126 Calorie Purple Protein Smoothie

I whipped up this protein shake as a snack between homework and Pure Barre this afternoon - This protein shake only has 3 ingredients, and it has 7.5 grams of protein and 126 calories :)

This shake is also vegan, gluten free, and dairy free if you use Vega Protein powder.

Ingredients:

1 cup almond milk - 40 cal

1/2 serving vanilla protein powder - 40 cal

1/2 cup frozen blueberries - 46 calories              

= 126 calories total

1. Combine all ingredients and blend until fully combined

2. Serve cold :)

55 Calorie Maple Cinnamon Butter

I love the honey butter at restaurants like Longhorn Steakhouse and Redstone - so I thought I would try to make my own low calorie and dairy free version - I thought this turned out really well and it is only 55 calories per tablespoon - regular butter is 100 calories per tablespoon and regular honey cinnamon butter is probably even more than that!

I used Earth Balance Whipped as a butter alternative but you could use any variety you like -

This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe:

2 tbsp Earth Balance - 160 calories

1 tbsp Sugar Free Maple Syrup - 7 calories

1 tsp Cinnamon                                             

= 167 calories, about 55 calories per tablespoon

(vs. regular butter 100 cal per tablespoon)

1. Measure out butter in a small custard cup

2. Add syrup and cinnamon

3. Mix thoroughly (I used a fork)

4. Add more cinnamon or stevia if desired, store in refrigerator and use on toast, crackers, pancakes, waffles etc.

75 Calorie Chocolate Mint Protein Shake

"So Delicious" makes some seriously delicious holiday flavored Coconut Milk drinks - one is Chocolate Mint flavored - this protein shake tastes really similar to that but it has the added benefit of protein!

Recipe:
1/2 serving chocolate protein powder - 45 calories
3/4 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk - 30 calories
1/8 teaspoon Peppermint Extract                              
= 75 calories


1. Blend together all ingredients
2. Refrigerate or add ice cubes if desired

Nutella Truffles

With Halloween right around the corner I know I am going to be tempted with lots of candy - so I figured I had better come up with some skinny, gluten-free and dairy free candy alternatives

These truffles are kind of like Ferrero Rocher candies with the Rice Krispies on the outside - the Rice Krispies do lose thier crispy-ness after a few hours so if you want to make them without the Rice Krispies you could roll them in cocoa powder instead and then they sort of taste like the fancy chocolate truffles from Trader Joes :)

These are gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe:

2 tablespoons Original PB2 - 45 calories

2 tablespoons Chocolate PB2 - 45 calories

2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder - 40 calories

1 tablespoon Unsweetened Almond Milk - 2.5 calories

2 tablespoons Water - 0

1/4 cup Rice Krispies - 27.5 calories                               

= 160 total, makes 12 truffles, about 13 calories per truffle

1. Mix together the PB2 and cocoa powder

2. Add the liquids and stir until smooth

3. Take teaspoons sized amounts and roll into a ball with your palms

4. Roll the ball in Rice Krispies or cocoa powder - store in an airtight container

50 Calorie Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte

Califia Farms makes AMAZING almond milk/coffee blends - and this year they made a Pumpkin Spice Latte version! Their blends don't have quite enough coffee for my taste, and they have quite a few calories - so I like to dilute their mix with my own coffee to make a lower calorie latte

This is gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe:
1/2 cup Califia Pumpkin Spice Coffee Mix - 50 calories
12 oz coffee (more or less to taste)

90 Calorie Mocha Protein Latte

I needed a caffeine and protein fix after Pure Barre this morning so I made this Mocha Protein Iced Latte :)

This was really good and much healthier than a Starbucks latte :)

This is gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe:

1 cup Almond Milk - 40 calories

1/2 serving Chocolate Protein Powder - 45 calories

1 cup coffee - 5 calories                                             

= 90 calories

1. Freeze 1/4 cup almond milk in ice cube tray(if desired) and make coffee ahead of time and store in refrigerator

2. Blend almond milk, coffee, and protein powder until the protein powder is fully dissolved

3. Serve cold :)

9 Calorie Pan-Seared Apple Fritters

Here's another apple recipe - it isn't the prettiest thing I've ever made, but these apple fritters taste really good! And they are much better for you than traditional deep-fried apple fritters. These are healthy enough to eat as breakfast, a snack, or dessert!

These are Gluten Free, Dairy Free, and only 135 calories for the whole batch!

Recipe:

1 egg - 70 calories

1/4 cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 25 calories

1/2 a medium Honeycrisp Apple - 40 calories

1 teaspoon Stevia                                                  

=135 calories for whole batch, makes about 15 small fritters - 9 calories each

1. Wash and cut the apple into small pieces - I cut mine into shoestring-type pieces

2. Whip together the egg, applesauce and stevia

3. Add the apple to the egg mixture

4. Spoon small amounts into a heated greased pan, flip carefully, brown both sides - repeat with the rest of the batter

5. Top with butter or sugar free maple syrup, enjoy hot :)

10 Calorie Pumpkin Pie Holes

I sort of just threw these together - they turned out like a cross between pumpkin pie and cinnamon sugar donut holes - and under 80 calories for the whole batch!

These are fairly easy to make, and they are gluten free, dairy free, and vegan :)

Recipe: Makes 8

1/4 cup Pumpkin Puree - 20 calories

2 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 12.5 calories

2 tablespoons Oat Flour - 45 calories

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

For coating:

2 tablespoons Stevia

2 teaspoons Cinnamon

                                                                                       

=77.5 total - makes 8, about 9.7 calories each

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix together the flour, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, pumpkin, and apple sauce

3. Spoon into a greased mini muffin pan - bake for 15 minutes

4. Remove from pan and roll in the stevia and cinnamon mixture - enjoy :) store in the refrigerator

95 Calorie Apple Pie Protein Smoothie

Here's another protein smoothie recipe :) This one tasted fantastic in my opinion, I think the apple and cinnamon flavors worked really well with the Vanilla Vega protein powder 

Using half a serving of the Vega Protein powder gives this protein smoothie 7.5 grams of protein and a full serving of vegetables :)

This is also gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

Recipe:

4 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 25 calories

3/4 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk - 30 calories

1/2 serving Vanilla Protein Powder(1/2 scoop, or half of a single serve packet) - 40 calories

1/2-3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon                                                   

= 95 calories total

1. Freeze Applesauce in an ice cube tray over night
2. Put apple sauce cubes, almond milk, protein powder and cinnamon in the blender
3. Blend until smooth - it may take 1 or 2 minutes for your apple sauce cubes to fully blend if your blender is like mine
4. Serve cold :)

45 Calorie Pumpkin Donuts

I finally cracked and bought a Donut Pan from Target - for my first experiment with it I made these Pumpkin Donuts :)

These held their shape really well - especially since they don't have any oil/butter or eggs!

These are also gluten free, dairy free and vegan!

Recipe: (makes 2 donuts)

3 tablespoons Oat Flour - 66 calories

1/4 cup Pumpkin Puree - 20 calories

1 tablespoon Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 5 calories

1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

2 teaspoons Stevia                                                       

= 91 calories, makes 2 donuts - 45.5 calories each

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix together the pumpkin, flour, apple sauce, cinnamon and stevia
3. Pour into a greased donut pan (makes 2 donuts)
4. Bake for about 18 minutes - let cool and remove from pan

130 Calorie Nutella Tart

I had a ridiculous chocolate craving so I came up with this Nutella Tart :)

This is pretty easy to make and it is soo rich and delicious :)

It is also gluten free, dairy free and vegan!

Recipe: Makes 2 tarts

For the crust:
2 tablespoons coconut flour - 60 calories
1 tablespoon Oat Flour - 22 calories
3 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 15 calories
2 tablespoons Almond Milk - 5 calories
2 teaspoons Stevia

For the Filling:
4 tablespoons PB2(2 tablespoons regular, 2 tablespoons chocolate) - 90 calories
2 tablespoons Cocoa - 50 calories
2 tablespoons Almond Milk - 5 calories
3 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 15 calories
                                                                                                                  
= 262 total - makes 2 tarts, 131 calories each


1. Mix together the crust ingredients, if the dough won't stick together when you press down on it add more liquid
2. Press the crust into greased tart pans
3. Bake the crust only for about 5 minutes at 350 degrees
4. Mix together the ingredients for the filling
5. Remove the crusts from the oven and fill with the nutella filling, smooth the top
6. Top with some soy whip if desired, store leftovers in the refrigerator

20 Calorie Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Fall is in full swing, and clearly I have caught Apple Fever - 

I based these cookies on traditional oatmeal raisin cookies, but instead of raisins I used apple chunks!

These cookies are also lower-calorie than regular cookies because of the oat flour, and they do not have any regular sugar or butter/oil

These are also gluten free, dairy free, and vegan :)

Recipe:

1 tablespoon Oats - 32 calories

2 tablespoons Oat Flour - 44 calories

3 tablespoons Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 19 calories

1/4 of a medium Honeycrisp Apple - 20 calories

1 tablespoon Pumpkin Puree - 5 calories

1 tablespoon Stevia

Cinnamon(to taste)                                                          

= 120 calories total, makes 6 cookies - 20 calories per cookie

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix together oats, flour, apple sauce, pumpkin, stevia, and about 1 teaspoon cinnamon - refrigerate for 20-30 minutes

3. Wash and cut up apple into small pieces

4. Spoon the batter onto a parchment paper lines cookie sheet - makes 6 cookies

5. Smooth the cookies out, they do not spread while baking - then top with apple pieces and sprinkle cinnamon on top

6. Bake about 10-12 minutes - remove from oven and let cool, store in an airtight container

80 Calorie Apple Chips

Apple Chips were on sale at the grocery store, so my boyfriend picked out a few bags - I thought they were good but they were very sugary (and 140 calories for 12 chips!) and my boyfriend didn't think they tasted apple-y enough  -  so I decided to try making some from scratch without the added sugar

These weren't difficult to make, but they have to bake for a few hours so these are a good thing to make if you're going to be home for a few hours -  I made them while I finished watching Breaking Bad :)

All you need are Apples and Cinnamon! These are gluten free, dairy free and vegan! There are also only 80 calories in the whole batch!

Recipe:
1 Medium Honeycrisp Apple - 80 calories
Cinnamon to sprinkle on top


1. Wash and Slice up your apple into thin pieces - I did lots of differently shaped pieces, but you could make them more uniform if you are better with a knife than I am :)
2. Spread out the apple slices on a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet, sprinkle with cinnamon(you could also sprinkle some Stevia on top if you want them to be sweeter)
3. Bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours - then turn off the oven and leave the apple chips in there for another hour
4. Enjoy! Store in an airtight container :)

100 Calorie Pumpkin Pancakes

I really like the pancakes you make with just a banana and an egg  - I tried them last year after I saw the recipe all over Pinterest, they are so easy to make! - But since it's fall I thought I would try making them with Pumpkin!

Pumpkin also has less sugar and calories than bananas so these are an even healthier version of pancakes :) If you are feeling extra festive you could mix some pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon into the batter or sprinkle some on top of the pancakes - 

These are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free and Paleo :)

Recipe:

1/4 cup Pumpkin Puree - 20 calories

1 egg - 70 calories

2 tablespoons Sugar Free Maple Syrup - 10 calories       

= 100 calories total

1. Mix together the pumpkin and egg in a bowl

2. Pour about 1/3 of the batter into a heated and greased skillet (medium to high heat)

3. Flip when bubbles start to pop on the top of the pancake and the edge is solid - cook until both sides are browned

4. Repeat with the rest of the batter - top with syrup :)