Heart Healthy Recipes

Bread Pudding, the Heart Healthy Way

My husband's family hails from New Orleans, and he really likes Bread Pudding. So here's a bread pudding made with Spenda sweetener and egg beaters.

Bread Pudding

Star Rating: 5 stars

Vegetable spray
1 pound French bread (preferably stale French bread, cut into 1" slices
Spenda sweetener to equal 1 1/2 cups sugar
3 cups fat-free (skim) milk
1/2 cup fat-free Eggbeaters
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with vegetable oil spray.

In a large bowl soak the French bread slices for about 1 minute, then squeeze the water out of the French bread and place in another large bowl.

Whisk the Spenda, milk, Eggbeaters, vanilla and cinnamon in a bowl. Pour the mixture over the French bread, stir and let sit for 10 minutes.

Pour the bread mixture into the baking pan and bake for 45 to 60 minutes, or until the pudding is puffed up in the center and a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

8 servings

1600 Calories in entire recipe

Per serving: Approx. Calories 200

4 Weight Watchers points/serving

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Heart Healthy Rice Pudding

Rice Pudding

Star Rating: 5 stars

1 1/2 cup egg beaters
3 cup skim milk
16 packets Splenda
Vanilla
Cinnamon
2 cups rice (brown is preferred)
2 boxes (3 oz.) raisins

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Combine all ingredients with a whisk.

Pour pudding mixture into a 15x9x2 inch pan. Place pan into a pan of water in the oven. Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

6 servings

4 Weight Watchers points/serving

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Tomato Sauce

Dasher's Tomato Sauce

Star Rating: 4 stars

1/2 bulb garlic minced or crushed or sliced taste
2 tbsp. oregano
2 tbsp. basil
1 1/2 tbsp. black pepper
Cayenne pepper to taste
1-6 oz. can salt free tomato paste
1 large can salt free tomato puree or tomato sauce
1 large can salt free diced tomatoes or whole tomatoes (cut up whole tomatoes) or 4-5 fresh tomatoes peeled
1/4 cup olive oil

Heat the olive oil on a medium high flame. Add garlic. Hold pan above the flame so the garlic does not burn or brown. Do not brown the garlic.

Just before the garlic turns brown, add the tomato paste. Remove from heat.

Fill the empty can with water. Return the pan to heat. Stir while slowly adding 1/2 the can of water for 10 minutes.

When some of the water has evaporated, add the remaining water, puree and tomatoes. For thinner sauce, add more water.

Add all seasonings and stir. Cover and simmer on low heat for 15-35 minutes, stirring every 2-5 minutes.

6-8 servings

Calories in entire recipe: 480 calories (in 1/4 cup of olive oil)

12 Weight Watchers points in the entire recipe

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