The recipe makes a lot - a crock pot full. Served with vanilla ice cream it can probably serve as many as 16, served alone about 8-9 helpings of about 1/2 cup servings I would guess.
Crock Pot
Egg White or Egg Beaters equal to 5 eggs
1 pint fat free sour cream
1 chocolate cake mix
1 sugar free/fat free instant pudding mix
1/2 c sugar free apple sauce (one of those little one serving size)
1 c water
Spray the crock pot with nonstick spray. In separate bowl stir all ingredients together. Pour into crock pot, cover with lid and cook on low for 4 hours.
You can add a cup of chocolate chips or pecans or both if you aren't worried about the calories and fat but it is good just like this!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Artichokes
Buy artichokes that are as tightly closed as possible and the darker the green the better too. Like a flower, once the leaves start opening up they aren't as fresh and the leaves get tough. The secret is the boil - this gives the choke the flavor, then you can dip in the "butter" and not miss the fat.
The 'Choke
Just trim the end a little the stalk is actually eatable and very good like the center. If you want to trim the top you can but I usually don't bother.
The Boil
Big pot of water (pot should have a lid). Add the following to boil 4 chokes.
4 bay leaves
1-2 T cracked black pepper
4 gloves unpeeled garlic
1 t sea salt or 1 t crab boil if you want spicy
Sprig Rosemary
1 c chicken stock (non-fat, low sodium)
1 lemon cut in half
You want to boil them until you can very easily pluck a leaf off. It can take 45 minutes if they are big - or only 25 if small. You have to check-but they must be tender!
The 'Choke
Just trim the end a little the stalk is actually eatable and very good like the center. If you want to trim the top you can but I usually don't bother.
The Boil
Big pot of water (pot should have a lid). Add the following to boil 4 chokes.
4 bay leaves
1-2 T cracked black pepper
4 gloves unpeeled garlic
1 t sea salt or 1 t crab boil if you want spicy
Sprig Rosemary
1 c chicken stock (non-fat, low sodium)
1 lemon cut in half
You want to boil them until you can very easily pluck a leaf off. It can take 45 minutes if they are big - or only 25 if small. You have to check-but they must be tender!
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Parmesan "Toast" Chips or Cheese Cookies
These little Cheesy-Cookies are very simple and are quite lovely on a simple salad as a "crouton" topping.
As always GOOD QUALITY Parmesan grated coarsely, not fine, about 1 cup. To this add freshly ground pepper and 1 tablespoon of flour. Place by tablespoon on a baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes in the oven at 350.
Top a salad with one cookie and it becomes very special indeed!
As always GOOD QUALITY Parmesan grated coarsely, not fine, about 1 cup. To this add freshly ground pepper and 1 tablespoon of flour. Place by tablespoon on a baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes in the oven at 350.
Top a salad with one cookie and it becomes very special indeed!
New Year's Eve Salad with Goat Cheese
Mixed salad greens
2 t Dijon Mustard
Granny Smith Apple, diced, spray with lemon or dip in lemon-water (so it doesn't brown)
4 oz. Goat Cheese
Sugar Glazed Pecans, chopped roughly (you can just buy these rather than making them but to make them wet the pecans and then shake them in Splenda brand brown sugar and bake until glazed. Store in air tight container.)
Good Quality Basamic Vinegar
Good Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil
About 6-9 Melba Toast rounds, crushed fine in processor)
The goat cheese needs to be divided into 4-1/2 inch pieces that are like a small golf ball that has been squashed. (The normal recipe calls for flouring, dipping it in egg wash, then bread crumbs. I found that crushed melba toasts provided the "crunch" once baked without the added calories and fat.)
Cover cheese in the crumbs - sort of press them in -and cover well. Freeze them before baking so that when you bake them they stay together and don't melt into a puddle. Once frozen, spray with cooking spray and bake at 475 degrees on the top position in the oven for about 10-11 minutes.
While they are cooking, pull together your salad. Place pecans, greens and apple in a big bowl and dress. The dressing is Dijon mustard with oil & vinegar mixed well, pour over salad and toss to coat. When you plate you want the cheese underneath the salad sort of like a surprise!
A hint on the pecans. I chopped them up so that a mere tablespoon in a salad seems like a lot more when you are eating the salad.
2 t Dijon Mustard
Granny Smith Apple, diced, spray with lemon or dip in lemon-water (so it doesn't brown)
4 oz. Goat Cheese
Sugar Glazed Pecans, chopped roughly (you can just buy these rather than making them but to make them wet the pecans and then shake them in Splenda brand brown sugar and bake until glazed. Store in air tight container.)
Good Quality Basamic Vinegar
Good Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil
About 6-9 Melba Toast rounds, crushed fine in processor)
The goat cheese needs to be divided into 4-1/2 inch pieces that are like a small golf ball that has been squashed. (The normal recipe calls for flouring, dipping it in egg wash, then bread crumbs. I found that crushed melba toasts provided the "crunch" once baked without the added calories and fat.)
Cover cheese in the crumbs - sort of press them in -and cover well. Freeze them before baking so that when you bake them they stay together and don't melt into a puddle. Once frozen, spray with cooking spray and bake at 475 degrees on the top position in the oven for about 10-11 minutes.
While they are cooking, pull together your salad. Place pecans, greens and apple in a big bowl and dress. The dressing is Dijon mustard with oil & vinegar mixed well, pour over salad and toss to coat. When you plate you want the cheese underneath the salad sort of like a surprise!
A hint on the pecans. I chopped them up so that a mere tablespoon in a salad seems like a lot more when you are eating the salad.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Healthy Cheesecake Minis
Filing:
8 oz fat-free cream cheese
2/3 c egg beaters
1 c Splenda for baking
1 T lime juice
pinch salt
Pre-made mini 6 to a package graham cracker crusts.
Place all in food processor and process until smooth. Pour equally into between 6 crusts. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes (firm-not hard-just not jiggly). Once cool refrigerate.
8 oz fat-free cream cheese
2/3 c egg beaters
1 c Splenda for baking
1 T lime juice
pinch salt
Pre-made mini 6 to a package graham cracker crusts.
Place all in food processor and process until smooth. Pour equally into between 6 crusts. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes (firm-not hard-just not jiggly). Once cool refrigerate.