Spanish Rice

Ingredients:
¾ cups rice
1 ¼ chicken broth
½ cup Mexican style canned tomatoes
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/8 onion
1 Tbls oil
2 Tbls parsley

Directions:
In medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add in the fresh garlic and oinion. Saute for 1-2 minutes until softened. Add in dry rice. Stir for aobut 5 minutes until rice becomes a golden brown color. Add in broth and tomatos. Add in the parsley. Stir it up and bring to a boil. Once it starts boiling, turn the heat to low and cover. Let it simmer for 20 minute sand fluff with a fork. (Also good to add some black beans)

Peanut butter Cereal bars

Ingredients:
3 cups cereal (Special K or Rice Chex), lightly crushed
¾ cup peanut butter (I like the crunchy)
½ cup liht corn syrup
½ cup sugar

Directions:
Spray a 9X9 baking dish with cooling spray. In large saucepan, mix together peanut butter, corn syrup and sugar. Heat on high until edge of mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat and immediately stir in cereal. Press mixture into prepared pan and let it cool completely. But into 12 spares and wrap in plastic wrap.

Healthy, Low-fat, Low-carb, yummy cookies

Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies

Ingredients:
¼ cup brown Sugar
¼ cup white Sugar
¾ cup natural unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup sifted all purpose flour
¼ cup wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
dash of nutmeg
1 cup rolled oats
½ cup seedless raisins

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together sugars and applesauce and vanilla. Then mix in the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. When combined, add oats and raisins. Stir until combined. On a lightly greased cookie sheet, drop dough by spoonfuls. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 minutes.

Low fat Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup brown sugar (could use less)
1/3 cup applesauce
3 cups oats
1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp ginger ½ tsp cinnamon

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking oil. Mix together the pumpkin, sugar, and applesauce. In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients, then add to the pumpkin and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto a baking sheet. Bake for 13-15 minutes.

Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

1 Cup Peanut Butter
¾ to 1 Cup Sugar
1 egg

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all ingredients together. Then spoon little balls onto a cookie sheet. Use fork and make criss-cross marks on each cookie. Bake in over for 10 minutes. I then melted some chocolate chips in the microwave and drizzled them it on top of the cookies, also would be great to dip the bottoms of each cookie in the chocolate. Yum! Super easy, taste good and only have 3 ingredients.