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[FlipFlop]

And another cooking light recipe. I love this one-especially since I hate mayo!

Southwestern Potato Salad

(Notes on this recipe. I don’t add celery and I add some of the adobo sauce from the chiles to the dressing mix and usually double the amt of chilies. I use a serano chile for more flavor/heat)

Ingredients
1 (7-ounce) can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
2 pounds small red potatoes
Cooking spray
1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels (about 3 ears)
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons canola oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper


Preparation
Remove 1 chipotle chile from can. Chop chile to measure 2 teaspoons. Reserve remaining chiles and adobo sauce for another use.
Place potatoes in a saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes or until tender. Drain; cool. Cut potatoes into 1/4-inch cubes. Place potatoes in a large bowl.

Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add corn; sauté 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add corn, celery, and next 5 ingredients (celery through jalapeño) to potatoes; toss gently.

Combine 2 teaspoons chopped chipotle chile, lime juice, oil, salt, and black pepper, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle the lime juice mixture over potato mixture, and toss gently. Cover and chill 1 to 24 hours.

Yield
8 servings (serving size: about 1 cup)

Nutritional Information
CALORIES 209(25% from fat); FAT 5.8g (sat 0.4g,mono 3.1g,poly 1.8g); PROTEIN 5.1g; CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg; CALCIUM 33mg; SODIUM 413mg; FIBER 5.7g; IRON 2.3mg; CARBOHYDRATE 37.9g

[niaru]

Gemic, would you like to move in with us and cook dinner every night? ;D


We have a few family favorites (my kids are 11 and 14), I'll post the recipes if anyone is interested, but I have no idea of calories and such.

-Duck magrets with orange and earl grey tea sauce (very light)

-Pork loin stuffed with provençal goat cheese

-Chicken Marbella (my all times favorite, just has to be prepared the night before)

-Magic soup

-Salmon/leeks quiche

-Tian (peppers/tomatoes/zucchini dish)

-ratatouille

-sole fillets in butter and herbs

[gemic]

You'd be surprised, I actually don't cook more than I have to. If I can keep my kitchen clean I'm more likely to experiment hehe. Right now I have raisin cinnamon bread cooking in the bread machine. The chili tonight was good though, and soooooo easy to make.

niaru I would love the chicken marbella recipe =)

Flip, when Nick is off we're going to have to try those!

[Goalie]

oh niaru I would love Pork loin and the magic soup recipes please.

[FlipFlop]

Gemic-I highly recommend the cooking light cookbook or magazine. I've made several recipes from there and they always turn out really great!

[gemic]

Who makes it Flip?

[FlipFlop]

Its the "Best of Cooking Light" cookbook by cooking light magazine. My mom got it for me at Costco for something like $16! You can also pick up the mag in the grocery store or search recipes online.

The other good one from the cookbook is their balsamic asparagus.

[niaru]

Chicken Marbella (for 5 or 6 people) - prepare the day before

2 chickens, quartered
1 head of garlic, peeled and pureed
oregano to taste
salt and pepper
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup pitted prunes
1/2 cup pitted green olives
1/2 cup capers with a bit of juice
6 bay leaves
1 cup white wine
finely chopped parsley or cilantro to taste.

1. In a large bowl combine these ingredients Cover and let marinate, refrigerated, overnight.

2. Preheat oven to 350 F

3. Arrange chicken in single layer in a shallow baking pan and spoon marinade over it evenly. Pour white wine around chicken.

4. Bake for 50 mn to 1 hour, basting occasionally with pan juices. Chicken is done when thigh pieces, pricked with a fork at their juiciest, yield clear yellow (rather than pink) juice.

5. Transfer chicken, prunes, olives and capers to a serving platter, with a little bit of pan juices, and sprinkle with parsley or cilantro. Serve remaining pan juices in sauceboat.

6. Serve with couscous and greens.

YUM!

[niaru]

Pork loin with goat cheese (4 people)

1 pork loin
1 goat cheese
1 clove of garlic, peeled and puréed
provençal herbs (thyme, rosmary, oregano)
olive oil
salt and pepper
pitted black or green olives
A little white wine or water

Preheat oven to 350 F

In a bowl, combine olive oil, goat cheese, olives, garlic, herbs and salt and pepper to make a paste.

With sharp knife, cut the pork loin in its length to make room for the stuffing, and spoon the goat cheese mixture into it.

Place pork loin in a shallow baking pan and pour a bit of water or wine around it.

Bake 40 to 45 mn.

Serve with Basmati rice and greens.

[niaru]

"Magic Soup" - I make this with a pressure cooker.

1 green pepper
1 potato
2 zucchinis
1 onion or shallot
4 cups chicken broth (or 2 chicken bouillon cubes in 4 cups of water)
salt, pepper
Optional: 1 Tb curry, cumin or coriander (to taste)

1/2 can unsweetened condensed milk (to be added after soup is cooked.)

Peel and cut up veggies, put in pressure cooker with all the other ingredients. Bring up to pressure and cook 5 mn.
Purée the soup with a hand mixer and add unsweeted condensed milk.

I love this soup because it is so easy and quick to make, and my kids love the taste!

[Goalie]

Thanks niaru, they look pretty easy to make.

[gemic]

Thanks Niaru!

[brooks]

For the magic soup what if you don't have a pressure cooker

[niaru]

Brooks, you can do it in a regular pan, it'll just take about 25-30 mn to cook instead of 5 mn, lol

[gemic]

So easy you'll kick yourself...

6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame seeds (optional)

Put chicken in crock pot.
Mix everything else together, pour over chicken, cook.
Recipe says low for 4-6 hours, I think. I over cooked ours, but flavor was great. We had it with some rice, intended to make brocolli but didn't have time. I'll get nutritional values tomorrow. I think it was 170 cal for one chicken breast.