Another delicious classic: Only 96 calories per serving. Makes 8 servings
Here's the recipe:
All Purpose flour - 1/2 Cup
Cornmeal - 1/2 Cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Kosher salt - 1/2 tsp
Egg beaters - 1/2 Cup
Splenda sugar - 1 TBSP
Brummel and Brown butter - 2 TBSP melted
Vegetable oil - 1 TBSP
Fat free milk - 1/2 Cup
Fat free shredded cheddar - 1/2 Cup
Jalapenos - 1/2 TBSP
Start an iron skillet over medium high heat with the vegetable oil. Make sure your smear the oil all around the skillet. Mix together flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar and baking powder in one bowl. In a separate bowl mix egg beaters, milk, and melted butter. Mix the dry ingredients slowly into the wet. You want to stir gently. Do not beat the batter. Add cheese and jalapenos, blend gently with your spoon. When skillet is good and hot pour in batter and quickly spread evenly over bottom of skillet. When the batter begins to separate from the sides of the skillet use your spatula to kind of lift even around the perimeter. After about 4 minutes flip the bread over and cook for another two to three minutes. Then remove from skillet and cut into eight pieces. Enjoy!
Granny's Feather Rolls
My Granny made these for me a time or two and I never forgot that buttery flavor. It is a labor of love, but so worth it!
Only 98 calories for one roll!
Here's the recipe:
Dry yeast - 1 pkg (or 2 1/4 tsp of bread machine yeast)
Brummel and Brown butter - 4 TBSP
Sugar - 1 TBSP and 1 tsp ( I used real sugar since it is only a small amount)
Kosher salt - 3/4 tsp
Egg - 1
Warm fat free milk - 3/4 Cup
All purpose flour - 2 Cups
First pour your yeast into lukewarm water. Not too hot or too cold because it will kill the yeast. Add in the one teaspoon of sugar and let them stand for 5 minutes. Mix together all other ingredients and when yeast is ready pour it into mix. (Water and all) Stir together well and cover. Let it stand for about an hour in a warm spot on the counter. After an hour, spray 12 muffin pan, use liners, with non fat cooking spray. Spray well because they will stick. Evenly distribute the dough into the muffin cups. Cover again and let proof for another 30 minutes. Meanwhile preheat your oven to 400 degrees. When thirty minutes is up bake for 20 minutes or until slightly golden on top. Slightly. Then enjoy with your favorite low calorie butter.
I use Brummel and Brown butter. It is yogurt based and less calories than anything else out there with taste!
Smokey Homemade Potato Chips
Okay, they can't ALL be healthy. You can bake these chips and it will be decisively better for you. Tonight I needed that chip to not be baked. That's all I can say.
Here's the recipe:
Large Russet Potatoes - 2
2.5-3 Cups Vegetable oil
Kosher salt - 2-3 TBSP
Ground Cumin - 1 TBSP
Garlic Powder - 1- TBSP
Place the oil in a dutch oven and turn it on high heat. You're looking for about 350 degrees. If you do not have a thermometer the oil will start to bubble. Throw in a tiny piece of potato. If the potato sinks it isn't hot enough. If it turns black, well then it is too hot. If it is immediately covered in fuzzy bubbles and floats around - bingo! While the oil is heating up, using a mandolin, slice your potatoes thinly and evenly. Be careful, use the guard. If you do not have a mandolin use a very sharp knife and slice very thin rounds. As you cut them immediately place them in a bowl of water. It is important that the potatoes soak to release some of the starch. This is key to a crispy chip. Once you have finished this step and the oil is hot, begin laying the slices out on a dish towel. Dry them gently by patting them and using a wire spatula, or metal one, gently and slowly place in the oil. Let them go for a few minutes on each side. Just when you think, oh it will take another few minutes and you turn your back- they are ready! Remove with spatula and place on paper towels. Immediately sprinkle with salt, cumin, and garlic. Be sure to cook these in batches to ensure even cooking.
Spicy Dipping Sauce
You'll recognize this taste as soon as you eat it! Classics blended together. Serves 4. 23 calories per serving
Here's the recipe:
Fat Free Sour Cream - 2 TBSP
Ketchup (no high fructose) - 2TBSP
Light Miracle Whip - 1 TBSP
Prepared Raw Horseradish - 1 TBSP
Mix all ingredients together and let chill. Use more or less horseradish for your personal tastes. We used this sauce for the pineapple chipotle burger and homemade smokey chips.
Veggie Casserole
Serves 6
135 Calories per serving
Here's the recipe:
(all fresh veggies)
Broccoli - 3 Cups
Squash (summer) - 1 Cup diced
Carrots - 1 Cup diced
Brown rice - 1 Cup
Chicken Stock (or vegetable stock) - 3 Cups
Cream of celery fat free - 1 Can
Fat free shredded cheddar cheese - 1 Cup
Light butter - 1 TBSP
Place rice and 2 cups stock in a sauce pan with the butter. Add a little salt. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and cover until fluffy. Chop veggies and place in steam basket over the remaining cup of stock. I just used a metal strainer in a dutch oven with a lid. Steam veggies until soft while rice is cooking. Go ahead and season veggies with salt and pepper, even a little ground coriander is a nice touch. Once it is all cooked place in an 8x8 casserole dish with the cheese and cream of celery. Mix well. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.
True vegetarians can use vegetable stock. I recommend making your own with veggies and fresh herbs. Or you can use the recipe on this blog for homemade chicken stock. This will add some extra "pick-up" to your rice and vegetables.
The Low Fat Hash Cass
I got the original recipe from my Aunt Jenny. I changed out ingredients for fat free options and cut the quantities. Serves 4
171 calories per serving (2g of fat!)
Here's the recipe:
Frozen hashbrowns - 3 Cups
Fat free shredded cheddar - 1 Cup
Fat free cream of chicken (98% FF) - 1/2 Cup
Fat free sour cream - 1/2 Cup
Corn flakes - 1 Cup
Salt and pepper to taste
In an 8x8 casserole dish mix in cream of chicken, sour cream, and cheese. Add hashbrowns and salt and pepper. Mix together and smooth down. Crush the corn flakes and spread evenly over the top. Place in 350 degree oven 45-50 minutes. It will be cheesey and yummy!!
