Category: Healthier Comfort Food
Hey Joe, Where You Going with that Brownie in Your Hand?
I am in love with a man named Joe. He is a successful businessman with stores across the country, he always has things I like and he’s pretty good for me too. He may not know I exist, but even if it’s my imagination, I feel the love as I visit him every week.
This week, he gave me a brownie mix. Fat-free brownies. Hmm… is he trying to tell me something or is he being sweet?
I hate to doubt Joe, but my first thought was, “A pan of brownies could be good, but if they’re fat free they’re going to suck.” And while there’s no fat in these, carb counters beware — these do pack 26g of carbs per serving. But that’s not my first concern these days, and I was intrigued. I wanted them to be good, to live up to the promise.
Popularity: 76% [?]
Painless Pancakes
Craving pancakes but think you can’t spare the points?
Mmmmmmmmpancakes. They are one of our downfalls, so we decided we needed to find a nutritious, lower calorie and healthier alternative to these Saturday morning favorites. We like ours covered in syrup, butter and because we’re creative (though some may think we’re weird), we like to add peanut butter and sometimes even cinnamon on top of that.
The cooks at MagicallyDelicious took our demands to the test kitchen and whipped up these taste-alikes that we flipped over. Here is the ultra-complicated recipe so you can indulge in these lower-calorie pancakes for a hearty breakfast that is full of fiber.
Popularity: 85% [?]
Healthier Grilled Cheese
My dad has this joke we loved when we were younger. It went something like this:
Dad: Do you want me to make you a grilled cheese sandwich?
Kids (giggling, already in on the joke): Yeah! Make me a grilled cheese!
Dad: Poof! You’re a grilled cheese sandwich!
So we loved our grilled cheese. It was both comfort food and a delicious treat Dad made for us. Grilled cheese and funny-shaped pancakes were his specialties…probably still are. I look forward to my nephew giggling over the same corny joke.
Popularity: 100% [?]