One of the tricks to keeping dips light is serve them with vegetables instead of chips and crackers. Chips and crackers are high in calories and carbs. Veggies I love to serve with dips are carrots, celery, zucchini slices, and cucumber slices. If you are taking the dip to a friends house then offer chips …
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Mini Bacon & Cheese Frittatas
I was so excited I got to use my new silicone muffin pans to make these little yummies. I had been really wanting to get some silicone pans because egg is so hard to clean off metal pans! But I wanted to start making mini frittatas. These little beauties slipped right out of the pan! …
Powdered Pumpkin Protein Doughnuts
Happy National Doughnut Day! When I saw today was National Doughnut Day I knew I needed to cross off pumpkin doughnuts off of my recipe list for the month! These moist little baked nuggets are good for you and good tasting! They are only 17 calories each with 1 gram of protein in each doughnut! …
Twice Baked Mashed “Potatoes” (Cauliflower)
No potatoes were harmed in the making of this dish! Actually this dish is low calorie and low carb by substituting potatoes with cauliflower. I have used cauliflower to replace rice in my diet and I had heard of people using it to replace mashed potatoes. With thanksgiving coming right around the corner I wanted …
Cheesy Lemon Pepper Broccoli
The last year or two I have made a point to always bring my own healthy options to our family potlucks. That way I know I will have a healthy option that I can fill my plate up if nothing else fits into my diet. I have really enjoyed having the Handi Foil pans. If I need …
Garlic & Fresh Herb Carrot Soup
I try to cut costs on my baking by only picking up one fresh herb for each week. This way we get to enjoy the flavor of fresh herbs in our food, but I don’t have to stress about the herbs going bad before I use them up. I do look through our recipes for …