Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Recipe Time - Chili and Egg Cups

Breakfast this morning - and many mornings to come:
Egg Cups! - 3 points each (if you make 11 from 12 eggs)
Scramble 12 eggs
toss in all the veggies you can think of: mushrooms, cooked spinach, zuccini, onion, etc.
Add about 1/2 cup of shredded, low-fat cheddar cheese (you don't REALLY need to add this, but I chose to for a little flavor)
add salt and pepper to taste
Pour into 11 or 12 sprayed (with cooking spray) muffin tins - IF you're using liners, use foil liners and still spray them!
Bake at 350 until set.

You can freeze them, or just toss them in the fridge and enjoy one per day for breakfast.

Dinner tonight:
Vegetarian Chili - 2 points per cup
2 zuccini - chopped up
1 yellow crook-neck squash - chopped up
1 full stalk of celery - chopped up (not just one stick, the whole thing!)
2 bell peppers (any color) - chopped up
1 large yellow or white onion - chopped up
1 28oz can chopped tomatoes
1 can kidney beans
1 package morning star crumbles (fake meat) - I believe you can use lean turkey, but you should calculate the points if you do, to make sure you're still on 2 points per cup.
1 package of chili seasoning
@ 2cups of broth (whatever kind you want)

Spray a pan, and sautee your onions and "brown" your crumbles or cook your meat with the onions.  Throw everything into a crock pot, and set to cook for the day - I go high for 4 hours, then on heat, but you could also put it on low for 8 hours, I suppose.

2 points per cup, so you can afford to add some cheese/sour cream if you want.  This is FANTASTIC and it's always nice to come home to dinner already done!

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