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Prepared Salsa

  • Combine with reduced-fat Velveeta Cheese. Heat in microwave to melt cheese. Serve with baked tortilla chips.
  • Add to black beans and leftover chicken strips to stuff a tortilla, top with cheese.
  • Add to scrambled eggs or egg substitute.
  • Add to sizzling vegetables for a Mexican stir-fry. Serve over rice.
  • Pour over pork tenderloin strips, saute or bake until browned. Stuff into pita bread with sliced tomatoes and spinach.
  • Use as a basting sauce for kabobs.
  • Add to macaroni and cheese for Mexican Mac.

 

Apricot Preserves

  • Use to glaze pork or chicken.
  • Combine with gourmet mustard and rosemary to use as a basting sauce for chicken, turkey or pork cutlets.
  • Thin with orange juice, warm and use for a sauce for cake or frozen yogurt.
  • Combine with soy and ginger for an Oriental stir-fry.

 

Frozen Italian or Oriental mixed vegetables

  • Cook slightly and pile onto pizza crusts. Drizzle with reduced fat Italian dressing and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake to melt cheese.
  • Toss into pasta during last three minutes of cooking. Drain. Toss with reduced fat salad dressing and chopped cooked chicken. Use as a warm or cold salad meal.
  • Add to leftover rice. Splash with soy sauce. Toss in pineapple tidbits or mandarin oranges. Stuff into a tortilla shell. Roll up for a quick sandwich wrap.

 

Fresh or frozen spinach

  • Use in place of lettuce on sandwiches and salads.
  • Add to lasagna layers.
  • Toss into soups during the last few minutes of cooking.
  • Add to fillings for wraps (try rice, beans, salsa and chicken, add spinach for a nutritional filler).
  • Add at the last minute to stir-frys.
  • Saute with garlic, pine nuts and light cheese for an interesting side dish.
  • Layer with pizza toppings, finish with cheese.
  • Add to omelet filling.
  • Add to canned tomatoes and toss with pasta and marinara sauce. Sprinkle with cheese.

 

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