Archive for the ‘Low Fat Recipes’ Category
November 10th, 2009 | 
Author: By Devin Alexander Healthy Decadence
Ingredients
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (semi-sweet) – I used the standard size, I didn’t have any of the mini sized on hand. 
Butter-flavored cooking spray
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8×8 inch non-stick cake pan with spray.
In a medium mixing bowl, using a sturdy whisk or spatula, mix the applesauce, vanilla, egg whites and sugar until they are well combined.
Add the flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt. Stir the mixture until it is just combined and no lumps remain. Pour it into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the chips evenly over the top. Bake the brownies for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry (a few crumbs are okay).
Transfer the pan to a cooling rack and allow them to cool 5 minutes. Cut into 12 equal brownies. Makes 12 (1 brownie) servings.
Each brownie has: 88 calories, 2 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat, less than 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 1 g fiber, 133 mg sodium
Traditional Double Chocolate Brownies have: 260 calories, 3 g protein, 37 g carbohydrates, 12 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 1 g fiber, 165 mg sodium
This was so yummy, but without the guilt! 
Enjoy!
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I’ve been wanting to try my Grandmother’s meatloaf with some ground turkey instead of ground beef. I’ve never had meatloaf with turkey. I ended up doing 1/2 ground beef and 1/2 ground turkey. I also took the yolks out of the eggs to make it even more healthy.
So with the healthy version of this recipe here, I just substituted 1/2 part ground turkey for 1/2 part ground beef. So I used 1 pound ground beef and 1 pound turkey. I also took out the yolks of the eggs used.
The meatloaf was pretty good…
Ingredients
2 pkg. (0.9 oz) JELL-O banana cream flavor fat and sugar free pudding
3 1/2 cups 1% milk
About 20 low fat nilla wafers
2 bananas thinly sliced
1 small container light cool whip
About 1/2 cup quartered walnuts (go easy on these, as they are high in fat)
Directions
Mix pudding and milk in bowl with whisk about 2 minutes.
Layer the bottom of a 2-qt. bowl with half of the nilla wafers. Add layer of 1/2 of the pudding. Add layer of 1/2 of the banana slices.
Then repeat the layers. Add the cool whip on top. Then sprinkle with the walnuts. Store in refrigerator.
Enjoy!
Hi there,
I’m going to be starting on a whole new healthy eating lifestyle after returning from my vacation. That will be September 13th when we get home from our vacation in the Smoky Mountains. I’m excited about this as I will be sharing lots of recipes with you along with photos, and I will also be losing weight. I’ll be getting healthy and dropping those pounds.
I received my indoor grill and triple steamer yesterday and I couldn’t wait to try out the grill, so I went out and bought some New York strip steaks…wow big spender huh? lol And I cooked them on the new grill.
Here are some photos of that experience.
And this is what I had for dinner tonight. It was really tasty. That steak was bigger than it looks there on the plate. LOL! And the salad was tossed greens, cucumber, carrots, and low-fat red kidney beans. And some strawberries on the side.
I’ll be sharing some wonderful recipes with you in the near future! 
The sauce is my Sister-In-Law’s recipe
Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
1 small can tomato paste
2 cans tomato sauce
1 cup water
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 tablespoon oregano
1 garlic clove, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 pound whole wheat whole grain spaghetti
Sprinkle parmesan cheese, if desired
Directions
In large skillet brown turkey, drain. Add onion and salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic and cook for 2 more minutes
Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, oregano and bay leaf. Simmer covered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
In large pot add water and boil. Add spaghetti. Cook until tender, following directions on box. Carefully remove bay leaf before serving. Serve sauce over pasta. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top if desired.
Enjoy!
