Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas Dinner

Christmas Dinner Menu:
  • Grilled Turkey Steak
  • Chipotle Sweet Potato Puree
  • Broccoli w/Pineapple Orange Cranberry Sauce
  • No Bake Pumpkin Pie or Nog Shake

The Recipes:

Pineapple Orange Cranberry Sauce
Serves 8
Serving size 1 ounce
1 C.     fresh cranberries
1/2 C. pineapple juice
1 tsp.  orange zest
1 T.     balsamic vinegar
1 T.     Truvia
1 1/2 T. honey

Add all ingredients to a sauce pan and stir. Simmer for approximately 5-10 minutes until the sauce reduces to half. Blend until smooth and cool down in refrigerator.


No Bake Pumpkin Pie
Serves 12
Serving Size: 1-2"x2" square
calories: 88

1 1/2 C. Grape Nuts
2 blocks of Mori Nu silken light tofu
2T.   water
2 vanilla Mori Nu pudding mix
1 C. pumpkin filling unsweetened
1 T.  vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon

In a 9x9 pan add the Grape Nuts so that the bottom of the pan is evenly coated. In a blender, add tofu, water, and pudding mix. Blend until smooth. In a medium bowl, stir together the blended pudding mix, pumpkin filling, vanilla, and cinnamon. Slowly add the mixture to the top of the Grape Nuts (be careful not move the crust around). Smooth it out with a spatula. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 days so the pudding can soak into the Grape Nuts.
If you don't mind crunchy Grape Nut texture you can eat before 2 days. Cut into 12 pieces.


EggNog Shake
serves: 8
Serving size: 1 cup
Calories: 109
4 C. ice
3 C. Silk Nog (only 90 calories per cup)
3 medium bananas, peeled, frozen
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 T. vanilla exract
2 T. Truvia

In a blender add all the ingredient together. Then blend until smooth--a milkshake like consistency. Split the mixture between 8 small glasses. Garnish with cinnamon.



3 comments:

  1. Go Monica- Go!!! What a gorgeous place to be! Sounds like you are learning lots and getting in even more exercise than ever. Can't wait to see you when you get back!
    TAKE CARE!
    Laurie

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  2. BTW- Merry Christmas! You are giving yourself the best Christmas present ever.........

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  3. Dinner doesn't sound like it was too bad at all. We had vegetarian tacos and pumpkin pie lol!! Thanks for posting these recipes. The pineapple orange cranberry sauce sounds incredible!!

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