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Lemonade Frozen Yogurt

Posted on : 17-08-2009 | By : Dave | In : Desserts, Recipes

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frozyogAnother great, calorie sensitive frozen treat for the Summer!  From MyRecipes.com.

Ingredients:
1 quart (32 oz.) vanilla low-fat yogurt
12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 cup half-and-half
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar

Directions:
1. In a bowl, whisk together yogurt, lemonade concentrate, half-and-half, lemon juice, and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Chill until cold, about 30 minutes.

2. Freeze mixture in an ice cream maker (1 1/2-qt. capacity) according to manufacturer’s instructions, until motor stops or dasher is hard to turn. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until firm enough to scoop, about 2 hours (see notes).

Nutritional Info:
Serving size: 1/2 cup.
Yield:  Makes about 1 1/2 quarts

CALORIES 190 (16% from fat); FAT 3.3g (sat 2.1g); CHOLESTEROL 11mg; CARBOHYDRATE 37g; SODIUM 61mg; PROTEIN 4.4g; FIBER 0.1g

Strawberry-Buttermilk Gelato

Posted on : 15-08-2009 | By : Dave | In : Desserts, Recipes

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gelatoA great, easy frozen dessert that won’t blow your diet!  Puréed strawberries create the “juice” that flavors this creamy gelato.  Courtesy of CookingLight.com.

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
5 cups quartered strawberries (about 4 pints)
2 cups low-fat buttermilk

Directions:
Combine sugar and water in a large saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pour into a large bowl; cool completely.

Place strawberries in a blender, and process until smooth. Add strawberry purée and buttermilk to sugar syrup; stir to combine.

Pour the strawberry mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer, and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Nutritional Information:
Yield:  8 cups (serving size: 1/2 cup)

CALORIES 134 (5% from fat); FAT 0.8g (sat 0.3g,mono 0.2g,poly 0.1g); IRON 0.3mg; CHOLESTEROL 1mg; CALCIUM 48mg; CARBOHYDRATE 31.7g; SODIUM 17mg; PROTEIN 1.6g; FIBER 1.7g

Low-Cal Chocolate Parfaits

Posted on : 14-08-2009 | By : Dave | In : Desserts, Recipes

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chocparfA low-cal chocolate dessert?  You bet!  Courtesy of MyRecipes.com.

Prep: 20 min., Chill: 1 hr.

Ingredients:
1 (1.4-oz.) package fat-free, sugar-free chocolate instant pudding mix
2 cups 1% low-fat milk
1/2 cup light sour cream
1 (8-oz.) container fat-free frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided
3/4 cup chocolate graham cracker crumbs (4 cracker sheets)
1 tablespoon freshly grated chocolate

Instructions:
1. Whisk together first 3 ingredients in a bowl until blended and smooth. Fold in 1 1/2 cups whipped topping.

2. Spoon 1 Tbsp. crumbs into each of 6 (4-oz.) glasses, and top with 1/3 cup pudding mixture. Repeat layers with remaining crumbs and pudding mixture. Top each parfait evenly with remaining whipped topping and grated chocolate. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.

Nutritional Information:
Yield:  Makes 6 servings

CALORIES 196 (22% from fat); FAT 4.6g (sat 2.3g,mono 1.3g,poly 0.3g); IRON 0.7mg; CHOLESTEROL 10mg; CALCIUM 101mg; CARBOHYDRATE 31.8g; SODIUM 306mg; PROTEIN 4.9g; FIBER 0.2g

Healthy Recipe of the Day: 7.13.2009

Posted on : 13-07-2009 | By : Dave | In : Desserts, Recipes

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Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake Bites

A great, easy dessert that is both low cal and low carb.  Courtesy of SparkRecipes.

Ingredients
Vanilla extract, imitation, alcohol, 0.5 tsp
Splenda, 1tbsp
Cream Cheese, Fat Free, 5 tbsp
Hershey’s Cocoa, Special Dark, .5-1 tbsp
Light Whipped Topping, 16 tbsp (1 cup)
Chocolate Chips, Mini Semisweet, 1 tbsp

Directions
Mix coolwhip, cream cheese, vanilla, and splenda (using mixer, blender, or bowl and fork).

For chocolate cheesecake bites, add cocoa and stir in thorougly (to create swirl cheesecakes, divide batter in half and add the cocoa to half the batter – mix thoroughly, then recombine batter, swirling chocolate batter into plain batter).

Spoon into 10-15 slots of an ice cube tray.

Top each bite with 5-10 mini chocolate chips, one teaspoon sugar free chocolate syrup, or smucker’s sugar free fruit preserves (rasberry, strawberry, blueberry, etc – 3 calories per teaspoon).

Freeze for 2 hrs. After fully freezing, they should pop right out, or you might need to run water over the bottom of the tray to help them come out.

Nutritional Information
Fat: 1.1g
Carbohydrates: 3.3g
Calories: 29.8
Protein: 1.0g