Want to know what I did this weekend? I baked 3 new cake/muffin recipes and took 2 showers. I sat in my recliner and watched the sci-fi channel for 2 days. I made meatloaf, smashed 'tatoes and green beans for dinner Sat. and Steak, squash, salad and baked potato tonight.
Do I have a life or what?
Anyway, thought I would post these recipes, they came out really well. They were all experiments and thank god I have a wonderful husband and great neighbors who are totally honest whenever I experiment on them. Sometimes I wonder why they are still my friends after some of the stuff I've fed them. So here goes, they are extremely easy and low fat!
Banana Nut Muffins:
1 Box Angel Food Cake (Not store brand, use NAME brand)
4 Bananas smashed (Squeeze in their skin its easier to smash)
1 Cup water
Crushed Nuts, about 2 handfuls and I used Walnuts
2 Muffin tins & the little paper cupcake things if your like me and hate cleaning muffin tins, if not be sure and PAM them.
Mix bananas and water in mixer until smooth as possible, add cake mix, mix.
Batter will be thin and frothy, that's OK. Stir in nuts
Fill muffin tins all the way to the top.
Bake at 350 for 14 min. (We all know our ovens so check 'em if you need to.)
Great for breakfast and swings by the kitchen counter. About 35-40 calories per
Cherry Angels
1 box Angel Food Cake
1 1/4 Cup Water
1 Can Lite Cherry pie filling
Pour Cherries in lightly PAMed 9x12 pan
Sprinkle Cake mix evenly over Cherries
Pour water slowly over cake mix
DO NOT STIR
Cover with aluminum foil bake at 350 20-25 min
Uncover and bake about 15 more
Tada!!
You can also use Chocolate Devils Food cake and instead of water use 12oz (1 can) Pepsi Diet Wild Cherry soda. Build it the exact same way, even cook time.
Baked Smashed 'Tatoes & Gravy
Dice then boil enough potatoes for your family
Drain and set for about 5 min. so the water is out of 'tatoes
**Mash with butter, LF sour cream, softened reduced fat Cream cheese-1/2 to whole 8oz package, salt & pepper, bacon bits.
Place in lightly PAMed casserole or 9x12 pan Depends on how big your family is.
Make own gravy or pour over Heinz LF Beef gravy bake about 18-20 minutes @ 350.
My husband loved this "new" version of smashed and gravy.
**I usually use 8oz or so of Sour Cream. You want it creamy like smashed but not runny and you don't want to taste all sour cream. How much truly depends on how much smashed 'tatoes your making. But, you really won't need more than a 80z pkg cream cheese.
On another note has anyone been watching Big Brother 8? If you have, how many more times do you think AMBER is going to CRY before the season finale? And how about good 'ol JEN! Jeez took them long enough to get rid of her. Thought her and Dirty Dick were going to mud wrestle the other night. This one has got to be the craziest yet! I definitely would not want to be caught in a survival situation with any of this group.
See I told you I had a life!!!
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3 comments:
Hey.... read Aitch's blog, she blogs about that big brother shit all the time. I'm not fond of her, but thats what she blogs about.
Those desserts sound wonderful!!!! and Angel food cake is one of the few things diabetics can have without being beaten by your doctor!!!
I'm watching BB and I don't know if you've heard all the crap that they DON'T show on there. The editing they do is amazing. I read the Television Without Pity boards where people post about the live feeds (you can pay to watch the cameras in the house 24/7) and they totally have not shown what's actually happened in the house. It's really amazing. Anyways. I'll stop now!
Yummy recipes!
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