Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Pancackes

 Serves: 2-3 Time: Depends on your pan/griddle size - 20-30 minutes

1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup oatmeal (quick or old-fashioned)
4 eggs or 8 egg whites
Butter or spray oil for pan

- Turn on pan or griddle to medium or medium high
- With quick oats: Mix all ingredients in a bowl or in a processor/blender
- With old-fashioned oats: Process/blend oats and add to bowl with other ingredients, mix (or blend/process all of it for a smoother batter)
- When pan is hot, butter or spray with oil
- Pour into pan using 1/4 to 1/3 cup per pancake. Flatten with scoop.
- Cook on first side until edges look done and a few air bubbles stay at the surface
- Flip, cook until the color you like is reached

Nutrition info (1/3 of recipe, with 4 eggs): Cal - 255 Fat - 9.1g Protein - 21.3g Carbs - 21.6g

Nutrition info (1/3 of recipe, with 8 egg whites): Cal - 213 Fat - 3.4g Protein - 23.5g Carbs - 21.8g

I originally found this recipe in a copy of  "Oxygen" Magazine. I flipped through about 10 magazines looking for it this morning...No luck. I googled it and this is the recipe I found. I added 1 scoop of chocolate whey protein and a dash of vanilla. They were yummy!

Garlic Buffalo Turkey

3 cloves garlic, pressed
1 Tbs butter
1/2 tsp cayenne
1 tsp Tabasco...I used 2 tsp texas pete and the kids ate it
8 turkey breast cutlets, cut in half (i used 3 chicken breast, its cheaper)
2 Tbs Blue cheese dressing

Heat butter of med heat. Add garlic, seasoning and turkey, Stir-fry until cooked. Distribute on plates and drizzle with blue cheese.

Per serving:
225 calories; 9g fat; 34g protein; 1g carb; trace dietary fiber; 102mg cholesterol; 430mg sodium. Exchanges: 5 lean meat; 1.5 fat

Serving Suggestions: Serve with celery sticks and raw broccoli, and extra blue cheese dip, as well as a big green salad ans some turnip fries.

Easy Chicken Chili

 2 Tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, pressed
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, chopped --optional
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 28 oz can tomatoes, broken up
juice of 1 lime
2 Tbsp fresh cilantro
6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cooked and chopped into 1" pieces

Oil in Skillet, sautee onion, garlic, celery, papper, seasonings. Heat for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes. Simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in cooked chicken. Cook until heated through. Before serving, add lime juice and fresh cilantro.

per serving: 283 calories; 13g fat; 31g protein; 11 carbs; 3g fiber; 82mg cholesterol; 273 sodium.
Exchanges: 4 lean meat; 2 veggie; 1 fat

Serving suggestion: top with cheddar cheese and sour cream. Serve with a big green salad.

I added a can of corn, drained.

Cube Steaks with Blue Cheese

4 cube steaks
salt and pepper, to taste
4 Tbsp blue cheese
1/8 cup red onion, chopped

preheat broiler
Meanwhile, brown cube steaks, salt and pepper. Place in Broiler pan. Top with onion and blue cheese. Stick under the broiler to melt cheese then serve.

per serving: 238 calories; 16g fat; 22g protein; 1g carbs; trace dietary fiber; 70mg cholesterol; 172mg sodium. Exchanges: 3 lean meat; 1 fat

Serving suggestions: Sauteed zucchini and yellow squash, and a big green salad.