Yummy Treat

I am a big fan of the cookies-and-cream genre of desserts.... ice cream, ice cream sandwiches, smoothies, shakes, Oreos in general. So I am very excited to announce that the Weight Watchers "Giant" Cookies & Cream ice cream bars are super-tasty! It's a vanilla ice cream bar coated in little cookie sprinkles. It might get a *little* messy, but the sprinkles are good and chocolatey and the ice cream is the way it's supposed to be, sweet and cold. They are a pretty decent size, and they're only 2 points! Hooray!

Freezer Find

Last night, I was really craving a sweet, light dessert. But, it's been a while since I've gotten new groceries so I didn't have any of the usual good stuff. I decided to explore the freezer to see what I could come up with.... and I found a pretty darn tasty combination:

Frozen Girl Scout Thin Mints cookies dipped in a little fat-free whipped topping.

Yum! It was cold, and sweet, and light.... perfect!

A Berry Special Treat!

I just had the best dessert!!!

After my walk today I stopped by Safeway cuz I really wanted to get some healthy salads and fruit and veggies to snack on. And guess what? They were having a huge sale - BOGO Berries! Yep, their cartons of strawberries and blueberries were both buy one get one free. So I picked up 2 of each. I also picked up some Haagen-Dazs Light Vanilla Bean ice cream and some French Vanilla flavored Cool Whip.

Tonight, I had fun cutting up the berries and splashing lemon juice on them to make them last (my Mom's trick - first time I've tried it, if you can believe that). Then I spooned out 2 scoops of that light vanilla ice cream and poured A TON of berries on top. I just ate it. I think my tummy is smiling. :-)

It was so light and refreshing, and there were blueberries the size of quarters in there! Oh, what a yummy treat! I can't wait to have more tomorrow!

My Mom's Dump Cake

My mother made a dessert tonight that she swears is WW-friendly. I've never heard of it before...but it was darn tasty, very low-fat, and very easy to make. I may even make it myself someday! It ends up tasting like a fruit cobbler.

Dump Cake

• Using whatever regular pan you use for making brownies (8x8, 9x9, or bigger), spray it thoroughly with a non-stick cooking spray or line it with tin-foil. (They suggest a double layer of foil cuz it gets juicy.)
• Spread 2 packages of thawed frozen fruit of any kind - tonight she used blueberries and raspberries, but you can use strawberries, peaches, melon, mango, etc. - evenly throughout the bottom of the pan.
• Cover the fruit with one package of dry low-fat cake mix. Mom uses Betty Crocker low-fat yellow cake. Just spread the dry mix -- don't add any other ingredients. Spread it all in an even layer and make sure there aren't any big crumbles anywhere. (Mom may have said that she sometimes uses 2 boxes of cake mix -- it may depend on the size of your pan.)
• Pour in one 12 oz can of diet Red Pop, pouring it evenly throughout the whole pan.
• Bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Serve either warm or chilled, preferably with some light Cool Whip or other whipped topping. You can sprinkle Splenda on the top if you want a little extra sweetener, but we didn't do it tonight and it was plenty sweet enough.

This was actually really tasty! It looks kind of like a confetti cake once it's baked, cuz the fruit color is very lively. I liked it, as a dieter, and so did the two 27-year-old non-dieting guys at dinner. They said it didn't even taste like a diet dessert. Best compliment you could ask for!