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Low Cal Sauced Chicken

October 5, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
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hlthy Low Cal Sauced Chicken - This lean, low cal recipe for chicken and orange-wine sauce is absolutely amazing. Lightly breaded and quickly pan fried, for crunchy a texture, it is then slowly oven baked in a homemade orange and wine sauce recipe included, filling the house with it’s enticing aroma. A quick, easy, low cal recipe that is marvelous!

Prep Time: 10-15 mins
Cook Time: 60-90 mins
Servings: 4
Main Ingredient: Chicken
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Low Cal Sauced Chicken

1.5 kg. chicken cut up into serving pieces
1½ tbsp. flour
3 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
70 g. pure olive oil
125 g. (½ tea cup) white wine
125 g. (½ tea cup) pure orange juice

Directions to make Low Cal Sauced Chicken

Step 1:Preheat the oven to 180-200 C. (medium). Season the chicken pieces with the flour, salt, and pepper.
Step 2:Heat the olive oil in a pan and fry gently and rapidly on all sides for 2-3 minutes. Place the chicken in a heat-proven dish and remove the pan from the hot ring.
Step 3:Add the wine and orange to the pan while the pan is still hot, mix it with the remaining oil and pour the sauce over the chicken. Cook in the oven for 1½ hour or less, basting it frequently with the sauce.

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Oatmeal Apple Raisin Cookies

September 24, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Baked, Buffet, Dessert, Easy, Easy Healthy Recipes, New Healthy Recipes, Snack, healthy

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htyck Oatmeal Apple Raisin Cookies - This sweet, simple, fruity oatmeal cookie recipe is not only deliciously nutricious, with it’s fabulous fresh ingredients, it’s also Low Fat! Healthy, plump, raisins, fresh, juicy apples, and crunchy oatmeal are the stars of these healthy cookies that are perfect for kids snacks, and even dessert. Enjoy this quick, easy, healthy recipe

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 12-15 mins
Main Ingredient: Oatmeal, Apple, Raisin
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Oatmeal Apple Raisin Cookies

4 1/2 oz (130 g) uncooked quick oats, toasted (lightly browned)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup low fat spread
1 large apple cored and grated
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup tsp dark raisins

Directions to make Oatmeal Apple Raisin Cookies

Step 1:Preheat oven to 180 C (350F). Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick cannola oil spray.
Step 2:In a large bowl, mix the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt, and set the mix aside. In another bowl, whip the brown sugar together with the low fat spread till the mixture goes light and fluffy.
Step 3:Add the grated apple, egg and vanilla extract, and beat until well blended. Add the oat mixture to the egg and apple blend, mix well, and add the raisins. With an ice cream scoop, spoon the dough and drop onto the baking sheets forming 24 equal cookies and leaving 2 inches distance between each cookie.
Step 4:Now flatten each cookie with spatula, and bake in center of middle oven rack 12-15 minutes, until the low fat apple and oat cookies go lightly browned.

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Banana Millet Muffins

September 3, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Baked, Breakfast, Buffet, Dessert, Easy, Easy Healthy Recipes, Snack, healthy

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misc Banana Millet Muffins - This delighttful, healthy, homemade muffin recipe is fantastic! Sweet, but not too sweet, they include, not only creamy bananas, but applesauce and grains, and sweet sticky raisins. We also blended in some soy flour with the whole wheat, making this quick, easy recipe as healthy as we could!

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 40-50 mins
Servings: 12
Main Ingredient: Banana, Flour, Millet
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Banana Millet Muffins

2 c Whole wheat flour
1/4 c + 1T soy flour
2 t Baking soda
1/2 t Salt
1/3 c Millet
1/2 c Applesauce
2 lg Egg equivilent
2 c Mashed over-ripe bananas
1/4 c Golden raisins

Directions to make Banana Millet Muffins

Step 1:.In a large bowl, mix together flours, baking soda, salt, and millet. Set aside.
Step 2:In blender, puree on high speed the applesauce, egg or equivilent, bananas and raisins. Add wet stuff to dry, moisten evenly.
Step 3:Spoon batter into non-stick 12 muffin tin deviding evenly and bake 40-50 minutes at 350 F or until browned.

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Heart Healthy Biscuits

August 21, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Baked, Breakfast, Buffet, Dinner, Easy, Easy Healthy Recipes, Lunch, New Healthy Recipes, Snack, healthy

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biscuit Heart Healthy Biscuits - This very popular, heart healthy recipe for biscuits creates a light, fluffy biscuit without the saturated fat. You are only 5 basic ingredients away from these tasty, oven baked gems! A quick, easy, healthy recipe for those of you who thought you would never be able to enjoy biscuits again.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Main Ingredient: Flour
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Heart Healthy Biscuits

2 c flour
3 ts baking powder
1/3 c oil
1/4 ts salt
2/3 c nonfat milk

Directions to make Heart Healthy Biscuits

Step 1:Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Measure oil and milk into cup but donft stir. Add all at once to flour mixture.
Step 2:Stir with fork until mixture leaves side of bowl and forms ball. Knead 10 times. Roll out (1/4 thick) and cut with floured glass or biscuit cutter. Bake 10-12 minutes.

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No Fat Carrot Muffins

July 16, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Baked, Breakfast, Buffet, Dessert, Easy, Easy Healthy Recipes, New Healthy Recipes, Snack

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car_mfn No Fat Carrot Muffins - These simple, savory muffins are not only no fat, they are overflowing with fabulous flavors, and, are quick and easy too! Slightly spiced the have a wonderful cooking aroma, that seems to make them taste that much better. Even kids like muffins, so they are a wonderful, healthy snack, or even breakfast on-the-go.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Servings: 12
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make No Fat Carrot Muffins

1 1/2 c Carrots, grated
1 t Cinnamon
1/8 ts Cloves
1 t Orange peel
2 Eggs
4 tb Raisins
1 t Vanilla
6 tb Flour
1 t Baking Powder
2/3 c Powdered milk
1 Amount of brown sugar Twin to equal 20 tsp. sugar

Directions to make No Fat Carrot Muffins

Step 1:Mix all ingredients. Spray muffin tin with Pam. Divide equally. Bake at 350 F. for 25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
Step 2:Can substitute Egg Beaters for the eggs and use Equal instead of Sweet and Low.

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