Cinnamon Vanilla French Toast Nuggets

Sunday, May 31, 2009

I tried my first recipe out of the new HG book today, and as per usual, it was delicious. For one serving, you just take:

1 hot dog bun

1/3 cup egg substitute

2 dashes cinnamon

1 tsp. vanilla extract

And you split the bun into eight nuggets, and just dip it into the mixture of egg, cinnamon and vanilla; and you can also top it with sugar-free syrup. I thought they were very yummy - here's the nutrition info:

PER SERVING (8 nuggets):151 calories, 2.25g fat, 299mg sodium, 24g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 3.5g sugars, 8.5g protein POINTS® value 3*

New Hungry Girl - 200 Under 200

Thursday, May 28, 2009

A friend of mine bought me the new Hungry Girl book for my birthday, it's 200 recipes under 200 calories. I am so excited to share some recipes in it with you all! It even has a whole section on healthy cupcakes, yuuum!



It's only $12 on Amazon, as is her original book - I recommend them!

Low-Cal Dessert Faves

I am one of those people who just can't give up snacks and desserts, I at least have to have something. Here are some low-cal dessert faves:

Weight Watchers Ice Cream Sandwiches - only 2 points, and they are really delicious, they don't even taste diet at all to me.

As I mentioned before, Del Monte Fruit Chillers are awesome; on a similar note, so are Edy's Fruit Bars. They're super low calorie (all less than 75 calories I believe) and actually have some real fruit/Vitamin C.

Oreo 100 Calorie Snack Cakes- these obviously don't have the nutrition of the fruit bars, but are great if you're craving something chocolate.

Goldfish Chocolate Grahams - you can have 50 of these for 140 calories, and it seems like quite a big snack or dessert. They basically taste like Chocolate Teddy Grahams.

And when I get to go out for dessert, I love getting frozen yogurt and fresh fruit (Mmm, BerryLine - I love it - we don't have PinkBerry here, but I assume it's the same idea)

Del Monte Fruit Chillers

Sunday, May 3, 2009

I decided to try Del Monte's Fruit Chillers ( http://www.delmontefruitchillers.com/) the last time I was at the store, and they are a really yummy snack - I had the Fruit Chillers Tubes, they are like fruit popsicles, except they are sold not frozen, in the aisle with canned fruit, then you freeze them yourself. They also sell fruit chillers in little bowls.

They are 55 calories each, and contain real fruit, and 25% daily value of Vitamin C - I had the strawberry ones, yum! They're a good way to get in one of your fruit servings.

Lifetime Teaches You How to "Cook Yourself Thin"

Friday, May 1, 2009

I heard an ad on the radio today for a new Lifetime show called "Cook Yourself Thin," and it sounds pretty good - it's sort of a similar idea to Hungry Girl, where instead of eating no-carb, or doing a fast, or just having juice or whatever, you just learn how to make healthy versions of your favorite foods.

And the cool twist is that each week features a different contestant, and at the end of the show, you get to see how each contestant did with keeping up with the new healthier lifestyle -

http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/405759_tvgif1.html.

The show premieres Monday, May 4th at 5pm- I am totally gonna watch and then if it looks good, perhaps I'll buy their book.