Snack Pizza
Makes 4 pizzas
Serving Size: 1 pizza
Ingredients
- 4 reduced-fat refrigerator biscuits
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 16 slices pepperoni or 1/2 cup diced ham
- 1/2 cup shredded low-fat cheese, any kind
NOTE: You may substitute pizza sauce for tomato and oregano.
Directions
- Wash hands and surfaces.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Pat each biscuit into a 4-inch circle on a greased baking sheet.
- Mix tomato sauce and oregano and spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the mixture on each biscuit circle.
- Place meat over tomato sauce.
- Sprinkle cheese over meat and sauce.
- Place on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until crust is lightly browned (or place directly in electric skillet with lid to cook 15 minutes).
- Refrigerate leftovers immediately.
Lasagna Roll-Ups
Makes 12 servings
Serving Size: 1 roll-up
Ingredients
- 12 lasagna noodles (8 oz.)
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1-26 oz. jar spaghetti sauce
- 1-24 oz. carton low-fat cottage cheese
- 2 cups part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (8 oz.)
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Vegetable cooking spray
Directions
- Wash hands and surfaces.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray pan with vegetable cooking spray.
- In a large pot, heat water to boiling and add lasagna noodles. When water returns to boiling, cook noodles 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Drain noodles and cool in single layer on foil to keep from sticking together.
- Cook ground beef in skillet and drain well. Add spaghetti sauce and stir.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine filling ingredients (cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and garlic powder).
- Spoon filling mixture over each noodle, followed by sauce. Roll up and place seam-side down in pan.
- Cover with foil and bake 30-40 minutes or until hot.
- Refrigerate leftovers immediately.
Food Group Butterfly
Makes 1 serving
Serving Size: 1 butterfly
Ingredients
- 1 slice low-fat American cheese
- 1 celery stalk, 3 inches long
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter or reduced-fat or fat-free cream cheese
- 2 to 6 raisins
- 2 pretzel sticks
Directions
- Wash hands and surfaces.
- Wash and cut celery into a 3-inch long piece.
- Cut cheese slice diagonally with a knife, pizza cutter, or scissors.
- Place cheese slices on small plate with points together, forming wings.
- Fill celery with peanut butter or cream cheese and place filling side down on the cheese wings. This forms the body of the butterfly.
- Use raisins to decorate wings. Use a dab of peanut butter or cream cheese as “glue.”
- Use pretzels as antennae, sliding them into the peanut butter on the celery.
- Refrigerate leftovers immediately.
Recipe from: K-State
Apple Salad
Makes 8 servings
Serving Size: 1/2 cup
Ingredients
- 2 cups apple, diced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup nuts
- 2 tablespoons plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
Directions
- Mix orange juice with yogurt.
- In a medium bowl, toss apples, celery, raisins, and nuts with the dressing mixture.
- Chill for 30 minutes and serve.
Fresh Fruit Dippers
Makes 1 serving
Ingredients
- 6-ounce container nonfat or low-fat vanilla or strawberry yogurt
- 2 to 3 strawberries
- 1/4 to 1/2 banana
Directions
- Wash hands and surfaces.
- Wash fruit.
- Peel banana. Cut fruit into chunks or pieces – halve the strawberries and slice the bananas.
- Use a fork to dip fruit into yogurt.
- Refrigerate leftovers immediately.