Grilled chicken with sun dried tomatoes

This is a really yummy recipe I came up with, hope you like it.

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 large onion
1 large tomato
1 bottle sun dried tomato dressing/marinade
salt, pepper and garlic to taste
2T butter

A day ahead marinade chicken in 3/4 of the bottle of dressing overnight or at least 2 hrs the day of. Slice onion, and tomato, place chicken on grill to start cooking. While chicken is cooking, place onions in a pan with butter and saute. When chicken is almost done, baste with leftover marinade that you did not use. Place onions and cut up tomatoes on grill to smoke. When chicken is done, take off grill, and spread onions and tomato on to serve.

Recipe-- Beef Stew

I had never made beef stew before last night, and was amazed at how easy it is, and how well it turned out.

2 1/2 lbs stew meat
4-5 potatoes, cut in chunks
4 carrots, or 1 bag baby carrots
1 med onion, chopped in chunks
4 celery stalks, sliced
3/4 C. tomato sauce
1 can beef broth, divided in half
salt and pepper to taste
dash garlic powder (opt)

Add 1/2 the can of beef broth, and the rest of the ingredients to a slow cooker. Mix, cover and let cook on high for 4-5 hours until meat and veggies are tender. (stir several times throughout cooking) Near the end, mix 4-5 T. of flour into the other half of the beef broth and stir in to thicken the stew.

Recipe--Bisquick Mix

8 C flour
1 1/4 C non-fat dry milk powder
1/4 C baking powder
1 t. salt
2 C shortening

Combine first four ingredients. Cut in shortening until it resembles coarse cornmeal. Store in a tightly covered container in a cool place.

Recipe-- Apple Crisp

A gal at church brought this to a social we had last weekend, and I swear this is the best apple crisp I have EVER eaten in my entire life! Everyone asked her for the recipe. I am printing it exactly as she wrote it.

10 large or 12 medium apples
2 C. flour
1 C. butter
1 C. sugar
1C. brown sugar (packed)
cinnamon

Topping:
Blend flour and sugars. Cut in butter until crumbly.

Filling:
Peel apples and slice thinly into a buttered 9 x 13 pan. Mix 1 C. sugar with 1 C. cornstarch. Sprinkle over apples. Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon. Cover with topping. Bake at 350* for 45 min, or until done.
I usually make half a recipe more of the topping and add it to the crisp about halfway through baking when the original topping is starting to get soggy.

Now, I am on a diet, so obviously I am not going to make this for me or my family for quite a while. So sorry no photo, but trust me this is fantastic. At the end of the night, there was not a drop left in her pan.

Recipe-Low Fat "Fried" Talapia

Talapia is very low in fat, therefore good for dieters. I like my fish fried, but since I don't eat fried food that creates a problem, so I fry without any real oil, keeping it low in fat.

1 bag talapia (mine had about 8 fillets in it)
1/4 C. Flour
1/2 C. Italian bread crumbs
seasonings
cooking spray

Spray skillet lightly with cooking spray. Mix flour and bread crumbs together. Bread fillets and place in hot skillet, season to taste. Fry about 3-4 minutes on each side or until flaky.
I use a seasoning that has salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder and who knows what else, then add extra garlic. Yum Yum.

Lowfat Brownies

1/2 C. unsweetened apple sauce
1 C. sugar
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 C flour
1/3 C cocoa
1/4 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1/2 C nuts (optional)

Blend apple sauce, sugar and vanilla in bowl. Add eggs, and mix well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Blend into egg mixture and stir in nuts. Spread in a greased 9 inch square pan. Bake at 359* for 20-25 min. Double recipe for a 13 x 9 pan.

Variation--You can also use 1/2 butter and 1/2 apple sauce for a somewhat lower fat brownie, that still has the great taste of butter.
Variation 2--Try cinnamon apple sauce for a different taste.