Cooking Light Recipe Group

Welcome to the Cooking Light Recipe Group! Each week a recipe will be selected from the book shown below and posted here (no later than Thursday of each week) for cooking on the following Sunday. After trying the selected recipe on Sunday, everyone will post their reviews (liked it, didn't like it, changes recommended, etc.). Anyone is welcome to participate! The founding members of the group were Wonder Woman, Tasha and Cindy. Since then, Kama and I have both ordered the cookbook and will now be making selections on the weekly rotation as well. The recipe selection rotation will be as follows: Tasha, Molly, Wonder Woman, Kama & Cindy.

Great! This will help me use my cooking urges in a healthy way!!! I will elt you all know when I get my book. I'm making the chili this week, I'm a little behind you all.

This is the tentative schedule for selecting recipes:

October 14 - Molly
October 21 - Wonder Woman
October 28 - Cindy
November 4 - Kama
November 11 - Tasha
November 18 - Molly
November 25 - Wonder Woman
December 2 - Kama
December 9 - Cindy
December 16 - Tasha

**Remember to select and post your recipe as early as possible during the week prior to the date listed above so that everyone will have time to shop for the ingredients!

Happy Cooking!

Originally Posted by Molly

This is the tentative schedule for selecting recipes:

October 14 - Molly
October 21 - Wonder Woman
October 28 - Kama
November 4 - Cindy
November 11 - Tasha
November 18 - Molly
November 25 - Wonder Woman
December 2 - Kama
December 9 - Cindy
December 16 - Tasha

**Remember to select and post your recipe as early as possible during the week prior to the date listed above so that everyone will have time to shop for the ingredients!

Happy Cooking!

Will do, Molly!

This should be fun!

Thanks for starting this forum Molly! COOL!

Hi all,

The recipes I've chosen for this coming Sunday (October 14th) are Barbecue Meat Loaf and Garlic Mashed Potatoes (pg. 94 for those who have the cookbook). The recipes are as follows for anyone who would like to try them and contribute a review:

Barbeque Meat Loaf - Work Time: 8 minutes - Cook Time: 25 minutes


Ingredients:
1 pound ground round
1/2 cup barbecue sauce, divided
1/4 cup frozen chopped onion, pressed dry
1/4 cup Italian-seasoned dry breadcrumbs
2 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon pepper

*Combine meat, 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, onion, breadcrumbs, egg whites, and pepper in a large bowl; stir well.

*Shape mixture into a 7- x 5-inch loaf on a rack in a roasting pan. Spread remaining 1/4 cup barbecue sauce over loaf. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or to desired degree of doneness.

*Yield: 4 servings.

Per Serving: Calories 228 (30% from fat) - Fat 7.6g (sat 2.6g) - Protein 27.7g - Carbohydrate 10.4g - Fiber 0.5g - Cholesterol 70mg - Sodium 535mg
Exchanges: 1 Starch, 3 Lean Meat


Garlic Mashed Potatoes - Total Time: 10 minutes


Ingredients:
Garlic Powder
Fat-free Milk
1 - 22 ounce package Frozen Mashed Potatoes
Pepper
Salt

*While meat loaf bakes, combine 2 2/3 cups frozen mashed potatoes (one-half of a 22-ounce package), 1 1/3 cups fat-free milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder in a 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Cook according to the package microwave directions.

*Yield: 4 servings


Per Serving: Calories 120 (20% from fat) - Fat 2.7g (sat 0.1g) - Protein 4.8g - Carbohydrate 20.2g - Fiber 1.0g - Cholesterol 4mg - Sodium 339mg
Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch

omg...I LOVE THIS IDEA! Can't wait to try these.

Molly, looks like you made a great pick. I love me some meat loaf!

Originally Posted by Wonder Woman

Molly, looks like you made a great pick. I love me some meat loaf!

Thanks, WW! It's one of my favorites (as well as mashed potatoes) and I've not had either since I changed to a healthier lifestyle...so am pretty excited about it!