Semi-Homemade Fruit Pizza Bars

First of all, Happy Birthday MOM!!

  

We had a great time cooking out with our new neighbors who live down the street on Sunday! They are they cutest family with twin three-year olds and a baby on the way! For the cookout I volunteered to bring dessert. So like usual, I went through every dessert idea in my head debating what I should make. It had to taste good and be healthy. After going through the list of

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Homemade Low-fat Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

This weekend I wanted to make something fun for dessert for our cookout on Sunday. I debated between many things but decided on ice cream sandwiches because we were heading to a baseball game after dinner.

Homemade Low -fat Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

1 pouch of cookie mix – any kind 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce 2 egg whites 1 container vanilla (or any flavor) yogurt Make cookies using applesauce instead of oil and egg whites instead of eggs. Use a

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Classic Cookout

For dinner on Saturday, I wanted to keep things simple so I went with the cookout menu. Our dinner consisted of the following:

Lean beef burgers, Veggie burgers and hot dogs with buns Lettuce, tomato, onion, spinach for toppings Low-fat cheese potatoes (recipe on Recipes Page) Napa Sesame Salad (also on Recipes Page) Veggies to dip in Sabra Fresh Watermelon Homemade ice cream sandwiches

Cornhole = A cookout/summer MUST

Cheese Potatoes

Chips with Janelle’s homemade salsa

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Kicking off Cookout Season!

After a busy, fun weekend, and before a draining paper, we had a cookout! John and Ash, came over for some classic cookout food! We had the regulars: corn on the cob, salad, burgers and the fixins. We also had a new experiment – veggie burgers!

Veggie Burgers:

1 c. brown rice 1 green pepper 1/2 c. egg whites 1/2 c. bread crumbs 1/2 can of chickpeas salt and pepper

Process together until blended. Cook in a pan with non-stick

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Labor Day Cookout!

For dinner tonight, we had Brady’s parents, his aunt and our friends John and Ashley over!  There are no new recipes but dinner was good, clean cookout food!  Sorry the pictures are oddly placed.  Not pictured: my veggie burger, chicken, veggies and hummus (thanks John and Ash), and cookies from Brady’s mom (so good)!

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Tyler's Decadent Bugers + More

Last night, Brady’s brother Tyler and sister Janelle came over for dinner.  It was low-key and very tasty!  Dinner didn’t take long to prepare but involved lots of cutting – potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil.

Baked Potato Fries

4 semi-baked potatoes spray butter garlic wine seasoning salt and pepper

Cook potatoes in the microwave for about 5-8 min so they are softer but not baked completely. Cut into 1/2 inch slices. Spray the potatoes with spray butter and

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