Well, it seems I’m bailing on Tuesdays with Dorie. It’s been weeks since I’ve managed to actually make one of the recipes and I just can’t seem to find the time to do it with the way my schedule has been lately. I love to bake, and I’m sad to see it go, but it’s time for a change around here.
Since my mom’s stroke, we’ve all been making a conscious effort to eat better and that definitely impacts the goodies I am motivated to bake each week. Also, despite the fact that I’m currently pregnant with twins and actually encouraged to eat a high fat, high protein, high calorie diet, I know that after the girls are born, there will be some major lifestyle changes for all of us in the Sticky Feet household (not limited to lack of sleep). We all need to be more healthy and I am so ready to reclaim my body after years of infertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and now more pregnancy and probably breastfeeding. I know it isn’t going to be easy — especially with three small children, but hopefully posting about it here and finding healthy recipes will help.
And that isn’t to say you won’t see a few Tuesdays with Dorie posts from time to time — or high fat recipes for chocolaty goodness. I’m all about indulgence. But you’re probably going to start seeing more alternative recipes instead of the classic, rich, and fattening fare.
I had a random craving for these “healthier” mini-muffins last week so I whipped up a batch. I actually find they are great for a quick chocolate fix and they are extremely quick and easy to make — which is the type of recipe I’m going to need with three children under 2 at home! The result is very rich and brownie like — not to mention low fat and high in fiber.
Even Reagan was interested…
Chocolate Mini-Muffins
1 box devils food cake mix
1 can pumpkin
½ cup chocolate/butterscotch chips
Preheat oven to 350. In a medium mixing bowl combine cake mix and pumpkin – batter will be very thick (sometimes I add a dash of Diet Coke to thin the batter a bit) . Divide into 24 mini-muffin cups. Add 3 to 4 chocolate/butterscotch chips on top of each. Bake for 15 minutes. 1 WW point each.
These sound good. I think I might try them with peanut butter chips!
They sound yummy!
I may need to try these, especially because I love brownies.
I stumbled across your blog looking for twin blogs, I am also expecting twins at the end of september..It is so reassuring to read someone else's thoughts about the fears of twins, I now know I am not alone. I have an 18 month old son and a 13 & 11 year old. All boys, but we are thrilled to be expecting girls this time. I will definitly be keeping up with your blog!!
How do you like the silicone cups? I used to use a silicone bundt “pan” and after several times it became very hard to remove a cake in one piece. It always stuck in the pan, so I tossed it and went back to the original kind.
Ya had me with Chocolate then lost me with the pumpkin! 🙂
p.s. great names!
Take care
You just made my day! I just started WW 3 weeks ago and I love anything chocolaty that doesn’t take up half of my daily points!
These look fantastic. Love the cat photo too. And congrats on the baby girls! Wonderful news and great names.