I need help adapting this menu...

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-26-2003
I need help adapting this menu...
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Mon, 06-21-2004 - 3:21pm

I make a wonderful Christmas breakfast every year that a lot of people come to.  They all love it and talk about it all day which is very good for my ego.  LOL anyway, I will make it this year, but want to start trying adapted versions of the recipes to make them more SBD friendly.  I don't cook complicated recipes often so I don't know what ingredients substitute well for others so I'd love any advice.  By this time of year I hope to be nearing my weightloss goal and the end of phase 2.  Here are the ingredients:


Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs


12 large eggs
1 cup half-and-half
8 oz cream cheese
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ cup butter or margarine


I'm going to try reduced fat cream cheese and light margarine.  I don't know what to do about the half-and-half.


 


Sausage and Wile Rice Casserole


1 package Uncle Ben's Long-grain and wild rice mix
1 pound hot ground pork sausage
1 pound ground beef
1 large onion chopped
1 8oz pkg fresh mushrooms
½ cup fresh parsley chopped
3 T soy sauce
½ cup natural sliced almonds


This is where I really need help.  I want to make this work with wild rice and brown rice from the health food store, but I'm not sure how to duplicate the flavoring the Uncle Ben's mix adds.  I also wonder if I should learn how to make my own sausage or is there a brand I can buy in the store that is lean and sugar-free? 


 


Ruby Pears


2 29oz cans pear halves, drained
2 cups ginger ale
¼ cup fresh orange juice
2 T fresh lemon juice
2 T butter or margarine
½ t ground cinnamon
1 12oz jar red currant jelly
homemade whipped cream on top


I'm going to try diet ginger ale, unprocessed orange juice, light margarine.  I don't know what to do about the jelly.  Maybe I'll just have to make this dish for everyone else and not have any for myself.  I think I'll put a can of redi-whip on the table as an alternative to the homemade whipped cream.


 


 


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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-05-2004
Wed, 06-23-2004 - 8:47am
That was my thought, too -- broth & parsley. Maybe even if she just adds one chicken bouillon cube to the liquid in the recipe.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-19-2002
Wed, 06-23-2004 - 10:35am

"I looked at the Land-O-Lakes fat free half&half, but it had sugar in it and 3g per serving.

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