Taco Soup

-Saute 1 large chopped onion in stock pot with olive oil until soft.
-(optional) Brown Ground Meat (turkey, beef, chicken or pork)
-add packet of taco seasoning
-add can of refried no fat beans
-add can of tomatoes
-add can of spicy tomatoes
-add can of Great Northern Beans
-add 2 cups frozen corn
-add 2 cans chicken broth
-add enough water to cover everything by 2"

Simmer for 30 minutes.  Serve with grated cheese, sour cream and tortilla chips.

Quick Guacamole

1 avocado diced
2 small Roma tomatoes diced
about 2 tbls chopped onion
about 1 tsp chopped parsley (or chilinatro)
couple drops of lemon juice

Mix all together and enjoy with chips.

Zucchini Logs

Remember ants on a log that you ate as a kid? I loved them, and that is what inspired me as I looked at the tiny zucchini's my husband bought.

-remove steam and bottom end
-cut small zucchini in half
-use spoon to remove seeds
(optional: sprinkle salt on zucchini)
-spoon in left over chicken salad

Then eat your heart out!

Crab filling

3/4 bag spinach chopped fine
6 baby portabellas chopped fine
Sauté w/ 1/4 white wine

3/4 package cream cheese
3/4 package low-fat cottage cheese
2 cans crab-meat (small ones)
1 tbls fresh Rosemary
Ground salt
Ground pepper
2 cloves garlic minced
Splash white wine (or reserved juice from spinach sauté)

Mix in spinach. Blend with hand mixer

Use filling however your heart desires.
Over quina pasta
on zucchini cakes