I got this great recipe from a friend, but of course it really isn't ww friendly. Here it is:
Copper Pennies
1 cup sugar 1 cup white vinegar 1 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can tomato soup 2 pounds carrots, peeled, cooked, and sliced (I used frozen carrots) 1 medium onion, sliced into rings 1 green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
Combine the sugar, vinegar, oil, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the soup. Mix the carrots, onion, and bell pepper together in a large glass dish; pour the sauce over the vegetables, stir gently to combine, and refrigerate overnight. This salad will keep for up to 6 weeks in the refrigerator.
I was thinking if I replaced the sugar with splenda and the vegetable oil with olive oil it would be ok. What do you all think?
I'll have to fool around with it. But these were so good. My friend had them at a picnic and I figured I was doing good eating them, them I saw the recipe and just about died! I sure didn't think they were loaded with sugar and oil.
I would not use olive oil...use canola oil. Olive oil will congeal and become icky in the refrigerator, canola oil won't and it is also one of our healthy oils.
The red wine vinegar will work fine, I think. Most vinegars are interchangable (except for balsamic or flavored vinegars). The amount of oil is where the calories are coming from. I can run this through the recipe builder if you like.
You might try using 1/2 cup of canola oil to 1/2 cup of vinegar. Try to keep the ratio of oil to vinegar the same as the original recipe, if you can. You may be able to use a bottled, fat free dressing like Seven Seas Red Wine Vinagar Salad Dressing...2 cups of that is only 5.5 points. So, you divide that by 10 or so servings and it's very low points. You can taste it and add Splenda to taste as well as the other ingredients.
If you try it, please let us know how it works. This salad looks great! Hope this helps.
Blessings, Colette
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Thanks for the suggestions. They sound great. I always thought the only oil we could use was olive. I don't know why I thougt that. I might just try that dressing in a bottle. I hate to make it and it is terrible though.
If you don't mind running it through the recipe builder, that would be great too. Thanks.
I'd be happy to run it through for you. I'll do it this weekend...probably tomorrow. Do you have the exact number of servings? That's important for figuring the points.
Do you want me to use the bottled dressing when figuring the points? I think I might make this just to be sure it's good enough with the substitutions...I love carrots and I sure don't mind being a guinea pig for this recipe! It sounds yummy!
Let me know about the serving size, ok? And how you want me to do the dressing part.
Blessings, Colette
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From looking at other variations of the recipe on other websites, it looks like it makes 5 servings. That seems like an awful lot though. So I'm not certain. Sorry I can't help really with that. If you can't run it through without that, then don't worry about it. I do core most of the time, so I think I'm safe with this anyway. I think I will try it with the bottled dressing if I can find it at the store. Thanks for your help.
I think the bottled dressing would be fine..and you could add the dry mustard and Splenda to it. It should come out pretty close to the recipe's dressing.
I think I'll still run it through the builder if that's ok. I'm interested in trying this!
I love Core..thinking about doing it again. Thanks for the recipe! Colette
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It sounds yummy!
