Strawberry Sprite Cake, LOW FAT

This cake is sooooo easy. I totally stole the idea from Angela's blog. She said it was a Weight Watchers recipe so it instantly caught my eye as I'm trying to lose 15 pounds.

Ingredients:

Strawberry Cake Mix

Sprite or Sprite Zero

Sugar Free or Fat Free Cool Whip, thawed

Strawberries

Directions:

1. Mix together 12 ounces of Sprite Zero and the cake mix. DO NOT add the eggs and oil. Literally just the mix and sprite zero. It will be slightly lumpy. And don't ya'll use that whole thing of Sprite Zero in the picture. I just measured out my 12 ounces :)

2. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until done. The cake will not rise and it will be a little sticky. It's okay because it's still delish!

3. Let cool

4. Enjoy with cool whip and strawberries on top. It's like a strawberry version of angel food cake. YUM!

Fresh Homemade Applesauce

I LOVE FALL!!! I bought a big bag of Empire apples at Fairmount Orchard on Signal Mountain this week and wanted to make Lauren some yummy applesauce :) Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Apples - I used around 12 small Empire apples

Water

Sugar - 1/4 cup

Cinnamon - Optional

1. Core apples. Cute into chunky pieces and place in a crock pot.
2. Cover 1/2 of the apples with water. It's important not to cover the apples or they will turn out super watery. You can always add water later if you need to.

3. Cover apples with 1/4 cup of sugar

4. Add as much cinnamon as you would like
5. Cover and cook on low heat 3-4 hours. Just check on them during the cooking process to see how soft they are getting.
6. When they get soft, just mash them up to the consistency that you like. Serve warm or cold....yummmm!

Easy Breakfast Tacos

So I bought some low fat tortillas and was thinking what I could make with them. Growing up in Texas, we always had breakfast tacos when we went out to restaurants or at home. I would just love it if we had some good places here to get them BUT we don't so I made my own!

Ingredients:

4 eggs (for 2 people)

Green pepper, sliced thin

Onion, sliced thin

Mushrooms, sliced

Tomato, sliced thin

Low fat or fat free shredded cheese

96% fat free tortillas

Directions:

1. Scramble eggs as you would normally. I always beat mine in a bowl and add a tiny bit of milk and then scramble

2. Add all veggies to the eggs while they are cooking

3. Add egg mixture to your tortillas

4. Add cheese on top

YUM YUM :)

Yummy Snack

So I love to snack - who doesn't, right?!?! This is one of my favorite, guilt free snacks, when I'm craving something crunchy!

1 serving tostitos baked chips

Salsa

Onions

Green Peppers

Cheese slice

• Place 1 serving of chips in a bowl
• Cut the cheese slice into little pieces and place over the chips
• Microwave 20 seconds
• Cover with salsa, onions, and peppers

YUM!!

Notes:

• You can always use a different kind of chip. I just choose the baked as I'm on weight watchers
• I use the 2% american cheese, the Wal-Mart brand. It's only 1 point per slice
• I like a chunky salsa because I feel like I'm getting "more" for my point value
• I love onions and peppers and they have 0 points so I load my bowl up. But you can always eliminate!

JCrew Flip Flops

JCrew flip flops are on sale right now for only $9.99. (Select Styles). My mom & I each got 2 pairs this weekend. They are FABULOUS, squishy yet so comfortable, some have a wedge which I love, and they are super nice and not cheap. Go get some!!!

Mexican Chicken

I totally took this recipe off of http://www.kellyskornerrecipes.blogspot.com

It just looked so yummy so I wanted to try it. I LOVED it so I had to share.

Ingredients:

• 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked & cut into pieces
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 can of rotel
• shredded cheddar cheese - I totally use the whole bag
• 1 package of small corn tortillas
• Doritos, I use the salsa flavor but you can use any flavor you want

Directions:

• Bake chicken at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until cooked. Cool and cut into bit size pieces
• Meanwhile, mix together the cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, and rotel
• Line a 10 by 13 pan with the corn tortillas (just rip the tortillas into pieces) and crushed doritos (I used about 1/4 of the bag)
• Place the bit sized chicken on top of the tortillas & doritos
• Cover with the soup and rotel mixture
• Cover with shredded cheddar cheese
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
• Take out of oven and cover with more crushed doritos

Notes:

• I used the low fat soups and low fat shredded cheese and it turned out great
• You can eliminate the doritos but we really liked it with them. It adds an extra crunch & yummy flavor
• You can always add onions, peppers, or anything of that nature to the soup/rotel mixture for extra flavor
• Serve with refried beans & Mexican rice

YUMO :) and EASY!

Homeade BBQ Chicken Pizza

Nothing bothers me more than wasted food...okay, maybe some things :) For example, I really don't like grilling 4 pieces of chicken, only eating 2, & then forgetting about the other 2. A couple of nights ago, Todd & I grilled chicken & I needed something to make with the other 2. BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA!!

Ingredients:

• Pizza dough. You can buy this all ready to go in the refrigerated section of your grocery store, usually where the cheeses are. I bought the 3 mini pizza pack but you can buy 1 large pizza if you'd like
  
• 1 green pepper, sliced thin
• 1 red pepper, sliced thin
• 1/2 of a red onion, sliced thin
• BBQ sauce, pick your favorite
• Pizza shredded cheese pack, use 1 cup or more if you'd like
• boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced into cubes. I used 2.5 breasts for 3 mini pizzas

Directions:

1. Cook Chicken in the oven or grill it. Let cool. 
2. While the chicken is cooling, spread the BBQ sauce over the pizza crust(s) until the crust has a layer of sauce
3. Add chopped chicken
4. Add the thin slices of peppers and onion
5. Bake at the temperature and time that is on the back of the pizza crust package
6. Take out of oven and cover with shredded cheese
7. Continue baking until cheese is melted

Notes:

This turned out amazing!!! I just loved it! I used Sticky Fingers' BBQ sauce (Carolina Sweet flavor) and low fat shredded cheese