Lemon Curd

1 cup of sugar

3 eggs

1 cup of lemon juice freshly squeezed (or frozen)

1/2 cup of butter (melted but cooled)

Zest from 2 lemons

Directions: Whisk eggs and sugar together, stir in juice, lemon zest and butter ... place in microwave for 2 mins then continue to stir after cooking another minute to 5 minutes until it thickens homemade lemon curd. CAN BE FROZEN UP TO A YEAR !!!!!

From my British friend, Maxine Arrington

Low-Fat Strawberry Banana Oat Muffins

1 1/2 cups wheat or white flour (or mix of both)
1 cup Coach's oatmeal (or regular oatmeal)
1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup skim milk
1/4 cup egg substitute or 1 egg or 2 egg whites
2 tablespoons Canola oil
1 cup strawberry, diced

Directions:
 1 Preheat oven to 350.
2 Mix all wet ingredients and oats in a bowl and let sit for a while.
3 Add all dry ingredients.
4 Spray a 12 hole muffin pan with cooking spray.
5 Fill muffins 3/4 full and place in oven for 12-13 minutes or until not gooey.

Everyone LOVED these muffins, even my picky eater.  They are moist because of the bananas and strawberries.

Stuffed Celery

1 cup light cream cheese, softened (not fat free)
4 Tbsp crumbled blue cheese
1-2 tsp garlic salt
10 ribs of celery cut into 4 inch pieces
Hot pepper sauce (optional)
Chives (optional)

In small bowl, mix cream cheese, blue cheese and garlic salt until well-blended. Spoon cheese mixture into each piece of celery (divide evenly between the 40 (4 inch) celery pieces.

Drizzle with hot pepper sauce (or buffalo sauce) or put pepper on the side and let guests add it as desired.

Sprinkle with chives as desired.

2 pieces of stuffed celery = 1 Weight Watchers PointsPlus point
Serves 20

Color Popcorn

Pop 15 cups popcorn and place in large grocery bag
(either microwave or air popper popcorn is fine)

Combine in saucepan -
¼ cup light Karo Syrup
1 lg. Jello (use different flavors for different colors)
1 cube butter

Bring Karo and butter to boil and dissolve Jello.

Remove from heat and add
1 tsp. baking soda and stir until well blended.

Pour over popcorn in grocery bag. Roll top down and shake. Put in microwave for 1 minute on high. Remove, shake, turn upside down; return to microwave for 30 seconds. Remove, shake, and return bag to microwave for 1 more minute.

Pour onto wax paper to cool.

(This is great to use for Young Women activities in the “value colors” or you can do red and green for Christmas, green for St. Patrick’s Day, pink for Valentine’s day, school colors, etc.)

Miss Carrie's Chex Mix

From Jenna Meredith (Our friend from Antioch who we babysat for a year when her parents were getting a divorce. Her mom couldn’t pay us money to babysit, but she sure made us a lot of Chex Mix!)

6 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire Suace
1 ½ teaspoons season salt
¾ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
6 cups rice Chex cereal
6 cups corn Chex cereal
1 cup pretzels
1 cup garlic flavored bite size bagel chips
1 cups Cheese Its

Heat oven to 250 degrees. Melt butter in large roasting pan. In small cup, blend seasonings. Add cereals, pretzels, bagel chips and Cheese Its. Toss gently until evenly coated with butter, sprinkle with seasoning, then sprinkle with the Worchtershire Sauce. Toss until blended. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on paper towels to cool. Store in airtight container. Enjoy!