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Finishing off my recipe post below. I did pretty well today with the Kickboxing class at the Dell Gym (EEEEvil). I feel like I'm making progress with my exercise routine when I can finish that class without puking.

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Here's what I made tonight:
Baked Turkey and Jack Chimichangas

• 1/2 lb ground turkey breast
• 16 oz can fat free refried beans
• 1 + 3/4c Salsa
• 4.5 oz can diced green chile's
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 3 TB scallions, thinly sliced
• 1c shredded reduced fat Monterey Jack cheese
• 8 large fat free or wheat tortillas
• 1c salsa
• 1/2 c fat free sour cream

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2) Add turkey to skillet and cook over medium heat until browned. Drain excess liquid from pan, then add beans, 1.75 c salsa, chilies, chili powder, and scallions. Cook until heated through, then stir in cheese.

3) Spoon filling evenly into 8 tortillas (approx 1/2 c each). Fold tortillas closed over the filling, place in baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake 20 min at 350 degrees, or until crispy and brown.

4) Serve chimichangas with 2TB salsa and 1TB sour cream.

5 points each.

Open Faced Turkey Patty Melt

• 1tsp olive oil
• 1c vertically sliced Vidalia or other sweet onion
• 1/4 c fat free ricotta cheese
• 1.5 tsp Worstershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1lb ground turkey breast
• 1 large egg white
• Cooking spray
• 4x 1oz slices reduced fat swiss cheese (such as alpine lace)
• 4 slices light rye bread
• 1/4 c country style dijon mustard

1) Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion to pan. Cook 5 min or until browned, stirring occasionally. Transfer onion to a bowl.

2) Preheat broiler.

3) Combine cheese, pepper, worstershire, turkey and egg white. Divide into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a patty. Return pan to stove, heat on medium, add cooking spray, and add patties to pan. Cook 4 min per side or until brown.

4) While patties are cooking, toast 4 bread slices.

5) Assemble sandwiches - each gets 1 slice bread, 1 TB mustard, 1 turkey patty, 1/4 of onions, 1 slice cheese. Place sandwiches onto baking tray, broil for 2-4 min, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Serving - 1 sandwich, 7 points (348 cal, 9g fat, 1.5g fiber)

Peel & Eat Shrimp & Cocktail Sauce

• 1 - 1.5 lb uncooked shrimp
• cocktail sauce
• 3 ears corn on the cob

1) Take two pots, fill both with boiling water and place on stove to boil. In the first pot that boils, place the corn. Continue boiling corn until dinner is fully ready, about 20 min.

2)When 2nd pot boils, put shrimp into pot, cook for 3-5 min, or until shrimp rise to the top of the water. Place shrimp in a collander and drain. Then, put ~20 ice cubes in with the shrimp and allow shrimp to cool.

3) While shrimp is cooling, place cocktail sauce into serving dishes, and take corn out of water. Get a bowl for shrimp shells and serve.

3 servings, 4 pts for shrimp, 1pt for corn = 5 points