Strawberry snack

If you have a little girl like mine that is not a huge fan of strawberries when the rest of the family is…. Then you might try this.

We did it for Valentine’s Day and I sprinkle them with just a bit of Splenda and there you go! She loved them but was mainly for the shape =)

Fat free Caramel (Dulce de Leche)

Next time I’ll try to make the sweet condensed milk from scratch and using fat free milk.  For now, I’ll leave you with my treat!

I love to have it with toast in the morning, maybe add bananas to it, or just to eat a spoonful when I need my SWEET!

1.   If you have a pressure cooker:

Add enough watter to cover and a bit more the can, after the cooker starts making the noise of realizing vapor, leave it for 20 to 25min.   Allow cooling down before opening.

2.   If you have a crock pot:

Haven’t done it this way yet, but same procedure; cover can and cook for 8 hours.

3.   Regular cooking pot:

Cook cover in water (add more when it evaporates) for 3 hours.

Completely easy and delicious!

Move to a plastic container with lid and keep in the fridge for about 10days.

Apple upside down cake

I have reduced so much fat and  I can’t believe how moist it is! There’s so much flavor in this cake! You have to try this recipe! I brought it over to my friend’s house and they approved  it, Glynnis even asked me: Are you sure this is low fat?  NOT ONLY IN FAT, BUT IN SUGAR TOO, so here it is!

-          1 box of Sugar free yellow cake

-          ¾ cup of eggbeater (-15gr fat)

-          ¾ cup apple sauce

-          1 cup of watter

-          1tsp vanilla extract

-          1 tsp almond extract

-          1tsp cinnamon

-          ½ tsp cloves

-          ½ tsp nutmeg

-          1 apple peel and core

-          2 Tbsp. margarine

-          2 Tbsp. heavy cream

-          1/3  cup of brown sugar substitute (splenda kind)

In a mixing bowl add cake mix, and next 8 ingredients till nutmeg. In another container melt margarine and add cream and sugar.

Properly grease a cake pan (I used a Bund pan) and add some of the butter – cream mix to the pan, accommodate the apples over and finish with rest of the butter mix.

On top add the cake batter.

Bake for about 35min or until done (check by inserting a wooden toothpick in it and should come out clean)

Weekly plan sheet

  What I do every Sunday is planning meals for the week.  This helps us to keep within the food budget, we waste less food and it’s easier to go through the day knowing early what dinner plans are.

This also helps me stay in track with my healthy meals as it’s easier to get lost in food when you don’t know what to eat. I try to plan even snacks for myself and I have found that it’s easier to stay in the healthy track!

This Banana bread is so awesome! Has that amazing rum taste that I absolutely love!! You have to try it! I cut the fat in a couple of places, and for lack of fat; it might dry after the 2^nd day… so keep it well wrapped or even better, eat it the same day!

Ingredients:

-          2 ripped smashed bananas

-          ½ cup brown sugar

-          4 Tbsp. of butter

-          3 Tbsp. of rum

-          ½ cup splenda for baking

-          1/3 cup of non fat yogurt (greek works great!)

-          ¼ cup of egg beaters

-          1 egg

-          1 ½ cup All purpose flour

-          ¼ cup of ground flaxseed

-          ¾ tsp of baking soda

-          1 tsp of cinnamon

-          ½ tsp of ground all spice

-          ½ tsp salt

-          ½ cup of cranberries

-          ½ cup of powder sugar

-          1 Tbsp. of butter

-          1 Tbsp. of rum

In a saucepan, put the butter to melt at medium heat, once melted, add bananas, brown sugar and rum. Let boil till bubbly.

Bring banana mixture to the mixer and add egg, egg beaters, splenda and yogurt. Mix till well combined about a minute or two.

Sift together the rest of the ingredients except the cranberries.  Add the dry ingredients to the mixer and beat at low until everything is combined. (about 20 strokes)

Fold cranberries!

Bake in a 9x5 loaf pan, coated with cooking spray and a little bit of flour. Bake for about 45min to 1 hour at 350°F until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

You can sprinkle with some walnuts but this will add fat!

In a microwave safe dish, melt the next Tbsp. of butter, once melted; mix it with the powder sugar and the rum.  Pour it over the warm bread!! Yummmmmm

Tres Leches Angel food Cake

You’ll thank me for this one!!

So there’s well known that Hispanics love Tres Leches Cake! Have you wonder why? Well because it’s good! So I’m trying to keep the flavor of it in a lighter version! And I loved it so I’m sharing it…

Ingredients:

-          ½ cup Fat free milk

-          1 can of Fat free evaporated milk

-          1 can of fat free condensed milk

-          2Tbsp of rum (optional)

-          1 Angel food cake or mini angel food cakes(get the premade from the grocery store and try to look for the fat free one).

-          Fresh berries: Blueberries, Raspberries and Strawberries

-          Fat free cool whip.

In a container, mix the 3 milks till well combined.  Add the rum if using it!

Is a separate plate with and edge that can hold liquid (like a pie dish) set your cake or mini cakes and poke holes in it with a fork.  Pour the milk mix over it making sure that liquid is getting in the cake. Pour on the sides and let rest in the fridge covering with plastic for at least 3 hours (but the longer the better) so the cake can absorb the milks.

Once ready to serve, decorate with some cool whip and sprinkle with berries! Enjoy ;-D

Oven fried Chicken

I needed to find a recipe for chicken, as I was telling a friend that pretty much everything you do fried, you can do baked =D . So imagine how many grams of fat and calories less you’ll be consuming by baking fried chicken!

Hubby liked it!! And even better: Kids asked for more!

Ingredients

• 1 cups bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup grated low fat Parmesan
• 1/3 cup egg substitute (like egg beaters)
• 2 tablespoons freshly minced thyme leaves
• 2 tsps. oregano
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1tsp onion powder
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
• Olive oil spritzer
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place a cooling rack over pan and spray rack with nonstick cooking spray.

In a shallow dish, combine bread crumbs, cheese, oregano, garlic, onion, thyme, salt and pepper to taste. In a separate dish, combine mustard and egg substitute.

 Dip each chicken breast with mustard mixture; then coat each in bread crumb mixture.

 Place on prepared rack in pan and spray a couple of times with olive oil. Bake for  30 minutes, or until chicken is golden brown.

Serve right away! Enjoy!