Next Month's Meeting of the Pioneers

Hi All,
The August meeting of the Recipe Pioneers will be held on Wednesday, August 11th at 6:30 p.m. Sprice has offered us her home for the meeting.

The theme is: Fish and Seafood

I can't wait to see what everyone brings!

Fruit Recipes from July's Meeting

Hi Everyone

We had some yummy fruit recipes last night at Penny's lovely home. Here they are:

Sybil brought: Impossibly Easy Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake from Betty Crocker

1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup Original Bisquick® mix
2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, cut into 16 pieces and softened
1 cup fresh raspberries
2 tablespoons sugar

1. Heat oven to 325°F. Spray bottom only of 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray. In blender, place milk, vanilla, eggs, 3/4 cup sugar and the Bisquick mix. Cover; blend on high speed 15 seconds. Add cream cheese. Cover; blend 2 minutes. Pour into pie plate.
2. In same blender, place 1/2 cup of the raspberries and 2 tablespoons sugar. Cover; blend on high speed 15 to 20 seconds or until smooth. Drop blended raspberry sauce by teaspoonfuls on top of cream cheese mixture. With a wooden skewer or toothpick, swirl sauce into cream cheese mixture.
3. Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until about 2 inches of edge of pie is set while center is still soft and wiggles slightly. Cool completely at room temperature, about 1 hour.
4. Refrigerate at least 4 hours. Garnish with remaining 1/2 cup raspberries. Store in refrigerator.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 30 to 34 minutes.

Nutrition Information:
1 Serving: Calories 340 (Calories from Fat 200); Total Fat 22g (Saturated Fat 13g, Trans Fat 1/2g); Cholesterol 115mg; Sodium 230mg; Total Carbohydrate 28g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 24g); Protein 7g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 15%; Vitamin C 4%; Calcium 6%; Iron 6% Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2


DeeAnn brought: Banana Strawberry Quick Bread from Weight Watchers

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 very ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
2/3 cup sugar (I used Splenda)
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
5 Tbs canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup strawberry jam

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 4 x 8 inch loaf pan with nonstick pray and lightly dust with flour.

Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg in a large blow. Whisk together the bananas, eggs, sugar, buttermilk, oil and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth. Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture and stir until well blended. Transfer 3 tablespoons of the batter to a small bowl; set aside. Pour the remaining batter into the pan. Whisk together the jam and the reserved 3 tablespoons batter. Spoon the jam mixture lengthwise along the center of the batter, leaving a 1/2 inch border at each end of the pan.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 55-60 minutes. Let cool in pan on a rack about 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely on the rack. Cut into 16 slices.

Per serving: 180 calories, 5 g fat, 1 g sat fat, 0 g trans fat, 27 mg chol, 156 mg sod, 31 g carb, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein, 26 mg calcium. Points: 4

Sprice brought: Watermelon Slushies from the Biggest Loser Family Cookbook

4 cups 1" cubes seedless watermelon, frozen

Place the frozen watermelon in a medium glass or plastic mixing bowl. Using a potato masher, mash the watermelon until it becomes slushy in texture. Divide among 4 dessert bowls and serve immediately.

46 calories, less than 1 g protein, 11 g carbohydrates, trace fate, 0mg cholesterol, less than 1 g fiber, 2 mg sodium