BAKE BEANS

Ingredients
3 (2 cups)cans baked beans
1 (2 cups) butter beans
1 (2 cups) kidney beans
1 tsp. prepared mustard
Dash garlic powder
3/4-1 cup ketchup (purchased from a Health Food Store)
1 sm. onion, chopped
1/4 cup sucanat or dark brown sugar
1/2 lb. soy bacon (chopped in pieces)
reserve 3 strips for top
Instructions
1. Drain butter and kidney beans.
2. Mix beans, spices, ketchup and [...]

FRUIT PUNCH

Ingredients
6 strawberries, fresh or thawed from frozen
1 apple, cored and sliced
1/2 orange, peeled and sectioned
Instruction
Process the fruit in a juicer and serve.

LEMON – LIME GINGER ALE

Ingredients
handful of grapes
1 apple, cored and sliced
½ inch fresh ginger (less if you find the taste too strong)
1/2 lime
1/4 lemon
sparkling mineral water
Instructions
1. Remove the grapes from the stem.
2. Juice the apple and ginger together, then juice the rest of the fruit.
3. Pour the juice in a large glass and fill to the top with sparkling [...]

BAKED POTATO FANS

Ingredients
4 medium potatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted butter
2 to 3 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs, such as parsley, rosemary, sage or thyme
4 tablespoons grated reduced-fat cheddar cheese
1 1/2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Peel potatoes and cut into thin slices but not all the way through.
3. Put potatoes in a baking dish, fanning [...]

POTATO PANCAKE

Ingredients
4 medium potatoes, grated
1 onion, minced
1 egg white, slightly beaten
3 tbsp. applesauce, unsweetened
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. fruit sugar
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. Bragg’s seasoning, or sea salt
1 tbsp. canola oil
Instructions
1. Add the grated potatoes with all of the ingredients, except the flour.
2. Mix well.  Add enough of the [...]