Friday, November 25, 2011

Pumpkin Hazelnut Flaugnarde (Clafoutis)

*NOTE: This recipe comes directly from the Skinnytaste blog with very few minimal tweaks by me. I enjoyed it so much I had to post it here. If you enjoy this, go check out Gina's blog for yourself!*

Ingredients
3 eggs
2 egg whites
10 tbsp Splenda for baking (or sugar or light agave nectar)
1/2 cup flour
pinch salt
1 cup skim milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp ginger
2/3 cup pumpkin puree
1/3 cup chopped, lightly toasted hazelnuts

Preheat oven to 425.
Spray a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick spray.
Add hazelnuts to dish.

Place eggs, egg whites, Splenda, milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in a blender Or food processor or mix in a bowl by hand).
Blend until smooth.
Add pumpkin puree and blend well.
Add flour and pulse until well-combined.
Pour batter into pie dish.

Bake for 15 minutes.
Lower heat to 375 and bake another 15-20 minutes, until center is just set.
Cut into 10 sections and serve warm.

*NOTE: Recipe makes 10 servings at 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus per serving. If you leave out the hazelnuts (as I did when I made it), it is only 3 points per serving.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Pulled Buffalo Chicken

Ingredients
1 large or 2 small chicken breasts (approximately 12 oz)
2-3 Tbsp light/reduced-fat mayo
Sriracha/Hot Sauce
Chili powder
1 Celery stalk, chopped
1 Carrot, chopped
Fat-Free Blue Cheese dressing or crumbles

Boil chicken breast until cooked through.
Place in a large bowl and pull apart, using 2 forks.
Add mayo -- just enough so it is moist, but not sopping wet.
Add celery and carrot and mix well.
Add sriracha/hot sauce/chili powder to taste and mix well.
Add either a tbsp of FF blue cheese dressing or 2 tbsp of blue cheese crumbles (or both!)

Serve hot on a potato roll with desired condiments.

NOTE: Recipe makes 3 servings at 5-6 points per serving (depending on the amount of dressing and blue cheese crumbles used) (not including bun and condiments).