Italian pasta salad
Here are the ingredients…

Ingredients-
4 oz whole wheat pasta (whatever kind you like)
1 cup carrots, peeled and sliced
1 cup snow peas
1 cup cauliflower florets
1/2 cup chopped red pepper
1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil

Ingredients for dressing
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, passed through a garlic press
pinch sea salt
freshly ground black pepper

Preparation
1. Cook pasta. Let cool.
2. Lightly steam all veggies. Let cool.
3. Mix dressing.
4. Pour over pasta, toss together to coat.
5. Top with fresh basil

Nutrition Information for a 1/2 cup serving:
Calories: 56
Fat: 2g
Protein: 1g
carb: 8g
Fiber: 1g

This is really good!  It’s not super sweet but it’s great!  The recipe is from one of my favorite blogs, katheats.com.

Maple Pecan Granola

• 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
• 1 tbsp whipped butter or 1/2 tbsp real butter, just barely melted
• 1 tbsp canola oil
• 1 tbsp Grade A maple syrup
• 2 pinches kosher salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Combine melted butter, oil, maple syrup and salt in a bowl. Stir in oats and pecans. Stir thoroughly to completely coat oats with wet ingredients. Spray baking sheet with cooking spray and pour on oat mixture. Bake at 300* for 30 minutes, stirring at the 20 minute mark and keeping your eye on it there after to prevent burning.

Makes 2.5 cups. Appx. 30 kcal per tbsp or 120 kcal per 1/4 cup.

This is seriously delicious!!!   (my personal notes on the recipe will be in parenthesis)

Bubble Up Pizza Casserole

Ingredients
15 oz jar pizza sauce (I used organic spaghetti sauce)
1 roll of biscuit dough
1 ½ cups 2% shredded mozzarella (I used part skim- it melts better)
1 lb lean ground beef
(I also added some onions and red bell peppers cause I’m cool like that)
Preheat oven to 350. Brown ground beef and drain off grease. Add sauce
to meat. Stir in biscuits that have been quartered. Pour into baking dish.  Bake 25 minutes.
Top with cheese and bake additional 10 minutes.

Here’s the final product.  Mine is a little messy, but trust me it’s delish!!

These burgers are seriously amazing!  This recipe came from the weight watchers message boards that I like to cruise!

Asiago Burgers

Serves 4

1 pounds lean ground beef
2 oz finely grated Asiago cheese
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup dried breadcrumbs
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1 garlic clove, minced

Coarse salt and ground pepper
Heat grill to high. In a medium bowl combine ground beef with asiago, scallions, breadcrumbs, mustard, and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Gently form mixture into four 1-inch-thick patties.  Grill or cook on each side until desired done-ness.

Devour with favorite condiments.

Thank Sarah for the deliciousness 😉