Strawberry Cloud (vegetarian) - p234

Review: Pretty good strawberry shake. It tasted like a fluffy strawberry shake. Light but flavorful. And easy to whip together. I guess I was jealous after making a couple of drinks for my husband to enjoy, I wanted to make one I could enjoy too and it was yummy! Even slurped the bottom of the cup!

Score: 5/5
Prepared: 9/26/09

Krispymallow Treat (vegetarian) - p219

Review: Strange little treat. It's like a rice krispie treat but not nearly as dense or as high in calories. I was supposed to cut this into 25 servings but all I could manage was 15. It's growing on me though. The flavor isn't bad and the recipe wasn't too hard. Kind of makes me want to make rice krispie treats though.

Score: 4/5
Prepared: 9/26/09

Wicked Good White Russian (vegetarian) - p251

Review: I took one sip of this and could not physically swallow it because the coffee flavor was too strong. My husband agrees. I'm not sure where the volume comes from because it's just as big as the iced coffee but doesn't seem to have as much liquid. His opinion was that if I had just added a shot of vodka to the Cafe Freeze, this would have been amazing. He ended up adding some more soymilk and some splenda.

Score: 2/5
Prepared: 9/26/09

Vannillalicious Cafe Freeze (vegetarian) - p232

Review: So, I don't do coffee but this wasn't too coffee-y. I couldn't have had the whole thing but 1 sip wasn't revolting either. My husband absolutely loved this and gave it a 5/5. It has a bunch of ingredients but it's not too difficult to make it. It does have one specialty ingredient - torani's sugarfree syrup. After I purchased a case of the stuff to make the variety of HG recipes, I was surprised to find it in the Brier Creek super Walmart by the coffee stuff. I think they had almost every flavor except vanilla (necessary for this recipe).

Another interesting tidbit - Bean Trader's in Chapel Hill/Durham have Torani's SF available for mixing. Get a skim milk steamer with SF vanilla for a low point treat!

Score: 5/5
Prepared: 9/26/09

Pumpkin Crunchers (vegetarian) - p269

Review: This recipe originally called for full-sized muffin cups but I opted for mini-muffins and I think they are still too big. They're frozen so they're too cold to bite into and they're too big to melt comfortably in your mouth. I think they would have been awesome without the fiber one "crunch." As I said, they're too cold to chew so I just let them melt and then I'm stuck with soggy fiber one in the mouth to chew and swallow.

Score: 2/5
Prepared: 9/26/09

Caramel Pumpkin Pudding Cupcakes (vegetarian) - p212

Review: YUM. We almost ate all of these in one sitting. My husband thought they needed to cook longer but I think I cooked them to the right consistency according to the recipe. So, they're a little soft. The caramel drizzle didn't work out for me at all. And I'm said that I had to buy a whole package of caramels to melt 3 little cubes. But these are SUPER amazing. So long as you can find pumpkin.

There's a shortage of Libby's pure pumpkin. I had been looking everywhere I went and I just happened in a grocery store in a bad part of town and saw pumpkin and snatched up 3 cans. So, if you need pumpkin for any holiday recipes, grab a can if you see them!

Score: 5/5
Prepared: 9/26/09

Upside-Down Bananaberry Crumble (vegetarian) - p224

Review: This recipe certainly didn't hold together like it said it would. And I kind of burnt the topping but it was still pretty good. I was a little hesitant because it called for rum extract but it wasn't too strong. I only had frozen strawberries so it might have been better with fresh.

Score: 4/5
Prepared: 9/26/09