Todays blog is all about fall recipes! Mostly helpful hints on making them low calorie. I must confess I love the fall because...I LOVE PUMPKIN! I am one of those people who waits all year for the pumpkin spice lattes to come out. However, as much as I love the pumpkin lattes, they are high in calories. I have a few helpful tips for you guys, that I have in found so many recipes using apple and pumpkin that are low calorie.
First tip is regarding pumpkin coffee and lattes. Flavored coffee can be high in calorie if syrups are being used. I usually use the pumpkin spice coffee creamer, they're only about 30 calories per serving. Last year however, I went to a coffee shop and inquired about sugar free pumpkin syrup. The manager said they didn't have it but asked me to write to their corporate office and request it since a lot of people were inquiring about it. She then was nice enough to make me a regular coffee with 1 pump of pumpkin syrup and skim milk. Granted it wasn't a pumpkin spice latte but it was good enough and I didn't feel guilty.
As far as pumpkin recipes, I have found quite a few. SkinnyTaste.com has a whole pumpkin section on their website. I made their pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting the other and their no-bake pumpkin cheesecake and they were really good! Another good idea for pumpkin lovers is pumpkin pudding. I made it using the recipe I found on LapBand.com. Its basically fat free cool whip, a scoop of vanilla protein powder and fat free sugar free vanilla pudding. Its an awesome treat if you are craving pumpkin pie. I can go on and on with pumpkin recipes but there are so many out there that are awesome to try.
Apple recipes are such a great part of fall as well! Hungry Girl has so many apple recipes. My favorite is a baked apple in a mug with red hot candies and fat free cool whip! Put that in the microwave and its awesome. Last year after apple picking I went on a pie baking frenzy! Apple pies, or any pies really, can be made low calorie with the right ingredients. I have tried replacing sugar and brown sugar with Splenda and Spenda brown sugar. My biggest problem with baking apple pies is cutting them. It is very hard to get a serving size correct with a pie. I read that its a good idea to roll out the pie crust thinner, cut it into equal squares and put them into a muffin pan. That way it was all portioned out and everyone got their own little pie.
Well, this is the beginning of many more "Recipe Thursday's" to come. I hope its been informative and if anyone has any recipes, websites or any insight at all that you want to share feel free to comment! I will be writing on a different topic every day of the week. My appologies for not writing last night as I was not feeling well. Have a good night everyone!
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