Archive for February, 2006

Low-Cal Smoothie

1 banana, sliced
1 (8-oz.) can pineapple, with juice
1/3 c. orange juice concentrate
1 1/2 c. fat-free vanilla frozen yogurt
1 c. skim milk

Combine first three ingredients in blender.  Cover and blend until almost smooth.  Add frozen yogurt and milk.  Cover and blend until smooth.  Pour into glasses.

Makes 4 (8-oz.) servings, which is good if you have someone to share it with.  If not, you could adjust the ingredient amounts, or save some in refrigerator for a snack.

Per Serving: 189 Calories, 1g Fat, 7g Protein, 39g Carbohydrate, 1g Dietary Fiber, 5mg Cholesterol, 89mg Sodium

Lettuce Slaw

Cut a wedge, or several large leaves of lettuce into fairly thin strips.  (So it looks shredded.)  To that add some finely chopped green onion and a small, finely grated carrot.  Season with pepper/salt or whatever spices you like, and add 1 T. fat-free Miracle Whip.  Mix well.

A cereal/soup bowl has about 20-30 calories, including the Miracle Whip!  Tasty and filling.

Crispy Veggies

CRISPY VEGGIES

1 egg, lightly beaten
1 sweet potato, in 1/4-inch slices
1 cup each broccoli and cauliflower florets
1 pouch Shake’N Bake Extra Crispy Original Coating Mix
1/2 cup Kraft Calorie-Wise Ranch Dressing

PREHEAT oven to 425°F. Beat egg in small bowl. Dip vegetables in egg; shake in coating mix.

PLACE on lightly greased shallow baking pan. Bake 20 min. or until golden brown.

SERVE with dressing as a dip.

[You could lower the calorie/fat count even further by using egg white only.]

Nutritional Info:
Serving Size = 5 pieces per person
Calories 138
Total fat 5 g
Sodium 478 mg
Carbs 20.8 g
Fibre 1.9 g
Protein 3.6 g

Cinnamon-Crusted Baked Apples (Weight Watchers)

Recipe from Crazy MomCat

This is a regular side dish/dessert at my house. It’s a Weight Watchers recipe, so it is also guilt free! (Unless you put it on top of ice cream, which I have tried on occassion. Ha!) It reheats great or is good cold the next morning and I’ve also made the recipe with pears and it was good too. Enjoy!!!

Cinnamon-Crusted Baked Apples
Ingredients:
Butter-flavored cooking spray
1/3 cup water
5 medium cooking apples–peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch wedges
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 TBS chilled reduced-calorie stick margarine, cut into small pieces
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Coat an 11×7-inch baking dish with cooking spray, and pour water into dish.
Arrange apples in dish, and lightly coat apples with cooking spray.
Combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg;cut in margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mix resembles coarse meal.
Sprinkle mixture evenly over apples.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until apples are tender.
Yield 8 Servings
(WW Points- 2 per serving, 127 calories 2.3 g fat)
Marinaded Chicken Breasts

Marinated Chicken Delight

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Marinate in tamari or teriyaki sauce overnight in refrigerator.

Mix together:

8oz non fat plain yogurt
4 Tbsp Dijon mustard

2 cups WW bread crumbs (or any you have on hand–cracker crumbs work too, as would crushed cereal)

Set oven to 350°F.

Dip chicken into yogurt mixture, then bread crumbs.

Place in greased baking dish and bake approx 40 minutes or until done.