsp dried basil
1 tbsp dried parsley
fresh black pepper
1 and 1/2 tbsp fresh garlic


Add your milk to your bread and combine. Add meat and the rest of the ingredients and combine well but do not over mix. Roll into balls. I get 25 balls. Place on a grease cookie sheet and bake @ 400 degrees for 15 mins and add to sauce.
If you get 25 meat balls they will be 2 sp each on the blue plan

To Make your sauce
2  28 cans of crushed tomatoes
1 3 oz can of tomato paste
1 16 oz can of beef broth
2 tbsp of chopped garlic
carrots
salt/pepper


Combine all ingredients  and mix well. Add browned meat like pork country ribs, Italian sausage and meatballs. Cook all togeher for approx 2- 3 hours on a low simmer
I count this sauce as zero in my world

Baked Pumpkin Oat Protein Bars

Dry Ingredients

1 1/2 cup of rolled old fashioned oats
1 1/2 cup of quick oats
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup Lakato Monkfruit Sweetener
2 scoops of Devotion Nutrition Angel food cake protein powder

    WET Ingredients
15oz can pure pumpkin
1/4 cup of egg beaters or 2 large eggs
1 medium banana mashed
 1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

combine dry ingredients.
Combine wet ingredients and mix with the dry ingredients
place in a greased 9x13 pan ( I topped mine with Lily Chocolate chips)
 and bake @ 350 degrees for 25 mins and check with a toothpick
It makes 12 bars for 2 sp each on Blue or 24 mini bars for 1 sp on blue
on Purple when you make 12 bars it 0 point for 1 and up to 4 bars for 1 sp
on Green when you make 12 bars 1 bar is 2 sp and 2 bars is 5 sp 3 bars 7sp

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Pasta Fagioli Soup

Ingredients

1 tsp olive oil                                                1 1/2 tsp of dried oregano
1 onion or leek diced                                    1 tsp salt
3 garlic cloves minced                                  1  15 oz can of cannellini beans
1 29 oz can of Tomato sauce                         1  15 can navy beans ( optional)
5 1/2 cups of water                                        1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tbsp  dried parsley                                       1 pound of elbow pasta or ditalini or small shells
1 1/2 tsp dried basil


Directions

In a large pot on medium heat cook onion in olive until translucent. Stir in garlic and cook until tender. Reduce heat and stir in tomato sauce, water, herbs, salt, beans, and cheese. Simmer for 1 hour.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente. Drain and stir into soup. Or you can just leave on the side

Jambalaya

2 large boneless breasts cut in small chunks
1 ring  @ 6 oz of hillshire farms turkey kielbasa sliced and  chunked
1 pound of medium shrimp peeled and deveined
2-3 cups of turkey stock
I small onion diced
2 ribs of celery sliced
1 bell pepper diced
1 14.5 oz  can of diced tomatoes
2 tbsp of tomato paste
1 tsp  oregano
 1/2 tsp  sweet paprika
 1/2 tsp  smoked paprika
 1 tsp  Tony Chachere Creole seasoning
2 tbsp garlic minced
1 tsp olive oil
rice on the side ( I made mine in the instant pot)

In  a large skillet heat your oil and add your onions, celery and peppers and cook until tender about 6 mins, Add your chicken and cook until no longer pink then add you kielbasa  and cook for about 4 mins. Add your garlic, stock , tomatoes , paste and seasoning . Simmer on low for about 20 mins. Add shrimp and cook until cooked through. I placed my rice on the bottom of a bowl and add about a cup of the mixture .

Serves @ 6-8 servings
2 sp on blue per  1 -1 1/2 cup of

Hummus with sautéed mushrooms

Make my hummus here on the blog.

Place in a bowl

8 oz of mushrooms of your choice chopped

1 tsp oil oil

garlic

1 tbsp balsamic vinager

 

Add oil to a hot skillet and add mushrooms and garlic and cook until tender, Add balsamic vinegar and cook until mushrooms are coated . Place directly on hummus and serve with chips

Pickled Carrots

1 very large carrot or enough to full large  jar cut into thick strips
Pickling ingredients
1 1/2 cups of water
1 1/3 cups of white vinegar
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tbsp of dried dill
1 tbsp pickling spice
3/4 tbsp salt
1/2 cup Splenda sugar substitute

Place your carrots in your jar. Add all the pickling ingredients in a medium pot and bring to a boil and boil for about 2 mins. Pour over carrots in jar and let cool b4 placing in refrigerator . Should last in the fridge for 2 weeks.

There are zero smart points on all plans. The Splenda is 1 smart point.