A sauce for Fish or Couscous Red Pepper Sauce

Red Pimiento  Sauce

½ cup  canned pimientos, drained

2 tablespoons lemon juice



Combine the pimientos lemon juice in food processor. Process 30-45 seconds or until sauce is smooth. Transfer in a covered container. Serve at room temperature.


So good over  cooked fish or whole wheat couscous. Trying new things is key to keeping Patience Happy with the food plan. We want her to have a variety of new tastes.

Found in South Beach Diet Recipe book

Tuna, Turnips, Tomato and pearl pasta

Tuna, Turnips, Tomato, and Pearl Pasta.

(whole wheat Couscous)


We try not to eat a lot of pasta but if we do couscous is first on our list. Because it is high in fiber, high protein, and lower in sugar.


Tuna  is very low cost form of protein.


This is just one of those easy meals that can be put together in a flash. And pretty healthy. Of course this would be served at lunch time for Patience Replacing her sandwich bread. This is Jerry’s plate we give Patience ½ cup of  Couscous.


Price Couscous- .79 cents

Tuna- 89 cents

Tomato- 55 cents

Turnips or Kale $1.50 or you could use can .77 cents


Trying to eat healthy does not have to break the bank. If we did use can foods we rinse them off and try to buy no salt.

Easy low sugar sweet treat

Mocha Ricotta Crème


½ part skim ricotta cheese

½ teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 package sugar substitute ( truvia or stevia)


Mix together the ricotta, cocoa powder, vanilla, and sugar substitute in a desert bow. Serve chilled




Vanilla Ricotta Crème

½ part skim ricotta cheese

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 package of sugar Substitute( truvia or stevia)

Creamed Spinach

Creamed Spinach

2 packages (10 ounces each) frozen spinach thawed

small shallots, minced

1 clove of garlic

½ cup of sour cream

¼ teaspoon of black pepper

In a skillet , heat the spinach over medium high heat for about five minutes or until the liquid evaporates. Add the shallots and garlic. Cook until tender. Reduce the heat to low . Add the sour cream, pepper, stirring until the sour cream melts. Do not simmer.



From South Beach diet recipe book. This is so good and another way for kids to get their vitamins in with the spinach.

Simple Low cost "comfort food" Meal

Simple and Low cost comfort food…

Turkey Meat loaf and creamy veggies


I purchased turkey for $2.29 a pound.

The bag of veggies were from the huge bag Normandy Blend at Walmart for $7.50. Which last’s for about a week and half. And that is having veggies for at least 2 meals daily. For four people.


Onions we buy a bag weekly. Chopped whatever veggies I had and put in the meat loaf. (onions, celery) - We have used frozen spinach, shredded carrots- whatever you like. But we never use crackers or bread crumbs for the meat it isnt needed.

And just made a cream sauce with a tiny bit of heavy cream and shredded cheese. And seasonings.- (whatever you like) I used Cayenne pepper to give it spice.


The Home made cream sauce is a lot better than a can of Campbell’s cream soup. The sodium in can cream is terrible. A small container of cream is $ 1.25. I keep on hand to make easy sauces. Adding more veggies than sauce though. Just to give it flavor. Very simple- and low cost.  The cans of soup have so much sugar in them.

A meal like this will make Patience feel fuller longer than Traditional Mac and cheese. It is all about having what you like but modifying to be healthier.She of course eats the veggies with no sauce or cheese too. I just wanted to prove you can make your own Home made weight watchers type meals at home at a fraction of the price. We always use Sugar free Ketchup.

Cooking is Fun Momma...

We Are trying to go beyond Spaghetti for a   Italian Meal for Patience.

For when she grows up I never want her to say “ when I was younger my parents put me

On a diet” and it was awful. Teaching her while she is young to enjoy

The beauty of cooking is so important. Food should  be something she enjoys.

It is always fun to try new veggies and fruit . And I love hearing her say hey Mom Can we get a Eggplant today..LOL

This week from the library we checked out “ There’s A Chef In My World” By Emeril Lagasse.

I plan to let her make her own recipe box to store her recipes in. The book has many easy lost cost recipes, very kid friendly.  I like the book because it tells the origin and history of the recipe. (It makes it more appealing to kids when you teach them something) Rather than saying “ Hey let’s eat this because its good for you”

Swiss Muesli

3 cups of Old fashion rolled oats

1 cup of silvered almonds

1 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts

½ cup of honey ( or agave nectar)

½ cup of dried apples

½ cup of dried apricots

This Granola- like cereal was invented by a Swiss doctor and makes a healthy breakfast. You can eat plain or spoon over yogurt or fresh fruit and drizzle with honey if you like.

1. Preheat over to 300

2. On a large baking sheet combine, oats, almonds, and walnuts and bake for 30 minutes stirring once after 15 minutes.

3. Using oven mitts remove the baking sheet from the oven and transfer the cereal

Hollandise Sauce...From Emeril's cookbook for kids

Patience loves steamed Broccoli and she also loves Egg’s Benedict.

So when I seen the recipe for Hollandaise sauce I had to add it to her recipe box

Hollandaise is a classic  French Sauce. Patience enjoys learning about little things like that.

Hollandaise Sauce

3 egg yolks

1 and ½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice

¼ teaspoon of salt Pinch of cayenne

½ cup of salted butter.

Combine the egg yolks, lemon juice, salt and cayenne in a blender and blend on high speed for 20 seconds, until the mixture  is completely smooth.

Place the butter in a small saucepan and melt over me heat until bubbly. Do not allow to brown

With the blender running at high speed add melted butter in a thin steady stream . It is important to add slowly. It should take about 30 seconds to add all of butter. Turn off.

Transfer the sauce to small serving bowl. If the sauce has gotten to thick you can thin by adding a teaspoon of lukewarm water. Serve Immediately. Very good with eggs, fish, steamed veggies, or roasted asparagus..

We do not add tons of this because it is made with butter. But alittle over veggies and fish is nice.