Katie's Super Yummy Zucchini Muffins

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup applesauce
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup grated zucchini
1 grated medium-sized apple (I didn't measure out how much this was)
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.. Combine the egg, oil, applesauce, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in zucchini, apple, and chocolate chips. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done.

Pumpkin Muffins

1 Spice cake Mix (use just the mix)
1 can pumpkin
¼ cup applesauce
Chocolate Chips (optional and not as healthy)

Mix all ingredients together. Pour into muffin pan. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.



*Weight watchers recipe

Healthy Meat Loaf

Red Sauce:
1 6 oz Can of Tomatoe Paste
1-2 T Red Wine Vinegar
1 Cup Water
1 Clove Minced Garlic
1/2 t. Basil
1/4 t. Oregano
1/4 t. Salt
Mix altogether in a pot and bring to a boil. Low heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Meat Loaf:
2 lbs Ground Turkey (I've also used 1/2 ground turkey -1/2 ground meat)
1 Cup Oatmeal
1 Egg
1/2 Cup Shredded Carrot or Zucchini
a Few Dashes of Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 of Red Sauce
Mix all ingredients together. Form in to a mound and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Add the rest of the Red Sauce to top of Meat Loaf and bake another 15 minutes.

Servers 8

*This recipce came from The South Beach Diet Book


188 Calories
12 Grams Protein
12 Grams Carbs
10 Grams Fat

Individual Lime Cheesecakes

12 Vanilla Wafers
3/4 Cup Fat free Cottage Cheese
1 8oz pkg Neufchatel Cheese, softened
1/4 cup + 2 T. Sugar
2 Eggs
1 T Lime Zest
1 T Lime Juice
1 t. Vanilla Extract

1/4 Cup Low-Fat Vanilla Yogurt
2 Medium Kiwifruit, peeled, sliced and halved

Line 12 muffin pans with paper baking liners. Place 1 vanilla wafer in the bottom of each liner.

Put Cottage cheese, 1 Egg, Lime Juice and Zest in a blender and blend until smooth. Add Neufchatel Cheese slowly little by little. Then add the other egg and sugar. Put 1/4 cup of mixture into each muffin liner. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Let cool on wire rack. Remove from pans and chill until cooled.

Spread vanilla yogurt over cheese cakes and top with 3 kiwi slices.

Serves 12

*Recipe comes from The South Beach Diet Book.
129 Calories
5 Grams Protein
13 Grams Carbs
7 Grams Fat

Hidden the Veggie Meatballs

¼ of Carrot Chopped
¼ of Zucchini Chopped
2 pieces of Medium Sized Broccoli
1 piece of Medium
1-2 slice of Red and Green Pepper

Food process and blend until almost paste like

¼ Cup Bread Crumbs
1 Eggs
3 of drops Worsheshire Sauce
Dash of Garlic Salt/Powder and Onion Powder
1 fist size ball of ground meat
Salt and pepper to taste

Put in food processor with veggie mixture and mix until well bended.

Form into 1inch balls. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes

Make about 16-20 balls.