Peanut Butter Crispies

Mix together: 2 cups Reduced Fat creamy peanut butter, 3 cup rice krispies, 1lb (3cup) powdered sugar, 1/4 cup Vanilla Fat Free Chobani Yogurt. Make balls and dip in melted: 2 (maybe 3) packages milk chocolate chips. Put on cookie sheets in fridge to harden.

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Easy Crock Pot Potato Soup

 Ingredients:
1 (30 oz.) bag frozen hash-brown potatoes or 2 pounds fresh peeled and diced potatoes
2 (14 oz.) cans Low Sodium chicken broth or 28 ounces of water with one chicken bouillon cube.
1 (10.75 oz.) can Fat Free cream of chicken soup
1/2 C chopped onion or 1/4 C dried chopped onion
1/3 tsp. ground black pepper
1 (8oz) package Fat Free cream cheese (softened)
Garnish: minced green onion, shredded cheese, bacon bits, & sour cream

Directions:

1. In a slow cooker, combine potatoes, broth, soup, onion, and pepper.

2. Cover, and cook on low for 5 hours.

3. Stir in cream cheese, cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until combined.

4. Garnish with green onion, Fat Free shredded cheese, bacon bits, Fat Free sour cream.

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Alton Brown's Stove Top Macaroni & Cheese

 

Source: Alton Brown, Food Network
Ingredients:
1 pound elbow macaroni
4 tbsp. unsalted butter
4 eggs
12 oz. Fat Free evaporated milk
8 oz. Fat Free Cream Cheese
1/2 Cup Fat Free Sour Cream
freshly ground black pepper
10 oz. Low fat shredded cheese
10 oz. Fat free shredded cheese

Directions:
Bring a large pot of water to boil.   Boil your noodles according to package directions.  Once al dente, drain the pasta and return it to the pot.  Add the butter and stir until butter has melted.
Meanwhile, in a separate small bowl, whisk together the eggs, evaporated milk, & pepper.  Once the noodles are cooked, drained and the butter has melted, stir the milk mixture into the noodles until incorporated.  Add in the cheese and stir over low heat until cheese has melted, approximately 3 minutes.  Serve immediately.

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BBQ Honey Pineapple Chicken

 

 

1 lb, about 3-4 raw chicken breasts.

2 cups BBQ sauce

1 can sliced or chunked pineapples. Reserve 1/2 cup of juice.

(I would have used fresh if I had it and then added water for the juice.)

1/4 cup chopped white onion

1 Tb honey

 

Mix honey, BBQ sauce, juice and pour over onions and chicken. Cook in Crock for 5-6 hours on low. Shred chicken and serve with rice!

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White Bean and Chicken Chili

Ingredients

• 2 (15 oz.) cans white beans, rinsed and drained
• 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 2 Rotisserie Chicken Breasts
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 onions, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 (4 oz.) cans roasted green chilies, drained
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin

Preparation

1. Place beans and broth in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on high until beans are tender, 2 hours.
2. Cooking Spray fry pan, add onions and garlic; cook until softened, 5 minutes. Add onion mixture, chilies, 1 cup water and cumin to slow cooker. Stir; add  chicken & pepper.
3. Cook on low for 4-6 hours, stirring twice. Remove 1 cup beans plus 1/2 cup liquid from slow cooker. Puree in a blender; return to slow cooker. Remove chicken, shred it and return to slow cooker. Spoon into individual bowls and serve.

http://www.recipebyphotos.com/2013/06/white-bean-and-chicken-chili.html#_yaEKp9

White Chocolate Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Fudge

 INGREDIENTS:...

22 REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups
3 cups of white chocolate chips
1-14 oz can of Fat Free sweetened condensed milk

Directions:
Line a 9x9 casserole dish with foil. Lightly spray it with cooking spray.

Arrange your Peanut Butter Cups on the bottom (16 total)

In a large sauce pan add your white chocolate chips & sweetened condensed milk and heat over medium low heat until all of the chocolate has melted.

Once everything is well combined immediately pour the chocolate/milk mixture over your peanut butter cups.

Chop the remaining 6 peanut butter cups into smaller pieces and spread evenly over the top of the mixture and press down slightly.

Let cool on the counter for a while and then cover with plastic and put in the fridge to cool completely. We've actually just stored our fudge in the fridge to keep it longer since it made so much!

Once it's cooled in the fridge for a couple of hours you can cut into bite sized pieces, or huge chunks... it's up to you.

 

Found this on FB, so not sure who the credit goes to.

My Meniere's

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My Meniere’s Disease

1. Fullness in ear
2. Ringing in ear
3. Loud sounds like t.v., radio, kids screaming, sometimes even the sound of my indoor voice make ear vibrate & hurt
4. Pain in and out of ear
5. Loss of hearing in ear
6. Dizziness when:  standing & sitting still, someone touches me, someone touches a chair I am in, driving, head movement up-down-side to side, opening or closing cupboards, drinking caffeine, artificial sweeteners, to much sodium (I’m on 1000 mg a day), loading groceries from register to cart or from cart to car, bent over to shave legs in the shower,
7. Pain in hips, back, neck, jaw
8. Sore throat
9. Headaches
10. Heart attack heartburn
11. Weakness in arms, neuropathy in arms, & sore muscles in arms
12. Memory loss or brain fog
13. All symptoms vary, never have them all at once, but always worse around PMS and Menstrual Cycle time.
14. Wear wax ear plugs to dull vibrating pain from noises, as needed. 
15. To many different noises at one time, make my ears hurt and make me frustrated.
16. When the barometric pressure changes I get headaches, ear pain, ear fullness, & sore throat.
17. Can barely hold my head up sometimes my neck muscles get so weak.

I also have no gallbladder, and so am on a very low fat/fat free diet.  If I eat to much fat I get massive pain, vomiting, diarrhea.  It takes a sickness to set off Meniere’s, or so I have found in my research.  I believe my gallbladder disease set this off.  I had Meniere’s for 12 years before I figured out what was wrong, however it was about the same with my gallbladder.  Cutting the salt and fat out of my diet seems to have both of my diseases fairly under control.  Don’t get me wrong, I still suffer daily, but usually not extremely.