I bought some fresh peaches on sale and love oatmeal for breakfast for made this delicious breakfast. It's so hearty that I could only eat half. So, it makes two servings. I love the crunchy walnuts and the juicy peaches and raisins.

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My hubby and I wanted to have something yummy and nutritious for dinner and this fit the bill.

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My husband's Aunt makes this every year. It's delicious but a 2 oz serving is a doozie on the calories so watch out. So, I cut this down to each serving being only 1 oz. This would still be a splurge. Great for making for others though!

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I've been making this hearty breakfast for years with my leftover apples. I love the nutty crunch and the sweetness of the apples and raisins. You can adjust the amount of raisins/nuts/apples to your liking, but remember to account for it in the nutrition. Walnuts are a super food so I wouldn't change the type of nut. This makes two servings and with a glass of milk in the morning it will fill you up.

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It's Fall and apples are dropping. I decided to make a special treat for the family.

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Cookbook creator says: This is a side dish, but it is a sweet treat indeed.

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I like to use whole wheat flour in my recipes and this one also has oatmeal, zuccini, yellow squash, walnuts, applesauce and reduced sugar. It tasted great, too. Makes 27 reg muffins or 54 minis.

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I found the original recipe in a Taste of home book and did my usual of 1/2 ww flour and 1/2 white, then lowered the sugar and changed the butter to Smart Balance. These aren't too bad.

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I saw another user use Cheerios Multi-Grain as their base for a trail mix and decided to make my own mix because I love that cereal. I also calculated this w/out the Chex and adding 2 more cups of O's it comes out to 160 cal, 7.6 fat, 19.3 carbs, 3.7 fiber and 5.3 protein. Each makes about 6 C or 12 servings of 1/2 c each.

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Cookbook creator says: One of my all time favorites!

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Cookbook creator says: This is sweet but has a bite, too.

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I saw this easy recipe on Taste of Home, I think, and since I love chocolate and nuts decide to give it a whirl. I've always wanted to try biscotti. This is really easy to make!

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I had some extra zuccini I needed to use and decided to try making some chocolate muffins with a similar recipe but less sugar.

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I have been wanting to experiment with fruited chicken salads. This is not a grand slam, but it's alright. It's got a crunch and the sweet and salty that I wanted, but I just can't put my finger on what it needs. Maybe cranberries instead of grapes

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I saw needed to use some expiring fresh corn tortillas and got this idea off of another user who made Corn Tortilla Chips with olive oil and salt. I didn't want to use oil and add more fat, so.....hence the water. Makes 6 servings of 6 chips each.

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A great creamy cocoa protein snack! It's not low fat, but sometimes at night I am low on my fat and protein counts, so this snack helps.

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Cookbook creator says: Another sweet side dish.

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Cookbook creator says: One of my must haves for the holidays!

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Cookbook creator says: Great sweet side dish with spicy black bean Morning Star veggie patties.

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Cookbook creator says: A sweet surprise for dinner. :)

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I saw a recipe for one with cranberries and orange zest or peal and love nuts. I searched for other crockpot recipes and couldn't find exactly what I wanted. I found plenty of pumpkin bread recipes and some that had whole wheat and used cranberries. I adjusted the sugar and this is what I came up with and it tastes pretty good. 1 oz is a small serving but if you pair it with other things for breakfast it's alright, besides the nutritions is great so you can eat more anyway!

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I was having a Cinco de Mayo party and also love brownies so decided to experiement. Here is the yummy result! very easy, too!

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I've been exploring different combinations of the diet sodas and cakes or brownies lately. I love chocolate and nuts! Walnuts are also one of the super foods, so why not put it all together? This uses brownies with Splenda, diet Shasta rootbeer and walnuts, that's it! The second time I used grape diet Shasta!

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I had heard of this cake before and went searching for it. It was really great and a crowd pleaser!

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This is a wonderfully easy sweet spread for apples, english muffins or to put on some oatmeal. Lots of possibilities! Enjoy!

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We came from a picnic birthday party and I decided to make my own fruit salad, but added some Fiber-sure for extra measure. My husband even gave me compliments on it.

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I'd been eating some not so healthy foods lately and was craving something more nutritious. So I promised the kids we'd whip up a smoothie the next morning this delicious treat came out. My husband complimented it! I added a teaspoon of fiber sure to mine afterwards and ate it with some Morning Star sausage links (not in the nutritional info). Good breakfast!

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I got this from the Taste of Home website and man is it good. It is one of the lite desserts. Their ingredients yielded a little higher calories but not much. It makes 18 servings of 3/4 C each of a very rich holiday dessert layered with gingerbread cake, pumpkin/butterscotch pudding mix and reduced fat whipped topping. Yum!

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I don't like all the added sugar in the store bought ones and love the idea of using fresh strawberries. One day I just whipped this up and it was AMAZING! I now keep some in the fridge for snacks!

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My sweet hubby made me a smoothie and even measured the ingredients for me! Needs more ice, he says, even before I could mention, but it's still good!!

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I got the basic recipe from Taste of Home. You are supposed to use 3 whole eggs and the 1 T is supposed to be lemon zest, but I never have lemon's on hand. I just use what I have. I reduced the sugar and I suppose you can use whatever sweetener you want. It's great on scones or with a plain cookie like macaroons.

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I got this recipe out of the Eat Up Slim Down book from Prevention Magazine. It calls for 1 t of coriander or ground cardamom, but I don't use either. I also use FF yogurt instead of Low Fat. I used 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 regular flour to make it more healthy, too.

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This oatmeal is sweet, nutty and nutritious. I just started putting things in. It makes two servings. Which works out to be about a heaping 3/4 C.

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I got this from a Taste of Home magazine and used Wholewheat bread and reduced the butter and sugar. My husband loves it. You make it ahead of time and let the bread soak up the milk mixture. It's heavenly with some sausage (not in the nutritional info). I used 15 slices of bread so 1 serving is 1 1/2 slices of bread.

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Yum, makes 4 1 cup servings. I tried to pour myself 12 oz, but couldn't drink it all.

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Cookbook creator says: Another interestingly sweet side dish.

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I got this marinade from The 30 Day Gourmet book and cut out the ginger. I also used unsweetened pineapple juice and fat free italian dressing. Their version of Lite was 299 calories and 15 g of fat so I guess the pineapple juice really helps. This can be frozen as well.

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I saw a SP recipe for using soda and Devil's Food Cake, pumkin and Devil's Food Cake and upon shopping for the devil's food cake I noticed the calorie count on the brownies, so I decided to try this. Without the walnuts it's 55.8 cal, 1.1 fat, 12.8 carbs, 1.2 fiber and .8 protein. I put it in my 9 x 13 dish and made 24 pieces.

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This is a delicious once in a while treat. I told my husband, I basically just made it up and he said, "We'll see", meaning the taste. Well, he thought it was really good!

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My kids love pancakes and especially love blueberries so when I saw the Quaker Oatmeal Pancake mix I decided to put it all together. It was a huge hit, my 6 year old ate 3!

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I had apples, she had a recipe, but I didn't want to add 3 C of sugar (for the whole recipe). So, when I cut the recipe in half, I just reduced some of the sugar also. It smells awesome cooking and it is really easy to make!

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I found this in a Taste of Home magazine and used turkey sausage and less brown sugar. It's really tasty! I think some sliced potatoes would be good with it, too. (not in the nutritional info)

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Decided to make them regular this time and also no oil. Just used the mix, changed the water to skim milk and the oil to less and used Smart Balance. Enjoy!

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My husband actually made this and measured all the ingredients out for me! I was very greatful that I could share one of his smoothies. He loves to make them for the kids on the weekends. The yogurt is actually low fat I need to fix that in my nutrition data title.

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My husband had been bugging be to make fish so I started searching for recipes. I had already pulled out my basalmic vinegar and saw a few recipes with soy and then the idea just started flowing. It was very good. He even ate seconds. This makes 4 servings of 4 oz of salmon each. Great with rice and broccoli.

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We were heading on a trip and I wanted to make a mix for the road. Next time I'll play with the ingredient amounts a bit more to make it more nutritious.

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I just changed the apple butter to 3 tablespoons of applesauce. My kids loved these. My 3.5 year old son ate 2.5 of them with a little light whipped cream, cinnamon and walnuts on top. I just ate it plain. It makes 20 single pancakes.

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Cookbook creator says: These are sooo sinfully good!

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I had a really good recipe I got off of Cooks.com and decided to make it healthier. It's pretty tastey and not to bad nutritionwise either. Serving size is 2 mini muffins.

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Cookbook creator says: My favorite chocolate chip cookie.

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Cookbook creator says: An amazing sweet treat!

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