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Lemon-Yogurt Tea Cakes Recipe

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Lemon-Yogurt Tea Cakes
nonstick cooking spray
2 medium lemons
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup light corn-oil spread, 56% to 60% fat
8 oz plain nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup frozen egg substitute, thawed
or 3 egg whites
1 tsp lemon extract


Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray ten 4" by 2 1/4" loaf pans or 3" by 1 1/2"
jumbo muffin-pan cups with nonstick cooking spray. From lemons, grate peel
and squeeze 2 tablespoons juice.

In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With
pastry blender or two knives used scissor-fashion, cut in corn-oil spread
until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in yogurt, egg substitute,
lemon extract, lemon peel, and lemon juice just until flour is moistened;
spoon batter into loaf pans or muffin-pan cups.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cakes comes out
clean. Immediately remove cakes from pans; serve tea cakes warm. Or, cool
on wire racks to serve later.

Makes 10 tea cakes.

Each tea cake: About 260 calories, 6 g protein, 44 g carbohydrate, 6 g
total fat (1 g saturated), 1 mg cholesterol, 295 mg sodium

Description:
"Luscious little loaves or muffins, and very low in fat and
cholesterol."
Source:
"Good Housekeeping 365 Days of Healthy Eating"

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 205 Calories; 1g Fat (4.4% calories
from fat); 5g Protein; 45g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 1mg Cholesterol;
237mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 0
Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2130706543 0

Preparation Time: 0:00

Serves: 10
 


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If you enjoy your food, but want to shed a few kilos and boost your general healthfulness, then, as any doctor will tell you, you need to eat a specially designed well-balanced diet. Ideally, this should contain 5 helpings of fruit/vegetables on a daily basis and also include a sensible fusion of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

When deciding on a diet, it is important to also make efforts to reduce consumption of refined carbohydrate, fat and salt.

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Rather than thinking about the types of food you need to remove from your dietary regime, look at the recommended foods which you can introduce to your weight loss program. If you manage to inject a few nourishing fruit and vegetables into your daily routine, you'll find that you feel more satisfied and have a far decreased probability of being tempted by those damaging mid-day sweets and chocolate bars.


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