NOT Time to Make the Donuts

Yes, I am awake and wanting donuts as usual.
Of course I can not go and get any.
SO, lucky me still has some Holey Donuts in the freezer.

I had the Jumbo Reduced Fat Cinnamon Buns today.
Oh my word, Yummy is not good enough for me.
Now one was filling enough and at 340 calories it was a meal.
But that sure beats the 1100 calories of a Cinnabon Cinnamon roll.
And 5 grams of fat compared to 56 grams of fat is a difference.

The other day I was fussing cause I was hungry and yet did not eat.
I know, I know, silly me!
But it was due to feeling guilty for eating if it was filling.
I equate filling with fattening in my head.
I am glad I have a good alternative in the donut department to stop that thought.

So for me it is not time to "make the donuts" but time to enjoy the donuts!

I Can Have DONUTS Again!

Have you heard about Holey Donuts?

Well I did recently and really wanted to try them.

You see I am on this diet! Yes the dreaded 4 letter word was used--DIET!
And my all time fav food is donuts!
We all know donuts are not on diets.
Right? No WRONG!

Now we can diet and have our donuts too.
How? Well because Holey Donuts are low fat and lower in calories. The average donut has 15-20 grams of fat and as much as 480 calories? Holey Donuts created a donut with as little as 3-4 grams of fat and 150-250 calories. You'd actually have to eat 4 of their donuts to get the amount of fat in just one traditional donut. Even better is that they do not use artificial sweeteners or fat substitutes.

Well, I heard about Holey Donuts and contacted them.
I told them. . .
"I have been reading about your new venture with the low fat Holey Donuts.
I would be so excited to do a review on my blog. I am currently working on a
diet and exercise program. I have lost 27 lbs and 21 inches in the last 6
weeks. (BTW that is now 59 1/2 inches lost). And my favorite snack food is donuts. (You did celebrate National Donut Day!) Of course, I have had to cut out donuts since I have been on this diet. And I imagine that this will have to become a way of life.
Until.....I heard of your product. How amazing it would be to enjoy a
donut as a snack and keep the weight off. Please let me try out your yummy
goodness and tell others how they too can have their "donut" and keep the
weight off. "

Look at what they sent me! WHOOT! I am in donut heaven.
Holey Donuts is letting me try their donuts and tell you what I think.
I received 6 assorted donuts, 30 filled holes and 4 large cinnamon rolls.
The assorted flat had

Low Fat Classic Vanilla Frosted
Reduced Fat Vanilla Boston Cream
Reduced Fat Raspberry Graham
Low Fat Original Glazed
Reduced Fat Strawberry Shortcake
Low Fat Caramel Crumb

The donut holes assortment was

Low Fat Raspberry Vanilla Truffle Donut Holes
Low Fat Boston Cream Donut Holes
Low Fat Lemon Vanilla Donut Holes

and then there was

Jumbo Reduced Fat Cinnamon Buns

And we also received this card for FREE cinnamon buns on our next order!

So we (being College Girl, Nessa and I) tried out all 3 of the donut holes and the low fat carmel crumb donut. Now these come to you from being flash frozen so you want to let them thaw out or microwave them for just 5-10 seconds.
We chose the microwave route.
I have to say that the carmel crumb donut was thicker than I expected. It was more of a bread then the airy donuts I am use to. But...it had good creamy flavor. I did not mind something that was more substantial at all. And knowing that I was eating something that was much lower in fat made me very happy. There was only 3 grams of fat and 148 calories in this jewel. That is only 3 pts on weight watchers for those who count points.
Now I will take a donut over any 100 calorie pack of thin crisp cookies any day!
A dunkin donuts apple crumb donut has 7.5 grams of fat and 173 calories. SO there is a saving there.
Now the donut holes were a whole 'nother story. YES!
Me being the donut eater in this family of course did not take time to read the package first. No I had to just dive right in, I saw that one of the holes had some red filling. SO I ate it first. That raspberry filling was good! I enjoyed that it was sweet and still had a lil chill to it. The donut holes are not as thick as the donut so it was very enjoyable to me. Nessa had one and she felt they were a good alternative for a low fat donut. Nessa has had frozen donuts before where I had not. She felt that these were comparable but was glad to know that these were much lower in fat for us! Nessa was my biggest critic as she said there was no way a frozen non fried donut was going to be any good. Well, she would eat these! College Girl had the lemon filled (lemon is one of her favs) and said that I would have to guard all of them. She enjoyed it very much. I popped the last donut hole we had in my mouth and gasped.....no I did not read it was filled too. Oh that boston cream caught me by surprise. And I loved it!
Now 4 of these donut holes from Holey Donuts are 3 grams of fat and 158 calories....Dunkin Donuts Jelly filled Munchkins are 10 grams of fat and 240 calories. Again, it is well worth the saving is calories and fat to have a great alternative in donuts.
I compared the Holey Donuts Cinnamon Rolls at 5 grams of fat with 340 calories with Cinnabon 56 grams of fat and 1100 calories and was blown away. WOW, what a difference. Now Schwans has a frozen cinnamon roll too that is only 370 calories so not a big difference there but has 14 grams of fat and that is worth noting.

So as you can see I give them a thumbs up! Yes, that is me with my almost eaten crumb donut there. I finished it of course!!!!
And College Girl said. . .

That these were finger licking good!

National Donut Day

It's National Doughnut Day, and you know what that means -- FREE DOUGHNUTS!The Salvation Army created the holiday, which is always celebrated on the first Friday in June, in 1917 to boost the morale of troops fighting in WWI. According to holidayinsights.com, those doughnuts were fried in oil inside an American soldier's metal helmet.Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme outlets both are commemorating the holiday by giving out free doughnuts.To get your freebee at Dunkin' Donuts, you'll need to buy a drink. But there are no strings attached at Krispy Kreme.

Here i am on a DIET and my all time favorite food is out there being celebrated

WITHOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAAAAA!

Donuts, Chicken Fried Bacon and Fun!

Ok here is an update on yesterdays trek. We ended up driving over 400 miles round trip and it was well worth it. Well DH did the driving. And it rained the whole day.

Our GrandBabes did so well on their trip back home. Mommy was so glad to have her kiddos back home too. DH skipped work from main job to do the driving. (Of course, he went to his 2nd job that he does in the morning and evening.) It was raining (which is a blessing in itself) and he did not wish for me to have to drive in it. How gallant! Since we had to do the first half of the trip my Mom suggested we head to Snook, Texas too. We have been wishing to do this for over a year. And since CG is home this week, it was just too tempting not to do our own Spring Fling.

Our troops left home around 8:30 in the morning and we did not arrive for lunch til a lil after 2 in the afternoon. Of course we stopped at The Donut Shop in Hamilton, Texas to have some of the best donuts that we know of. As we where drooling over the donut case, the owner came out and handed us fresh hot glazed donuts just from the fryer. That was the first food-gasm of the day. Made my eyes roll back as the hot sweet creaminess made its way to my tummy. Of course we had to purchase a big ol box of yummies here. My Mom wanted an apricot fried pie (with a phyllo dough crust) and a large apple fritter. CG was all into the koloches (polish sausages wrapped in a sweet bisquit dough) and the egg, sausage, cheese bisquit sandwich. DH tucked into his fried pie and then attacked his jalapeno koloche. Then a small pig in a blanket was gobbled up. Of course I am the donut queen. I had to have a ol' fashion, a small cinnamon bun with orange glaze, chocolate topped cake donut and then my own lil piggy in a blanket. We purchased sprinkled topped ones and donut holes for the GrandBabes. Ok, OK, I love donuts. Ask anyone around here.


Well we continued on til Waco, Texas. Here we had to say good bye to our GrandBabes. I loved having them but they need time to get back into the groove before school next week. We left them with a big ol box of toy surprises to open at home. Of course there were bubbles to blow, play dough to squish and magnetic paper dolls. (I wanted to play with those.) And back on the road to Snook, Texas. CG liked that we went through College Station, home of Texas A&M. Her college, Tarleton State University, is now a sister school of A&M. Well finally we arrived. And here is what our appetizer of Chicken Fried Bacon looked like.



Oh and I can not describe the yumminess of it. After waiting so long for our lunch. (Ok forget all the donuts earlier.) We ordered 4 servings of Chicken Fried Bacon (with gravy), 4 side salads w/ blue cheese dressing for all of us, Stuffed Shrimp with a loaded baked potato for CG, Chicken Fried Steak, gravy and onion rings for me and 2 char grilled Pork Chops with okra for DH. Mom just ate from all of us a lil here and there. Of course we all had to trade back and forth. I have to say DH's pork chops were great. The 2 piece order was a small order and they were full size chops. My Chicken Fried Steak was also a small order and it was larger than my hand is. And CG's stuffed shrimp had 6 large butterfly shrimp stuffed with devil crab meat and then fried. WE ATE AND ATE!

It was a trip back home of moans, groans and smiles for all the gastronomical goodness that was endured. Playing the sound track to Mama Mia (thanks Nessa) and singing out loud, laughing til CG could not breath and just unwinding. I could not have asked for a better day. We arrived home around 7 at night. Just in time for DH to dress and go back to work at his second job.