Baked Flounder

Last night I finished reading My Life in France.  It's such a gem of a book.

In honor of Julia Child, I'll be posting recipes for the next two days.  

I should note that none of these will in any way compare to any of the foods she talks about in her book.  But these were much easier to make and still had the yum factor!

Let's begin!

Baked Flounder & Beans

(Thanks to my husband for modeling)

Ingredients:

1 can chili beans

dash of onion flakes

small can of green onions

squirt of ketchup

dash of cajun seasoning

dash of garlic salt

dash of peppered vinegar

dash of ground thyme

dash of salt

dash of pepper

frozen flounder filet pack

In a bowl combine the beans and all other ingredients (except the flounder).  Stir 'em up!

Lay a large piece of foil on a baking sheet and spray with nonstick spray.  

Put the bean mixture in the foil and spread evenly.  

Lay the flounder filets on top of the beans, and sprinkle the top of the flounder with cajun seasoning. 

Place foil on top of the flounder and seal it to the bottom piece of foil.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Note: I had to bake the fish for about 40 minutes because of the number of pieces of flounder I had.

Take out of the oven and carefully cut in the foil pack.  It will be hot and steamy!

Serve the beans and flounder together!

I got this recipe from Hungry Girl, but I used almost completely different ingredients.  I used what I had around the house!

Easy Lemon-Lime Pineapple Cake

       

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     super moist

   CAKE!

Yep, you're reading right.  I took one can of diet lemon-lime soda and one box of cake mix and added nothing else and wound up with a cake (I baked it of course!).

I don't have a picture of the cake, because it was eaten so quickly by my husband and co-workers.

This was another Hungry Girl creation; however, I used completely different ingredients because it was what I had in the pantry.

This week I'm going to try diet root beer with yellow cake.  I'll let you know how it turns out!

(Her list of possibly cakes are not on her website; it was part of the subscribed email list.  There are a couple listed at this link, but it's far from all the possibilities!)

WARNING: ALL THINGS FOOD POST!

*but don't worry-- all but one recipe is guilt-free!

there are a few recipes i HAVE to share.  there are even some that are guilt-free treats!

first up:
i haven't made this yet, but i'll be making it tomorrow!  we have some friends flying in for the weekend, so it's time for something special.  we'll be eating out a few times over the weekend, but on sunday i'll be cooking lunch.  i'm making bbq in the crock pot and seasoned french fries and salad on the side.  for dessert i'll be serving this: turtle tart from betty crocker.  it looks super yummy and worth the calories!

next:
don't won't to consume over 500 calories in one slice?  hungry girl's recipe for apple cobbler is only 126 calories a serving and i promise it is to die for!  i served it to my husband and parents and they loved it-- my husband had trouble keeping to one serving at a time!  i've also made the apple pie-lets at 103 calories a serving and they were yummy!  i made them for me and my husband on christmas eve, and we took the rest to family on christmas.  they replace those guilty apple pies at mcdonald's.

give me more chocolate!:
these death by chocolate cupcakes are 108 calories per serving.  my coworkers loved them!  my next task is going to be these lava cakes.  i just can't stop!

i have used hungry girl for many fat-fighting recipes including a mushroom burger, onion rings, chicken strips, and more!  i recommend signing up for the email list.  you'll get several recipes and lists of groceries they think you should buy.  they're really helped me transition into being a newlywed who wants to cook almost every night but wants it easy and healthy.

i'm hungry...is it lunch time yet?!?