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Hungry Girl Today: 6.24.08
CHEW THE RIGHT THING
BITE IT!
HG's Bloomin' Blossom
Flower Power
This swap for those notorious fried onion appetizers is slightly more
complicated than our other recipes -- but it is SO, SO, SOOOO worth it! And
if you share this giant thing with 3 pals (instead of 1), each serving'll have
just 96 calories, <1g fat and a POINTS® value of 1*. Rock on, Bloomin'
Blossom! (Pssst... click here for an easy-to-follow printable version of this
recipe.)
Ingredients:
For Onion:
1 jumbo sweet onion, not peeled
1 cup Fiber One bran cereal (original), ground to a breadcrumb-like
consistency in a blender or food processor
1/2 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Original Egg Beaters)
1/4 tsp. seasoned salt (like the one by Lawry's)
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. black pepper
For Sauce:
3 tbsp. fat-free mayonnaise
2 tsp. ketchup
1/8 tsp. seasoned salt
dash chili powder
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine ground cereal with the seasoned salt,
garlic powder, and pepper. Mix well and set aside.
Cut the top half-inch of the onion off (from the pointy side, not the flat one).
Leaving the root (bottom) intact, carefully peel the outside layer off.
Next, starting from the top, carefully cut the onion down and across the
middle, stopping about a half-inch from the root. Repeat to make a criss-
cross, cutting the onion down the middle again and stopping a half-inch from
the bottom. You should now have 4 sections still attached at the bottom. Cut
each of those sections down the middle (from the top), again stopping before
you get to the root.
Place the onion, cut side up, in a large bowl, and cover completely with ice
water. Allow to sit for 5 - 10 minutes, or until "petals" open up. (You can use
your hands to gently help pry them open once they've been soaking for
several minutes.) Remove the onion, and dry both the onion and the bowl.
Once both are dry, place the onion back in the bowl, with the petals up. Pour
the egg substitute evenly over it, making sure to get in between all the petals
(use your hands to separate them). Swirl egg substitute around so the
bottom and sides of the onion get coated. Then flip the onion over to drain
excess egg substitute. The entire surface of the onion should be covered
lightly with egg substitute. Transfer onion to a separate, dry bowl. (You'll
likely have about half the egg substitute left in the first bowl.)
Slowly sprinkle ground cereal mixture evenly over the onion, making sure to
thoroughly coat each petal -- again, use your hands to separate them --
flipping the onion upside-down once you're almost done coating, so that the
entire surface gets coated in crumbs. (If needed, spread a little more egg
substitute on any dry spots to get the crumbs to stick.) Spray a baking dish
with nonstick spray, and place the onion in it with the petals facing up.
Place dish in the oven and bake for about 40 minutes (until outside is crispy
and inside is soft). Meanwhile, combine sauce ingredients. When onion is
done, allow it to cool slightly. If you like, carefully cut out the center of the
onion (so petals are easy to remove). Serve with sauce and enjoy! MAKES 2
SERVINGS
Serving Size: half of recipe (including half of the sauce)
Calories: 192
Fat: 1.75g
Sodium: 700mg
Carbs: 54g
Fiber: 17g
Sugars: 13g
Protein: 7g
POINTS® value 3*
FIGHT IT!
Chili's Awesome Blossom
Flaw-some Blossom
If you're alive and breathing (and we assume you are if you're reading your
email), you probably have the desire (every so often) to order one of those
ginormous deep-fried onion thingees served at chain restaurants. The 2,710-
calorie appetizer is freakishly tempting -- it's lurking at your local Chili's and
goes by the name Awesome Blossom. (And though Outback Steakhouse
doesn't make their nutritional stats public, we're guessing the Bloomin' Onion
there is at least as bad.) But what did you expect? It's an onion that's been
hacked wide open (exposing WAY too much surface area) and then battered
and fried. Every nook and cranny of that ginormous thing is covered in oily
batter! And there's always one nutty person at the table who insists on
ordering it. But be careful, because even nibbling on 1/6th of that thing
(which isn't very much at all) would set you back more than 450 calories and
over 33 grams of fat (POINTS® value 11*). Ahhhhhhh!!! The good news is
that you can now whip up your very own diet-friendly version at home --
sauce and all. Yeee-haaaaaaa!
Serving Size: half an order (including half of the sauce)
Calories: 1,355
Fat: 101.5g
Sodium: 3,180mg
Carbs: 97g
Fiber: 7.5g
Sugars: n.a.
Protein: 12g
POINTS® value 35*
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Want More Fried Food Makeovers? Head to your local bookstore and snap up
a copy of the HG cookbook, Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for
Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World. You'll find lots of "fried" food recipes and
so much more!
CHEW ON THIS:
We're officially dubbing today, June 24th, Faux-Fried Onion Day. Feel free to
celebrate with either our classic Lord of the Onion Rings or our brand-new
Bloomin' Blossom!
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24-2008
*The Points® values for these products and/or recipes were calculated by
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or its manufacturer or developer by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the
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