Red velvet truffle cake

2brokecooks.com. I totally messed up the recipe but it still turned out okay. Next time I'm going to follow the recipe exactly.

• 1 box red velvet cake mix (I used Duncan Hines)
• 1/2 cup Woodstock butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 6Tbsp apple sauce (the original recipe said to use vegetable oil)
• 1 package oreos, crushed
• 1 package cheesecake pudding mix
• 8oz package fat free cream cheese
• 8oz dark chocolate chips (I used 12oz and it was WAY too much)
• 2oz chocolate chips for the top

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a large bowl mix together cake mix, butter, eggs, pudding mix and apple sauce.
3. spray the glass dish and then flour it and pour the batter in it and spread evenly.
4. Bake about 20 minutes until a tooth pick or knife comes out clean.
5. Take the cake out and let it cool completely.
6. while cake is cooling nuke the cream cheese to make it softer. Take the oreos in a bag and crush it. Leave it a bit chunky. Then mix the two together.
7. Once cake is cooled spread the mixture on top of the cake.
8. Melt the 8oz chocolate chips in the microwave and then pour over the oreo mixture evenly. 
9. Top with remaining 2oz chips and let the chips set into the cake in the fridge for about an hour.

Crock pot cabbage rolls

 Filling

• 10-12 cabbage leaves
• 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa (you could use rice, wild rice or what ever else you would like)
• 1/4 cup egg whites
• 1/4 cup unsweetened original almond milk
• minced onion flakes
• 1 clove garlic
  a few dashes of salt
• 1tsp pepper
• 1lb lean ground turkey

Sauce

• 1 can no salt added tomato sauce
• 2Tbsp brown sugar
• 2Tbsp lemon juice
• 2tsp Worcestershire sauce

1. Boil a pot of water and add cabbage for 5 minutes. Take the cabbage out and gently peel back the leaves. I had to place the cabbage back into the boiling water once more to get the leaves softer inside the cabbage. I got 11 leaves.
2. combine quinoa, egg whites, milk, onion flakes, garlic, salt and pepper with ground turkey. Spoon about a 1/4-1/3 cup into each leaf and roll and tuck the ends in and place into crock pot.
3. Mix together all the sauce ingredients and pour over the cabbage rolls and cook on low for 8 hours.

Next time I'm just going to try to bake these so I will have to cook the turkey and quinoa or rice.

Greek yogurt/ranch chicken w/ new roasted potatoes and baby carrots

I used this picture from the website I got it at because I forgot to take a picture of our meal. Things have been busy so I haven't been taking picture but will get back to it tonight. I've been making more recipes though! This recipe I found on theenchantedcook.blogspot.com. I tweaked it quite a bit actually to make it healthier but this was the source.

• 3/4 cup Greek yogurt/ranch mix (first I bought a 16oz chobani plain Greek yogurt and mixed it with simply organic ranch dip. We use this to dip our vegetables. I got the idea to use this mix instead of the mayonnaise that was called for in the original recipe)
• 1/2 cup Sargento Parmesan cheese
• About 2lbs of chicken breast cut into thin slices. I just took a break and cut it length wise to make it thinner or you can buy chicken cutlets. 
• 2Tbsp seasoned panko crumbs
• pepper

1. Mix together the yogurt/ranch ad Parmesan cheese together and spread over the chicken breast. I did not use parchment paper as it shows in the picture.
2. Top with panko crumbs and bake 425 degrees for about 35 minutes.

I did these with a side of new potatoes and baby/crinkle cut carrots. I will share the recipes below.  Roasted new potatoes:
http://lifeisbetterwithlime.blogspot.com.

• 5lb bag of red skin new potatoes
• 1Tbsp EVOO
• 1Tbsp Italian seasoning
• salt and pepper

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add potatoes. Boil for 10 minutes.
2. Place potatoes in a bowl and add EVOO and seasonings and toss together.
3. Place potatoes on a cookie sheet and bake 425 degrees for 35 minutes. 

I made those two together in the oven.
 Easy brown sugar baby carrots: http://barkleyrosehill.hubpages.com.

• 16oz frozen baby carrots and 16oz frozen crinkle cut carrots
• 2Tbsp earth balance soy free butter
• 2Tbsp light brown sugar
• pepper

Put carrots into a deep skillet and add sugar, butter and pepper. Cook until tender.

Brownies

Found this on allrecipes.com. They are called Best Brownies. Not healthy at all, but they were good. I took them, to a cook out.

• 1/2 cup Woodstock unsalted butter
• 2 cup Woodstock pure cane sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2tsp vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2tsp salt
• 1/2tsp baking powder
• 2oz dark chocolate crushed

1. Melt butter in the microwave and add to bowl. Add eggs and beat together. Add remaining ingredients. Mix and spoon into a greased 9x13 baking dish and add crushed chocolate chips on top. Bake 25-30 minutes. I didn't add the frosted topping to mine. 

My lunch today: salad mix, baby carrots, sliced cucumbers and radishes, grape tomatoes with sliced almond, 1 hard boiled egg whites and 1Tbsp yogurt ranch dressing.

Almond meal pancakes

Delightedmomma.com.

• 1 1/2 cups almond meal
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• 2Tbsp coconut oil
• 1tsp raw honey
• 1/2tsp cinnamon
• 1 cap full vanilla extract

Mix all together. Measure 1/4 cup batter and pour onto pan sprayed with cooking spray. Makes six pancakes.

I had one pancake, sliced strawberries, 1/2Tsbp pure maple syrup with a side of spinach and 1/2 cup egg whites.

The boys had theirs with 1/2 a banana, pure maple syrup and a few dark chocolate chips crushed on top.

Spinach lasagna roll ups/ desert

My lunch today: Grilled chipotle pepper chicken salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, petite carrots and 1Tbsp unsalted pumpkin seeds and 1Tbsp unsalted sunflower seeds with 1Tbsp Bolthouse yogurt ranch.

Budgetbytes.blogspot.com.

• 1lb brown rice Tinkyada lasagna noodles
• 15oz fat free ricotta cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan
• 1 egg
• 10oz frozen spinach (thawed and drained very well)
• 1 jar Newman's own sausage and peppers marinara sauce
• black pepper

1. Boil lasagna noodles 2-3 minutes shy of what the directions say. You don't want them to be too soggy or they fall apart.
2. While noodles are boiling, combine ricotta, mozzarella, spinach, egg and pepper in a bowl. 
3. Once noodles are done I placed them on some parchment paper and spread the mixture evenly on each noodle and then rolled them up.
4. Place noodles on a glass baking dish that has been sprayed with olive oil spray and then top with marinara and Parmesan cheese.
5. Bake 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Had steamed broccoli on the side.

 Jujugoodnews.com.

• 6Tbsp Woodstock unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 
• 1/3 cup unsweetened Hershey's cocoa
• 1 1/4tsp baking powder
• 1tsp salt
• 1/4tsp baking soda
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 1 egg
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• walnuts for topping

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and ling 8inch square baking dish with parchment paper.
2. In a small sauce pan heat up the butter and chocolate chips and melt. 
3. In a bowl stir together brown sugar, apple sauce, egg and chocolate mix. 
4. Add the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda and combine.
5. Top with walnuts and bake for 40-45 minutes.
6. Lift parchment paper out and cut into 16 squares. I put cool whip on mine.

Slow cooker tacos

Sixsistersstuff.com.

• 1 can newsman's own black bean and corn salsa.
• 1/2 a packet low sodium taco seasoning
• 2lbs chicken breast.

1. Throw everything in crock pot and let cook on low for about 6-8 hours.

I had mine over a salad with some shredded cheddar and a bit more salsa. My boys had it over brown rice.