July 2012's Top Five Recipes

Here are July's Top Five Recipes!

Pork Sloppy Joes
Crockpot Peanut Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Crockpot Salsa Verde Pulled Pork
Buttermilk Yogurt Ranch Dressing
Chicken Chop Suey

Pork Sloppy Joes

1lb of lean ground pork
1/3 cup of sweet onion, chopped fine
1/3 cup sweet pepper, chopped fine
½ tsp of garlic powder
1 tsp of mustard
1 can of diced tomatoes with green peppers and onion (Hunt’s)
1 tbsp of brown sugar
¼ cup of Ketchup
¼ tsp of cajun seasoning (Hye’s of Canada)
salt and pepper to taste

1. Drain diced tomatoes and keep liquid
2. In a blender or chopper, blend up diced tomatoes, garlic, mustard and brown sugar until the consistency of ketchup. (Add back any reserved liquid if needed)
3. In a pan over medium heat, brown the ground pork, along with onions, and peppers.
4. Stir in tomato mixture, ketchup, cajun seasoning and reduce heat to medium-low.
5. Simmer for 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Serve on buns.

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories	288
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.3g	22%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 312mg	14%
Total Carbohydrate 13.2g	5%
Dietary Fiber 1.6g	6%
Total Sugars 10.2g
Protein 20.6g
Vitamin D 0mcg	0%
Calcium 32mg	2%
Iron 1mg	3%
Potassium 228mg	5%

Buttermilk Yogurt Ranch Dressing

Ranch Seasoning (click for the recipe)
1 cup of plain yogurt (we like Olympic 2%)
1 cup of buttermilk

1/2 tsp of salt

1.     Mix Ranch Seasoning with yogurt, salt and buttermilk.

2.    Refrigerate for about 2 hours or more before serving.

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 6
Amount per serving
Calories	48
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.9g	1%
Saturated Fat 0.6g	3%
Cholesterol 4mg	1%
Sodium 459mg	20%
Total Carbohydrate 5.3g	2%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g	0%
Total Sugars 5g
Protein 3.8g
Vitamin D 0mcg	0%
Calcium 125mg	10%
Iron 0mg	1%
Potassium 169mg	4%

Lemon Dijon Salad Dressing

2 garlic clove finely chopped
2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1 tsp Honey
¼ cup of Lemon juice
1 tsp Dijon Mustard
¼ cup of Olive Oil
Salt and pepper to taste.

1.     Whisk all the ingredients together

2.    Let refrigerate for 2 hours before using

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 6
Amount per serving
Calories	83
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.5g	11%
Saturated Fat 1.3g	6%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 35mg	2%
Total Carbohydrate 1.3g	0%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g	0%
Total Sugars 1.2g
Protein 0.1g
Vitamin D 0mcg	0%
Calcium 2mg	0%
Iron 0mg	0%
Potassium 18mg	0%