New Favorite Soup

Hello Sweets!

On this sunny Saturday morning in Boston, I wanted to share my new favorite soup with you all.  It's Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup.

I found the recipe on one of my favorite blogs for healthy food, Skinnytaste.com.  I love crockpot recipes that I can put together on the weekends, stick the freezer, and then whip out for a mid-week meal when I know I'll be coming home late.  

This recipe does take a little bit of preparation, and is a bit more involved than just dumping a bunch of stuff in a crock pot....but, just a little bit, and it's worth it.  The end result is SO flavorful and packed with veggies which keeps it very light.  One serving (1.5 cups with a sprinkle of cheese) is only 261 calories.  The bowl above is about a 3/4 cup serving, so I don't feel bad having two bowls knowing the calories are so low!

I didn't tweak the recipe at all, so I will send you over to Skinnytaste for the original.  Just wanted to share so if you're looking for something new to try for dinner this week, this will be on your list.  

Skinny Funfetti Cake

Another Tuesday night with a couple of my best friends has come and gone and this week I was on dessert duty. With New Years Resolutions in mind and my Pinterest page exploding with sweet ideas, I decided to try out "skinny" cake.

It came out pretty good! The cake itself was a lot lighter than I was expecting and the frosting tasted great.. For most of the slice anyway! Near the end I started to get a plastic-y aftertaste which wasn't awful but definitely noticeable after eating a pretty big portion.  If you're going "skinny," you should eat less anyway, right?!

As a true "sweetie" I do need to call out that nothing beats real butter, sugar and eggs when it comes to cake.  But, this is a pretty decent alternative when you're trying to give those vices a break.  Lindsay and Shannon both seemed to like it as much as I did, and I will very likely make it again, maybe even try a different flavor combo.

Skinny Funfetti Cake

Need:

• 1 box of Funfetti cake mix
• 1 can of diet ginger ale
• 1 small container of light cool whip
• 1 box of instant white chocolate flavor pudding mix
• Sprinkles!

Do:
Empty cake mix into a large bowl and stir in ginger ale until batter is smooth. Bake according to directions on the box. Do not add any other ingredients, all you need is the mix and the soda.

For the frosting, simply mix all of the pudding powder into the cool whip until smooth. This needs to stay refrigerated, so make sure you have enough room in your fridge for the finished cake.

Enjoy!