Makes 36 servings  (3 dozen cookies)

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups white wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 cup butter (room temperature)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Spray non-stick coating on a cookie sheet.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda and salt.  
Mix well with wire whisk.  Set aside.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugars at medium speed.
Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Add eggs and vanilla extract, and mix at medium speed until just blended.
Do not overmix.
Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a cookie sheet. (36 cookies)
Bake 19 to 21 minutes or until golden brown.
Transfer cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula.

Makes 36 Cookies.
One cookie is 1 serving =
Calories: 184
Carbs 21 grams
Protein 2.4 grams

I spent the past hour writing a long article about
how accepting Responsibility for one's behavior choices
applies to us in relation to weight-loss issues.

However, my MacBook Air computer crashed and I lost the article.
I want to BLAME it for this brief article,
but the truth is that I am choosing not to take the additional time
to re-write it.  I'm just not in the mood to make the effort.

This is the what frequently happens to us in our dieting efforts. 

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients:

1  lb of lean ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1  can of cream of chicken soup, 10 oz
1  can of cut green beans, 14 oz
2 cups of mashed potatoes
2 tablespoons butter ( use only 1 TB if posible)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray coat an oven proof baking pan with non-stick coating.
Spray coat a large skillet with non-stick coating.
Saute ground beef with chopped onions, until cooked and brown
Mix in canned soup
Pour ground beef, onion, soup mixture into baking pan
Top with green beans
Top with mashed potatoes
Put small pats of butter on top of potatoes
Bake in 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes.

Serves 8
1/8 = 1 serving =
Calories: 326
Carbs: 15
Protein : 12.4

Makes 15 servings

Ingredients:

1 beef chuck roast -3 lbs
12 oz baby carrots
1 large onion, cut into chunks
5 stalks celery, cut into chunks
6 potatoes - 4 oz each
2 garlic cloves or equivalent
salt and pepper to taste
 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray coat a large rectangular baking pan with non-stick coating.
Place meat in oven cooking bag.
Put bag with meat in pan, salt and pepper to taste,
spread or spinkle garlic on meat.
On top of meat, place carrots, 
onion chunks, celery chunks, and potato chunks.
Tightly seal oven bag with ovenproof tie.
Bake in 350 degree oven for 2 to 3 hours
until meat is tender.

NOTE: Recipe calls for 1 large oven bag,
Aluminum Foil tightly covering the pan
and sealing it closed (use no airholes)
can be used as an emergency substitute
for the plastic oven bag. 

Makes 15 Servings
One serving is
3 oz meat, 1/2 cup potatoes and 1/2 cup other veggies=
Calories: 351
Carbs 17 grams
Protein 29 grams

Makes 1 serving

Ingredients:

1 pre-made crepe (such as Melissa's 9 inch)
1 oz Havarti cheese
2 oz chicken breast (cooked chopped, or 1/2 5 oz can drained)
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

Directions:

Spray coat a large and a small skillet with non-stick coating.
Saute onions and mushrooms in small skillet or medium-high heat
Place crepe in warm, large skillet and slightly heat on one side,
then flip crepe over, keep heat on medium-low
Place cheese on top of crepe,
spread out chicken over cheese,
Pour sauted onions and mushrooms over chicken.
Fold crepe together to cover other ingredients.
Spray coat top of folded crepe, and flip over to brown other side.

Makes One Serving =
 
Calories: 230
Carbs 12 grams
Protein 21.9 grams