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Kid Friendly Recipes Starches

Lowfat Potato Salad

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This salad is absolutely gorgeous when you use blue potatoes – it comes out a brilliant purple!

Bring to boil

1/2 cup filtered water or vegetable broth
1/2 cup white wine
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
juice of 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon each sea salt and black pepper
6 coriander seeds or 1/8 teaspoon ground coriander

Peel and slice 1 red onion into 1/8 inch thick slices. Quickly slice 1 pound unpeeled potato into 1/8 inch thick slices and place into boiling water along with onion slices. Simmer, covered until vegetables are al dente, about 10 minutes. Dump vegetables into a colander set over a bowl. Discard the coriander seeds. Place the vegetables in a small bowl. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill. Pour 1/2 cup of the reserved liquid over vegetables and refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours. Before serving, taste and add sea salt and pepper if needed. Garnish with 2 tablespoons chopped almonds, pine nuts, or chopped pistachios before serving.

 

Kid Friendly Recipes Starches Vegetarian

Veggie Burgers

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Makes: 4 servings

Preheat broiler. Line broiler pan with aluminum foil and lightly coat with oil. In a large bowl, combine and mix well

3/4 cup shredded zucchini
3/4 cup shredded carrots
2 tablespoons minced onion
2 large cloves garlic, minced
15 ounce can fat-free refried black beans
1/2 cup cooked brown rice
1/4 cup egg white
2 tablespoons whole grain bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

If mixture is too moist to shape, refrigerate for 1 hour before shaping.

Shape mixture into 8 patties and place on prepared pan. Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat for 5 to 6 minutes per side, until lightly browned. These patties are great as a sandwich on a whole grain roll with lettuce, tomato, and mustard flavored mayo.

Try one of these condiments on your veggie burger:

  • pesto
  • tapenade
  • sugar-free pickle relish
  • other types of relishes
  • chipotle chilies in adobe sauce
  • roasted red bell peppers

 

Kid Friendly Neutral Recipes Starches

Make Your Own Instant Oatmeal

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make your own instant oatmeal packets

There’s no need to pay a higher price for single serving oatmeal or to settle for bland oatmeal because the flavored oatmeal has refined sugars or too much salt. You can easily make your own single serving packets of instant oatmeal flavored to your liking.

Put 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats in a blender and blend on high until powdery. Set aside in a small bowl, and repeat with an additional 1/2 cup oats. If you’re using a food processor, you can do 1 cup of oats at a time.

Put the following ingredients into each baggie: 1/4 cup un-powdered quick-cooking oats, 2 tablespoons powdered oats, and small pinch of sea salt. Store baggies in an airtight container.

To serve: Empty packet into a bowl. Add 3/4 cup boiling water. Stir and let stand for 2 minutes. For thicker oatmeal, use less water – for thinner oatmeal, use more water.

Variations:

Apple-Cinnamon: to each packet add 1 tablespoon unrefined sugar or sugar sub, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 cup chopped dried apples.

Sweetened: to each packet add 1 tablespoon unrefined sugar or 1 packet Nutrasweet.

Maple Cinnamon: to each packet add 1 tablespoon maple sugar & 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

Raisin Maple: to each packet add 1 tablespoon maple sugar and 2 tablespoons raisins.

Health Nut: to each packet add 2 tablespoons each wheat germ and ground nuts.

Fruit & Cream: to each packet add 1 tablespoon cream and 1/4 cup chopped dried Fruit.

Fun Fruit: to each packet, add 6 or 7 pieces of “Fruit snack” type dehydrated Fruit.

Confetti: to each packet, add 1 tsp. decorative cake/cookie sprinkles.

Chocolate Chip: add 1 tablespoon grain-sweetened chocolate chips to each packet.

The above variations were inspired by Kaylin Cherry who is the editor/owner of three ezines, Real Food for Real People, Real Healthy Food for Real People, and Real Crafts for Real People. For free, daily email recipes, visit her at http://www.realfood4realpeople.com or subscribe by sending an email to: realfood-subscribe@egroups.com

 

One more variation:

add dried fruit to your instant oatmeal