Saturday, July 25, 2009

Low Fat Strawberry Dessert



Ingredients

Yellow cake mix
1 1/3 cups water
1/3 cup applesauce
4 egg whites

Light Cool Whip

1 pound strawberries

Mix cake, water, applesauce and egg whites as directed on cake box. Bake 40-45 minutes at 350 in 11" by 15" pan (or until toothpick in middle comes out clean). Cool. Cut off crust. Cut remaining cake into 1" squares.

Slice strawberries lengthwise.

Layer 1/2 the cake, 1/2 the strawberries, and 1/2 Cool Whip (I used the small Cool Whip but would recommend either two containers or one large container). Repeat layers leaving out 2 strawberries (sliced) for garnish on top of the Cool Whip. Enjoy!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Never Fail Bran Muffins


Dry Ingredients:
1 C Whole Wheat Flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 C Sugar (I've been using splenda)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 C bran cereal

Combine dry ingredients in separate bowl.

Wet Ingredients:
I C buttermilk
1 egg
1/4 C oil
1 mashed banana
Combine wet ingredients in separate bowl.

Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients bowl. Stir until just combined, Do not overmix!! Bake at 400 degrees for 20 mins. Make 12 muffins.

Just a tip: I added some leftover fresh blueberries to these muffins and they were amazing! Try it!