Apple Tarts Ingredients: 2/3 cup quick-cooking rolled oats 1/2 cup Gold Medal® whole wheat flour 1/4 cup pecans, toasted and ground 1 package (8 oz) reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened 2 tablespoons butter, softened 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt Nonstick cooking spray 1/3 cup Yoplait® fat-free Greek yogurt 1/4 cup powdered sugar 1 egg white 1/4 cup low sugar orange marmalade 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom 2 medium red cooking apples, cored and very thinly [...]

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Yogurt Pops Recipe Notes With this easy recipe and a few simple ingredients, transform your favorite fat-free yogurt into a frozen dessert treat. Calcium, from dairy foods like milk, yogurt and cheese can help build bones. To keep fat in check, choose low-fat or fat free varieties of yogurt when you can. Ingredients: 1 container (6 oz) Yoplait® [...]

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Peanut Butter Rocky Road Recipe Notes These clusters will keep several days at room temperature; but if your house is too warm, you better wrap each one in wax paper and seal in plastic container. You can also refrigerate them or place them in a cooler place….to avoid a meltdown. Ingredients: 1 cup high cacao bittersweet chocolate chips [...]

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Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Notes What could be better than a chocolate chip cookie and a tall glass of cold milk? Who took a cookie from the cookie jar? Go ahead, tell them you did. Because we’ve whipped up a healthy low-gi recipe that helps ease the guilt but not an ounce of deliciousness. Ingredients: 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup [...]

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe Notes At last! Enjoy guilt-free cheesecake, thanks to fat-free ingredients. This delicious cheesecake recipe can be used at gatherings, for Thanksgiving, Halloween or even as a dish to pass for a potluck. Ingredients: Crust 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs 3 tablespoons apple jelly Filling 4 packages (8 oz each) fat-free cream cheese, softened 1 cup firmly packed [...]

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Whole Grain Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Notes Fill your cookie jar with a healthier twist on chocolate chip cookies. This one’s made with two whole-grain cereals and whole wheat flour. Oats are loaded with fiber–the soluble kind that helps to lower blood cholesterol. Start slowly so you have time to get used to more fiber! Ingredients: 2 cups packed brown sugar 1/2 cup [...]

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Fudge Almond Cookies Recipe Notes When it’s your turn to bring treats, tote in a tin full of double chocolate-mocha cookies topped with an almond. Nobody will guess they’re made with egg whites, yogurt and white whole wheat flour. Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon instant espresso coffee powder 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 2 egg whites 1/3 cup plain Yoplait® low-fat yogurt 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 2/3 cup [...]

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe Notes Nature’s sweetness shines through in this Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe. Sun-kissed raisins help this all-time-great comfort food attain its chewy goodness. We switched to whole wheat flour, increased the natural goodness of oats and shorted the shortening by replacing it with a spread that’s free of trans-fat. Ingredients: 3/4 cup no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread [...]

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Banana and Nut Cookies Recipe Notes These soft and succulent cookies have a consistency half way between cake and cookies. The banana gives each cookie a moist and fruity flavor. Soy/soya flour (available from health food shops) allows for a lot of healthy goodness to be hidden in each cookie. Ingredients: 4 ripe bananas 2 cups soy/soya flour ½ cups [...]

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Blueberry – Nectarine Crisp Recipe Notes These tiny little gems do indeed pack a potent punch. They rank the highest of any fruit for antioxidants (those free-radical-fighting powerhouses), and one cup delivers 14% of the recommended daily dose of fiber and nearly a quarter of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C. Ingredients: 5 cups blueberries 2 large nectarines, peeled, [...]

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