April 16th, 2009

Well, I'm a couple days behind...believe it or not, I've actually still taken pictures of everything I've eaten the past few days, but I have been so busy and have not had time to post them! I'm not going to catch up 3 days now, so I'll start tomorrow by posting everything I ate today.

Weight Watchers was last night and I was down .8 of a pound. I'll take it...it's not up! :-) I love our meeting so much, everyone is so nice and supportive, and the leader is awesome. I feel like I'm really getting to know all of them, and its great. I would never change groups!

I figured since I wasn't really posting anything exciting today, I would post the recipe for my favorite "Chocolate Chocolate Brownie Cups." They are 2 points for 2 brownies....or 1 point a piece if you only want one! Let me know if you try them!

"Chocolate Chocolate Brownie Cups"
Butter-flavored cooking spray
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 large egg whites
2 cups raw sugar
1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Thoroughly mist two 12-cup nonstick mini-muffin tins with spray.
Use a sturdy whisk or spatula to mix the applesauce, vanilla, egg whites, and sugar in a large mixing bowl until well combined. Add the flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt. Stir until just combined and no lumps remain. Working in batches, fill each cup until just barely full. Sprinkle about one-fourth of the chips evenly over the brownies in each of the tins. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry (a few crumbs are okay).
Transfer the tins to a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes. Use a butter knife to gently lift the brownies from the muffin tins (if they stick, carefully run the knife around the edge of each cup). Cool on the rack for another 10 minutes. Repeat with the second half of the batter and the remaining chips.

MAKES 48 BROWNIE CUPS; 24 SERVINGS
Each 1-Decadent-Disk serving (2 brownies) has: 109 calories, 2g protein, 23g carbohydrates, 1g fat, less than 1g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, trace fiber, 139mg sodium.



( and no...I didn't take the picture for those of you wondering...I found it online! ;-)

I will be back tomorrow...its going to be a very tough weekend with wedding rehearsal dinner, a wedding, and then dinner at someone's house for their birthday on Sunday! Ahhhh!