Sometimes I just put something super easy together and it ends up being delicious, but I forget to tell anyone because it doesn’t really seem like cooking haha. Today I had a super delicious, healthy and filling lunch that I will probably end up repeating for like a week haha.

*1 sun dried tomato extreme wellness tortilla
*1 wedge lite laughing cow garlic herb cheese
* 1 tbs light ranch dressing
*3ish oz grilled chicken breast
*sliced red pepper
*diced tomato
*spinach

When Steve and I are on top of things, we keep grilled chicken breast on hand so this yummy wrap took me about 5 min to put together. Just spread the laughing cow on the tortilla, chop up the other stuff and put it on top and roll it up and enjoy for a lovely 250 calories!

Also, has anyone else ever tried A&W diet cream soda? Delicious. Some night this week I will be making a cream soda float with some fat free vanilla bean fro yo!

And get ready and excited for tomorrow because I will be posting skinnified versions of the salted oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and sour cream cranberry bars that I am making for the Tony Awards party!

Ummmm pretty much anything with Nutella makes me drool. Jacob said “this is my favorite cookie you’ve ever made!” I made 3 dozen and they were gone by the end of our memorial day BBQ. Heeerrreee we go…!

I love a good bring your own meat bbq. It means I get to go pick out my own nice 6 oz piece of fish, be responsible for the highest calorie part of a bbq: the sides, and invite everyone I love over but not spend a gazillion dollars. Soooo I made these 2 delicious sides. They are not the lowest ever in calories and to be honest I have no idea what I serving size would be so I’m not going to tally up the calories, but they are much better than the alternatives and nutritious and delicious!

Sweet Potato Salad:
*3 l bs sweet potatoes cubed (you can peel them, but the skin has all sorts of vitamins, so if you don’t have an aversion, I suggest keeping it)
*1.5 cups non fat plain greek yogurt
*1 tbs packed splenda brown sugar blend
*drizzle sugar free maple syrup
*1 cup walnuts chopped
*3/4 cup raisins
*cinnamon to taste

Boil sweet potatoes until tender but not mushy (approx 7-8 min). Combine yogurt with splenda brown sugar, syrup and cinnamon. Add potatoes and stir. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Refrigerate and enjoy!

Macaroni Salad:
*13 oz box whole wheat macaroni
*1.5 cups light miracle whip
*2 tbs dijon mustard
*1 bundle celery chopped
*chopped clausen dill pickles to taste
*6 hard boiled egg whites chopped
*3 hard boiled eggs chopped
*salt, pepper, spike and paprika to taste

Boil macaroni until al dente. Drain. Mix in all other ingredients. Refrigerate and enjoy! Sooo easy!

So it’s not a recipe, today I decided to post something different. I’ve been reading this blog which I found from an other blog I love. Whoo I feel fancy. That was my first time turning words into links! Haha, anyway, I was reading the first blog “Carrots n cake” and reading some of her work outs before I went to the gym this morning so I got motivated and decided to make up my own running interval work out and see how it went. Well, it kicked my ass and so today I decided I’d post a work out to change things up :O)

Now I usually get a little self conscious to talk about things that are hard for me work out wise because I feel like everyone else will think it’s easy and I will feel lame, but whatever. I’m not a good runner or even an actual runner for that matter, but I like it and my body responds best to short amounts of time due to totally awfully constructed achilles tendins that are far too short, so today I did this:

*2 min walk (3.5)
*2 min jog (5.5)
*2 min walk (3.5)
*2 min jog (6.0)
*2 min walk (3.5)
*2 min run (6.5)
*2 min walk (3.5)
*2 min run (7.0)
*2 min walk (3.5)
*2 min run (7.5)
*3 min walk (3.5….I needed an extra minute and it made the first half an even 30 min)
*2 min run (8.0…OUCH!)
*5 min recovery walk (3.0)
Thennnn….
I repeated the whole thing in one minute spurts, then walked 2 min @ 3.5 and because all of the sudden I wanted to prove something to myself sprinted a minute @ 8.5 and looked like a total freak I’m sure haha.

So that took me to 45 min then I just walked @ 3.0 until I hit 4 mi which I decided was a good stopping point which took like an other 8 min. So those of you that are way more in shape than me could def bump up the interval times, add an incline or increase the speeds, but I was pretty surprised at how sweaty and tired I actually got. At 6.5 I was like “I GOT THIS” then at 7.5 I was like “Uhmmm…can I really actually get through 8.0?!” But I CAN and I did and even if you think you can’t, I suspect that you can surprise yourself!

I’ve been in a total on and off work out rut, but today made me feel good! I think I’m getting my motivation back–I hope so anyway! :O)

• 2.5 pounds sweet potatoes
• Salt
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 4 tablespoons fat free I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
• 1 cup fat free sour cream
• black pepper
• nutmeg, to taste
• 2 pounds ground turkeybreast
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 small chile peppers, red fresno, jalapeno or serrano
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 to 3 large cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon smoked sweet paprika
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 2 to 3 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup shredded 2% sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded fat free cheddar cheese

Directions

So yesterday I made a brunch to celebrate my brother and law’s engagement!!! EEEE!!! The website I use couldn’t figure all of the calories exactly so I am doing my best based on what it could do and the labels. Steve said “This is my favorite thing you’ve ever made!” So I think it was a success. :O)

*1 8oz pckg red fat crescent rolls
*12 egg whites
*4 whole eggs
*1 onion
*1 bell pepper
*1 can green chilis
*1/3 cup fat free cheddar
*2 oz goat cheese
*1 lb faux sausage (Deann eats veggie so it was my first experience with fake meat, but I was pleasantly surprised!)
*2 cloves garlic
*Mexi spices (I used cumin and chili powder)
*Splash chalulah
*Splash fat free half and half

Preheat oven to 350. Spray 9×13 pan. Dice garlic, onion and bell pepper and sautee in a sprayed non stick pan with salt, pepper, cumin and chili powder. Combine egg whites and eggs with a splash of half and half and a couple shakes of chalulah. Add salt and pepper. Chop soy sausage and add to veggies once they are tender. Spread crescent dough along bottom of pan and get rid of creases. Pour veggies and soy sausage on top, add green chilis, then egg mixture. Top with 1/3 cup fat free cheddar and goat cheese (I just used my hands to crumble it up). Bake at 350 for about 30 min or until the center is set. Top with salsa and fat free sour cream!

Makes 12 servings at approx 225 calories a piece. Yummmm!

With this, I made a sweet potato hash (double yum!) I didn’t measure anything so I can’t give you nutrition info, but I can tell you that it is delicious and good way to get some good carbs!

*1 red onion
*2 huge sweet potatoes
*1 tbs-ish splenda brown sugar blend
*1 tbs-ish cinnamon
*drizzle sugar free maple syrup
*drizzle olive oil
*2 tbs-ish fat free I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
*pinch nutmeg

Super easy. Chop onions and potatoes to desired size and sautee in olive oil adding the other ingredients + salt and pepper as you go. Cook it the potatoes are your desired softness.

Probably my fav skinnified dessert to date! I was looking for a dessert to make for Steve for Valentines Day and looked up some no bake cheesecake recipes and then kind of made this one up from reading a couple. Sooo easy and sooo delicious! And there’s two versions that I’m going to post, but you could do so many things with it!

Chocolate version:
1 8oz block reduced fat cream cheese, softened (you could prob even do fat free if you wanted to cut more, but I haven’t tried it)
1 tub fat free cool whip, softened
Approx 1/4 cup splenda (you could do more or less depending on how sweet you like it…in fact I didn’t measure. I just poured little amounts in until it was the right sweetness for me)
Approx 2 tbs splenda brown sugar blend
1 tsp vanilla
2 packets diet hot cocoa (the 25 calorie kind)
1 sugar free dark chocolate bar, chopped (Trader Joe’s has the best ones!)

With a hand or stand mixer, blend cream cheese with splendas. Add vanilla. Fold in cool whip. When the cool whip is incorporated, add in the hot cocoa powder and mix with a spatula, then fold in chopped chocolate. Evenly divide between 12 lined muffin tins and chill for about 2 hours. When you’re ready to eat, top with fat free whipped cream and a drizzle of sugar free chocolate syrup! Or you can eat them with no topping because they are still delicious!

Mocha:

Follow exact same directions except swap the 2 packets of diet hot cocoa with approx 2 tbs (or to taste) or sugar free mocha mix.

Each cheesecake has about 140 calories. Yummmm! Enjoy!

I have been hard core craving pastries especially muffins lately for whatever reason and today I decided I needed to make it happen, so I got creative and I couldn’t be more excited about the result! Here we go

*2/3 cup whole wheat flour
*2/3 cup rolled oats
*2/3 cup milled flax seed
*1 tbs baking powder
*Pinch salt
*1/4 cup peanut butter (I used to crunchy natural kind yummm)
*1/4 cup non fat plain greek yogurt
*1 tbs honey
*1 tbs molasses
*1 tbs splenda brown sugar
*1 tbs regular splenda
*1 tsp vanilla
*1 tsp cinnamon
*1 1/2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Preheat oven to 350. Whisk together flour, oats, flax, baking soda and salt. Cut in peanut butter and yogurt (I used a fork at first then just used my hands…it’s easiest and the most fun!) until its combined but crumbly. Add remaining ingredients, and mix together. Bake about 12 minutes in greased or lined muffin tins. I had enough batter for 12 regulars and 8 minis.

A regular muffin comes in at about 90 calories, 4 g fat, 11 g carbs, 2 g fiber, 2.5 g sugar and 3 g protein. A mini is half that. Yummmm. Top with some fat free whipped cream and a drizzle of sugar free chocolate syrup and you’re still only looking at about 100 calories total. Enjoy!

Ok so I modified the chicken cordon blue pretty much from the hungry girl recipe (in case you never look at her stuff, she is like super skinnifier!), but I changed it a little and it is super lean and super delicious.

*2 8 oz boneless skinless chicken breasts
*3 wedges laughing cow lite cheese (I used the french onion flavor. The swiss is probably more traditional to the flavor, but I liked the french onion)
*6 slices canadian bacon
*4 tbs part skim mozzarella
*Salt, pepper, garlic powder, italian seasonings

Pound chicken breasts out to about 1/2″ thick. Cut in half to make 4. Season to taste with salt, pepper, garlic powder and italian seasonings. Spread 3 wedges of laughing cow evenly between the 4 chickens. Top with 1 and a half slice each of canadian bacon. Roll up and secure with a tooth pick. Bake in a foil covered dish at 350 for 20 min, remove foil and cook for an additional 15 min, sprinkle each chicken with 1 tbs part skim mozzarella and let finish cooking for an other 5 min. Super easy.

Serves 4 @ 250 calories each so you can eat it with a biiiig serving of…

Any flavor fat free sugar free pudding mixed with 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk. After you mix together, pour into 2 bowls (The recipe says its four servings, but trust me you will want to have half the package and you CAN!) and chill for about 20 min (I put mine in the freezer because I’m impatient, but be careful because it can get icy if you don’t watch it). Top with 4 tbs fat free whipped cream (then I mix it all together because it’s most delicious that way :O) )and enjoy for 100 calories! Yummmm.

Sorry it’s been so long! I’m gonna try to be better!

PS: Walmart sells these new extreme wellness tortillas that have more fiber than carbs and only 70 calories each! I LOVE them!

So this recipe was actually given to me by a trainer at the gym, but I modified a little bit and it is surprisingly delicious and filling!

*1/2 cup rolled oats
*6 egg whites
*1 tsp splenda brown sugar blend
*2 tbs sugar free maple syrup, divided
*1 tsp vanilla extract
*cinnamon
*nutmeg

Combine oats, egg whites, splenda, 1 tbs sf maple syrup, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add cinnamon and nutmeg to taste (a little nutmeg goes a LONG way so I suggest a nice dusting of cinnamon and a tiny pinch of nutmeg, or you can omit the nutmeg all together). Spray a large pan and pour batter into individual pancakes. Flip when the bottoms are set. When finished, top with remaining syrup. I also like to make these with turkey bacon. Yummm.

Makes 2 170 calorie servings. Enjoy!

Who doesn’t love an Egg McMuffin? It’s one of those things I was really excited when I learned to recreate and now am extra excited that I figured out a South Beach Phase 1 friendly version. For anyone not familiar, the first phase of South Beach is like an actually healthy version of Atkins-no starches but you don’t eat like 10 pieces of bacon for breakfast. All meats and cheeses have to be lean. So here’s version 1 with starches:

*1/2 double fiber whole wheat english muffin
*2 egg whites
*1 piece turkey bacon
*1 slice reduced fat any cheese you like (I like this version with sharp cheddar)
*salt
*pepper

So for this one you need those little circular things that hold the egg on your pan. Spray the pan and the circular things liberally and drop egg whites inside 1 circle egg holder. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook at medium heat until the egg begins to firm up and you are able to take away the holder without it falling apart. On a separate pan, cook your bacon. Once the egg is released and set almost all the way through (with very little liquid still at the top) flip, top with cheese and muffin and cook for an other few seconds, then transfer to a plate and top with turkey bacon!

Comes out @ 200 calories-if you’re really hungry you could double it and use the whole muffin, but foods like cheese add up and if you doubled, I would recommend sticking at 1 piece of cheese to keep it @ 320 rather than 400.

My fancier South Beach friendly Egg McMuffins:

*3 egg whites
*2 slices canadian bacon (don’t tell my dad!)
*1/4 cup imitation lump crab meat
*1/4 cup spinach, chopped
*1 slice reduced fat cheese (I use Havarti for this one)
*1 tbs fat free cream cheese
*dash almond milk
*salt
*pepper
*garlic powder

Beat egg whites with dash almond milk, mix in chopped spinach and crab meat (I just break the crab meat apart by hand, but you can also chop it). Drop into 2 circular egg holders on a pan (greasing both the pan and holders well before hand). Add salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste (it would also taste good with some basil I bet!). Cook on medium heat. Meanwhile spread 1/2 tbs fat free cream cheese on each slice of canadian bacon. When eggs are set, remove holders. Flip when cooked almost all the way through. Top one egg with cheese followed by canadian bacon and the other with just the other slice of canadian bacon. Allow to sit until the cheese starts too melt. Transfer cheesy one to the plate first bacon side down and top with non cheesy one. This one I use a fork and knife but Steve still just picked his up like a sandwhich lol.

This one comes in a liiiiittle higher at 230 calories, but for a breakfast that will keep you full throughout the day that’s packed with protein, totally worth it! If you don’t normally keep crab meat in the house, it’s still delicious without and you save yourself 40 calories. Enjoy!

I never thought I liked meatloaf until I tried Heather’s recipe and I have made it for lots of friends and family who loved it. Here is my version, thanks to Heath for original! :O)

*3 egg whites
*3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (for all you haters, in meatloaf you honestly can’t taste the difference!)
*1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal
*1/2 cup chopped onion
*1 tsp salt
*1/2 tsp rubbed sage
*1 tsp pepper
*1 tsp garlic powder
*1 1/4 lbs 99% lean ground turkey
*1 cup reduced sugar ketchup
*1/4 cup packed splenda brown sugar blend
*1 tsp worcestershire sauce

In a large bowl beat egg whites. Add almond milk, oatmeal, onion, and spices. Add turkey and mix well (I just use my hands and get up in there-that’s the fun part!) Now I use an actual bread loaf pan, but you can use any baking pan–you want it about 8×4 and I recommend lining with tin foil. Combine remaining ingredients, spread 3/4 cup mixture over meat loaf, Bake at 350 for 60-65 min, or until meat is done. Let stand a few minutes, slice and serve with remaining sauce. Makes 4 servings if you eat a lot like me :O)

My calorie website didn’t understand low sugar ketchup , so with reg ketchup, it comes out to 291 calories a serving, but probably more like 275.

Compare at 478 calories in the original!

Enjoy! :O)