New Years Recipes!

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Happy New Year, it is a new year and we can start

Fresh and new.

Grandma always told us to eat some new cabbage and black eyed peas for

New Years and we would have a safe and good year.

Well, here is my New Years day menu:

½ cup Steamed new cabbage with onion, carrots and basil

½ cup Black eyed peas

3 oz. Baked pork loin

1 – 2x2 piece Cornbread

1 small apple sliced

Tea with monk fruit sweetener

Calories are approximately 476 calories

Tips: If you add fat to the vegetables this is 45 calories per tsp.

         Bake or slow cook the pork loin with herbs and spices

         Use fresh herbs and spices to add antioxidants and nutrients

Steamed Cabbage

½ head new green cabbage, chopped

½ bag carrots, sliced

½ onion, chopped

1 tsp. chopped basil

Chop all vegetables to bite sized pieces, add basil.  Place in large pot with 1 inch water in  the bottom.

Steam until vegetables are crisp tender.

½ cup is ~ 30 calories.  If you add any oil or fat this is additional 45 calories per tsp.

Have a Happy New Year. Cindy Hatcher MS,RDN,LD