Healthy onion rings...

As promised, I keep my eye out for good and lip-smackin' recipes (there's that phrase again) that I hope you will enjoy. I ran across this one in Google and I'll even begin with the link because the writer who gave it has a great website for young mothers. I'm just an old mom.

My thanks to Jill Notkin for the below recipe!

Cheers!

These delicious, baked, oniony treats are a dead ringer (c'mon, what did you expect?) for the fast food version. Ok, we lied -- they're much better! Instead of sucking down a greasy, oily, caloriefest of a side dish, chew a few of these crispy & crunchy circles of love (er, onions).

They couldn't be easier to prepare...or more delicious!

Ingredients:
1 large onion
1/4 cup original Egg Beaters** I used 2 regular egg whites
1/2 cup crushed Fiber One

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut edges off onion, and remove outer layer. Cut onion into 1/2 inch wide slices, and separate into rings. Next, fill a small bowl (just large enough for onion rings to fit in) with Egg Beaters. Using a blender or food processor, grind Fiber One cereal to a breadcrumb-like consistency. Pour crumbs onto a small dish. One by one, coat each ring in egg and then crumbs (give each ring a shake after the egg bath). Place on an oven-safe baking dish sprayed with nonstick spray. Cook for 20-25 minutes, flipping rings over about halfway through. Serves one!

Serving Size: 15 rings; one recipe
Calories: 153
Fat: 1g
Sodium: 225mg
Carbs: 41g
Fiber: 16 sugars: 7g
Protein: 9g

I pretty much did all this but I seasoned the crumbs with salt, paprika and onion powder. I baked until they were brown then broiled until the smoke alarm sounded (for real). They were crispy and definitely hit the spot.