Pretzels with Health One Meal Replacement

One of my biggest challenges when I began the Weight Management Program was what I thought was a lack of variety in the meals I could eat.  Basically shakes and more shakes.  Then I learned that I could use the Health One meal replacement in recipes by adding a little something extra.  So I did...and before I knew it I was in a rut again, eating the same thing over and over again.


So I have determined to be creative and step out of my comfort zone by trying new recipes.  Below is one that after a few failed starts has been perfected...and yes, it's yummy.  I have included calories, so that you are able to count the calories for the additives.


sooo...I begin my blog with its first post - a recipe!


Pretzels

Sugar & Cinnamon Pretzels instructions at the end of the blog.

Makes 2 servings of 2 pretzels each

Calories per serving:  Meal Replacement 160, Additives 44

Total Calories:  199

Ingredients:

·         2 potato soup meal replacement – 160 calories per packet

·         2 heaping tablespoon Jiffy Pizza Crust Mix – 35 calories per tablespoon

·         4 tablespoons of warm water

·         1 teaspoon flour – 9 calories per teaspoon

·         Pam spray – butter flavored

·         Salt

Mix potato soup meal replacement and Jiffy Pizza Crust mix.

Add water a little at a time, stirring in between to make certain that the dough does not get too wet (you may need a little less or a little more water – just add it slowly).  The dough needs to be moist, but firm.

Cover dough and let set for 5 minutes – this allows the yeast in the mix to activate.

Sprinkle flour onto a cutting board or other smooth surface.  Knead the dough a few times in the flour.  The gluten in the flour helps the dough to become more elastic.

Divide the dough into 4 pieces and roll into ropes.  Twist the ropes into the shape of a pretzel on a cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 minutes - watching so that it does not burn.

Remove from oven and spray lightly with Pam butter spray and sprinkle with salt.

For Cinnamon & Sugar Pretzels:  use Vanilla Meal Replacement, spray with butter flavored Pam and dip in Splenda & Cinnamon.

ENJOY!