Pumpkin-cream cheese-penuche

Yum!

Healthy Chocolate? I LOVE WHEN EMILY MAKES THESE

Adapted from this recipe, pictured above.

1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup high quality cocoa powder
1/2 cup smooth almond butter
1/4 cup raw honey or maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Melt coconut oil.  Blend all ingredients together in a food processor or blender.  Pour into paper-lined muffin tin cups or silicon muffin cups and fill half-inch full.  Makes 10.   Chill for 30 minutes or freeze for 10 minutes.  When firm, remove.  Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.  Mmm-mm!

4 dinner ideas April Fools week 2013

Monday

Meat of choice (Easter Ham or Fish, etc)  with Honey Butter Lima Beans

Cod recipe: http://www.cookinglight.com/food/recipe-finder/250-calorie-main-dishes-00412000069442/page2.html 

(I will not buy creole seasoning - just to save on the budget. Use paprika)

Crockpot Lima Beans Instructions:
(High 8 hours or Low 4 hours)

Really grease (PAM) inside of crockpot and lid
Rinse lima beans with warm water
Add-2 cups dried small lima beans, 8 cups water
After cooked, divide beans into two heat safe bowls.
In one bowl add 1/4 cup honey and 2 Tablespoons butter, salt and pepper, onion salt (Monday) 
In the other bowl add 1/4 cup brown sugar and 3/4 cup ketchup, salt and pepper (Thursday) 

Tuesday

Pork Medallions with Apricot Orange Sauce

Green Beans 

(I will probably use a pork chop if it is cheaper than a medallion cut. I will use my homemade apricot jelly "1/2 cup with 1/2 of warm water" instead of making an Apricot Orange Sauce - hey its in the frig - so basically free.)

blanching green beans:  http://www.greenbeansnmore.com/recipe-r.html

Pork Medallions recipe: http://www.cookinglight.com/food/recipe-finder/250-calorie-main-dishes-00412000069442/page12.html 

Wednesday

Pork (leftover) Stir-fry over Rice Bowl

Pork Stir fry recipe: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/pork-stir-fry-asparagus-peppers-and-green-onions

(If asparagus it over $2.00 a pound I will be buying broccoli) 

(I will use soy sauce instead of tamari sauce. Tamari is $22.56 a bottle at Walmart. I will use orange juice from an orange - let's make these meals budget friendly)  

Thursday

Panini sandwich with Ketchup Brown Sugar Lima Beans Leftover

Panini sandwich cream cheese spread:  http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,171,147168-255192,00.html (I will probably not use all these ingredients. I'm cutting costs)

Fill the sandwich with bacon or cheese or sliced deli meats then cook on Panini grill

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Thanks Wendy!

We made the American Gyros and loved them!! We didn't have ranch dressing so we used tartar sauce and I think it actually made it even better.

I didn't take pictures, but one Sunday I made French dip sandwiches using the crock pot. The next day we used the left-over meat to make fajitas. We used fajita seasoning, bell peppers and onions.