The original recipe and article can be found here on about.com.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups plain breadcrumbs
• 1/3 cup nonfat milk
• 1 medium onion, cut into large pieces
• 1 medium carrot, cut into fourths
• 1 8 ounce pack sliced mushrooms, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 1/4 pounds 93 percent lean ground turkey
• 1/2 cup egg substitute
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 1/4 cup tomato ketchup

Preparation:

1. Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth.
2. Stop running from your problems. – Face them head on.
3. Stop lying to yourself. –  Read The Road Less Traveled.
4. Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. –  Yes, help others; but help yourself too.
5. Stop trying to be someone you’re not. – Someone will always be prettier, someone will always be smarter, someone will always be younger, but they will never be you.
6. Stop trying to hold onto the past. – You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one.
7. Stop being scared to make a mistake. –  You end up regretting the things you did NOT do far more than the things you did.
8. Stop berating yourself for old mistakes. – Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
9. Stop trying to buy happiness. – The things that really satisfy us are totally free.
10. Stop exclusively looking to others for happiness. –  Read Stumbling on Happiness.
11. Stop being idle. – Evaluate situations and take decisive action.
12. Stop thinking you’re not ready. – Most great opportunities in life force us to grow beyond our comfort zones.
13. Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons. – It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.
14. Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn’t work. –  There is a purpose for everyone you meet.
15. Stop trying to compete against everyone else. – Concentrate on beating your own records every day.
16. Stop being jealous of others. – “What’s something I have that everyone wants?”
17. Stop complaining and feeling sorry for yourself. – Let everyone know that today you are a lot stronger than you were yesterday, and you will be.
18. Stop holding grudges. –  Forgiveness is saying, “I’m not going to let what you did to me ruin my happiness forever.”
19. Stop letting others bring you down to their level. – Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs.
20. Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others. – Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it anyway.
21. Stop doing the same things over and over without taking a break. – Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.
22. Stop overlooking the beauty of small moments. – Enjoy the little things.
23. Stop trying to make things perfect. – The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done.  Read Getting Things Done.
24. Stop following the path of least resistance. –  Do something extraordinary.
25. Stop acting like everything is fine if it isn’t. – It’s okay to fall apart for a little while.
26. Stop blaming others for your troubles. – When you blame others for what you’re going through, you deny responsibility – you give others power over that part of your life.
27. Stop trying to be everything to everyone. – Doing so is impossible.
28. Stop worrying so much. – Worry will not strip tomorrow of its burdens, it will strip today of its joy.
29. Stop focusing on what you don’t want to happen. – Focus on what you do want to happen.
30. Stop being ungrateful. – Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.

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Cut your chocolate in half. Use 1/2 a package of mini chocolate chips instead of a full package.

Use one cup of plain low fat yogurt in place of sour cream.

Try 3T of flaxseed for 1T of vegetable oil … and add in some healthy Omega 3′s at the same time!

Use 1/2 cup of unsweetend apple sauce and 2 T. of oil in place of 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.

Use a 1/2 cup of oatmeal or crushed bran flakes in place of 1/2 cup breadcrumbs

Use 4 egg whites instead of 2 whole eggs

Non-fat no-stick spray

1 cup oat flour (ground oatmeal found in the health section of your grocery store)

2 scoops vanilla whey protein (look for a low sugar, low fat and low carb variety)

2 tsp cinnamon (heaping)

½ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

1/8 tsp allspice

4 egg whites

¾ cup Ideal (Xylitol – baking) or Splenda

2  4 oz. jars or packs of baby carrots (instead of shredded carrots)

1 4 oz. baby food jar of water

1 cup quick cooking oats (optional for added carbs and energy)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray an  8 x 8 pyrex dish with non-stick butter spray.

In a large bowl, combine flour, protein, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and allspice.

In a medium bowl, mix egg whites, sweetner, water and baby food until well combined.  Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix well.  Finally, fold in the quick cooking oats (optional) and stir until just combined.

Pour batter into the pyrex dish and spread evenly.  Bake 28 – 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.  Let cool and cut into 16 pieces – 4 x 4.