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Fresh Spearmint Ice Cream
By Jackie618
Recipe from Martha Stewart There's not a drop of food-coloring in this old-fashioned ice cream
- makes 3 cups
- 1 cup packed fresh spearmint, preferably Kentucky Colonel
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
Chocolate Marble Bread with Ganache
By Jackie618
Recipe from Martha Stewart
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
Jell-O 1-2-3 Dessert
By Jackie618
30 cal/serving
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 1 pkg. (0.3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Sugar Free Gelatin, or any flavor
- Ice cubes
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup thawed COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping
Melons with Lime
By Jackie618
combine all ingredients in medium bowl and stir well
- 2 c. cantaloupe balls/cubes
- 2 c. honeydew balls/cubes
- juice from 1 lime
- zest from 1 lime
- 1 tbsp. honey
- mint for garnish
As HG as Apple Pie! (Classic Dessert Swap!)
By Jackie618
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Crust
- 1 cup Fiber One Original bran cereal
- 2 sheets (8 crackers) low-fat honey graham crackers, broken into pieces
- 3 tbsp. granulated white sugar
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 cup light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown)
- Filling
- 6 - 8 Fuji apples (enough to yield 8 cups once sliced)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (not packed)
- 2 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. granulated white sugar
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- Optional topping: Fat Free Reddi-wip
Peach Yogurt Cooler
By Jackie618
Recipe from Eat Better America 130 calories/serving
- 1/2 cup fat-free (skim) milk
- 1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free harvest peach yogurt
- 1 medium fresh peach, peeled, pitted and cut up
- Ground nutmeg
Banana and Fromage Blanc Grilled Cheese
By Jackie618
Recipe from CHOW Fromage blanc, a fresh cream cheese, can be found at cheese stores and gourmet markets
- 3 tablespoons fromage blanc
- 1/2 medium banana, small dice
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 2 (1/2-inch-thick, 3 1/2–by–3 1/2–inch-long) slices cinnamon raisin bread
Car Bomb Cupcakes
By Jackie618
Recipe from Smitten Kitchen
- For the Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes:
- 1 cup stout (such as Guinness)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-process)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- Ganache Filling:
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1 to 2 teaspoons Irish whiskey (optional)
- Baileys Frosting (may want to double):
- 3 to 4 cups confections sugar
- 1 stick (1/2 cup or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperatue
- 3 to 4 tablespoons Baileys (or milk, or heavy cream, or a combination thereof)
- Special equipment: 1-inch round cookie cutter or an apple corer and a piping bag (though a plastic bag with the corner snipped off will also work)
Sausage and Apple Saute
By Jackie618
Heat half the oil in a large skilleto ver medium-high heat
- This recipe originally called for an added 1-1/2 lbs (700g) of cubed russet potatoes to be added with the apples, but I didn't have any on hand and we had plenty of starch in the rest of the meal, so I skipped it.
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 450 g (1 pound) Italian sausage (bulk, or links with casings removed)- sub turkey sausage
- 1 large apple, such as Rome or Braeburn, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
- 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Clean Eating Sundried Tomato Breakfast Couscous
By Jackie618
1 serving = 1/2 the recipe Calories: 234 Total Fat: 10 gm Saturated Fats: 2 gm Trans Fats: 0 gm Cholesterol: 0
- 1/3 cup dry, whole wheat couscous, cooked to package directions (or could use quinoa)
- 4 egg whites
- 2 tbsp. sun dried tomatoes, drained if packed in oil
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 1/4 – 1/2 tsp. cumin (to taste)
- Salt to taste