COCONUT COOL WHIP PIE

2 T. butter 3/4 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/3 cup flour or corn starch
2 eggs well beaten
2 cups milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup coconut
1 tub Cool Whip (8 oz.)
1 Pie Crust, baked

Combine butter, sugar, salt, flour and eggs in a medium kettle. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly. Cook until thick. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Refrigerate until cool and add the coconut and 1/2 the tub of cool whip. Put filling into the baked and cooled shell. Top with remainig cool whip. Garnish with toasted coconut. Chill.

CHOC. CHIP BANANA BREAD WITH GLAZE

1 Cup Ripe Bananas, mashed
11/2 Cups Chocolate Chip
11/4 Cups Flour
3/4 Cup Sugar   
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Salt 
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Nutmeg
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup Cooled Melted Butter or Veg. Oil
1/2 Cup Plain Yogurt or Sour Cream
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Mash the bananas and sit aside. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt , baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg into a large bowl. Add in yur dry mix ings. In a medium bowl, wisk eggs, butter or oil, yogurt or sour cram and the vanilla. Stir in you bananas into egg mixture and then fold into dry mixture until combined. Spread the batter into the prepared pans. Bake for 55 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes in the pan and then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

Glaze:
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
2 Tablespoons Cocoa
2 Tablespoons Milk
1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla
Pinch of Salt

In a bowl wisk all of this together and pour over cooled cake.

CHEESECAKE STRAWBERRIES

1 Carton or more Strawberries, washed and dried
8 Oz. Pkg. Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Sleeve Graham Crackers
1/2 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips

Cut the hulls off washed strawberries. Take a knife and core the strawberries, don't cut thru to the outside tho. In a bowl mix the cream cheese and powdered sugar together. Take a ziplock bag and put this mixture in it. Snip off the end and squeeze the filling into the strawberries. Let it come up to the top of the berries. Take another ziplock bag and put the graham crackers in it and crush them.  Pour into a small bowl. Dip the strawberries into the graham crackers. Take and put the choc. chips in a bowl in mircowave and melt them. Let cool just a little. Take a ziplock back and put the melted choc. in it. Snip off the end and drizzle the choc. over the strawberries. Very good.

BUTTERSCOTCH BARS

1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter, room temp.
1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
11/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda

BUTTERSCOTCH TOPPING:
1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Dark Brown Sugar, packed   
1/2 Cup Golden Corn Syrup
1/4 Cup Water
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Walnut Pieces
3/4 Cup Unsweetened Coconut
3/4 Cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 Cup Whipping Cream  
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 8-inch square pan or use parchment paper.
In a bowl, cream butter and sugars together. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.  In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to butter mixture and stir until evenly blended. Spread batter into the prepared and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Let sit awhile to cool. Then in a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in sugars, corn syrup, water and salt and increase heat to medium-high. When mixture boils, stir in walnut pieces and coconut. Simmer for 7 minutes, stirring often (mixture will be thick and darker in color). Remove from heat and stir in cream and vanilla watch the steam. Pour butterscoth over the cake and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake for 13 to 16 minutes, until bubbling around the edges. Let cool before cutting into squares or bars.

OUR DIET GROUP TURKEY WRAP

Whole Wheat Tortilla Wrap
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Sliced Turkey Breast
Lettuce
Tomato
 Fat-Free Spreadable Cream Cheese

You can use fat-free spreadable cream cheese on this with or without the hummus if you don't like hummus. Spread a layer of cream cheese then a layer of hummus. Next a layer of turkey, lettuce and tomato. Roll up wrap and enjoy. Cut in half.

OUR DIET GROUP BROCCOLI SALAD

This is a good salad we are all using in a diet group I am in.

Broccoli Salad

2 Bunches broccoli, tore up in small flowerettes
1/2 Cup Chopped Red Onion or a sweet onion
1/2 Cup Almonds, Pecans or Walnuts, chopped
1/2 Cup Raisins or Caraisins
1/2 Cup Bacon, cooked and crumbled drain good on paper towel

Dressing Mix

1 Cup Light Mayo
1/2 Cup Splenda
2 Teaspoons White Vinegar

Mix Broccoli, onions and craisins or raisins. Toss gently with dressing and add the nuts and bacon before serving. Keep. ref.

FELICIA'S CABBAGE SOUP

1/2 Large Cabbage Head, chopped
3 Medium Onions, diced
5 Medium Potatoes, cut in medium chunks
1 Can Dieced Petite Tomatoes
2 Tablespoons Chicken Bouillion Found at Big Lot's
1/2 Teaspoon Garlic
4 Tablespoons Ketchup or mor to your taste
Water to cover vegs.
Small amount of salt

In a medium kettle pre-cook cabbage. Then add the other ings. Stir good. Let cook for around 30 minutes or more. Can add more bouillion. If add salt taste of the soup first as the bouillion is salt.