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Crock Pot Brownies

January 29, 2010 admin 2 Comments

Can you say ooey gooey chocolate? This recipe sure does ! This is definitely a 4 star keeper 🙂

12 servings
198 calories per serving

2/3 c flour
2/3 c sugar
1/3 c cocoa powder
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
2/3 c fat free evaporated milk
1/3 c margarine, melted and cooled
1/4 c Egg Beaters
1 1/2 t vanilla
1 c semi sweet baking chips
Pam
Powdered Sugar

Spray a 4 qt crock pot with Pam. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Combine milk, margarine, egg and vanilla in another bowl. Mix the dry mix into the wet mix until smooth. Finally stir in the chips. Spread batter in the crock pot and cook on low 2-3 hours or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool 30 minutes and then invert over a plate and cut into 12 pieces. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Dessert, Kid Friendly

Apple Crisp

January 24, 2010 admin 1 Comment

This is so low cal on its own that there’s plenty of room to add a nice scoop of light vanilla ice cream 🙂

9 servings
132 calories per serving

3 medium apples, cored and sliced thin
1 t cinnamon
2 T sugar
2 T flour

Topping:
1 c quick oats
1 t vanilla
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 c brown sugar
2 T margarine

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix first four ingredients and place into a 9 inch square baking dish. In a small bowl mix topping ingredients and sprinkle over the apples. Bake until apples are soft, about 30 minutes.

Breakfast, Kid Friendly

French Toast with Benefits

January 24, 2010 admin Leave a comment

This stuffed French toast is a welcome change to boring old French toast. The surprise inside is preserves and creamy cheese ! Make it different every week by changing the flavor of the preserves and the fruit topping.

2 servings
268 calories per servings

2 T low fat cream cheese
4 slices whole wheat bread (45 calories per slice)
2 T strawberry preserves
1/2 c egg beaters
3 T skim milk
1 t vanilla
1/2 t cinnamon
1/8 t nutmeg
Pam
optional – fresh or frozen berries for the top

Spread cream cheese on 2 slices of bread leaving a small border so it will not melt out of the sandwich when cooking. Put preserves on the other 2 pieces and make a sandwich. Cut in half. Beat eggs and whisk in milk, vanilla and spices. Heat a skillet and spray with Pam. Dip the sandwich halves in the egg mix and let site a few seconds to soak up some of the mixture. Put in 2 at a time if you have room the bowl. Cook 3 minutes each side.

Breakfast, Kid Friendly

Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes

January 17, 2010 admin 2 Comments

This recipe makes 5 silver dollar pancakes and you can eat them ALL yourself… for only 185 calories ! You might be tempted to make yourself 2 servings, but I tell you, these are so filling, you won’t have room ! Serve with sugar free maple syrup – at only 15 calories per ¼ cup, slather it all over 🙂

1 serving
185 calories per serving

1/4 c whole wheat flour
1/4 c ripe banana, mashed
3 T Egg Beaters
1 T skim milk (or more if the batter is too thick)
1/4 t baking powder
1/4 t vanilla
1 packet Equal
dash salt
dash cinnamon
dash nutmeg

Combine all the dry ingredients. Combine all the wet ingredients. Mix together. This is a thickish batter; it won’t be as thin as regular pancake batter. Cook 5 pancakes on a hot griddle.

Dessert, Drinks

Low Fat Lattes (flavors: brown sugar, gingerbread, caramel, vanilla, mocha)

January 10, 2010 admin 2 Comments

A large latte in the evening is one of my favorite things. And at a fraction of the calories (and cost!) of a Starbucks drink, it’s worth it to get set up with all the equipment and make these at home. Just buy the sugar free syrups since they have ZERO calories. They are available right at your local Starbucks store (so you can get your favorite) or you can try Torani syrups and find a new favorite. I have been using these for months and have a stock of 10 different flavors.

1 serving
100 calories per serving

Heat 6 oz. of skim milk in a large mug in the microwave for 90 seconds. Add 1 serving of espresso or ½ a cup of strong coffee. Add 3 squirts of a sugar free flavored syrup. Top with a good amount of low fat whipped cream (from the can). Sprinkle with cinnamon or cocoa powder or chocolate shavings. I find the best shavings come from chocolate and cinnamon mills – I purchased this chocolate mill from Amazon and have been very happy with the performance:

This is the espresso maker we use – my husband is quite the espresso snob and let me tell you, he RAVES about this machine. We have had much more expensive machines and have had espresso out at some of the finest coffee shops and Italian restaurants, and nothing compares to the espresso that this little machine makes:

And these are the sugar free syrups that I use (local coffee shops also sell versions of these):

Dessert

Naked Pumpkin Pie

January 9, 2010 admin Leave a comment

What’s pumpkin pie without the crust? It’s naked pumpkin pie ! And by removing the crust, you also remove oodles of calories. Serve with a slice of low fat graham cracker if you miss the crunch too much. For 400 calories, you can almost eat the whole pie (Did I say that out loud?) 🙂

8 servings
66 calories per serving

15 oz. can of pure pumpkin (NOT the prespiced pumpkin pie mix)
12 oz can fat free evaporated milk
½ c Egg Beaters
2 ½ t pumpkin pie spice
½ c Splenda
1 ½ t vanilla extract
Pam

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a pie plate with Pam. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and then pour into the plate. Bake for 15 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 325 degrees and cook for another 40-45 minutes. Cool completely.