Red Velvet

I have three favorite desserts of all time: Key Lime Pie, Tiramisu, and Red Velvet. If those three dessert flavors come in anything, you can bet 100% of the time that I'm going to get it. Although I would like to post about all three of these yummy desserts, I am doing a salute to the goodness that is red velvet. I LOVE me some red velvet and I have two recipes that I'd think everyone would enjoy. One takes a little more effort than the other.

Rockin' Red Velvet Pancakes

Again an awesome Breakfast Recipe. I got this from the HG's 300 Under 300 cookbook. And why not combine my favorite meal of the day with one of my favorite desserts.





Ingredients
Serving Size: Entire Recipe (2 Pancakes with glaze) 273 Calories

Icing
2 Tablespoons Cool Whip Free, Thawed
1 Tablespoon Fat Free Cream Cheese, Room Temperature
1 no-calorie sweetener packet

Pancakes
One 25-Calorie Hot Cocoa Mix
1 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon mini-semi sweet chocolate chips, divided
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
2 no-calorie sweetener packets
Dash of Salt
1/4 cup fat free liquid egg substitute
1 tablespoon light vanilla soymilk or fat free milk
3 drops red food coloring

In a small microwave bowl, combine all the icing ingredients and mix until smooth. Set aside. In a tall glass combine cocoa mix, cocoa powder, and half of the chocolate chips . Add 1/4 cup of very hot water and stir until all contents have dissolved and set aside.

In a mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, sweetener, and salt. Add cocoa mixture, egg substitute, and milk and mix thoroughly. Add food coloring and mix well.

Bring a skillet with non-stick spray to a medium heat on the stove. Add half of the batter to form one large pancake. Cook until batter begins to bubble and is solid enough to flip (bout 2 to 3 minutes). Gently flip and cook until the inside of the pancake is fully cooked (about 1 to 2 minutes). Repeat these cooking steps for the other pancake.

Microwave icing until warm (5 to 10 seconds). Spread over your pancakes and eat up!!!

These are so good! It's basically dessert for breakfast! The first time I made this, I microwaved the icing for too long (I did 20 seconds) and it came out runny, but it still tasted really good! So just be aware of that fact.


Yoplait Red Velvet Snack

This is another snack option which I found is absolutely fantastic. And it still gives you all that red velvety taste!

Ingredients
Serving Size: 1 Serving: 150 calories
1/2 package of Nabisco 100 Cal Oreo Thin Crisps
Yoplait Light Red Velvet Cake Yogurt

Assembling this duo is simple: Just lightly crush up half a pack of those lil' chocolate crisps, pour the pieces into the yogurt, and swirl 'em in. Yogurty snacks are 36 percent more fun and delicious with cookies mixed in; it's a fact. You could also dip uncrushed Oreo Thins into the creamy cake-flavored yogurt, DunkAroo-style. The choice is yours...

Scary Fact
Out on the Town...

BEAT IT! Claim Jumper Red Velvet Cupcake
PER SERVING (1 cupcake): 796 calories

Here's the thing: The average slice of frosted red velvet cake will cost you around 500 calories and 25g fat. But if you think the cup-contained stature of this dessert makes it a decent choice, guess again. Almost 800 calories for a CUPCAKE? Skip. It.