The girls in my office are on a diet. What could I bring in to celebrate a birthday?
Obviously cake, cupcakes, brownies are a no go. I would like to bring in something good but meets diet standards.
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Obviously cake, cupcakes, brownies are a no go. I would like to bring in something good but meets diet standards.
Fresh fruit? Yogurt? There are healthy recipes that still taste like the real deal! Go to womansday.com. I find tons of recipes on that site.
A nice vegetable tray would be very nice.
FRUIT!!!! everyone loves fruit, just bring in a fruit bowl or something. cant go wrong there.
a fruit tray
SALAD TRAY. you cant go wrong with that
well, the asinine thing to do, would be to bring food that they can’t eat, and have everyone who can eat it, eat it right in front of them.
look on food network.com or epicuriouse.com but heres a good healthy dessert okay one pear cut in half take out the seeds and make a hole in the middle bake it on 375 for about seven to eight minutes get any kind of fruiut like raisens ,rasberrys,or blue berrys and mayby some nuts and cut them in half {so you can fit more fruit in }and but them in the hole in the pear naxt your suspose to use surrup but just mash some berrys and drizzle it over the pear.another recipe ………dark chocolate
Bring in a box or 2 of 100 calorie packs! yum…………………………………… try it! GOOD LUCK!
some sort of sorbet? it’s nice and really low calorie.
why don’t you do fruit kebabs. pineapple,pear, strawberry,banana.all these fruits sliced and pushed through a toothpick these can be served on a grapefruit just stick them into the grape fruit it doesn’t have to be peeled
angel food cake and fresh strawberries.. angel food cake is a fat free dessert..can also frost the cake with fat free or sugar free cool whip..just fill the hole of the cake with sliced strawberries… and or top it with berries..
Find a place that make low cal., low carb, but very yummy cakes or cupcakes or brownies.
Peace!
just bring balloons are you the one that wants to eat
Angel food cake & fresh strawberries.
salad or something healthy food and healthy drinks
This recipe is delicious. It says breakfast trifle, but it would be a great dessert or celebration dessert. Put a note with it saying that it’s low fat yogurt and fruit, so people know it’s not something “forbidden”.
Breakfast Trifle
Ingredients
1/2 cup SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
4 cups plain nonfat yogurt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
{You can use Dannon Light and Fit low cal, no fat yogurt in place of the 1st 3 ingredients}
9 slices Italian style or other white bread, crusts removed
12 ounces frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed
2 tablespoons SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
1 (15 ounce) can cling peaches, no sugar added, drained
16 ounces frozen dark pitted sweet cherries, thawed and drained
1 banana, thinly sliced
Directions Blend 1/2 cup of SPLENDA® Granulated Sweetener, plain yogurt and vanilla together in a medium mixing bowl. Set aside.
Cut bread into rectangles.
Mix together raspberries and 2 tablespoons SPLENDA® Granulated Sweetener gently. Do not drain raspberries.
To assemble trifle: POUR 1/2 cup of yogurt mixture in the bottom of the glass bowl.
Place 1/3 of the sliced bread on top of the yogurt mixture.
Top bread with 1/3 of the peaches, 1/3 of the cherries and 1/3 of the raspberries. Drizzle about 1/3 of the raspberry juice onto the bread.
Place 1/3 of the thinly sliced banana on top of the raspberries.
Pour 1/3 of the yogurt mixture over the bread and fruit.
Repeat steps 2-5 two more times, ending by pouring the remaining yogurt over the fruit.
Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight, allowing the bread to fully absorb the fruit juices.
Note
Serving Size: 1/10 recipe
Exchanges per Serving: 1 Starch, 1 Fruit, 1/2 Fat Free Milk
You will need a large clear glass bowl (approx. 12 cups). A bowl with straight sides gives the best presentation.
Top with fresh fruit as a garnish before serving. Sliced kiwi and strawberries make an excellent garnish.
This can also be prepared in individual portions following the same layering technique. Use wine glasses instead of a large glass bowl.
A fruit tray. Maybe organize the fruit to say happy birthday. If the girl’s a good friend, bring a full meal–a healthy one, of course, like (cooked) sushi or stir-fried green beans.
Or, if she was an ice cream fan before the diet, nonfat frozen yogurt or a fruit sorbet, with fresh fruit on top or on the side.
chocolate covered strawberries. Still good for you and only a little bit of chocolate.
Fruit trays
OR stawberry short cakes
they are small and no too fating! better than eating cakes
I have two easy party recipes that are low cal, low fat.
Angel Pineapple Cake:
1 box angel food cake mix
1 16 oz. canned crushed pineapple
1/2 cup sliced almonds
Mix the cake mix powder and pineapple (with the juice) together in a big bowl until well blended. Pour into a 8X11 cake pan and sprinkle with the almonds. Bake for 30 minutes at 350. Cool and cut.
It’s more like a bar cookie than a cake.
Party Jello Delight
1 8 oz. tub sugar free Cool whip
1 16 oz. can crushed pineapple
1 16 oz. container of low fat cottage cheese
1 small box of sugar free lime jello
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Mix the Cool whip, cottage cheese, pineapple (not drained), walnuts together in a large bowl-sprinkle the jello powder over the top and mix all well. Pour into the dish you will be serving in and refrigerate at least a few hours or overnight.
Hope they like pineapple-the jello salad can be made with other flavors of jello and other canned fruits if the liquid proportions are kept the same.
Angel food cake topped with blueberries and/or raspberries/strawberries and low fat cool whip.
Vanilla Butter Birthday Cake
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
4 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 package (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 container (16 ounces) ready-to-spread white frosting
1/2 cup strawberry or raspberry preserves or jelly
Sprinkles (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, cake mix, baking powder and milk. Beat 3 minutes, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8- or 9-inch round cake pans.
2. Bake 30 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; invert cakes onto wire racks. Turn layers right side up and cool completely.
3. Spread one cake layer with icing and a layer of strawberry or raspberry preserves, if desired. Top with second cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with remaining icing. Cover the frosted sides of the cake with sprinkles, if desired.
Tip: Mix a few drops of your favorite classic McCormick Food Color or McCormick Neon Food Color into the cake batter or frosting–or both! (Keep in mind that if you start with a yellow cake mix, any color you add to it will be yellow plus the color you are adding. For instance, if you add blue food color to a yellow cake mix, you'll get a green cake!)
For a birthday cake that is second to none, but quick and easy too, start with a cake mix and add McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract. You will give the sweetest gift of all.
Well…. it would be a ridiculous thing to attempt a conversation about everything we consume! I use meat as an example, but yes .. I do try as much as possible to be a compassionate and concious shopper, very often going without. As an example .. when making my god-daughters birthday cake, the local shop was out of free range eggs. I chose not to make the cake rather than buy eggs from caged hens. That example will have half of you saying that I’m an extreme hippie and the other half saying I’m trying to take the moral highground. But if I am expected to lead by example then that’s what I try and do. I just get frustrated at the lack of respect people have for the planet, just because they don’t understand or care about the impact their choices make. And that satisfying their tastebuds seems to be more important than protecting their children’s future. (Yes I know I’m going to get slammed for that view .. but this is a place where I can be free to give my honest open opinion and there you are…)