Protein packed pancakes

And yum.

2 eggs

1/2 cup cottage cheese

1/2 cup oats

splash of vanilla

(Clearly, I quadruple the recipe...)

Blend (in blender) and put about 1/8 to 1/4 cup on your greased pan as you normally make pancakes. These are delicious, light, and healthy! Yay!

Easy, delicious spinach quiche

Hmm... another spinach recipe. This is really good, and you could probably substitute a different vegetable if you wanted... Zucchini comes to mind!

1 10 ounce bag of frozen spinach

1/2 an onion chopped up

5 eggs

12 ounces of muenster or favorite cheese

Salt and pepper

Mix together with a fork. Dump in greased 9 inch pie pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Let sit for 10 minutes.

We served this with broccoli/apple/raisin/yogurt slaw and triple berry muffins.

I had several members of the family say this was the best quiche they ever had and please add this to the rotation of meals. Yippee!

Spinach Bisque

Or, more aptly named, cheesy soup with some healthiness thrown in!

Ingredients

1 (10 ounce) package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup butter melted

1/4 cup all purpose flour

2 cups low fat milk

1 cup water

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1 (16 ounce) package of cheese (we used a combo of swiss, muenster, and parmesan)

Use your slow-cooker! Yay! Put the spinach into the bottom. Add the chopped onion. In a bowl, whisk the butter and flour and then slowly add the milk and water. Stir in the nutmeg and salt. Pour the milky mixture into the slow cooker. Add the cubed or shredded cheese. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours. Blend in blender (or use an immersion blender). Serve and enjoy!

Bob LOVES this soup, he has added it to his love of cream of tomato soup, and that says it all!

Website

Check out this website, she has some yummy/do-doable recipes AND menu plans each month...

http://jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com/

Piggy Stew

I saw this on a friend's blog so I decided to make it for dinner last night.

What you need:
custard cups or ramekins
biscuit dough
stew
peas

*I used beef stew, but I imagine you could use whatever you wanted...soup, chili, chowder...whatever.

What to do:
Divide stew into dishes. Place 1 biscuit in each dish, use extra biscuits to make ears, nose, feet...use peas for the eyes, get creative! I used an apple corer to make the snouts. (My feet didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, I think next time I'll make smaller ones.)

Anyway, put them in the oven and bake according to the biscuit directions. Then feed your little piggies :)

Miniature cookies

Don't let the first picture fool you- in reality these cookies are about the size of my thumbnail, or a little larger! Bite sized goodness!

2 1/4 Cup all-purpose flour

2 Cup butter (softened)

3/4 Cup granulated sugar

3/4 Cup brown sugar (packed)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs (large)

1 Tablespoon milk

1 12 oz. package of miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.

In mixing bowl/ mixer, mix together butter, sugar, and brown sugar and milk on medium speed until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Slowly add the remaining mixture, making sure to mix well to avoid clumping. Lastly, add all chocolate chips.

Spoon the mixture into a large (gallon-size) ziplock bag. Cut a small hole out of onecorner of the bag (about the size that a 6-year-old's index finger will just perfectly fit through all the way up . . . don't ask).

Squirt the cookies in small sizes all over the cookie sheet (as you see here to the right), being careful not to put them too close together.

Bake for 7-8 minutes at 375, or until the cookies are just golden brown. I found times vary slightly depending on the type of cookie sheet used. Bake shorter if you want really chewy cookies, longer if you like them crunchy.

Makes about 200 perfect, bite-size chocolate chip cookies!

Strawberry Harvest Omelet

Tried to branch out and we did omelets this morning, with the following ingredients:

strawberries

apple

butternut squash

spinach

tomatoes

parmesan cheese

ham

crumbled cheddar

top with grated cheese, salsa, ketchup, or nothing, and enjoy! All the kids loved it- and so did we. They were gone very quickly- almost didn't get a picture because they were gone so fast!