Sweetie-Fry Bananas with Cream Cheese Frosting (vegetarian) - p198

Review: These were pretty yummy and a nice new way to eat bananas. Plus cinnamon and "sugar" make everything better, right? I thought it was going to take a while to cook but it didn't which was nice!

Score: 4.5/5
Prepared: 11/13/09

Noodled-up Zucchini Pancakes (vegetarian) - p260

Review: I'm not exactly sure how I feel about these. They weren't bad but I'm just not a big fan of non-traditional pancakes. Plus, they make 12, so after about 9, I got lazy and threw all the rest of the batter together on the pan - in essence, trying to make one mammoth pancake. Didn't actually work. Ended up taking twice as long and halfway through I had to break it up into 3 pancakes anyway. Not to mention that each full pan (3 pancakes) took 6 minutes each x 4 = way too long. Plus the first set of pancakes would be cold.

For those who don't like tofu shirataki, this is a good application of it. Filling but not contributing to flavor. Overall, too much trouble.

Score: 3/5
Prepared: 11/9/09

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Coconut Patty Pudding (vegetarian) - p218

Review: Conceptually, this pudding was good. But I don't understand why I had to make the pudding from scratch? Why couldn't I just mix the coconut syrup with chocolate pudding? As a result, I had little chunks of cornstarch in my pudding which it pretty disgusting. Totally user-error but I still think it could be done with chocolate pudding. Anyway, the flavor was good.

Score: 2/5
Prepared: 11/9/09

Peanut Butter Cup Milkshake (vegetarian) - p

Review: The flavor was good but using ice cubes was kind of weird. I thought it had an overall creaminess to it but I would get little ice shivers which would be really watery and that would be kind of gross feeling. I probably wouldn't make this again - I'd just get a kid's size Frosty at Wendy's. Oh yeah, that's the other thing, this shake was like 4 points. That's a big investment! I can get my PB fix with the fudge!

Score: 3/5
Prepared: 11/8/09

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Dreamy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge (vegetarian) - p171

Review: OMG this stuff is great. I mean it. Great. I wouldn't really call it fudge but it's still GREAT. It's more like a brownie. And the best part is if you can get some of that peanut butter in your bite. Some of the women at work and I were vying for those pieces since I didn't get the peanut butter spread evenly. Definitely worth every teeny tiny bite though (makes 36 pieces in an 8" pan).

Score: 5/5
Prepared: 11/9/09

http://www.hungry-girl.com/chew/chewdetails.php?isid=978

Oatstanding Veggie Patties (vegetarian) - p72

Review: I was impressed by how much this recipe made - 5 large patties that are only 1 point a piece and they never go up! Eat 3 patties, just 3 points. Amazing. Of course it's almost all veggies. They were very moist and grilling them like this, only firmed up the outsides. The inside was still raw and kept oozing out. I threw it on an Arnold's Sandwich Thins with some Fat Free Singles and it was yummy but oozy.

The second cooking, I smushed them a bit flatter and got the pan hotter so they browned but it was still pretty moist. I even added a paper towel to the plate in the fridge to try to soak up some of the moisture. They were good and I was amazed by their points values and I could even overlook their ooziness but they took 10 minutes each to cook and I made 3. I was starved by the time they were ready. And I was afraid to put more than one on a pan because they hold together too well. And I was determined not to wash multiple pans. Live and learn.

Score: 4/5
Prepared: 11/7/09

http://www.hungry-girl.com/week/weeklydetails.php?isid=1030

Sweet 'n Cinn-ful Pretzel (vegetarian) - p226

Review: This recipe was definitely good and my husband was as happy as a little boy when I made these. I'm only sad I couldn't get more of the cinnamon and sweetener to stay on the pretzel. Maybe next time I put it in a ziploc bag. It was so sweet and the salt was just right. When I bought the Super Pretzels, the cashier asked me if they were any good and told me that he wished they sold them in cinnamon and sugar. I told him that I was making them into cinnamon and sugar and he asked me to come back and tell him how it turns out. Well, it turned out GREAT.

Score: 5/5
Prepared: 11/4/09

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