Diet Cake Recipe

Diet Cake Recipe

Dump the cake mix into a mixing bowl. Empty your diet beverage of choice in with the cake mix. Mix on high for 3-5 mins. Take your baking vessle of choice, grease it up with some non-stick spray and pour in the mix.

Bake in an oven at 350 degrees for 40-45 mins.

That's it! No eggs and no oil! Just the mix and a can of diet soda. And this works for all cake flavors! Chocolate, Vanilla, White, Rainbow, Strawberry, Spice. Add a dollop of Fat Free Cool Whip to your slice and enjoy!

A Cool Down Treat

Smoothies are a great and healthy treat to cool down this summer. You can make a great strawberry and yogurt smoothies for you and your family instead of the boring ice cream on the cone. The yogurt is a good source of immune-booster and nutritious ingredient for you. Here is a great recipe for a "Creamsicle Smoothie" that found on Prevention.com:

Creamsicle Smoothie = 170 calories
1 navel orange, peeled
1/4 cup fat-free half and half or fat-free yogurt (option of orange flavor)
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate
4 ice cube

Breakfast Berry Smoothie = 225 calories
1 banana, cut into chucks
1/2 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup frozen unsweetened blueberries
1/4 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries
1 teaspoon peanut butter (optional)
1/2 teaspoon honey

My Favorite Smoothie = 290 calories
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1 banana
1/2 cup orange juice
6 frozen strawberries

Pineapple Smoothie = 290 calories
1 cup low-fat or light vanilla yogurt
6 ice cubes
1 cup pineapple chunks, fresh

Strawberry-Kiwi = 90 calories
1-1/4 cups cold apple juice
1 ripe banana, sliced
1 kiwifruit, sliced
5 frozen strawberries
1-1/2 teaspoons honey

Banana-Blueberry-Soy = 125 calories
1-1/4 cup light soy milk
1/2 cup frozen loose-pack blueberries
1/2 frozen banana, sliced
2 teaspoons sugar or 2 packets artificial sweetener
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Papaya = 300 calories
1 papaya, cut into chunks
1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
1/2 cup fresh pineapple chunks
1/2 cup crushed ice
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon ground flaxseed

Peachy = 340 calories
1 large ripe peach, sliced
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup fat-free vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup orange juice
pinch of ground cinnamon

Lastly,
Green Tea, Blueberry & Banana = 135 calories
3 tablespoons water
1 bag green tea
2 teaspoons honey
1-1/2 cups frozen blueberries
1/2 medium banana
3/4 cup calcium-fortified light vanilla soymilk

(In small glass bowl or cup microwave water on high until steam. Add tea bag and allow to brew 3 minutes. Stir the honey in the tea until it dissolves. Crush the ice in the blender and combine the berries, banana and soymilk. Add the tea to the bender and then blend to smooth.)

Happy Easter Weekend

It's very hard to stay away from chocolate during the holiday of Easter. So, I came across of a recipe for chocolate cake that I would like to share with you all. I got it from some magazine that I don't remember when I was at the doctor's office, waiting room.

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Butter-flavored cooking spray
5 egg whites
4 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
3 Tbsp. unsweeeted cocoa
1/2 cup ground walnuts, almonds or hazelnuts
1/2 cup Splenda granular
1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
1/2 cup egg substitute
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with butter-flavored cooking spray. In a bowl of electric mixer, beat egg whites on high until stiff glossy peaks form. Microwave chocolate in microwave-safe bowl on high for 1 or 2 minutes. Stir until smooth.

Scrape into a mixing bowl. Stir in cocoa, nuts, Splenda granular, sour cream, egg substitute and vanilla extract. With spatula, fold in egg whites. Spoon batter into prepared pan and gently smooth top. Bake for 30 minutes and cool. Loosen edges of pan and remove cake. Cake wil deflate. Serve with scoop of low-fat ice cream or cool whip if desired.

Per serving: (9-inch pan within 8 servings slice) 153 Calories; 13.7g Total Carb; 10.5g total fat; 2.7g Sat. fat; 5.9mg Cholesterol; 6.7g Protein; 70mg sodium. Dietary Exchanges: 1 Bread and 2 fats.

Homemade Banana Ice Cream

Here is a simple and easy made desert with no weird ingredients.

1 Banana (it adds up to 1/2 cup)
(Optional: dark Hershey chocolate chips and vanilla wafers)

Peel the banana and slice into pieces into a zip lock bag. Then put in the freezer over night. The next day, take out of the freezer (It might look dark brown, if it was a ripe banana but don't be alarmed. You can keep the banana in the freezer for 5 to 8 days.) Let it sit out for about 5 minutes to thaw. While it is thawing, you can get out your food processer or high speed blender. Put the banana in the processor, close lid and switch ON. Let it process until the banana looks like soft ice cream, light and fluffy. You could add cinnamon, if you like. Add vanilla wafers or chocolate chips (TIP: dark chocolate had less sugar). Enjoy a cool, full-filling and health treat.