Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake

Ingredients:

Oven: 350

1 3/4C boiling water
1 C uncooked quick oats
1 C lightly packed brown sugar
1 C sugar
1/2 C butter
2 large eggs

1 3/4C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 heaping TBSP cocoa
1 12oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a glass or stainless mixing bowl, pour boiling water over oatmeal, let stand 10mins. Add butter and stir well until completely combined. Add brown sugar and white sugar, mix, then add eggs and mix well.

Sift together flour, soda, salt, and cocoa and add to the oat mixture. Add half of the chocolate chips. Pour into greased and floured 9x13 glass pan and sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top.

Bake for 40 mins.

Shopping list:
Quick oats
1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
Brown sugar

Asian Chicken Slaw

Asian Chicken Slaw

Ingredients:

Dressing:
One 1/2" piece of ginger, grated
1 clove garlic, minced
1 TBSP sugar
1 TBSP soy sauce
Juice of one lime
1/2 C Canola oil

2 C cooked chicken breast
1 can mandarin oranges (in pure juice! No HFCS or added sugar!!)
4 green onion stalks, diced
1 small cucumber, seeded and diced
1 package of coleslaw or broccoli slaw (or a mix, also lovely)
1 large carrot, shredded (if not already in your mix)

For the dressing, grate your ginger and press the garlic into a food processor. Add lime juice, oil, sugar, soy sauce and mix well. Toss chicken and the remainder of the salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl. Serve dressing on side or toss in. Top with crispy wontons or broken up raw ramen noodles.

Shopping list:

Small piece of ginger (if you get more than 1/2" you can make Teriyaki sauce from scratch with it!)
Head of garlic
1 small cucumber
1 package coleslaw or broccoli slaw (or mix)
1 large carrot
Green onions
1 lime
1 lb chicken
1 can mandarin oranges, no added sugars
1 package of ramen or crispy wontons

Curried Lentils

Curried Lentils

Ingredients:

1 TBSP EVOO
1tsp cumin
1/2 medium onion, diced
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/4tsp ginger
1/2tsp salt
1tsp curry powder

2 cloves garlic
1C red lentils
3 1/2 C low sodium chicken (or vegetable) broth
1/2 C frozen peas
1 C fresh spinach

1C rice, choose your favorite

In a large saute pan (that has a lid!), heat oil over medium. Add diced onion and all spices until onions soften. Add minced garlic and stir gently until it becomes fragrant. Stir in lentils and liquid of choice, bringing to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 25 minutes. Now GO make some rice NOW while it simmers. Add peas and spinach to lentils during last few minutes to cook through and wilt. Serve over rice with naan or flat bread.

Shopping list:
Curry powder
Turmeric (you can get small amounts in bulk if you don't use often enough to keep)
Ginger
Cumin
Head of garlic
1 medium size yellow or sweet onion
1 Tetra pak of chicken or vegetable broth
1 package of red lentils, or 1 C from bulk section
1 package frozen peas
1 bag of pre-washed spinach
Rice
1 package of naan (I like to get it from Trader Joe's)

Taco in a Round

Taco in a Round

Ingredients:

1 lb hamburger or ground turkey, seasoned and browned, drained
1/2 C salsa (I like O'Hana salsa, local to Bend)
1/2tsp chili powder

8oz cream cheese
2C cottage cheese
2/3 C salsa

Shredded romaine
1C shredded cheddar cheese
1 medium can sliced olives
2 diced roma tomatoes or tomatoes on a vine
Diced red onion

Begin by browning and seasoning hamburger. Drain fat, add chili powder and salsa. In a mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese, cottage cheese, and salsa. Layer the bottom of a 9x13 pan beginning with the creamed cheese sauce, then the taco meat. Layer on lettuce, cheese, olives, tomatoes, and onion. Enjoy with corn chips!

Shopping list:
1lb hamburger or ground turkey
One container salsa
1 8oz pkg cream cheese
Small container cottage cheese
Head of romaine
Small bag shredded cheese
1 medium can sliced olives
2 small tomatoes (roma or on vine)
1 small red onion 

Easy Quiche

Easy Quiche

Ingredients:

1C milk
4 eggs
1/2-3/4C shredded cheese
1 frozen pie crust (I find mine in the organic section at Freddy's, a 2 pack for about $5)
Mix ins: broccoli, red bell pepper, mushroom, onion, bacon, ham, turkey...whatever you love to eat.

Beat eggs, add a sprinkling of salt and pepper for each egg depending on how salty you want it, whisk in milk. If using veggies, saute them in butter with garlic and onion first. Arrange mix ins evenly in pie crust, pour egg mix over top. Bake at 350 for 50 mins or until it is fully set.

Shopping List Options:

Broccoli
Bell Pepper
Onion
Garlic
Dozen eggs
Frozen pie crusts

or

Broccoli
Cubed deli ham
Cheddar cheese
Dozen eggs
Frozen pie crusts

or

Cubed Deli Ham
Cheddar Cheese
Dozen Eggs
Frozen pie crusts