Grilled Pork in Blackberry Sauce

Ingredients:

1 Pound pork tenderloin
1 teaspoon ground cumin
salt & pepper
½ cup blackberry preserves
1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
pinch crushed red pepper
2 Tablespoon chopped green onions

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Directions:

Sprinkle all sides of pork with cumin, salt, and pepper.  Let stand 15 minutes

Grill on greeased rack of covered grill for 23-25 minutes or until 145 degrees.  Remove to cutting board, let stand 3 minutes before slicing.  Slice in thin slices to serve

While meat is standing, in a small skillet combine preserves, vinegar and worcestershire sauce with a pinch of crushed red pepper.  Bring to boil, boil gently, uncovered 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.  Serve sauce over pork and sprinkle with green onions.  Makes 4 servings

per serving:  2113 cal, 3 g fat, 7r mg chol, 114 mg sodium, 21g carb, 0 fiber, 24 g protein.

Note:  Made this twice,  we serve the sauce on the side and have forgotten the green onions both times.  This is yummy.  the cumin is a nice touch to the pork.  You could make the sauce with any type of preserves or jam of your tastes.

Serve with lots of fresh, grilled veges and/or grilled peaches.

Skinny Enchilada Stuffed Bell Peppers

Ingredients:

4 bell peppers
1 lb ground turkey (90/10)
1 cup black beans
1 cup cheddar cheese
¾ cup canned or frozen corn
¼ teaspoon salt
⅔ cup enchilada sauce
1 teaspoon cumin

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Directions

Cut the tops off the peppers and remove the seeds
Place in a greased pan that fits them.
Brown turkey until fully cooked.
In a large bowl, mix turkey, beans, corn, cheese, enchilada sauce, cumin, and salt.  Stir until evenly mixed.  Leave 4 teaspoons of cheese to be used later.
Stuff peppers with mixture
Cover the pan with foil and bake at 350 for 60 minutes.  Remove and sprinkle each pepper with 1 teaspoon of grated cheese. Return to the oven uncovered for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

If you like cooked peppers, put the tops you cut off in the pan next to your stuffed peppers.

Entire recipe is 1600 calories
Each pepper is 400 calories
Recipe is in LoseIt

Balsamic Parmesan Cauliflower

Ingredients:

8 cups cauliflower sliced 1 inch thick
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon dried marjoram (or oregano)
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
½ cup finely shredded parmesan cheese
ground pepper to taste

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Directions

preheat oven to 450

toss cauliflower, oil, marjoram, salt, pepper. Roast on a large rimmed baking sheet until cauliflower starts to soften and brown. 15 to 20 minutes.

entire recipe is 644 calories
makes 4 servings
161 calories per serving

Turkey Taco Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients:

1 ½ Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 lb 93% lean ground Turkey
1 finely chopped onion
1 small finely chopped red pepper
1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon garlic powder
salt & pepper
¼ teaspoon cayenne
1 cup black beans, rinsed

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Directions

Cook meat, onion, pepper, spices until meat is no longer pink. Add beans and heat until hot thru.

Serve meat mixture in Romaine leaves, topped with radishes, avocado and tomato. You can also add sour cream and salsa for a true taco.

Notes:

Recipe is in LoseIt
1182 Calories for the entire recipe
Makes 4 servings
Each serving is 295 calories.

I use whatever pepper seasoning that I have

Dirty Rice - Small batch

2-3 stalks of Celery
1 medium onion chopped
1 bell pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 hot Italian sausage links
1 3/4 cups of rice
2 cans of chicken or beef broth (14 oz)
1 small can of Green Giant corn (optional)

Cook the sausage in a large skillet. You can squeeze it out of the casing or cut it into bite sized pieces.
While the meat is cooking, cut your vegetables into 1/4 to 1/2 pieces.
Set the meat aside.
Saute the vegetables in the sausage grease until onion is translucent.

Put rice and broth in the rice cooker. Add red pepper flakes. 
Add the meat and vegetables. Do NOT stir it. The rice kernels need to stay in the broth.

Press the cook button!

Recipe is in LoseIt App

Entire recipe is 1021 calories

Makes 2 servings at 510 calories each