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I will give you generic ingredients and in parentheses the actual brand I used... calories and fat grams are based on my ingredients. I don't take any responsibility if you hate the recipe or are allergic to it or eat too big a chunk of it and choke!! This is at your risk only! And feel free to send me some vegetarian recipes of your own, if you like!
TBSP -- tablespoon
TSP - teaspoon
This is easy to make and takes no time at all. Make a bunch at once and heat them up for lunches all week!
1 low-fat flour tortilla (Mission 98% Fat-Free Flour Tortilla)
1 TBSP salsa (Super G Thick-n-Chunky)
1 TBSP non-fat sour cream (Land O'Lakes)
1 TBSP non-fat refried beans (Old El Paso)
1 TBSP non-fat black bean dip (Old El Paso)
1/8 cup low-fat shredded cheese (Sargento's 4 Cheese Mexican Light)
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. On a cookie sheet, put out tin foil for as many tortillas as you want to make. Place a tortilla on each piece of tin foil. In the center of each tortilla, put the salsa, sour cream, refried beans, black bean dip and shredded cheese. Fold tortilla and if you're like me, the edges won't stay, so wrap the foil loosely around it so that it forms a burrito. Cook about 1/2 hour. Eat now or refridge for later (and then just remove from tin foil and microwave or stick in a toaster oven for a couple of minutes).
Calories per burrito -- 155
Fat per burrito - 3 grams
This was very tasty! I made a small enough (enough for two small meals) because I have a small glass pan that was the perfect size of the lasagna noodles. So, I'll double my recipe...but it should then make 4 servings!!
6 oven-ready lasagna noodles (San Giorgio)
2 cups fat-free, low-cal pasta sauce (Healthy Choice Garlic & Herb)
1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese (Maggio)
8 TSP Parmasean Cheese (Kraft)
1/2 cup shredded low-fat mozarella cheese (Sargento's)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a cooking pan, spread a little of the sauce on the bottom. Lay 2 of the lasagna noodles on top of the sauce. Take 1/2 of the ricotta cheese and carefully spread over noodles. Spread 1/3 of the sauce over the ricotta cheese. Sprinkle 2 TSP parmasean cheese over sauce and then top with 1/3 of the mozarella cheese. Repeat. For final layer, just put remaining sauce and cheese. Bake for approx. 40 minutes. Makes 4 servings.
Calories per serving - 355
Fat per serving - 4.75
Here's a simple low-fat, low-cal pizza I came up with. Remember, this is a plain, cheese pizza. If you add anything to top it, you have to add calories and possibly fat.
pizza dough mix (Betty Crocker's)
non-fat, low-cal pizza sauce (Boboli -- 1 pouch from the 3 pouch package)
1/4 cup low-fat mozarella (Sargento's)
2 TBSP parmesean (Kraft)
Preheat oven to ****. Follow directions for dough. (For Betty Crocker, it is to stir dry mix with water and sit for 5 minutes, covered). Spray pizza pan with PAM or some other no-fat, no-calorie cooking spray. Spread dough. Spread sauce and cheese evenly. Bake for 12-17 minutes (or how long dough package says to bake). Makes 8 pieces.
Calories per slice: 117
Fat per slice: 2.4