Apple Fritters

My husband's mom makes apple fritters on Christmas morning, and they are so good. She came over this week and taught me how to make them. They are so yummy!


Ingredients: 1 1/4 C flour, 1/4 C of sugar, 3/4 t salt, 1 1/2 t baking powder, 1 t cinnamon, 1/3 c of milk, 1 egg, 1 C chopped apple.


First chop up your apple. We used 2 apples.


Then mix up the rest of the ingredients. 1 1/4 C flour


1/4 C of sugar


3/4 t Salt and 1 1/2 t baking powder


1 t cinnamon


1/3 C of milk


1 egg


Mix everything together


While you are mixing up the ingredients, heat the oil to 375 degrees


Mix in the apples


You will need a bowl with powdered sugar and another one with cinnamon and sugar mixed together


Using spoons, scoop one spoonful of the mixture


Use the other spoon to drop the mixture into the oil


Once dropped into the oil the fritter will float to the top. Cook until brown and then flip over about two minutes on each side.


Transfer briefly to a plate with a paper towel to absorb the excess oil


Roll the fritters in the cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar


And serve! Best eaten warm. Thanks for the fritter lesson! Makes me feel ready for Christmas! :)

Taco Soup

A friend recently gave me this soup recipe to try and it turned out really good.


First brown 1lb of lean ground beef


Chop up an onion and cook while you are browning the meat


Then in large pot add together 1 can of ranch style beans


1 can of pinto beans


1 can of rotel and 2 cans of tomatoes


1 can of corn


1 package of taco seasoning


1 package of ranch seasoning


Add the beef and onions and mix together. Cook on the stove over medium heat until the soup is warmed through and bubbly.


Prepare to eat a very tasty and really filling soup!

This recipe makes around 7 servings. This was calculated to be about 6 WW points a serving. Great topped with some FF cheese and baked tostitos. I divided the extra portions to have for lunches and will freeze some to have for later.

Beef in red wine gravy

This is one of my husband's favorite meals, and it is a crock-pot meal, which I love!


1.5 lbs of beef stew meat (you can change the amount based on how much you want to make), 1 onion, mushrooms, red wine, corn starch, onion soup mix, and egg noodles.


Chop up your onion


In the crock-pot layer onions, stew meat, and sprinkle with the onion soup mix.


Cover with 3 T of corn starch


Cover with 1.5 C of red wine (I have used cooking wine or real wine and not noticed a difference in taste)


Cook in crock-pot for 10-12 hours on the low setting or 5-6 hours on the high setting.


Optional: We like this with mushrooms, so in the last hour of cooking I chop some mushrooms and stir in.


You serve this over pasta, egg noodles are good. This time I tried the whole grain egg noodles, and they were good.


And serve!
Trust me, it tastes a lot better than it looks! This makes plenty, about 6 servings.
I calculate the meat portion to be 5 WW points, then add the amount you have in your pasta.
Wonderful for busy days and cold weather days!

Mint-filled brownie cupcakes

I recently got Martha Stewart's Cupcake book. It is great, and I love that it has a picture of every cupcake! This is one of her recipes:


You need: 8 oz of bittersweet/semisweet coarsely chopped chocolate, 3 eggs, 1/2 c of butter, 1/4 c of unsweetened cocoa, 12 york peppermint patties, 1 C of sugar, and 1/2 C of flour, and 3/4 t of salt. Preheat oven to 350.


First, melt chocolate and butter on the stove with in a glass bowl over simmering water in a pan.


Stir occasionally until melted and smooth


When mixture is smooth add the cup of sugar


and the 3/4 t of salt


And whisk together


Then whisk in the three eggs


Add 1/2 C of flour


1/4 c of cocoa


Mix together just until smooth. DO NOT OVER MIX. I don't know why, that is just what the recipe says. Makes me wonder what would happen if I did over mix! :)


Then place 1 heaping tablespoon of mixture in cupcake liner.


Place the peppermint patty on top and push down into the mixture.


Cover with 2 tablespoons of batter. Bake in the oven at 350 for 35 minutes, rotating the pan 1/2 way through.


YUM!! I liked these and can't wait to try more from her book!