Hungry Girl French-Toasted Waffles & Weight Watchers Fruit Dip

Evening blog readers, tonight we are bringing you something fun and different. Normally you would think that with it being something different I would've been your guess on who picked the meal for this evening but you'd be wrong. Ma had an idea to do something different (taking a page from yours truly) and she came up with breakfast for dinner.

Oh I can hear the groans, ha. How we've done this once before (even though it was last year) and that how many times can you do pancakes, eggs, and bacon? Well you're right, but fear not, we're jazzing up a bit and you could even say this is a brunch menu item. So Ma bought the Hungry Girl books from Walmart (Hungry Girl was featured in a not too long ago post) and stumbled apon this gem:

French-Toasted Waffles




PER SERVING (entire recipe): 274 calories, 6g fat, 807mg sodium, 41.5g carbs, 3.25g fiber, 6.5g sugars, 16g protein -- PointsPlus® value 7*

Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
*2 frozen low-fat waffles
*1/2 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
*1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
*1/4 tsp. cinnamon
*2 tsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown)
*1/4 cup sugar-free pancake syrup
*1 tsp. powdered sugar
*Optional: raspberries

Directions:
1. Lightly toast waffles. Mix egg substitute, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a wide bowl, and set aside.
2. Bring a large skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium-high heat on the stove. Add butter and allow it to coat the

bottom of the skillet. Meanwhile, coat the waffles thoroughly in the egg mixture.
3. Cook waffles in the skillet until golden brown, 4 - 5 minutes per side. Top them with syrup and powdered sugar. Serve with
raspberries, if you like, and enjoy!
MAKES 1 SERVING

BONUS RECIPE:

Weight Watchers Fruit Dip




Ingredients:
*8 ounces weight watchers reduced fat cream cheese spread , room temperature
*¼ cup marshmallow cream
*3 tablespoons sugar free seedless raspberry preserves
*fresh fruit

Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients. Blend thoroughly.
2. Serve with fresh fruit.

So waffles were excellent! Fruit dip...eh, it was alright. I'm just not a huge fan of the taste of pure sugar and this dip seemed
smothered in it. Weird since the preserves are sugar free but then again marshmallow fluff is...well not.


Tid Bits:
*For a few added points you could always top the waffles with some sugar free preserves and whipped butter.
*Not into low-fat waffles? You can always try the multi-grain or wheat variety.
*Feel free to use any type of sugar free preserve you'd like. We could only find strawberry.

Ma's Spot: Once again Hungry Girl comes to the rescue. This woman is a dieters very best friend. There hasn't been a single bad recipe I've tried of hers. Everyone so far has been delicious. I bought 2 new cookbooks by her and the recipes are wonderful in them. Tonight's dinner was no different. It amazes me how you can take 2 low-fat waffles and turn them into a fantastic different taste. The only bad thing about this recipe was stopping myself from eating the whole box of waffles done this way. I really hope you give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed.
*And as for the fruit spread, I loved it! Any recipe that says that I can use marshmellow fluff gets two thumbs up. I think this is a great spread. Not only for only fruit but bagels, pretzels, and crackers as well. The possibilites are endless. Give this one a definite try.


*SNACK CORNER:*

It's time for snack corner! Where we take new snacks in the grocery store and break it down for you. We tell you which are hot and which are not. Let's get to this week's pick:



WW Points: 5 Per Container

Dinah: Tonight we have the Skinny Cow Limited Edition Shake Stirs Mint Choco Chip. So, this is a nice healthy sub to the
regular ice cream shakes located in your grocery store. The flavor is good but I found it a bit hard to mix in the milk. It seems
like the ratio of shake to milk seems a bit off. The counter ended up getting a lot of the shake. I'd say besides that they're a
winner.



Ma: What can I say about the Laughing Cow brand? Everything I've had from them is delicious. During a sugar attack they are
my new bff. This was creamy and delicious. If I had six thumbs they would all be up and my taste buds are saying "whooo hoo
we have a winner!".



That's all folks, we'll be back here next week with my pick. Get ready to get bitchin'! My pick comes from Mrs. Nadia G. Trust,
it's not one to be missed. Have a great week guys!


Spoons & Spatula's
~Dinah & Ma