Health AND Yummy!!!!!

[LittleDudesMom]

Lisa, thanks for the recipe. I bet if you used egg whites or egg substitute instead of whole eggs you could cut down on the fat. Sub the sugar with splenda for a healthier alternative too! I love blueberries so I will try this one.

Sharon

[trinityroyal]

Oh...I just remembered another one.

Angel cake. Low fat and lower in calories than most other kinds of cake because of all the light ingredients. (Don't have a recipe off-hand. I used to just buy the little pre-fab mini cakes at the supermarket in packages of 6)

I would take one mini cake, and cover it with extra-fruit-half-sugar jam (whatever flavour you like), and a dollop of reduced fat whipped cream.

It tasted SOOOO decadent, yet it was lighter and lower in calories and fat than most other sweet treats.

Haven't done this in a while, because we've cut out buying snack foods. When I have time I will dig up my cookbook and find an Angel Cake recipe.

[LittleDudesMom]

Trinity,

I love Angel Food Cake. I guess that is what you are referring to. I love fresh Strawberries on top! Duncan Hines has a decent box one.

Sharon

[LittleDudesMom]

Hey Ladies, try this one....

Dice some yellow or orange pepper
Dice some sweet onion
Saute with a little olive oil then add some fresh, uncooked shrimp, chunk pineapple, raisins, and a little of the pineapple juice from the can.

Serve over whole wheat cous cous. I add a little crushed red pepper to my serving.

Yummmyyyy!!

Sharon

[trinityroyal]

Trinity,

I love Angel Food Cake. I guess that is what you are referring to. I love fresh Strawberries on top! Duncan Hines has a decent box one.

Sharon

Yes. I think Angel Cake and Angel Food Cake are the same thing.

The pure white, very fluffy and sweet cake, often baked in a Bundt-style pan?
Yup. That's the stuff.

[trinityroyal]

My latest snack food is Edamame (the little soy bean pods that are served in Japanese restaurants as an appetizer)

Costco sells them frozen, by the case, 14? bowls per case.

To prepare, you poke a little hole in the plastic cover on the bowl to let out the steam, and then zap them in the microwave for 3 minutes.

Gently peel back the lid, sprinkle a little sea salt over the top, and then they are ready to eat. You just squeeze the pods and the soy beans pop out.

This is my potato-chip-replacement snack. Salty and a bit crunchy, VERY low cal and low in fat, and full of protein and other goodness.

One of the local supermarkets sells them frozen in large bags, kind of like Green Giant vegetables. If you buy them this way, you can microwave them, or cook them in boiling water for 4 minutes.

[LittleDudesMom]

I have been wanting to try edamame. I've been seeing it more and more lately and the benefits of soy on the "aging woman" are said to be helpful. I may just have to buy a bag at the grocers. If I like them, I'll go the Costco route!

Sharon

[trinityroyal]

My latest healthy and yummy recipe

Shrimp, marinated in Buffalo Wing Sauce (You know, the stuff they use to coat buffalo-style chicken wings) and then grilled on the barbecue.

I take the shells off the shrimp, marinate them in the sauce. Length of time depends on how spicy you like your shrimp. And then just toss them on the barbecue. About 5 minutes per side, until the shrimp feel firm.

The buffalo wing sauce has no fat, no carbs and is listed as zero calories on the nutrition label.

I have also tried this recipe with boneless-skinless chicken, cut into strips. It's not quite as nice as the shrimp, but it works. With the chicken, I like to add a little bit of Green Sauce to the marinade to give it a bit of texture.

For those of you who are wondering, Green Sauce is a Trinidadian marinade. It has the texture of chutney or salsa, smells a bit like jerk chicken spice. I have no idea what's in it or how to make it. My Grannie used to use it, and they sell it in jars in the local supermarket. It also has 0 fat, 0 carbs and practically no calories.

[LittleDudesMom]

To quote Rachel Ray, "YUMMO!" I love spicey food and I am going to try this. My cousin and I grill out together once a week. I already have tomorrow night's dinner planned - center cut port tenderloin rubbed with deli style grain mustard, seared on the grill, then left to cook slowly. Along with that I will have a a skrewer of pot, yellow peps and onions and a skrewer of macintosh apple.

But next week, that Buffalo sauce on chicken or shrimp is mine! I think it might be too spicy for pc. Thanks Trinity!

Sharon

[LittleDudesMom]

Hey ladies, here's a yummy thing to try. I cooked pork on the grill this weekend and I took a couple MacIntosh apples, cubed them (on the big side), make Kabobs, then sprayed them with butter-flavored Pam and sprinkled them with cinnamon. Then I grilled them. Delish!!!!!

Sharon