Banana Caramel Shortcakes
from Hungry Girl

2 cups fat free cool whip

1 Jell-O Sugar Free Creamy Caramel or Dulce de Leche Pudding Snack

1 lrg. banana, sliced

1 package Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet
1/4 cup light or fat-free caramel dip

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine cool whip and pudding and stir until blended. Mix in banana slices. Refrigerate until ready to assemble your shortcakes.

Prepare two large baking sheets by spraying them with nonstick spray. Set aside. On a dry surface, roll dough our into a large rectangle --about 12 in X 9 in -- of even thickness. Using a pizza cutter or a knife, cut dough into 18 evenly sized pieces (each about 3 in X 2 in). Place the pieces of dough, evenly spaced, on the baking sheets. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes, until light golden brown. Allow to cool.

Once you're ready to serve, lay out 9 pieces of baked dough and evenly distribute cool whip/pudding/banana mixture among them, about 1/4 cup per piece. Gently top each with another piece of baked dough. Set aside. In a microwave-safe dish, heat caramel dip until softened and warm, about 20 seconds. stir and then drizzle evenly over the shortcakes, about 1/2 tsp each.

Servings: 9

Points per serving: 3

All I can say is Y-U-M-M-Y!!! These were so delicious. I changed a few things just because of what I had on hand. Instead of using a Jell-O cup I just made my own pudding using a fat-free sugar-free Jell-O mix (I only had vanilla and it worked just fine). Then for the caramel, I just used the fat-free ice cream topping, again, it's just what I had on hand. I did buy the seamless dough sheets but I had to buy them in St. George. If I were to make this again I would probably just use the regular crescent roll dough. The only difference is they have seams but by rolling out the dough I'm assuming they would kind of blend anyways. I loved these. After I ate one shortcake I couldn't keep out of the stuff so I grabbed on more piece of dough and just dipped it into the cool whip mixture. This stuff was so good! I even thought about making a sugar cookie dough (I have a WW recipe that I LOVE) and using that instead of the crescent dough...it's worth a try! Any alteration could possibly change the points. Enjoy!

Oat-Baked Onion Rings

cooking spray
2 large egg whites
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream
2 large onions, yellow, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rounds and separated into rings
5 packets, uncooked instant oatmeal, 1 oz. each (about 2 cups total)
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp table salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat 2 large baking sheets (I used cookie sheets) with cooking spray.

In a large shallow bowl or dish, whisk together egg whites and sour cream. Add onion rings and turn to coat. Transfer onion rings to a large bowl and set aside.

In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Sprinkle mixture over onions and toss to coat. Spread onion out on prepared baking sheets and lightly coat with cooking spray.

Bake until tender and golden, about 40-45 minutes. Yields 1/4 of onion rings per serving.

points value: 3 per serving

We enjoyed these for dinner tonight. It is a recipe that can be played with and changed up to get different flavors. Kris liked them and said he would like to have them again. One change that I did make to this recipe is that I used regular rolled oat instead of the instant (it's just what I had on hand). I rolled over the oats with a rolling pin to break them up a little so they would spread farther over the onions. They are yummy and NOT full of grease! We dipped these in ketchup. I'm sure
any dipping sauce would be good (keep in mind some dipping sauces will add points). I have a recipe for zucchini fries that I want to try too. I'll post that recipe when I get around to making them. I got this recipe from WeightWatchers.com. They have free recipes that you can get off their site as well as in their free newsletters. I always like trying their recipes.

Strawberry Yogurt Cake

1 white cake mix (dry)
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 egg whites
2 weight watchers strawberry yogurt (6 oz. each) or light yogurt (it's 1 point for 6 oz).
1 tub fat free whipped topping (8 oz.)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray and flour a 9 x 13 cake pan. Beat cake mix, water, applesauce, egg whites and one container (6 oz.) yogurt. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour into pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. Let cool completely. Fold remaining container (6 oz.) of yogurt into the whipped topping and spread over cake.

Serves 12-18 12 - 4 points each 18 - 3 points each

This is a yummy treat! It was moist and very delicious. FYI - I'm not sure what the reason was but the top of my cake started to burn after being in the over for a little while. I had it on the middle rack where I always put my cakes but it was going black. So I moved the rack down to the second to last rack. I was thinking this would be yummy with fresh strawberries on top or even mixed in with the cake mix. Also, if you wanted to try a different flavor of yogurt (blueberry, raspberry, etc) that could be yummy too. This is definitely a cake I will make again!!! I cut mine into 12 pieces for 4 points because I wanted a bigger piece. Oh, and I froze the left overs and ate a frozen piece the next day and it was kind of yummy frozen. (this recipe was given to me by a friend)