And Now For Something Completely Different

You may have noticed the things I like to cook aren't necessarily "calorie conscious" or "figure friendly". I have, in the past, endeavored to consume things they don't make my ass quite as large. And when I was in that mindset I ran across someone called the Hungry Girl. Her website is chock full of ideas for lower fat/calorie substitutions and new products for people trying to lose weight.

I was very happy to receive her new cookbook as a Christmas gift this year. I had kinda had my eye on it for a while.

(is someone trying to tell me something?)

I hadn't had a chance to try any of the recipes because I've been busy cooking butter-laden, cheese filled monstrosities that are still residing in my arteries as we speak. (Well, maybe not, I've been taking my zocor.) I decided today was the day to give it a whirl and picked a yummy sounding recipe that only has 4 ingredients....that's my kind of cookin'!

(the pie filling was supposed to be light so I wrote it on there with a sharpie...that's okay, right?)

Ooey Gooey Chocolate Cherry Muffins

1 box of No Pudge Original Fat Free Brownie Mix

1 cup Fiber One bran cereal, crushed

2/3 cup light cherry pie filling

1/4 cup light vanilla soymilk

Preheat oven to 400.

In a bowl (duh) mix all ingredients together. Place batter evenly into a 12 cup muffin pan sprayed with Pam or lined with baking cups. Bake for 20 minutes.

I thought they turned out kinda pretty, were definitely easy. They had a nice fudgey consistency, and the cherries gave it a nice zing. And, when you slice into it you can see the fiber cereal in there like a bunch of little worms :)

Here's the nutrition info for anyone following along at home: Each muffin has....131 calories; 3.5 gm fiber, and ,0.5 g fat.

I doubt these low fat muffins will make up for the dinner I'm going to have that is probably worth 3000 weight watcher points.