Angry Bird Pumpkins

This halloween I have had so much fun painting Angry Bird Pumpkins.  Start with clean, dirt free pumpkins and use craft acrylic paint to create your designs.  When all paint is dry, spray lightly with a matt varnish to protect the paint.

 

Chicken and Cheese Quesadilla

Chicken - Cheese - Red Peppers ~~ make the perfect quesadilla snack, served with sour cream and salsa.

Diet Journey - Low Calorie Taco Salad

After a week of dieting I have lost 9 lbs and plan to keep on my healthy eating track.
I have cut out:
Refined Carbohydrates - Flour and Sugar
Starchy Vegetables
Root Vegetables
Fruits High in Sugar - Grapes, Bananas etc.
Chocolate
Deep Fried Foods
Pop

In sticking to a drastically reduced list of foods that I am eating, I have decided to post some of the creative ways that I am preparing a few basic foods.

100 g     Ground beef - cooked then rinsed in hot water to remove fat (198 Calories)
100 g     Iceberg lettuce (13 Calories)
1            Small roma tomato (13 Calories)
1 oz       Tacotime hot sauce (10 Calories, 0 g fat)
2            Melba toast (40 Calories)

Total - 274 Calories

Apple Pie

Pie Crust 

5 1/2 cups    Flour

3/4 tsp          Salt

1/2 tsp          Cream of Tarter

1 Tbsp          Powdered Milk

Sift Ingredients

Cut in 1 lb Lard

Add 8 - 10 oz Very Cold Water - Mix

Let sit for 20 minutes (a must)

Pumpkin Pie Filling

Thanksgiving Day Breakfast - Quiche

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups half-and-half cream
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup  Jarlsberg cheese, shredded
• 1/4  cup old cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell

You can also add: 

ham or bacon 

green onions

mushrooms, broccoli etc.

Be Creative

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (220 degrees C)
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and half-and-half. Season with salt, white pepper and nutmeg. Place shredded Jarlsberg and cheddar in the pie shell. Pour egg mixture over cheese.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until crust is golden and filling is set. Allow to set 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

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