Low Sugar Low Calorie Mango Sorbet

Low Sugar Mango Sorbet (without an ice cream freezer)
(Makes 4 small servings, adapted fromMango Sorbet at AllRecipes.)

Ingredients:
2 large very ripe mangoes
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup Granulated Stevia In The Raw, Splenda, or sugar
1 1/2 T fresh lime juice

Instructions:

In a small pan combine the water and sweetener and bring to a boil.  Turn off and let the mixture cool while you peel and cut up the mangoes.

To peel the mangoes, slice along each side of the flat seed, guiding your knife to come as close as you can to the mango seed.  Then slice away any other mango flesh that still clings to the seed.  Peel away the skin and chop the flesh.

Put the chopped mango and lime juice in a food processor and process for about 45 seconds, until the mixture is quite pureed.  Add the cooled simple sugar mixture and process about 45 second more, until there are no lumps.

Put the mixture into a plastic bowl with a tight fitting lid and put it in the freezer.  Ever 30 minutes, remove bowl from the freezer, scrape away the frozen part around the edges and whisk it into the mixture.  Total freezing time is 3-4 hours, depending on how cold your freezer is.  For my freezer, I would freeze it 4 hours next time for a slightly firmer sorbet.

Divide into individual bowls and serve.  This recipe could easily be doubled and made in an ice cream freezer.

(60 calories)

Honey Sriracha and BBQ Chicken Pizzas

Honey Sriracha and BBQ Chicken Pizzas

- Four cooked cubed chicken breasts

Sauce: 5 tbsp unsalted butter,  1/3 cup honey, 1/4 cup sriracha - but add it slow and taste to see how much YOU want in it, 1 tbsp lite or low sodium soy sauce, 1 cup orange juice, corn starch as a thickening agent.

Bring all ingredients but corn starch to a boil, remove a bit of the sauce into a small tempered glass or metal bowl. Whisk in the corn starch and re- add to the pot. Whisk as it thickens, remove from heat.

Pizza Dough: 3/4 cup hot water - not boiling, 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1/4 tsp salt - can be omitted, 2 cloves minced garlic- can use 1 tbsp ground, 1 tsp basil leaves minced- dry is ok, 2 cups flour, 2 tbsp fast rise active dry yeast- I have used bread machine yeast with great success.

Add all ingredients to stand mixer and using dough hook, mix and knead for 4 minutes, adding a pinch of flour or olive oil to even out the consistency. 

Roll it out, top it with sauce then chicken then shredded cheeses and drizzle with ranch dressing.

- Afterthought: Bacon..... Mmmm

For BBQ Chicken, use favorite BBQ sauce instead of tomato paste, use chicken, bacon, onions, cilantro and pineapple, many cheeses are phenomenal on this.  Same dough recipe as above.

400 degrees, 15-20 minutes.