Rachel’s Turkey Wraps

Ingredients (for two wrap):

·         2 large romaine lettuce leaves

·         4 slices of deli turkey

·         3 teaspoons reduced fat cream cheese

·         ¼ avocado

·         2 tablespoons Grated carrots

·         ¼ cup diced cucumber

·         Twine (optional)

Wash off your lettuce gently as to not tear It and then pat it dry with a paper towel. Lay flat on counter and begin building your wrap with sliced turkey, spread cream cheese & avocado and add carrots & cucumber. If you plan on eating it right away, roll it up and serve. For a little extra sass (or to transport), roll up and use twine to hold together. Just be sure to remove all twine before eating!

Nasty Nachos

Ingredients:

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 package taco seasoning
• 1 can cream corn
• 1 jar salsa
• 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
• 1 bag tortilla chips

Brown the ground beef; drain well. Mix with taco seasoning according to directions. In greased dish layer in the following order:

• 1/3 package crushed chips
• ½ ground beef mixture
• ½ can cream corn
• 1 cup cheddar cheese
• ½ jar of salsa

Repeat layers. Sprinkle remaining crushed chips over the top. Bake for 30 minutes (or until heated through). Cover with foil if chips begin to brown too much.

Thanks to http://adventuresofafoodslut.blogspot.com/ for this one!

Key Lime Pie

Ingredients:

Pie Filling

•  3 cups sweetened condensed milk (about 2 cans)
•  ½ cup sour cream
•  ¾ cup key lime juice
•  1 tablespoon grated lime zest + extra for garnish (if desired)

Crust

•  1½ cups crushed graham crackers
•  ¼ cup sugar
•  1/3 cup butter, melted

In a small bowl, combine the crust ingredients and blend well. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a non-greased 9-in. pie plate. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Cool before filling.

Turn oven down to 350̊. In a medium bowl, combine condensed milk, sour cream, key lime juice and lime zest. Mix well and pour into graham cracker crust.

Bake in preheated oven for 5 to 8 minutes, until tiny pinhole bubbles burst on the surface of pie. Do not brown. Chill pie thoroughly before serving. Garnish with whipped cream and grated lime zest as desired.

This recipe won me first place in a pie contest at work!

California Chicken Burger

Ingrediants:

• 2 chicken breasts
• Montreal Chicken Grill Seasoning
• 1 tomato
• Lettuce
• 4 slices of Muenster cheese
• 8 slices of bacon
• Light mayonnaise
• Avocado
• Lime juice
• ½ clove garlic
• 4 whole wheat buns

Heat a frying pan and cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towel.

Slice chicken in half horizontally.  Season both sides of each piece with grill seasoning and cook in the same frying pan that has the bacon grease in it. Cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown. Flip the chicken and cook for another 4 minutes. Be sure chicken is cooked thoroughly before removing from pan.

While chicken is cooking, prepare guacamole: Slice avocado in half and scoop out the meat into a bowl. Add lime juice (to taste) and ½ minced clove of garlic. Mash with a fork.

When chicken is done, remove pan from heat. Put two slices of bacon on each piece of chicken and cover with slice of Muenster. Cover to allow cheese to melt. While cheese is melting, lightly toast your buns in the over on broil.

Once toasted, add a dab of light mayo to the bottom bun and ¼ of your guacamole to the top of each bun. Add the cheesy-bacony-chicken in the middle and viola – you have one yummy chicken burger!

Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies

To start off this blog, I'm posting a Ryan-Oliver favorite (as in a Rachel Ryan and James Oliver dating fav!)


Preheat over to 350 degrees.


Ingrediants:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs

Cream together first four ingredients, then add:

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 3 cups oatmeal
• 2 cups butterscotch chips

Mix all ingrediants together. Shape into balls on pan, then flatten with hand. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for  10-15 minutes.