home-made popsicles

This is a sweet, slightly tangy treat that is easy, easy, easy to make.  It is also yummy thawed and served with fresh fruit.  Take two small containers of low fat flavored yogurt, one container of low fat cool whip, fresh fruit of your choice.  I made two varieties, one with key lime yogurt and fresh raspberries and the second with strawberry yogurt and fresh pineapple.  Pour the mixture into wax cups (the little kind you get for your bathroom) place a stick in the middle and freeze.  When they are frozen the wax cup will just pull right off.  Enjoy!  P.S. They taste even better when you have two adorable babies to watch gobble them up!

BBQ Veggie Pizza

This pizza is a low calorie veggie delight.  Please don't ask me just how low calorie it is, I'm no scientist.  I'm calling it low calorie because it has very little cheese, no greasy meats and loads of vegetables. 

Start with the crust of your choice, if you make your own a thin to medium crust works well.  So does a whole grain crust. (need a recipe? check out my previous blog Pizza! Pizza!) This time around I skipped the home made crust and used some fresh naan from my local grocery store.  This is a great quick fix if your craving pizza and are short on time or need a small serving.  For the toppings I roasted a head of garlic and used that as my first topping (not the whole head, just a couple cloves smeared over the crust).  Followed by a light brushing of BBQ sauce.  Next I sauteed some sliced zucchini, mushrooms, asparagus and cherry tomatoes.  They topped the BBQ.  Finally I caramelized a small onion and added that to my vegetable delight.  A light sprinkle of Parmesan cheese before placing it in a pre heated oven.  400 degrees until the crust is crisp and cheese is melted.  Shouldn't take more than 10 -12 minutes.  Yummo!  This pizza was so tasty it is taking alot of effort to not make it over and over, but instead try out some of my other ideas.