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My birthday cake!! This came out so delicious and was so simple to make I actually did it before breakfast! The cake is rich and very lemony because the recipe uses the zest of two whole lemons AND the juice of one. It’s a dense cake and you could very easily bake it as a lemon pound cake instead. I used Stonewall Kitchen Wild Maine Blueberry Spread as my filling because it’s only 10 calories a tablespoon, is a favorite of everyone who tries it and has no added sugar! The cake makes 16 slices because it is two layer but you could make it a 12 serving cake by just adding 47 calories per serving (203 cals each then). I used raspberries around the edge for decoration AND serving markers. They can help you evenly space out slices! ~ Cake recipe: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/cakes Strawberry-Raspberry Topping: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/saucetastic

Protein packed Egg Muffins!
per muffin: 130 calories, 2 carbs, 5g fat, 20g protein!!
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This amazing breakfast dish looks impressive, tastes great and only requires 3 minutes of hands on time! Each “muffin” has egg whites, morningstar vegetarian sausage and cheese. They were a big hit with my family and easily adaptable: you can change up the cheese, add veggies, or add spices!
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You need:
2 mornigstar veggie sausage parties, cooked in microwave and chopped
1/2 cup Sargento reduced fat Mexico cheese blend
12 egg whites
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To make:
1. Heat oven to 350, spray LARGE muffin tin with nonstick spray
2. Fill 4 muffin tins with even amounts of veggie sausage and cheese, add 3 egg whites to each and stir
3. Bake for 20-25 minutes until eggs are cooked and fluffy
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For more healthy breakfasts check put my page
Piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/breakfast

171 notes | 1 day ago

Chocolate Orange Meringue Cookies!

16 calories, 4 carbs, 0g fat,  0g protein!

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This recipe uses the zest of a whole orange to add a delicious citrus tang to the chocolate. Meringues are normally healthy cookies since they’re basically just egg whites, cream of tartar and sugar, but by using cocoa powder you not only get great chocolate flavor but cut down on calories from sugar! You can use this recipe to experiment with all different flavors, coconut or crushed/pureed berries like raspberry would be great too!

*These are about 3 inches in diameter*

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Recipe here:

piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/creativecookies

35 notes | 2 days ago

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Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Muffins! 107 calories, 2g fat, 20 carbs, 5g protein!! ~ These cupcake sized fluffy muffins came out incredibly! They’re soft and filled with melty chunks of chocolate. It’s a really simple recipe too, just throw ingredients together, spoon into muffin cups and bake for about 15 minutes! What helps make them really healthy is using non fat greek yogurt and sugar free hershey’s dark chocolate for the chunks. You could try throwing any sort of berry in this recipe too! ~ recipe here: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/brilliantbaking

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Mocha Chocolate Chip Cheesecake!! per slice: 125 calories, 19 carbs, 3g fat, 6g protein!! ~ I am SO IN LOVE with this cheesecake recipe! This one cracked a little in transport but was so out of this world delicious! I originally made it for my raspberry lemon zest cheesecake but adapted by swapping out the fruit for 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips and sugar free Maxwell House cappuccino powder! What makes it so healthy is the whipped egg white meringues and fat free cream cheese! These have been such a hit I’m going to start making cheesecakes more often, my friends ate half the cake in one sitting! If you have requests for other flavors let me know and I’ll work on a recipe for it!! :) ~ Recipe here: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/brilliantbaking

Instead of calorie and fat loaded chocolate frosting or ganache try this easy super low cal cookie decorating tip!
As soon as cookies come out of the oven (so they’re still hot) place 3 chocolate chips on each. Wait about 10 seconds for the chocolate to get soft then spread it around the cookie. This topping is less that 10 calories and tastes delicious! I used ghirardelli white chocolate chips but any sort of chocolate chip works! :)
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Pictured are my 40 calorie sugar cookies, you can find the recipe here:
Piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/coolcookies

29 notes | 3 months ago

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Strawberry Raspberry Brownies! 105 calories, 26 carbs, 0g fat, 3g protein!!! ~ I started with the already super healthy “No Pudge Fudge” raspberry brownie mix but made it even healthier! I used greek yogurt to add more protein to the recipe, put it in cupcake molds instead of a pan to help with portion control (much easier to just have one cupcake size!), and used my favorite fruit trick. I love adding fruit to baked goods to increase the size of the batter (and thus the yield) for minimal calories. Although no pudge fudge is already really healthy I was able to cut out 15 calories per serving by adding fresh strawberries to the recipe! :) ~ Recipe here: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/brilliantbaking

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Egg-free Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies 24 calories, 0g fat!!, 5 carbs, 1g protein ~ These egg-free cookies use nonfat Greek yogurt to hold together and lots of cocoa powder to make them rich and chocolatey! I used plain yogurt but you could use other flavors like strawberey or raspberry to make them even better. It’s a really simple recipe, you do need to press them flat though. They’re best warmed! :) ~ Recipe here: Piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/creativecookies

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I made these for my birthday over the summer. The decorations are so easy to make and healthy! I used 1 teaspoon of Pillsbury sugar free frosting to top each cupcake (about 16 calories). Then I cut mini marshmallows in half and dipped the inner sticky side in colored sugar and arranged them into flower shapes (about 5 cals). You can mix and match different sugar colors for the “petals” and use 1 m&m in the center. Try it! :) ~ I have a bunch of healthy cupcake recipes for 100 calories or less to use with the decoration on my page piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/brilliantbaking :)

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Mini Peanut Butter Cupcakes!! 46 calories, 5 carbs, 2g fat, 2g protein ~ I adapted my healthy cupcake recipe to use peanut butter instead of butter and skim milk to make them healthier. The chocolate frosting on top (which is only an extra 4 calories) tastes perfect on them! They’re incredibly easy to make too, just mix the ingredients, bake for 10 minutes and enjoy! ~ Recipe here! Piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/brilliantbaking

My 100 calorie scones have always been one of my favorite recipes! I love having them around as snacks or part of breakfast. Any fruit chocolate combination works well (just don’t use bananas). This weekend I’m branching out, I’ll be making lemon blueberry scones tomorrow and I’m really excited to try them! I want to make some basil feta scones soon too.

My scone recipe is here, you can adapt it for whatever fruit you like and they’ll come out at about 100 calories each and if you leave out the chocolate they’re only about 80 calories a piece! It’s called “Chocolate Fruit Wheat Scones” and is at the bottom of the page!

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24 notes | 3 months ago

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Heavenly Mint Chocolate Cookies! with chocolate chunks! per cookie: 37 calories, 7 carbs, 1g fat, 1g protein!    ~ These cookies are just insanely ridiculously good!! They’re extremely chocolatey since there’s so much cocoa powder in the batter AND big chunks of chocolate! I used sugar free peppermint Torani for a minty twist but you could easily use peppermint extract as well. They’re a perfect Valentines Day or anytime you want chocolate decadence treat. The batter is the right consistency that when loaded into a plastic bag it’ll hold its shape so you could make heart shaped cookies with this too! :) ~ Recipe here: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/creativecookies

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CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! per cookie: 50 calories, 10 carbs, 1g fat,  1g protein One word for these: YUM!!! They were insprired by the Nestle Tollhouse recipe but I changed it up and made it healthy by using nonfat greek yogurt in place of butter, egg whites instead of eggs and sugar free chocolate (who doesn’t love big chunks of chocolate? :]) instead of chocolate chips. You need to try these!!! Best of all from scratch it only takes 20 minutes! Recipe here:piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/creativecookies

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Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Per cookie: 53 calories, 1g fat, 12 carbs, 2g protein It’s a complicated name for a super easy to make cookie! They too me 20 minutes total for mixing and baking and were gone almost as fast! Everything works together well to make them soft and chewy with a bit of fruity sweetness. Each cookie is about 2.5 inches in diameter. Recipe here: http://piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/creativecookies edit: link fixed!

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Peanut Butter Cake Cookies!! 45 calories, 0.5g fat, 1.6g protein Peanut Butter cookies are one of my all time favorites! What makes this recipe so healthy is the use of Truvia and Better’n Peanut Butter. If you can’t find a low cal peanut butter you could use half regular PB and half fat free cream cheese to lower the cals and fat! I call these cake cookies because they’re so soft without being crumbly! Recipe here: Piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/coolcookies