Peanut Butter Cookies

1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla


Mix all ingredients and spoon 1 inch balls onto a greased baking sheet. Flatten with fork. Sprinkle tops with a little extra sugar. Bake for 10-12 mins at 350 degrees. Let cookies cool completely before trying to get them off of the baking sheet.

Dumplings

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon margarine
1/2 cup milk

Directions:
Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in medium size bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk to make a soft dough. Drop by spoonfuls into boiling broth. Cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting lid. Serve.

Mary's Putty Dip

3 packages of softened cream cheese
5 green onions
1 can chopped black olives
1 can of Hormel dried beef (I think you find it by the canned chicken & tuna)
Seasoning salt to taste


Chop onions & beef and mix it all by hand. Serve with Ritz crackers. Enjoy!

Mandarin & Pineapple Cake (low fat)

You'll need

Cake:
1 orange boxed cake mix (If you can't find orange use pineapple cake mix)
12 oz. of diet orange soda pop

Icing:
1 small box of sugar free/fat free vanilla instant pudding
1 small can of mandarin oranges (drained)
1 small can of crushed pineapple
1/2 of a small container of fat free cool whip (thawed)

Directions for cake: with mixer, mix diet pop w/ cake mix until smooth. Bake in a greased (Pam sprayed) 9x13 glass baking dish. Follow the cake mix for the temp and time.

After the cake has cooled off you'll make the icing.

Directions for icing: in a large bowl mix crushed pineapples w/ instant pudding powder. Mix in and smash mandarin oranges. Add cool whip and mix well.

Ice cooled cake with icing. Store in refrigerator.


Makes 12 servings. They are each 3 points for those of you who are following Weight Watchers

Fire House Shepard's Pie

2 lbs lean ground beef
1 onion (diced)
5 large potatoes (I use about 2/3 of a 5 lb bag of potatoes)
1/2 stick of butter (for mashed potatoes)
3/4 cups of milk (for mashed potatoes)
1 small can of Campbell's Vegetable Beef Soup
1 large can of Campbell's Vegetable Beef Soup
1-2 cups shredded cheese


Make mashed potatoes like you normally would and set aside. In a large skillet combine ground beef and onion and cook until browned. Add both cans of soup (if it's super thick add just a little bit of water) and heat until hot. Transfer meat and soup mixture to a 9x13 baking dish. Top with mashed potatoes then sprinkle the potatoes with shredded cheese. Place in a 350 degree oven until cheese is melted or about 10 mins.

Low Fat Fruit Dip

4 cups low fat or fat free vanilla yogurt
1 tub of orange/strawberry/banana crystal light (or any crystal light flavor you pick)

Mix the tub of crystal light into the yogurt and serve with fresh fruit.

Black Bean Salsa

1 can black beans drained and rinsed
2 cans mexican corn drained
3 small cans of chopped green chilis
2 cans of mexican rotel
4 green onions chopped
1/4 cup red onion chopped
1 tomato chopped

Mix together and refrigerate over night. Serve with tortilla chips.