2 Points per slice


1/2 cup McNeil Nutritionals Splenda brown sugar blend
1/4 cup light butter
1 2/3 cup banana(s)
1/4 cup fat-free skim milk
1/4 cup fat-free sour cream
2 large egg white(s)
2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp table salt
1 Tbsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine sugar and butter in a bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer
until well-blended. Add banana, milk, sour cream,vanilla and egg whites;
beat well, and set aside.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; stir well. Add dry ingredients
to creamed mixture, beating until blended.

Spoon batter into 4 (5 x 2 1/2-inch) miniature loaf pans coated with
cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 minutes on a
wire rack; remove from pans. Let cool completely on wire racks.

Note: To make one 9-inch loaf, spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf
pan coated with cooking spray; bake at 350º for 1 hour and 10
minutes. Yield: 1 loaf, 20 servings (serving size: 1 slice

2 points per cookie


1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup reduced-calorie margarine
1/4 cup fat-free cream cheese
1 large egg white(s)
2 Tbsp fat-free skim milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 sprays cooking spray
24 piece caramel candies
24 pieces pecan halves

Instructions

1. Combine flour and cocoa in a small bowl; set aside. Beat together sugar, margarine, cream cheese, egg white, milk and vanilla extract in a large bowl; add flour mixture and blend well. Chill dough at least 30 minutes, or until firm.

2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.

3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on baking sheets about 1 to 2 inches apart. Press a caramel into each cookie and flatten; top each caramel with a pecan half. Bake for 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Yields 1 cookie per serving

2 Points per 1/2 cup serving


3 cup non-fat instant dry powdered milk
1 cup McNeil Nutritionals SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener
8 serving Hershey's Cocoa
8 serving SF Chocolate Fudge Puddin
1/2 cup Carnation Coffee-Mate Fat-Free Powder Creamer
24 pieces Hershey's Kisses

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together and store in an airtight container. Put 1/4 cup into a cup of hot water. Put Hershey kisses in and stir. You can add a candy cane into it for an extra point if you want a minty taste to it.

Which program are you on or have you been on & liked?

The main thing with the South Beach Diet is getting rid of carbs for 2 weeks to allow your body to 'detox' from all the bad carbs in foods, which means you get to eat mostly meat & vegetables but nothing with carbs or sugar in them, even natural sugar. Then after the initial 2 weeks, you can start gradually adding in whole grain foods & fruits, but not very quickly... you can only add one item (either carb or natural sugar) per day every week up to 3 carb items & 2 nat. sugar items. For example on week 3, you can add 1 whole wheat bagel per day. Then starting on week 4, you can add a piece of fruit.

That's just a quick summary of it, I know its not the whole concept. I had a website dedicated to the SB diet bookmarked but someone (probably hubby himself) deleted my bookmark.

I like the core program. I am not really into breads or even pasta. I do on the other hand love vegetables and fruits. I have noticed that if you eat alot of protein and not alot of sugar that you can also lose weight. I will have to look into the south beach diet as it looks interesting.