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Jan 15, 2012
Posted by Jennifer on Jan 15, 2012 in breakfast, cookies, dessert, dieting, kid friendly, oatmeal, recipe make over | 3 comments
I have a HUGE pile of cooking magazines in my house. Some are mine, but the majority I got from another Mom in my hometown, and I have at least 50 cooking magazines! Vegetarian times, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Rachel Ray, Food TV, etc…
So, when I am looking for inspiration – I just grab a few and see what there is that I can make. This recipe is based off of a 2005 Vegetarian Times recipe. I used that as a guide, but added what I had on hand. Their recipe called for currants, and I was going to use fresh cranberries, but then I also wanted my kids to eat these, so I subbed in 1/4 cup chocolate chips instead.
You don’t even need to get your mixer out, you can mix everything in a bowl with a rubber spatula.
This made 19 mini scones
1.5 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 tablespoons ground flax seed
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tsp. sugar
2 tablespoons corn syrup (the recipe asked for Maple syrup – but I didn’t have any…)
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup skim milk
1/4 cup chocolate chips
5 tablespoons of butter
*Melted chocolate for drizzle if desired
In a big mixing bowl add all the dry ingredients and stir. I sliced the butter into small pieces and using your hands, just start incorporating the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles course crumbs.
Add the milk and corn syrup and stir until the dough comes together. On a floured surface, remove the dough and knead a few times until it’s all combined. I made it into a log, then sliced it with a pizza cutter.
Bake on cookie sheet coated with cooking spray for 15-17 minutes at 425 degrees – they will be golden brown on top.
Jenn's 110 calorie scone bites
These were great – not too sweet, but just the right thing to hit the spot if you want a little special treat after dinner, or make an afternoon hot chocolate/tea/coffee to go with these.
I will definitely make these again!
EACH SCONE IS:
110 CALORIES
4.3 GRAMS FAT
15 GRAMS CARBS
2 GRAMS PROTEIN
.9 FIBER
Feb 1, 2011
Posted by Jennifer on Feb 1, 2011 in breakfast, oatmeal, Successes!! | 9 comments
I had some really ripe bananas that needed to be used up and believe it or not I didn’t make muffins with them!
I decided to make pancakes. I used an ingredient I just tried for the first time: Almond Milk!
There are lots of different brands and calories. The one I picked was 60 calories per cup. It’s high in calcium, vitamin A, D & E, cholesterol free and dairy free and of course made from almonds. I loved the taste, so I decided to use that instead of milk in my pancakes.
Ingredients – Makes 12 pancakes, each pancake is 85 calories, 1 gram of fat and 1.5 grams of fiber.
1 cup old fashioned Oats (I used Quaker)
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups almond milk
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground flax seed
2 small ripe bananas, mashed
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 serving dried cranberries (20 grams)
Mix all ingredients together, let batter sit for 5 minutes.
In a skillet or griddle, use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure out each pancake. I made 12 big pancakes out of this recipe.
The one thing I was going to put in, but forgot was eggs! I was going to put an egg or 2 in it, but they turned out fine without them! 
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Now onto week 4 weigh in already!!! January was a great month for me. I faithfully logged every calorie I ate in www.myfitnesspal.com.
So, for the month of January…… -10 pounds!!!! Wahoo!!!
That’s me doing the HAPPY DANCE!
I hope I can keep it going for February!!!
Jan 21, 2011
Posted by Jennifer on Jan 21, 2011 in breakfast, oatmeal | 7 comments
I dressed up my daughter like Randy from a Christmas Story today. The actual temperature is 0 with expected wind chills @ -25 below.
Snow pants, snow boots, sweatshirt over shirt, heavy gloves, hat, scarf around her face.
Claire off to school
We only live a few blocks from school, so we just walked but dang it was cold! I will not be walking home from work today.
I successfully passed up leftover pizza/cookies/pasta at work yesterday and stuck to my healthy lunch. Yeah!!!
I’ve made oatmeal every day this week, which is super unusual for me, usually I don’t go for sweet in the a.m. (unless it’s a muffin!). So today I decided to switch it up to spicy oatmeal.
spicy oats!
I used:
1/2 cup quick oats
2 cups water
1 oz. white cheddar cheese
1 oz. sausage (cooked from bulk sausage)
lots of hot sauce! salt and pepper
Now I know what you are thinking, 2 cups of water, isn’t that too much? Nope! I like mine super creamy. I’ll add the oats, add the water and microwave for a couple of minutes. I’ll cover the bowl and wait about 15 minutes. It’s still super hot, then stir.
Watch the microwave because sometimes the oatmeal will go out of the bowl!
I also read yesterday that Caribou Coffee is introducing breakfast sandwiches. You’ll be happy to know that all of the sammies are less than 310 calories and around 12-14 grams of fat, so not totally bad if you find yourself in a pinch!
OK, if you live in the midwest – stay warm today and if you live somewhere where it’s warm – you are lucky! Have a great day!
Aug 29, 2009
Posted by Jennifer on Aug 29, 2009 in breakfast, News, oatmeal, party food! | 7 comments
After reading my sisters blog yesterday, she made spicy oats, so I decided to do the same. It’s only my second time making them and it was so good and it kept me full until lunch.
I had:
1/2 cup of oats
1 oz. cheese
1 1/2 oz. of leftover taco meat
2 egg whites, cooked and chopped
I cooked the oats first. I like them very creamy, so I use almost 2 cups of water with the half cup of oats. I cook it in the microwave for 1 minute. Then I added the taco meat, cheese and egg whites, cooked again for like 30 seconds until it was hot.
7 points for this HUGE bowl!
I know it doesn’t look very pretty, but it was so good. Just make sure you have salt and pepper and hot sauce!
When I got home from work yesterday, I was happy to find these in my mailbox!
I was offered a free trial and if you don’t know, I am a magazine-a-holic. I love reading, Shape, Women’s Health, Cooking Light, Clean Eating, etc… I’ve actually cut way down on buying magazines, and I have found them in yard sales and re-sale shops for 25 cents. There was a time I couldn’t go into a grocery store without buying a magazine. Plus my sister and I exchange them too, so that’s fun!
One recipe I read in there was for spinach dip – low calories too! I am totally going to make this!
1 package frozen, chopped spinach, thawed
1/4 cup non fat mayonnaise
1/2 cup part skim ricotta cheese
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
2 large scallions, chopped
2 oz. crumbled feta cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
1-2 tsp. horseradish
Just blend until smooth! Makes 12 servings, each serving is 30 calories, 1.5 grams of fat and 1 gram fiber
I hope everyone has a great Saturday. I am thinking about taking a long bike ride this morning, its beautiful outside!
Jul 30, 2009
Posted by Jennifer on Jul 30, 2009 in breakfast, News, oatmeal, recipe make over | 8 comments
I’ve seen a lot of bloggers, including my sister make these for breakfast and I have to say, I was always skeptical. Well, that all changed today, when I decided to take the plunge and see what happened. I wasn’t quite sure what people put into their spicy oats, so I just googled it and read a few recipes and went from there.
I know it doesn’t look totally fantastic, but it was delish!
I used:
1/2 cup oats
1 1/4 cup water
1 ounce monteray jack cheese
1/2 of turkey bratwurst, diced
picante sauce
salt and pepper to taste
Basically, you cook the oats as you normally would, I just added everything else and stirred it all around. The hot oatmeal melted the cheese and heated up the turkey brat.
At first bite, I wasn’t sure if I liked it. It felt like it was missing something. Then I thought about salt and pepper! Since I was already at work, eating my breakfast while working, I quickly found these babies left over from a luncheon to help!
And of course, some splashes of this:
After searching for other recipes, I came upon a thread of comments about savory oatmeal from 3 years ago. Someone posted these ideas which I am going to try:
I much prefer savory to sweet oatmeal – and definitely steel cut. Stir in butter, chopped scallions, toasted sesame seeds, a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper and then grated parmesan cheese. Or top with stir fried garlic spinach, a poached or fried egg and a drizzle of olive oil (or dollop of creme fraiche). Make oatmeal fritters with the leftovers – form into little patties and either fill with a piece of cheese, or dip in grated cheese and then sesame seeds and sautee in butter until golden and toasty on the oustide.
The thread was so old, the person who posted these great ideas was no longer active, so I can’t give due credit. I also read about cooking the oats in chicken broth as well. Either way, the possibilities are endless. My 6 point breakfast was great and it kept me full until lunch, so its definitely a keeper!
Does anyone have a favorite way of making savory oats?
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I want to give a shout out to my cousin Kelly for sending me this link for 101 ways to eat salads this summer from Mark Bittman, columnist for the New York Times
I got so many great ideas from that! Thanks for passing that along to me Kelly!
