Cheater recipes

These are few of my tips and tricks, not full-blown recipes, just a few ideas you can use in a pinch for some tasty food.

3 Uses for Orange Marmalade
* mix with equal parts good-quality balsamic or white wine vinegar for a fat-free and tasty salad dressing
* mix with equal parts soy sauce for quick and easy stir-fry sauce (even better with ginger and chili garlic sauce stirred in!)
*makes a great fruit salad dressing... all by itself!

3 Cheap and Easy Cabbage Dishes... that actually taste great!
* Ramen Cabbage salad- slaw a head of cabbage, and crumble 1 package of dry ramen noodles over it, reserving the flavor packet.  Chop 1 bunch scallions and add to cabbage.  Mix the flavor packet (oriental flavor or chicken is best) with 1 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar, a splash of soy sauce and the juice of one orange.  Zest the orange and add zest to cabbage.  Pour the dressing over the salad and you're in business!  Add giner, almonds or sesame seeds for extra tastiness.
*Easy Asian chicken wraps- wrap pre-cooked chicken, slawed cabbage (the pre-bagged stuff is fine!), chopped scallions and bottled sesame ginger salad dressing (we like Newman's Own for this) in a tortilla or whole-wheat wrap.  Tasty, nutritious, low-cal lunch!
* Glazed red cabbage- Saute slawed red cabbage over medium heat with 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, 1/3 cup orange marmalade and 1 tsp ground allspice until wilted.  My mother, who doesn't like cooked cabbage, liked this one, especially served with chicken apple sausage and rice.

3 uses for leftover pasta
* Spaghetti Casserole- Pour sauce, Parmesan and mozzarella over leftover noodles and bake under bubbly and golden brown.  Yum!
* Use for "Spaghetti Eggs"... as seen once on the food network.  Heat olive oil in a frying pan, add the spaghetti and shallots and garlic, then a few eggs, stirring to scramble as you add milk and a WHOLE BUNCH of fresh grated parm.  Top with basil, parsley or other fresh herbs.  Better than the best omelet ever.
* Quick pasta salad- you can make a super easy one-serving pasta salad with whatever veggies you have on hand and your favorite bottles salad dressing.  I often just dice a little celery, add some peppers and carrots to my salad and then sprinkle crumbled feta or grated cheddar over it before stirring in Italian dressing.  Yumm!