Sweet Potato Pie Recipes for Healthy Living

This traditional thanksgiving meal is very rich in fiber and very easy to make. Hence it has found an apt place in the south as a traditional food at all times. Sweet potato pie recipes are no longer attempted once a year. They have found places on dining tables almost throughout the year, especially at holiday gatherings. It can be made as a quick snack at all times because of its fibrous quality.

The way in which you eat the various sweet potato pie recipes has to do with the taste and the amount of calories that you can add or shed by eating it. You can eat this pie plain or topped with whipped toppings or ice creams. A few cooks would make a meringue using egg whites and applying it on the pie a few minutes before removing it from the bake oven. In whichever way this is eaten, as a dessert after meals or in the case of veggies as a main course, sweet potato pie recipes offer the best health and nutrition for weight watchers.

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Try out the best low calorie and low fat recipes from the internet and make a good thanksgiving dessert, or simply choose the best recipe to add to your festive mood in the ensuing Christmas season. Surprise your family with your cooking talents by making one of the best pie recipes that you are now going to learn to make using butter, spices and sweet potatoes.

Sweet Potato Pie Recipes for Healthy Living

For the ingredients you will require quarter cup softened butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs yolks separated, 3/4 cup evaporated milk, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 1/2 cups cooked, peeled and mashed sweet potatoes, half tsp each nutmeg, cinnamon, quarter tsp ginger and 1 unbaked pie crust of about 9 inches.

Now for the method you will first have to pre-heat the oven to 3500 F. start with creaming the butter and sugar using an electric blender. Beat until the entire mixture has blended together, then add the egg yolks and continue beating. Put in the sweet potatoes, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, milk and ginger. Leave this mixture aside.

In another bowl beat the egg whites until white snowy peaks begin to form, slowly add the sugar and continue beating. Then gradually add the potato mixture to this blend while still beating. Pour this mixture into the pie crust and bake for a minimum of 40 minutes or until it is firm. This mouth watering dish can be served plain or with whipped cream.

Sweet Potato Pie Recipes for Healthy Living

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Chicken Wrap Recipes

These chicken wrap recipes are delicious. Just check these out and I'm sure you'll be amazingly surprised.

So here we go for some chicken wrap recipes:

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>>Thai Chicken Wraps

Chicken Wrap Recipes

Dipping sauce:

1 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1/3 cup milk

2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter

Chicken filling:

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups carrots julienne

1 pound chicken breasts boneless, skinless 1 pieces

1 tablespoon curry powder

1 teaspoon fresh ginger root minced

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup red pepper chopped fine

1/4 cup flaked coconut

1/4 cup green onion julienne

2 1/2 cups cooked white rice

2/3 cup crunchy peanut butter

3 cups cabbage shredded

6 flour tortillas (10 inch)

1. In small bowl, combine all sauce ingredients. Cover; refrigerate until serving time.

2. In 10 inch skillet, heat oil until sizzling; stir in chicken and ginger. Cook over medium-high heat until chicken is no longer pink (7
to 9 minutes). Add cabbage, carrots, red pepper and onion; continue
cooking until vegetables are crisply tender (5 to 7 minutes).

3. Meanwhile, in 1 quart saucepan, combine peanut butter, water, coconut, curry powder and oil. Cook over medium-high heat until mixture is heated through (5 to 7 minutes). Remove from heat. Add rice; mix well.

4. At serving time, place 1 cup filling in center of each warm tortilla. Fold two opposite edges of tortilla toward center of filling. Roll up open end of tortilla toward opposite edge. Place, seam-side down, on microwave-safe plate.

5. Microwave two sandwiches on high, turning or rearranging after half the time, until heated through (1 to 2 minutes). Repeat with remaining sandwiches. Serve wrap immediately with sauce for dipping. Makes 6 sandwiches.

>>Chicken Tortilla Wraps

4 fat free flour tortillas

1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast halves cut in thin strips

1 med tomato chopped

1 med onion sliced

1 sm clove garlic finely chopped

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

2 c shredded lettuce

2 tbsp worcestershire sauce

3/4 c reduced fat ranch-style dressing

Heat oven to 350°. Wrap tortillas in foil. Heat in oven for 10-15 minutes or until warm. Coat large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Place skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, onion and garlic; sauté until chicken is no longer pink in center, 4-6 minutes. Stir in worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.

Divide chicken mixture among tortillas. Top each with lettuce and tomato. Drizzle each with 2-3 tbsp dressing. Roll up the tortillas and serve.

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Chicken Wrap Recipes

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