Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts
Thursday, January 8, 2009

Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes

servings | 24
estimated POINTS® values per serving
| 2
Ingredients

1 box Pillsbury Reduced Sugar Devils Food Cake mix

12 oz of diet root beer (or any other diet soda)

1 container Pillsbury Reduced Sugar Chocolate Fudge frosting

Instructions
Mix soda and cake mix - do not add anything else!

pour into 24 cupcake tins, bake according to box directions

scoop all the frosting into a bowl, beat for several minutes to fluff up the frosting

liberally frost the cupcakes

2 points a piece, 5 points for 2
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Double Blueberry Oatmeal

Combine 1 cup cooked oatmeal with 1/2 C blueberries and 1 tsp brown sugar. Serve with another 1/2 C blueberries on the side (3)

Vegetable Omelet

In medium skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking Spray, cook 2 Tbsp each finely chopped onion, diced green bell pepper, and 1/4 C diced cooked red potatoe till softened. In bowl, beat together 1 egg and 1 egg white; add to vegetable mixture. Cook till set. (2.5)

Breakfast Sandwich

Top 1 slice reduced calorie whole-wheat toast with vegetarian sausage type breakfast patty & 2 Tbsp shredded LF Monterey Jack Cheese. Broil till cheese is melted, then top with another slice of toast (3)

Breakfast Ideas

Here are some Breakfast Ideas from Weight Watcher Book I got a few years ago when I went to weight watcher meetings. I know some of these may not be precise on the points so always calculate the points if you follow weight watchers The points will be in Parenthesis.

1 cup cooked oatmeal,sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar substitute (2)
1 cup of FF Milk (2)
1 cup of grapes (1)

1 cup of whole-grain ready to eat cereal (2)
1 orange (1)

Fruit n' Yogurt Crunch-
top 1 cup of whole grain cereal with 1 cup of light vanilla yogurt and 1 chopped pear (5)

1 small grapefruit (1)

7 Sweet Treats With Biscuits

Refrigerated biscuit dough makes the perfect shell for wonderful tart fillings. Prepare the shells in advance and snacks are a snap! To prepare shells,preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pul Biscuits apart. You'll need seven biscuits. (Wrap extra biscuit dough in plastic wrap and refridgerate for another time.) Roll out each of the seven unbaked biscuits to a 4" diameter. Line each of the large muffins cups with one rolled-out piece of dough. (using large muffins cups will give you shallow,wide shells.)
Prick dough all over with a fork to prevent dough from rising too much while baking. Bake shells till lightly browned, About 10 mins. (timing will vary depending on your oven). Cool,then remove shells from Muffin Cups and place in a resealable zip-top plastic bag and refridgerate till your ready to Use them. Fill one biscuit shell each day to make the following Treats:


1. Mini-Chocolate Cream Pie- Fill on biscuit shell with 1/3 C Fat-Free Chocolate pudding, Top with 2 Tbsp. Fat-Free Whipped Topping-3 Weight Watcher Points

2. Lemon Tart- Mix together 2 Tbsp Fat-Free whipped topping and 1 Tbsp lemon Curd; fill one biscuit shell with mixture. Top with 1/3 C. Blueberries- 3 Weight Watcher Points

3. Creamy Strawberry Pie- Fill One Biscuit shell with 1/4 C. Sugar Free Strawberry-Flavored gelatin. Top with 1/2 C. sliced Strawberries mixed with 3 Tbsp Fat Free Whipped topping. -- 3 Weight Watcher Points

4. Apple Tart- In small saucepan combine 1 pared,vored and diced small apple,3 Tbsp water, 1 Tbsp granulated sugar, and 1/8 tsp of Ground Cinnamon. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer till apple is softened;cool. Fold in 2 Tbsp Fat Free whipped Topping & spoon into one biscuit shell. --3 Weight Watcher Points

5. Pineapple Treat- Preheat broiler. Fill one biscuit shell with 1/4 C drained canned unsweetened pineapple chunks. Sprinkle with 2 tsp brown sugar;broil till sugar is melted. Top with 2 Tbsp FF Whipped Topping- 3 Weight Watcher Points

6. Fruit 'n' Cream- Mix Together 1/4 c FF Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding,1/4 C Chopped grapes, & 2 Tbsp FF Whipped Topping; spoon into one biscuit shell- 3 Weight Watcher Points

7. Blueberry Yogurt Tart- Fill one biscuit shell with 1/2 C light vanilla yogurt. Top with 1/3 C Blueberries--3 Weight Watchers Points