As promised, here are a few more of the Four Ingredient Recipes from the book by Linda Coffee and Emily Cale. I have made a few additions and I hope you always do the same to modify recipes to your own personal taste.

Marinated Vegetable Salad

1. 2 cps. broken up cauliflower
2. 2 cps. broken up or chopped broccoli pieces
3. 1 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half
4. Italian dressing to taste
5. If you want pasta salad, simply add 2 cps of cooked pasta-your choice. I use the little swirls.

Meat and Bean Casserole

This is quick and easy and I use Morning Star Farms Ground Beef Crumbles

1. 1/2 pound beef crumbles
2. 1/2 cup chopped onion-I chop it very fine
3. 16 oz (2 small or one large) cans of baked beans. I use the 16 oz. Bush’s Vegetarian fat free baked beans-yummy!
4. 1/4 cup catsup
5. Brown meat in a skillet and add onion and cook til tender. Add beans and catsup and heat through. Yes, this is really quite good!

Sometimes something old makes a comeback and that is what happended to me. No, I did not get any younger, but I discovered, in a used book shop, one of those recipe books that have a certain number of ingredients.

This is a four ingredient book and I am passing on some of the recipes because this is something a bit different. Most recipes with a limited number of ingredients use packaged mixes and count that as an ingredient and that does not seem quite fair to me. This book, by Linda Coffee and Emily Cale, is not like that. It does not cop out. In fact, I found it quite clever. See what you think as I share a few recipes.

Cheese Rounds

1. 1 cp grated cheddar cheese
2. 1/2 cup margarine
3. 1 1/4 cp. flour
4. Dash of cayenne pepper
5. Mix all ingredients and form a long roll. Slice into 1/4 inch rounds when ready to bake and cook 5 minutes at 400 degrees. this was great and the hardest part was making the rolls which took about 5 minutes.

Vienna Cocktail Sausages

1. 2/3 cup yellow mustard
2. 1 cup any type of jelly
3. Vienna sausages or any type of cocktail wennie
4. Add all of this to a Fondue pot and warm. Dip the wennies with wooden skewers or tooth picks. This is so easy and it is fun at a party and a yummy hit.

Strawberry Yogurt Pie

1. 2 cps strawberry yogurt
2. 1/2 cup strawberry preserves
3. 1 8 oz. carton of Cool Whip thawed
4. Graham cracker crust
5. Combine strawberry preserve and yogurt in bowl and fold in Cool Whip. Pour into crust and freeze. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes before serving. This is really good!

All of these recipes are great and soooo easy. I will add more in the nest few days. Stay tuned!

Putting stuff on toast has become popular all of a sudden and boy, do I ever support that. Oh, of course there is a catch. Isn’t there always? Watch your toast-I am using Dave’s Killer Bread and putting avocado and goat cheese on it. Also try any spreadable cheese with any veg you like. For example, lo fat cream cheese with thin sliced cucumbers, or Laughing Cow Lite with chopped broccoli. also, you might like fruit better than veg. I know I do. I spread pineapple cream cheese, lite of course, with blue berries or grapes or strawberries or ….you get the idea??

Anyway, the message is-good idea but watch the toppings and watch the bread. Go for fresh in the toppings and high fiber, low fat on the bread you select.

Tune in over the next couple of weeks for some fabulous vegetarian and pescaterian recipes. It is cold here and we need to “gather” and eat some warm, yummy, healthy things. Also get the inside info on canned winter warmers. Soups, chili, and all sorts of canned/heat it up items are not so bad for you as you might think.

I have a lot to share and I hope YOU do to. Go to the comment section to add thoughts, recipes, etc!!

No, not more verbiage on actual toast, but more good stuff to put n top of your otherwise ordinary toast. Try this:

Pear Cottage Cheese Toast 

Use any type of bread you like. We have been obsessed recently with Dick’s Killer Bread. Very high in fiber and protein and low in calories. It is coarse and very filling. Spread toast with any cottage cheese that suits your pallet. We use Lo Fat and usually just whatever is on sale. Thinly (Very thinly) slice a not quite totally ripe pear and layer on to the toast. Drizzle with a bit of honey and sprinkle with anything crunchy. We like a bit of granola or chopped walnuts.

We have talked about avocado toast and a couple of others. What do YOU like on toast? Please do share any suggestions or new ideas.