Brownie Mix

Brownies, so chocolatey, so moist, so delicious, so loaded with saturated fat and cholesterol. Making a quick batch of brownies with a box mix was always so easy to do! They tasted great and weren't much work to put together. Once I knew I had to change my diet, I was NOT about to give up brownies! At Trader Joe's I found an AWESOME brownie mix called Reduced Guilt Brownie Mix and the best thing is it is fat free!!! All you need to do is add some fat free vanilla yogurt to the packaged mix, throw them in the oven and 25 minutes later you're on your way to a no cholesterol, no fat, delicious treat!

If you do not have a Trader Joe's in your area, this brand is also non-fat! I have tried this brand too and it is also a great substitute for normal brownies.

Strawberry Graham Cracker Dessert

On a recent family outing to the beautiful Avilla Valley Barn, we got our daughters some ice cream for a treat. As we were sitting outside enjoying the surroundings I noticed a few people walking around with stunning Strawberry Shortcake desserts. Beautiful strawberries were piled around a MOUNTAIN of whipped cream. Knowing I should not be anywhere near that stuff I resisted the incredible urge to go on in and order one for myself, after all, I wasn't eating these things every day right? But I knew if I started that habit it would become an every day thing, oh I don't eat chocolate every day on Monday. On Tuesday it would be, Oh I don't eat cream puffs every day and so on. When we got home I was really craving that Strawberry Shortcake. We had bought a big box of fresh strawberries from the barn so I put my thinking cap on and came up with a close second to that devilish dessert!
In my freezer I had a tub of Trader Joe's whipped topping. 
There is no cholesterol in it, but it does have 2g of saturated fat per serving, and that is where I would splurge because a little of this stuff does go a long way. So I sliced some fresh strawberries into a bowl, added about 1 tablespoon of the whipped topping and then crumbled some honey graham crackers also from Trader Joe's on top and woo-hoo I had a strawberry shortcake-like dessert that was delicious and cholesterol free!