Original Recipe
makes ~11 1/3c servings
1 tbsp light butter
14 oz stuffing bread
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup diced musrhoom
2-3 cloves of garlic
2- 2 1/2 cup chicken broth
poultry seasoning to taste
pepper to taste around 1 tsp
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat a large saute pan once heated add butter and spray with [...]

So the stuffing. We all know that that holiday favorite can really do a number on our waist lines. When I first started looking at for a basic recipe to start from, the first hit I got was a website saying that stuffing is really hard to make healthier and that the best way to [...]

The real make over for this week, hopefully, will be a stuffing recipe. But I’ve been working on trimming down and leaning up my mother’s hamburger pie recipe over the last few years.
Original Recipe:
Calories: 696
Fat: 42.8g
Cholesterol: 151mg
Sodium: 2104.9mg
Carbs: 34.0g
Fiber: 5.0g
Protein: 39.6g
20% carb-24% protein-56% fat
Food Makeover: Hamburger Pie
Calories: 585
Fat: 21.8g fat
Cholesterol: 72mg
Sodium: 820.5mg
Carbs: 61.2g
Fiber: 6.0g fiber
Protein: [...]

Original Recipe
2 C instant nonfat dry milk
3/4 C cornstarch
1/4 C reduced sodium bouillon
1/2 tsp dried crushed thyme
1/2 tsp dried crushed basil
1/4 tsp pepper
Combine all ingredients in blender. Store in airtight container. Use 1/3 C dry mix and 1 C water mix together in sauce pan. Cook until thickened.
Modifications
The bouillon I used was cubed and I [...]

This week’s food makeover is cream of soup. As in cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, you get the picture.
First, a few store-bought versions for reference:
Campbell’s Cream of Chicken and Mushroom Soup: $0.67 per serving
Calories: 100
Fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 10mg
Sodium: 830mg
Potassium: 70mg
Carbs: 9g
Protein: 2g
Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup (25% Reduced Sodium): $0.57 per serving
Calories: 110
Fat: 8g
Cholesterol: 5mg
Sodium: [...]