Hominy Spoonbread

A combination of fat-free and full-fat ingredients lightens this spoonbread's caloric load while maintaining its traditional richness.

Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 1/2  cups  diced onion (about 1 large)
• 4  garlic cloves, minced
• 3  (15.5-ounce) cans golden hominy, rinsed and drained
• 1/4  cup  (2 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/4  cup  (2 ounces) fat-free cream cheese, softened
• 3  cups  1% low-fat milk
• 1/2  cup  egg substitute
• 2  large eggs
• 1  tablespoon  sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  hot sauce
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion and garlic to pan; sauté 5 minutes or until golden. Set aside.

3. Place hominy in a food processor; process 1 minute or until finely ground.

4. Combine cheeses in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add milk, egg substitute, and eggs; beat well. Add hominy, sugar, hot sauce, salt, and pepper; stir well. Stir in onion mixture. Pour mixture into a 13 x 9–inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until set.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

119 (26% from fat)

Fat:

3.5g (sat 1.7g,mono 0.7g,poly 0.4g)

Protein:

7.4g

Carbohydrate:

13.9g

Fiber:

1.8g

Cholesterol:

50mg

Iron:

0.7mg

Sodium:

477mg

Calcium:

133mg