Eating My Way Back

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Guilt Free Tortilla Chips!

Chips and salsa is a serious weakness!
It is an appetizer and snack that is one of my absolute favorites.
The Hungry Girl has a great alternative to a bag of tortilla chips.
It is easy and only takes about 15 minutes to make.

Guilt Free Tortilla Chips

Ingredients

2 corn tortillas (per serving)
non-stick spray
salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray.
Cut each tortilla into 6 triangles.
Spread them out, not overlapping, on the cookie sheet.
Spray the top with non-stick spray (optional) and sprinkle evenly with salt.
Bake for 5 minutes, flip them over, bake for 4 more minutes.
Serve with some good guacamole and salsa!

*This snack is about 120 calories per serving!

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Skinny Red Velvet Cupcakes

We were on vacation for Friday Night Dessert Night this week, so I made some cookies ahead of time and took them with us.

We got home from vacation on the 4th of July, and because it's a holiday, dessert was a necessity.

Trying to keep within the lines of getting skinnier, I thought we would give these a try and make them patriotic while we were at it.

Skinny Red Velvet Cupcakes

recipe adapted from Gina's Skinny Recipes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 cup white whole wheat flour
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp white vinegar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 egg
2 egg whites
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup reduced fat buttermilk
1 tbsp red food coloring

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 and line the tins with cupcake liners.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flours, salt, cocoa, and baking powder.
In another bowl, beat sugar, applesauce and butter.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In another bowl mix together the baking soda and vinegar and set aside.
Add half of the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and mix well.
Add buttermilk and food coloring and mix well.
Add the remaining dry ingredients and fold in vinegar and soda mixture.
Pour into prepared muffin tins and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Top with low fat cream cheese frosting.

These cupcakes have 141 calories in each. I added about 1 tablespoon of Betty Crocker Cream Cheese Frosting to each adding 70 calories. This made each cupcake only 211 calories!

I hope everyone had a happy Fourth of July!