Mini Chocolate Mousse Cups

After I made these delish lil cups I was kicking myself in the rear for not thinking of putting these ingredients together earlier! This recipe is super easy and I will beat ya money your friends will be impressed!

Ingredients:

One package mini fillo cups
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups fat-free whipped cream (like Reddi-Whip in a can)
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Berries of your choice (I used raspberries and blueberries)


Directions:

Combine cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and chocolate syrup in a bowl and stir until smooth.
Fold in the whipped cream until well mixed.
Stir in the mini chocolate chips.
Place about 1 teaspoon of chocolate mixture into each mini fillo cup.
Put a quick squirt of whipped cream on top the chocolate mixture in each cup.
Top with a berry.
Enjoy!!

Each cup is about 1 pointsplus

I'm Back!!

Hey everyone!

Sooooo sorry for being absent for so long.  My uncle passed away last month and one thing lead to another and next thing I knew my blog was a tiny thought in the back of my mind. But I'm back (I think!)

Just a little preview

Here are some of the things I have made since I've been away. Will post later all the deets!!!


























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Cheesy Turkey Casserole

First, my apologies for being absent lately.  I will have to learn to get used to this whole blogging thing.  These few weeks have been a little crazy around the household.  Lots of eating out and little cooking at home.  I did, however, still manage to lose 4.4 pounds this past week.  That makes my new total weight loss of 25 pounds! As I treat to myself I am eating a little bag of mini eggs while typing this (only 5 points).

One meal I did cook this past week was a spin off on a recipe I found online.  It called for ground beef but I used ground turkey instead. I actually tweaked the recipe quite a bit. It wasn't bad, it was actually pretty good, and because I used leftover elbows from the previous night it took all of about 20 minutes from raw to cooked and on the plate.  Can't go wrong there.

Ground turkey, macaroni, rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies, Velveeta, and fat free shredded cheddar cheese. Add spices to your liking....
I don't remember EXACTLY how I made this but I think it went a little something like this

Brown turkey adding salt and pepper
While the turkey is browning reheat noodles and melt Velveeta
In a bowl mix ground turkey, noodles, diced tomatoes, and melted Velveeta.
Stir
Lightly spray dish with cooking spray
Transfer from bowl to dish
Cook in oven at 400 for about 10 minutes
Take out and sprinkle fat free shredded cheddar on top
Back in oven and bake until cheese on top is melted
Serve and eat

Oh and I still have mini eggs left in my bag...on to eat the rest of them :)

Birthday

You may have noticed that I was not blogging this past weekend, and the reason for this is because I didn't cook all weekend! It was SOOOOO difficult to try and stay on my diet when I wasn't cooking but I think I did alright.
Saturday night I definitely had a cheat day, or night....My friends came down to go out so we could celebrate my birthday.  I had so much fun! We went out for hibachi and got dinner and a show.  If you have never been a highly recommend going.  Everything I ate was technically ON my diet but not everything I ate fell into my diet limits.  But hey it was for my birthday so it was ok, right?
For dinner I started off having miso soup (I hate mushrooms but love this soup), followed by a salad (it isn't sounding horrible yet...), after soup and salad came the main course! Grilled chicken breast, filet mignon, fried rice, sauteed vegetables, and noodles. WOW WEE that was A LOT of food.  I actually didn't even finish the noodles or the chicken but I sure made sure to finished the rice and filet because let's face it, if I am going to have a "cheat" day (night) I am going to make sure I eat the things I hardly eat anymore.
I want to thank everyone who came down to help me celebrate.

Fat Tuesday

HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!

Tomorrow is the first day of Lent....what are you giving up this year? Me...no idea.


Will post tomorrow with tonight's dinner

Mexican

Last night we had some friends over for dinner and I made a Mexican themed dinner.  Complete with an appetizer as well as the entree! As some of you are my facebook followers and have seen me post a picture or two of chicken with a bean salsa on top, well that is what I made last night.  I originally got the recipe off weight watchers website but I changed it up a bit to add a little more spice to it.  Spice makes you thirsty and drinking water makes you feel full which, in the long run, helps you eat less and lose more :)
As some of you may know I love Hungry Girl and I have been dying to try one of her recipes, Beany Cheesy Cups.  It is more of an appetizer than a meal and I just knew if it was just the two of us I would eat half of the recipe.  I love beans, and cheese!  I thought us having guinea pigs friends over that it would be a perfect time to make them and try them out.  I personally LOVED them.  It was the right amount of beans, cheese, and a nice little crisp from the fillo shells. One serving was 5 of them and they only cost 3 points!

 Aren't they cute?!!?

Normally in the past when I have made chicken with warm bean salsa I would serve it over orzo but last night I switched things up.  I have been craving cilantro-lime rice, and I decided to try my hand at making that for our guinea pigs friends.  The recipe was of  course not mine because I am just not that talented yet. I did however get it from a talented lady, Martha Stewert, and you can find her recipe here.  A serving of this was only 3 points! I was shocked at how little the points value was.  Although, I do not think I had a whole serving because I personally am not a huge fan of rice.

Beany Cheesy Cups (5) = 3 points
Cilantro Lime Rice = 3 points
Chicken with Bean Salsa = 5 points

Dinner with appetizer = 11 points