Molten Brownie Bites

So, I know a lot of people that when you diet you have to cut out all desserts, chocolate, etc etc. I'm here to tell you, that is not true. You can still indulge in a delicious, rich, chocolate-y dessert once in a while and still keep on your diet. Now, this is not to say that you can have dessert every single night, because that would only be counterintuitive to your diet. You shouldn't deprive yourself of a treat now and then.

Here is a recipe for Molten Brownie bites that are only 300 calories per serving compared to, say, Chili's Molten Chocolate, which has 1,270 calories! (And that's JUST dessert!)

Molten Brownie Bites
12 servings
Ingredients

• 1 (20 oz) box Ghiradello Double or Triple Chocolate Brownie Mix
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/4 cup low fat mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup unsalted melted butter

1. Preheat oven to 400F. Coat 24 cup mini-muffin (2") pan well with cooking spray
2. Place brownie mis in large bowl. Beat eggs, yolk, and mayonnaise in small bow with electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Add egg mixture and butter to mix and stir 
3. Spoon batter into muffin pan, filling each to the top. Bake 10 minutes or until top is just cooked and inside is still soft
4. Remove bites from pan gently and serve immediately.

Mini-Meatloaf Burgers

Mini-Meatloaf Burgers  
Serves 8

Ingredients

• 2 lbs 96/4 ground beef
• 1 package dry onion soup mix
• 1/2 cup chopped celery (about 1 large stalk)
• 1/3 red bell pepper
• 2 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 1/2 Tbsp BBQ seasoning (dry)
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Steak seasoning (dry)
• 1 egg
• 10 crackers
• 1 Tbsn Cajun spice

Directions
Chop bell pepper, garlic & celery, crunch crackers into small bits.

In a medium bowl add all ingredients and mix until just combined.
Form into 8 equal sized burgers and place on grill until done.

The trick is to not over work the meat! If you do, it will be tough. These burgers are very flavorful with a hint of smokiness. This reminds me of Moms meatloaf, with a fantastic twist!

173 Calories per burger
2 slices Pepperidge Farm Very Thin 100% Wheat- 74 Calories (total)
1 Tbsp "Simply Heinz" Katsup- 20 Calories
Tomato slice- 5 Calories
Lettuce- Approximately 5 Calories
1 slice Kraft American cheese- 60 Calories

Without Cheese- 277
With Cheese- 337

Welcome!

So, it's no secret that America is fat. There are multitude of weight loss pills on every shelf whether you are in Wal-Mart or your local super market. There are also isles and isles of prepackaged, high fat, high calorie, first ingredient is High Fructose Corn Syrup foods as well! I'm not saying that we should all go back to everything home made, as much as I would LOVE to tell every single person to start making everything from scratch because it's so much healthier, I realize that not everybody has that kind of time.

So, with this blog, I'm going to help people with simple exercises, recipes, and tips on how to eat better, get fit, lose weight, and turn some of your favorite foods from fat to fit! I'm also not going to lie to you. I'm not a very creative person. I'm not a master chef. I'm going to take recipes that I find and give them a make-over. I'll tell you where I got the recipe from, so that the original author has credit.

My hope is that this blog will be a source of useful information for everyone. I want to help people, it's my number 1 goal!