Ryan's Pasta Primavera

Ingredients

1 lb (or more) broccoli (must be fresh)

3 or 4 small zucchini cut in ½ inch pieces

4 or 5 Cloves of Garlic finely chopped

1 lb Mozzarella Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

1 Box Bow Tie Pasta

Olive Oil

1 package fresh basil (finely chopped)

4 - 5 small tomatoes


Cut up the broccoli in bite sized pieces and steam it—but be sure to not overcook. You want it still crisp. Set aside. In a sauté pan, add about ½ cup olive oil over medium heat, add zucchini stirring occasionally. When the zucchini is about half way done cooking, add the garlic. After the garlic is done, add broccoli and basil mix well (you may have to add a little olive oil as needed). At this point I sometimes cover the pan and watch it to make sure it is all cooked—but be careful, you don’t want to over cook. Cut up the mozzarella into small cubes, set aside. Cut up tomatoes and set aside.

Cook pasta according to package instructions. After you have drained it, put all the ingredients together (I like to put in ½ - 1 cup of Parmesan cheese at this point, but this is optional). I normally wait to put in the tomatoes until just before serving.
YUMMY!!!!

Ryan's Mushroom Cream Sauce with Penne

Ingredients
3 tbsp butter
4 or 5 cloves of garlic finely chopped or smashed
3 tbsp flour
0.5 – 1.0 lbs mushrooms (I like Portobello mushrooms) cut up in ½ inch pieces
1 ½ cup heavy cream
1 ½ cup chicken broth

1 lb penne pasta (preferably Barilla or DeCecco)
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (preferably the real stuff, Parmiggiano/Reggiano cheese)
Pepper to taste
A dash of nutmeg

Sauce:
In a skillet, melt butter, add garlic and mushrooms and cook them over medium heat for 5 or 10 minutes (until mushrooms release moisture and liquid evaporates). Add flour and mix it in thoroughly. Add broth a little at a time, stirring constantly, so that there are no lumps from the flour. Add cream the same way. Continue to cook over medium heat for another 5 or 10 minutes—to give the sauce a chance to thicken. If you think the sauce needs to be thicker, you can add some Parmesan cheese. If you think it is too thick, add some milk. Add pepper to taste, and a dash of nutmeg.

Cook pasta according to the package instructions. When the pasta is cooked, drain and add to the sauce. Serve with Parmesan cheese sprinkled over the top.
!DELICIOSO!

Fresh Black Bean & Corn Salsa--YUMMY!!!

Ingredients:

1 can Black Beans-drained & rinsed
1 can Corn-drained
1 small Red Onion
5 Roma Tomatoes
3 Avocados
1 Bunch Cilantro
Juice from 3 Limes

Chop everything up & place in bowl. Add black beans & corn. Add the lime juice last & then stir up really well. Chill in the refrigerator. Serve with chips or crackers. YUMMY!!!

Zucchini Crisp

ksl.com - Zucchini "Apple" Crisp

Super Yummy, Low-Calorie, Banana Pudding Squares

prep time
30 min
total time
3 hr 30 min
makes
24 servings

What You Need
35 Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 1-1/4 cups)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine, melted
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened or fat-free cream cheese.
1/2 cup Powdered sugar
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Sugar Free Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
3 Bananas, sliced
2 pkg. (1 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding
3 cups cold fat-free milk
1/2 square BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, grated

Make It
1
MIX crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch dish. Refrigerate until ready to use.

2
BEAT Neufchatel and sugar in medium bowl with whisk until blended. Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Top with bananas.

3
BEAT pudding mixes and milk with whisk 2 min.; spread over bananas. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and chocolate. Refrigerate 3 hours.

Kraft Kitchens Tips
How to Evenly Spread COOL WHIP over Dessert
Stir remaining COOL WHIP gently in tub until creamy; spoon small dollops over dessert. Use small metal spatula to spread COOL WHIP over dessert.
How to Easily Remove Dessert from Dish
Line dish with foil before using, with ends of foil extending over sides of dish. Use foil handles to remove chilled dessert from dish before cutting to serve.

Makeover - How We Did It
We've made over this favorite dessert to save you 80 calories and 13 g of fat per serving compared to the traditional recipe. We used Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers and margarine instead of flour, butter and peanuts for the crust. In addition, we cut the amount of sugar and chocolate in half and used better-for-you products in the creamy layers. These simple changes result in a great-tasting dessert that can save you both fat and calories!

SUPER YUMMINESS WITHOUT THE GUILT!!! :)

Smores Cookies

Ingredients:

1 3/4C flour
1C Graham cracker crumbs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1C room temperature butter
3/4C sugar
3/4C brown sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2C miniature chocolate chips
1 1/2C mini marshmallows
2 regular Hershey bars, roughly chopped

Directions:

1. In a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugars and mix until fluffy.
2. Mix in the eggs and vanilla until combined.
3. Add the flour, graham crackers, salt, and baking soda and mix well.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips, then cover and refrigerate the dough for about one hour.
5. Preheat oven to 375.
6. Take a tablespoon of dough, roll into a ball, and drop onto a greased baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of dough, leaving about 2 inches between each.
7. Bake for 6 min. then remove from oven.
8. Push 3-5 marshmallows and a few pieces of a Hershey bar into each cookie.
9. Return to oven and bake for another 2-3 min until golden brown and the marshmallows are a bit toasted.
** I usually just use chocolate chips instead of the Hershey bars- just because it's easier...

These cookies are SO YUMMY!!!

Healthy Applesauce Cookies

Healthy Applesauce Cookies
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/4 cup applesauce
4 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1-2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 cup chocolate chips

Mix ingredient together in order given in a large bowl. You may need to add a little extra all-purpose flour to get the right consistency. Spoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool on cooling rack.