Low Calorie Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/4 cups unsweetened applesauce
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup water
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
6 cups oats
1/2 bag (6 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Bake 10 minutes @ 350 degrees.

Makes 60 cookies to equal 68 calories each!

Low Calorie Banana Bread

7 ripe bananas
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking soda
3 cups whole wheat flour

Mix.
Pour into 9 x 13 pan (sprayed).
Bake 1 hour @ 350 degrees.

Cut into 55 squares to equal 56 calories each!

Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

3 cups Whole wheat flour
1 tsp.   Iodized Salt
1 T.     Sugar
1 T.     Bertolli Extra Light Olive Oil
1 pkg. (2 1/4 tsp.) Fleischmann's - Pizza Crust Yeast
1 cup  warm water a little cornmeal Add salt, sugar, oil and yeast to warm water.   Let set 5 min. Stir.  Add flour. Knead dough 3-5 minutes.  Cover with a towel and let rise 1/2 hour or more.  Roll out dough.  Place on stoneware pan sprinkled with corn meal.  I pre-bake for 5 minutes @ 425 before adding my toppings but you don't have to.  (At this point, you can let the slices cool and then add them to freezer bags marked "Whole Wheat Pizza Crust 116 calories each".  I cut pieces of wax paper and put between each slice. Put them in your freezer to be pulled out and put in the toaster oven when you want a slice of pizza for lunch without the temptation of the eating the entire pizza.)  After adding your toppings to the pre-baked crust, bake an additional 10 minutes-ish.  ;) Cut into 12 slices for 116 calories each! * If you decide to use 1 1/2 cups white flour and 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, you will increase the calories to 122 calories for 1/12th of the crust.  You may have better luck getting your family to eat it that way though.  ;) I got this recipe from my friend, Joan, but I've tweaked it a little to personalize it.  Personalizing a recipe is something I love to do!

Spice Cookies

2 c      Whole wheat flour
1 c       Brown sugar
1 tsp.   Baking soda
4          Egg whites
1/2 c    Unsweetened applesauce
1/2 tsp. Ground cloves
1 tsp.    Cinnamon

Mix all ingredients. It's best to add the flour last.
Teaspoon size scoops on baking stone (or foil lined & sprayed cookie sheet.)
Bake 6 or 7 minutes at 350 degrees.
Makes 6 dozen small cookies. (72 cookies.)

Each cookie is 24 Calories and has no fat!  I love them!

I baked mine on a small bar pan (stoneware) a few at a time in the toaster oven.  This way, I won't be tempted to eat the whole batch.  I refrigerated the unbaked portion until I was ready to bake more.



I found this recipe in a cookbook called "Busy People's Low-Fat Cookbook" by Dawn Hall.  I tweaked the recipe a bit for my own use by exchanging the white sugar with brown. I also used unsweetened applesauce instead of regular applesauce.  This cut the calories from 39 to 24!  A great book full of wonderful ideas and worth buying!

Corndog Muffins

1 package Jiffy corn muffin mix (8.5 oz)
2 Oscar Mayer turkey franks (no nitrates, nitrites, or preservatives)

Make corn muffins according to box directions (I use soy milk).
Slice two turkey franks into preferred size disks.
Evenly distribute disks into each of the unbaked muffins.
Bake according to directions on box.

Delicious, filling and much healthier than the store bought corn dogs. Only 81 calories each!

*You can lower the calories by using skim milk and only the egg white.  :)

Chocolate PB Rice Cake

Mix together: 
1 T. Nutella
1 T. Smart Balance Peanut Butter

Spread on: 
1 low sodium rice cake

Now you have a great treat for 225 calories!

Cream of Wheat w/ Brown Sugar and Banana

In your medium microwave safe bowl add:

3 T. Dry Cream of Wheat
3/4 c. Water

Cook in microwave 1 minute.
Stir.
Cook in microwave 30 seconds.
Stir.
Cook in microwave final 30 seconds.

Cut half banana into slices and mash into cream of wheat.
Add 3 tsp. brown sugar.
Stir.

There's breakfast for 218 calories!