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ArcaMax Recipes 09/08/2004
Split Pea Soup
Baked Pork Chops with Orange Rice
Stuffed Baked Tomato
Apple Crisp
We hope you enjoy this menu that serves 6 to 8.
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Appetizer
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Split Pea Soup
1 pound dried split peas
8 cups water
1 small onion, chopped
2 carrots, sliced
2 ribs celery chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. granulated chicken bouillon
1 tsp. hot sauce
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 ham bone
1 cup chopped baked ham
Salt and pepper to taste
Place split peas in a bowl and cover with cold water.
Allow to sit for 1 - 2 hours. Drain water from peas
and place peas in a Dutch oven. Place 8 cups of water
over peas. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for
1 - 2 hours or until peas and vegetables are tender.
Serve warm in individual bowls; you may top with
grated cheese if you wish.
The Skinny: Use your favorite sugar substitute and
the leanest ham you can find. You can also boil the
ham bone in the water for 15 to 20 minutes prior to
adding the other ingredients to get more flavor.
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Main Course
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Baked Pork Loin Chops with Orange rice
2 pounds pork loin chops
1/2 cup flour
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups wild rice, cooked
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
Place flour and salt and pepper in a bag and coat each
pork chop. Heat oil in a skillet and brown pork chops
and onion. Meanwhile cook rice according to
manufacturer's instructions except replace 1/2 cup
of the required water with orange juice. When rice
has finished cooking, place in a 13 x 9 inch baking
dish and stir in onion, pecans, lemon juice and grated
orange rind. Place pork chops over mixture and bake
covered for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
The Skinny: Use olive oil instead of vegetable oil
if you prefer. Use reduced sugar orange juice. You
can also skip the flour coating on the chops to cut
down on some calories. Just brown the chops in the
oil along with the onion.
Stuffed Baked Tomatoes
4 - 6 large tomatoes
1/3 cup olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 and 1/2 cups bread crumbs
1 tsp. marjoram
2 Tbsp. minced fresh parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Cut the tops off of each tomato and hollow out the
pulp and discard. Saute onion in olive oil and add
remaining ingredients except cheese. Heat for a couple
of minutes and mix well. Remove from heat and stuff
each tomato with mixture. Top with Parmesan cheese and
bake for 35 - 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
The Skinny: If you are like me and you don't have any
fresh tomatoes (remember, I grew a grand total of 4,
count 'em 4, from all 6 of my once promising plants),
then you can save all of the calories in this dish
because you won't be able to make it. Actually, you
can use store-bought tomatoes with this recipe but it
won't be as tasty.
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Dessert
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Apple Crisp
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
Pinch of salt
8 cups Granny Smith apples
2/3 cup regular oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
1/4 cup butter, melted
Combine sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch and salt and mix well.
Peel and slice apples and place in and 8 x 8 baking dish.
Sprinkle with sugar mixture. Combine oats, brown sugar and
flour and sprinkle over apples. Drizzle melted butter over
apple mixture and bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.
Serve with vanilla ice cream.
The Skinny: Use your favorite sugar substitutes. You
can also serve this dish with frozen yogurt rather than
ice cream to cut down on the calories.
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Grocery List
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1 pound dried split peas
2 small onions
2 carrots
2 ribs celery
1 clove garlic
1 Tbsp. granulated chicken bouillon
1 tsp. hot sauce
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1/4 cup and 1 tsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 ham bone
1 cup chopped baked ham
2 pounds pork loin chops
1/2 cup and 1 Tbsp. flour
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 cups wild rice, cooked
1/2 cup orange juice
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
4 - 6 large tomatoes
1/3 cup olive oil
1 and 1/2 cups bread crumbs
1 tsp. marjoram
2 Tbsp. minced fresh parsley
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
8 cups Granny Smith apples
2/3 cup regular oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
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