"Skinny Dipping" with Tastefully Simple - Make it Light!

Tastefully Simple has a wide variety of delicious products.  While many products, like our seasonings, add a ton of flavor without fat to your meals, we do have products that are delicious, but may have more fat or calories than you're comfortable with.  For example, when making our Absolutely Almond Pound Cake, the recipe calls for 3/4c of butter.  Yes, that's 1 1/2 sticks.  While the final result is delicious, it's certainly not health food.

However, it is possible to go "skinny dipping" with Tastefully Simple products.  There are a ton of variations that can help you cut the fat and calories from the standard preparation, while still indulging in a delicious product.  Here's a few suggestions to cut the calories and fat from some of our products:

• Bountiful Beer Bread - Skip the melted butter on top and otherwise prepare with beer normally and bake.  Or, replace the beer with a can of seltzer to cut even more calories.
• Truffle Fudge Brownies - I've shared this one before: instead of butter and eggs, puree one can of black beans (undrained) in your food processor, then combine with brownie mix, pour into pan and bake.
• Absolutely Almond Pound Cake - Add 1 cup water, 3/4 cup applesauce, and 1 oz package of sugar free vanilla pudding mix and bake as directed.  Or, just add one 20-oz can of crushed pineapple to the cake mix spread into a greased 9x13 pan and bake for 30 minutes at 375F.  I've also heard some consultants only using the 1c of water and baking as directed.
• Dips, like Onion Onion or Garlic Garlic - Normally, our dips are made with 1/2 sour cream and 1/2 mayo.  You can easily use reduced fat sour cream or fat free sour cream.  I personally don't like to use low-fat or fat free mayo, as the texture of the dip changes.  I've also heard of some consultants skipping the sour cream and mayo altogether and using only plain greek yogurt, but I have not yet tried this myself.
• Drink Buckets like Outrageous Orange Mojito - Many customers think that the drink buckets are on the sweet side.  When I make a drink bucket for myself, I only use half of the mix packet.  This way I'm only using half the sugar, it still tastes great, and I can make it again later.

What Tastefully Simple products do you just love, but are a bit too high in fat or calories for your liking?  Post in the comments and I'll give you some suggestions on how to lighten them up.