This may or may not be true, but it's a charming story:

Kaylets, you were asking about chess pie--it's eggs,sugar, vanilla, maybe some butter, mixed and poured into a pie shell, and baked to a a firm custard.
The story goes that someone asked what kind of pie it was---is it apple, cherry, berry? Answer: Nope, it's 'jes pie! and over the years it became 'chess pie'. One of those stories that if it's not true, it should be.

Hope this was enlightening.
Your Friendly Neighborhood FoodLore Maven

Thanks for the info on chess pie, Maven ... I always thought it was a version of cheesecake ... my mom used to make it with cheese. Your take on it sounds even better ... probably could make it without sugar ... hmmm.

Kaylets, Elberta thanketh thee kindly for the recipes and she's cutting up some caulif. as we speak. Amarantha be eager to try the apple crisp ... mayhap pear crisp would also be good? Only we've been unable to buy brown rice syrup in this neck o' the woods ... none of the places I used to get it has it ... going to trek down to Wild Oats if I have time tomorrow and if they don't have it, I'll go online. The barley malt syrup would be too strong for your crisp recipe, methinks.

I never use asparmante anymore as I don't think it's healthy and do believe thy dh could easily get headaches from it. I know I do.

My mom used to make yogurt in the 50s with a yogurt maker ... it was a popular pastime then. So neat to think that someone still does this. It's got to be healthier than the stuff in the store.

Amarantha's Sunday Menu:

2 Fake Chess Pie Muffins (210)
Rich Dark Chocolate EAS Carb Control Shake (100)
Butter spray count for day (10)
Gym Drink count for day (30)*
*A B vitamin powder I buy in the gym so I can stand to drink water

1 Fake Chess Pie Muffins (105)
RDC EAS Carb Control Shake (100)

Grilled salmon w/dill & butter spray (120)
Corn (70)
Brocolli w/lowfat cheese sauce (70)

RDC EAS Carb Control Shake (100)

2 Fake Pear-Gingerbread Bars** (180)

**1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup self-rising flour
2 tsp. Just White egg white powder
8 packets Splenda
1 scoop Designer Whey Vanilla Praline protein powder
1 tsp. baking powder
1 T barley malt syrup
4 T turbinado sugar
1/2 cup water
1 T canola oil
1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese

Coarsely chop pear and mix with all ingredients except 3 T of the turbinado. Pour in 9x12 baking pan that’s been sprayed with canola spray. Sprinkle the rest of the turbinado evenly over top of cake. Bake at 350 until knife inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 25 minutes. Cool and cut into 12 squares. (90 calories eachs).

RDC EAS Carb Control Shake (100)

2 Fake Pear-Gingerbread Bars (180)
RDC EAS Carb Control Shake (100)

Total: 1475

21-Day Challenge Report: Week 2, Day 8, calories: 1475, exercise 30 minutes walk/run inside house.

This is posted early w/three hours to go on Sunday but Elberta Crone hath closed the kitchen so I won't eat anymore food. Avanti, all!

Coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
english muffin w/ egg and cheese

Mexican bean soup
2 ww w/ egg, cream cheese, onion
ff yogurt 'cheesecake' w/ ff caramel sauce

low-fat mac. and cheese
steamed brocolli
ff yogurt 'cheesecake' w/ strawberries

snack: ff choc. pudding

exercise: 80 min. walk
calories: not sure--didn't really measure today.
water: 4 glasses [3rd day in a row I haven't gotten enough water]


Kaylets and Amarantha, Thanks for the recipes! I bought a ton of organic granny smith apples, so I need to get creative with those.
I'll post my yogurt cheesecake recipe late!

coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
omelette [egg sub., cottage cheese,spinach, onion, ff cheese]
2 soy sausages
clementine

small baked potato w/ low-fat ranch dip
lo-fat ice cream sandwich
apple

salad [lettuce, peas, carrots, onion, peppers, cucumber, almonds, 'chik' patty, lo-fat ranch]
lo-fat ice cream sandwich

snack: Slim-Fast bar

calories:1415***fiber: 28 grams***fat: 31 grams
exercise:1 hour walk**20 min. dumbells***40 pushups***200 crunches

First, you need to know how to make yogurt cheese! Line a colander with cheesecloth or paper towels [whatever's handy], place over a bowl and dump a 32-oz. container of plain yogurt into the colander. Let the yogurt drain overnight. The next day the yogurt will have the consistency of soft cream cheese--more or less. At this point you could use it like cream cheese or flavor it with anything--honey and nuts, herbs and garlic--it's very versatile. Just make sure that you start with yogurt that doesn't have gelatin added.

This is a great recipe---try it at least once!

Yogurt Cheesecake

2 cups yogurt cheese
2-4 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 eggs or 1/2 c. egg sub.
1 tsp vanilla [or any flavor you'd like]

Combine all ingredients until well-mixed. Pour into an 8 or 9" pan. [You can also bake this in a graham cracker pie crust.]
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cool and refrigerate before eating. It'll set up and have an amazing 'cheesecake' consistency. Serve with fruit.

Yo, Food Slayers Ceara and Eydie, thou be stalwart in the yogurt department. I need to try all these things. It's surprising how much I like yogurt, when I had such an aversion to it in the past. But I don't like the highly processed stuff that's in the market. These recipes are just the ticket to get back my flagging challenge spirit.

Today wasn't good, though I'm still in the ballpark for my challenge. This is my high cal day! Re exercise, drove to the gym but had so much on my mind and still didn't feel well, ended up just sitting in the car and then coming home to finish work. Anyhow, tomorrow's another day, Amarantha say(eth)!!!! Yay(eth)!!! I'm not posting a menu as somewhere along the line I reverted to just writing down the calories ... think it was the pb cups or maybe the donut ... anyhow, I did a 15-minute walk and am calling it good. Will do the gym thing tomorrow and play catch up on weights. I have a long way to go to 360 minutes this week!

21-Day Challenge Report: Week 2, Day 9, calories: 2000, exercise 15 minute walk.

P.S., the Fake Pear-Gingerbread bars are gone!!!! I ate them all!

These are really good, if I do say so!

Dear Amarantha, I feel your pain. My calories have been 'up' the last few days. What's going on? With me, I think when I allowed the Valentine's Day Sugar Demon entrance into the temple, it wanted to stay. Time for an exorcism, maybe? Just a little taste and I want MORE! I always think that I can handle it........

Anyway, here's today's efforts:

coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
2 ww toast w/ egg sub., ff cheese, 'bacon'
clementine

ww tortilla w/ humuus and vegs.
tomato soup

soy 'chicken' marinara
steamed brocolli and cauliflower
low-fat ice cream sandwich

snax: apple
shape-Up bar
peanut butter and crackers [this is where it fell apart for me!]

calories: 1660
fiber: 36 grams
fat:52 grams
water: 4 cups [still not enough]
exercise:40 pushups***200 crunches***15 min. yoga***3 miles treadmill

I didn't even mention everyone at work getting girl scout cookies---open boxes everywhere! So far, so good.

Hello all!

Extra bread last night... managed to control the portion and put half back...
and then took an orange with me to bed...orange is still there on the bedside table ... but it did feel good in my hand taking it to bed.... the brain, very interesting...

Eydie-- notice you're listing an "egg substitute"... we have a chicken flu here in Delaware and we are even afraid to buy Egg white brands.... was wondering what you were using ....

must dash!

Kaylets, I don't really favor one brand of egg sub. over another. I ususally get whatever's on sale. They basically all have the same ingredients and the same amount of calories. What's this about a chicken flu? Something I should be aware of?