Stuffed Peppers

1/3 cup rice, cook with 2/3 cup water and dash salt.
4 bell peppers - red, yellow or orange
10 oz lean ground beef
1 1/2 cups V8
3 tbsp parmesan cheese
dash salt and pepper

-cook rice and cool
-slice off top of pepper and remove seeds
-combine ride, ground beef, 1/4 cup of V8, parmesan, salt and pepper in bowl.
-spoon mixture into peppers
-place peppers in large saucepan, pour remaining 1 1/4 cups V8 around peppers. place over medium-high heat, bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until beef is fully cooked (about 25 minutes). Serve with sauce. Really nice with a salad. 4 points per pepper

Crockpot Swiss Steak

not terribly exotic, but easy and low point.

2 cups sliced onion (or skip it if you are me)
1 cup each sliced carrot and celery
put into crock pot

2 tbsp flour, dash salt and pepper
mix in freezer bag

2 lbs boneless round steak - cut into 8 pieces
toss in flour mix, then brown in frying pan sprayed well with cooking spray or touch of oil. works well to do in 2 batches. then put in crockpot.

in mixing bowl, combine
1/2 cup beef broth
2 tbsp flour
14 oz can diced tomatoes
1/2 tsp dried thyme
then pour over steak

cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours, or high for 4-5. 8 servings 4 point/serving
I served with potatoes one night, and rice the next. With veggies, it brought the whole meal to 7 or 8 points, depending on how you do the potatoes.

Pizza!

We love pizza around here, and here is one I made that is very point-friendly.

Dough - makes 2 crusts, 8 servings
1 tsp quick rise yeast (make sure yours is fresher than mine *roll eyes*)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
2 tbsp cornmeal

In mixer or food processor, combine dry ingredients, then add in wet and mix until it forms a ball. Put into bowl sprayed with cooking spray, cover and let rise until it doubles in size (around 60 minutes). Divide dough in half, and roll into 2 balls and let rise for another 15 minutes.

Preheat oven to 500. Prepare 2 pans with non-stick spray, dusted with 1 tbsp cornmeal. Roll out dough and place on pans. Bake for about 15 minutes.
4 points per serving - 1/4 of pizza.

Toppings!
Here is where it's fun! I did some tomato sauce with italian spices on the bottom. Then I did orange peppers, sun-dried tomatoes (not the ones in oil), mushrooms, fresh spinach. You could add just about any veggies you want to make it good. Then I did a cup of low fat mozzarella cheese shredded overtop, with a small sprinkle of parmesan.

For the whole thing, including topping - 6 points for 1/4 of a pizza. Yummy, and way better than frozen pizza!