Every year we promise ourselves that we will only take one bite of Aunt Mabel’s famous pumpkin pie. Every year we fail and offer up the excuse that it’s the holidays and gaining an extra ten pounds is simply tradition. After all, New Year’s resolutions were built on sugar cookies, mashed potatoes and egg nog, right? Here are low fat alternatives to normally high fat traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes. These recipes are friendly to the palette and the waistline.
A favorite side dish around the Christmas dinner table is mashed potatoes. Rich homemade mashed potatoes normally contain an overwhelming amount of fat. Here’s a recipe sure to put a smile on your guests faces without the embarrassment of seeing Uncle Joe unbutton his pants at the dinner table. .
Low Fat Full Flavor Garlic Mashed Potatoes
5 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes
6 oz. fat free cream cheese
8 oz. fat free sour cream
½ Cup fat free half and half (you may substitute skim milk)
1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets Savory Herb with Garlic soup and dip mix
1. Place peeled and cubed potatoes in a pot with water just covering and boil until tender.
2. Drain potatoes and mash with fork or in a mixer.
3. Combine mashed potatoes, cream cheese, sour cream, half and half and blend well.
4. Add in one envelope of seasoning packet and mix thoroughly.
5. To prepare this as a bake ahead: scoop into a serving tray and refrigerate. When ready bake at 325 degrees for 45-50 minutes
What dinner table is not complete without a delicious rich chocolate cake? Go ahead and have a slice of this low fat cake! This cake only sacrifices the fat and calories and not the flavor. It is also one of the easiest cakes you will ever make. Please ladies, don’t go around telling everyone how easy it was….just be a hero.