I really love celery with peanut butter or cream cheese. My thighs, not so much. Reduced fat peanut butter isn't any better for you - actually it's worse. Reduced and regular have about the same calorie count, while reduced only saves you about 4 grams of fat per serving. Reduced is also loaded with sugar and contains hydrogenated vegetable oil - a primary source of trans fat. Yucky stuff! That's actually the case with many low fat or fat free foods. The fat is replaced with sugar, so just stick to the regular stuff (with most foods) and eat healthy portions.
Cream cheese isn't one of those foods where the fat is replaced with sugar. Actually, fat free cream cheese replaces the fat with more protein. Awesome! I'm not a huge fan of the taste of fat free cream cheese but if I mix it up with my peanut butter, I get a pretty tasty creation. I know. It sounds gross, right? It's really not though! Fat free cream cheese is kind of bland and really just serves as a base to your peanut butter. You still get that yummy PB flavor, but it's mellowed a little by the cream cheese and not quite as rich. Still super tasty though, and way better for you!
Ingredients:
8 stalks celery, trimmed and cleaned
1 tablespoon peanut butter, creamy
3 tablespoons fat-free cream cheese
Instructions:
- Stir peanut butter and cream cheese together until it's a solid color; no more streaks
- Spread PB mixture into celery stalks.
- Enjoy!
Here's what was left of mine when I remembered to take a picture:
Serves 2. Weight Watchers Points = 2/ea
I am in love with your site! I found you through the Mom Blog Network. I'm also a community manager at MothersClick.com and we have a weight watchers thread. Thank you for the great recipes. I can't find fat free cream cheese in our stores but I found the kind that says 1/3 less fat so I don't know if that's the same. Either way I'm going to try your recipe tonight! Thanks again!
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