Posted by Nicole
I haven’t been creative lately with my lunches and dinners. Spinach bolani, roasted veggies, salad… and a few bags of popcorn here and there ;)
However, I can assure you that I have developed quite a little gem over the past few days. You might recognize it as the mystery white cream that appeared beneath my Cheerios a few days ago?
Well, as promised:
Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting – Single Serving
makes 1/3 cup
- 3 T fat free Cool Whip
- 1.5 T fat free cream cheese
- 1 T 0% greek yogurt (I tested both Chobani, Fage, and Dannon; all work fine!)
- 1/2 T sucralose/sweetener
1. Combine all ingredients in a mini bowl, if only making the 1/3 cup serving. If making a larger serving, use a larger bowl or electric mixer.
2. Mix together ingredients with a fork (or paddle attachment on an electric mixer).
3. If using a small bowl and fork to mix, stick the bowl in the microwave for about 7 seconds to soften it up.
4. Continue mixing with a fork.
5. Set in refrigerator for about 5 minutes until more solidified.
6. Take out, stir if needed, and EAT.
You can enjoy this any way you want: on a dessert, with some cereal, in a bowl of oats, as a dip, or simply eaten by the spoonful/fingerful. You can put it on a healthy chocolate black bean muffin, too. If you want to be really special, you can eat it with giant pretzels. Sweet + Salty = Our favorite nighttime snack. Trust me, your taste buds will be doing the happy-dance.
Make a tiny bowl, or a big bowl and save some for later. Whatever your “sugar”-loving heart desires.
At least this cream cheese frosting is much healthier than the one we use for making cupcakes. Using the entire listed recipe:
Keep in mind that the standard four ingredients for cream cheese frosting include butter, powdered sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla extract. Our’s is healthier, yeah? Just think of this as a post-workout snack, it does pack 4.4 g of protein and 0 g of fat!
If feeling particularly wild, you can flavor this cream cheese frosting by mixing in a flavored extract (vanilla, almond, coconut, banana, maple, etc.) or a nut butter ;)
I know I could eat bowl after bowl of this stuff… Give it a try, one little bowl won’t hurt! Be sure to let us know what you think!
Q4U: What is something you can eat bowl after bowl of? Get creative! Something other than cereal, froyo, or ice cream (those are a given!)
Q4U: What is your favorite frosting? Chocolate, vanilla, cream cheese, german chocolate, italian meringue, marshmallow, fruity, streusel, etc…
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I could eat bowl upon bowl of buffalo chicken dip (anything can be the vehicle of the dip, I’m not picky!)
Also, question: where on earth do you get this Spinach bolani? I WANT IT! Just looked it up, and decided it should be a healthy happy part of my life.
We buy it at their booth in Costco or at a lot of the local farm markets around San Jose. I’m not sure if they sell it other places than the Bay Area, but for your sake, I HOPE THEY DO! It’s delicious! We tried the pumpkin bolani and spinach bolani. They come with about 4 big pieces per pack, so they last a long time too, which is good.
another thing Nicole forgot to mention, do a google search in your area for any Afghani restaurants, you might be able to do a pick up order. They also sell online: http://www.bolaniandsauce.com/home.php
Vanilla!!! That lunch looks delicious by the way!!!!!!!!!!
It sure is! You should give it a try next time your sweettooth is desperate!
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