Last night I wanted to make something different. I found a recipe for Tuna Pasta Premavera, but it had asparagus. My wife hates asparagus. So I substituted green beans. Also they had you steaming fresh vegetables. Too much work. So I used canned veggies. I didn’t have any Albacore tuna, so I used regular tuna. It was good, but I think it would have been much better with the Albacore tuna.
Ingredients:
8 oz Farfalle pasta
1 can cut green beans
1 can sweet peas
1/4 cup coarse chopped green onions
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 chopped beefsteak tomato
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 (6oz) cans drain Albacore tuna, coarsely flaked
Directions:
Heat large pot of water to boiling. Once boiling, add pasta and cook for 12 minutes. Drain, reserving 3 tablespoons of pasta water.
Dump cans of beans and peas with liquids they were canned with, into a smaller pot. Heat beans and peas over a medium high burner till water begins begin to boil. Remove from heat. Drain the liquid.
In a larger bowl, mix beans, peas, green onions, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix well. Add pasta, chopped tomato, lemon juice, reserved pasta water, and tuna. Toss well. Serve.
I was in the mood the cook something last night. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make. I thought about making Tetrazzini, but I still want to find more recipes for it. I think what I ate in Canada was more of a Fettuccine Alfredo than a tetrazzini. So I decided to make a low fat fetuccine alfredo. I found one recipe that looked easy. I tweaked it around a little. It was good, but just not great. Something is missing. I will make it again, but trying adding something. Maybe a little Molly McButter? I will look through some non-low-fat recipes and see what I can find. Maybe it is just the lack of heavy cream which I can’t add without making it high-fat. 
4/21-I tweaked the recipe by adding Molly McButter and a dash of garlic power. NOW it tastes great! Give it a try!
Ingredients:
1 chicken breast.
2/3 cup fat-free cottage cheese
1/3 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup reduced fat parmesan cheese
1/8 cup Egg Beaters or similar
1/8 cup Molly McButter
dash garlic powder
dash salt
dash black pepper
8 ounces dry fettuccine noodles
Directions:
Grill the chicken breast until cooked through. Dice, and set aside.
Heat a large pot of water to boiling over high heat. Add fettuccine, and cook for 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the alfedo sauce by pouring cottage cheese, milk, parmesan cheese, egg substitue, garlic powder, salt and pepper into a blender or food processer. Process until smooth.
When fettuccine is done cooking, drain off all the water. Add alfredo sauce and chicken to the cooked noodles. Mix well, and heat over low heat until cooked through. Serve.
*recipe can be easily doubled.
Every once in a while I get a craving for cinnamon toast. I don’t eat it very often, but just every once in while. Today was one of those days. I was busy running on my treadmill, and suddenly wanted something to eat. And cinnamon toast popped into my head. So I made a low fat version of it. While it is low-fat, it has a bunch of sugar on it, so it is probably not real low-calorie. So would eat it alot. But if you get a craving for cinnamon toast, this version is healthier than spreading a bunch of softened butter on to your toast.
Ingredients:
2 slices bread
2 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon
buttery spray (such as Olivio Buttery Spray)
Directions:
Mix sugar and cinnamon in small cup.
Spray one side of each slice of bread with about 5-6 squirts of buttery spray. Toast bread to preference.
Sprinkle sugar/cinnamon mixture on to buttered side of bread. Enjoy.
My wife and I love pizza. But it’s generally not anywhere near low fat. But we found some low-fat recipes for pizza in various cookbooks. Some were not very low-fat. We mixed and matched parts of the recipes, and came up with this recipe.
Ingredients:
1 Tortilla (maybe even fat-free)
2 Tbsp fat-free pizza sauce
1/4 Cup reduced fat or fat-free shredded mozarella cheese
Toppings: Your choice, but we used 97% fat-free ham, and pineapple.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place tortilla on baking sheet. Spoon pizza sauce on to tortilla, and spread around. Sprinkle cheese over sauce. Evenly distribute toppings on top of cheese.
Bake for 10 minutes. Slice into sections and serve.
I debated about what to have for dinner tonight. I found a recipe that looked interesting. I simplified it a little bit and made it for dinner. It was really good, but had a little too much bite. I tweaked it a little more, and here it is:
Creamy Pasta With Peas
Ingredients:
12 oz fettuccine or linguine noodles, uncooked
1 1/2 cups fat-free milk
2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 Tbsp flour
1/2 tsp garlic powder
3 Tbsp non-fat cream cheese
1 can (15 oz) sweet peas, drained
1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
2 Tbsp Molly McButter or Butter Buds
1/4 tsp salt
Directions:
Heat a large pot of water to boiling, add noodles, and cook for 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring milk and chopped garlic to boil in a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Strir frequently to keep from burning. When it starts boiling, add flour and garlic powder, whisking continuously until it is smooth and thick.
Reduce heat to medium low. Stir in cream cheese stirring until it melts (about a minute). Add peas, Molly McButter or Butter Buds, and Romano cheese, salt, and stir well. Cook an additional 2 minutes.
Drain pasta. Mix pasta and creamy sauce together in a large bowl, and serve.