Light sweet potato casserole!

Light Sweet Potato Casserole

This is a pretty quick and easy but delicious recipe! Goes great with the crock pot turkey.

2lb sweet potato
3/4 C packed brown sugar
1 1/2 Tsp salt
1/4 C Regular I can't believe its not butter
1/2 Tsp vanilla extract
1/2 C finely chopped pecans
2 C mini marshmallows

Preheat your oven to 375° and peel and cut sweet potatoes into chunks (i used 3 medium sweet potatoes) and put them in a pot with cold water. Bring them to a simmer and let them simmer for 15 minutes. Then drain the water and place them in a large bowl or back in the pot. Let them cool slightly but make sure they are still warm so the butter melts.
Add in sugar, butter, salt and vanilla then mash it all up with a potato masher. After its all good and mashed up fold in 1/4 c pecans you have chopped finely. You can use a chopper or food processor but you don't wana turn your nuts to dust. Then you want to put them in a 7x11 pan or casserole dish sprayed with nonstick spray and top with remaining nuts and all the marshmallows. Cook for 25 minutes or until good and browned.
3/4 C has 115 calories and 2.1 g of fat!!

Weeknight thanksgiving in the crock pot

Crock pot turkey!

Ok so who doesn't love a delicious meal they can stick in the crock pot in the morning and have ready for them by dinner time? And even better its light! I used a boneless turkey breast but only because the smallest whole turkey i could find at my market was 15 lbs and i definitely don't need that much leftover turkey. But anyway you can get whichever you prefer.

Turkey breast or small whole turkey
1/2 C chicken broth Largely chopped onion 3 celery stalks chopped into 3 in pieces
onion soup mix
3 cloves chopped garlic
2 Tbs melted butter

Put chicken broth in bottom of crock pot top with onions, celery and garlic. Rinse your turkey and rub with onion soup mix (if you have the breast leave netting on until cooked) and then place in crock pot. Pour the melted butter over your turkey and place the lid on. Cook on high 1 hour and on low 7 hours remove and enjoy!
Leftovers are great for sandwiches.

77 g or around 2 nice sized slices of turkey has 78 calories and 2.4 g of fat.

Serve with whole wheat stuffing and green beans.

*TIP* The crock pot liners by reynolds are great for easy clean up!!

Check out my light sweet potato casserole as a great side! Its quick and easy to make.