Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Items That Help You Live A Healthy Life Easier!
I am going to start a list of things that make Living a Healthy Life Easier! I'll add to this as I think of them!
1. Del Monte Canned Citrus Salad....don't have to peel and section oranges and grapefruits. Good right out of the can or in salads. 50 calories for a 1/2 cup and about 3 & 1/2 cups per can.
2. V8 splash Smoothies (33% less Sugar) Strawberry Banana or Tropical Colada...I use them to make the best low calorie Smoothies...only 110 calories and just delicious....1 cup of V8 Splash Smoothies Strawberry & Banana(33% less Sugar), 1/2 cup mix frozen berries, 1 small banana, 1 large cup of ice (could even use more here), blend and pour into 2 glasses.......delicious and only 110 calories.
3. Arizona Diet Green Tea with Ginseng...comes in gallon jugs....no calories....great tasting hot or cold. The gallon jugs are great too...big and sturdy.
4. Flatout Wraps.....I just love them to wrap sandwich meat, salads, fruits, eggs, cream cheese, cheeses, chicken or egg salad in for lunch, breakfast, or a snack. 130 calories in the regular and only 90 calories in the light ones. (both are less calories than 2 slices of bread and oh so yummy.) You get 6 or 7 wraps and they are pretty big. They come in flavors too like: spinach, whole wheat, tomato, italian herbs, etc. A recipe: spread lite or whipped cinnamon'n brown sugar cream cheese on a wrap, add sliced green red, or yellow apples and strawberries, walnuts, and touch of granola...wrap up and smile and eat.
5. Oatmeal Cookies....1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 3 or 4 teaspoons Splenda...or 2 Splenda packets, 1/8 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/3 cup water. Mix the Quaker Oatmeal...lower sugar (Apples & Cinnamon or Maple & Brown Sugar) cinnamon, Splenda, and baking powder in a small bowl. Add the liquids and stir. Let it sit for at least 10 minutes while the oven preheats to 350 (so that it can thicken a bit). Spray the baking sheet and then spoon the mixture onto the sheet into 4 equal sized blobs. Make them even so they cook at the same rate. Bake for 9-12 minutes
6. Sugarless gum that whitens your teeth....like Orbit or Trident. Zero calories! There are many great new flavors and it keeps your mouth moist and busy. When you want to eat something and you shouldn't be eating....... try this gum!
7. I guess I should say SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener..... SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener is made from sugar so it tastes like sugar and consumers have quickly adopted this SPLENDA® Sweetener Product as their no calorie sweetener of choice. In 2003, it became the nation's #1 selling branded sweetener in retail outlets. SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener is available in granular form in a 9.7 oz. Baker's Bag, equivalent in sweetness to 5 lbs. of sugar, which is ideal for cooking and baking, as well as in 1- and 2-lb. sweetness equivalent boxes, and in packets. It measures just like sugar either with a spoon or cup. I use it in almost everything…..Smoothies, cereal, salad dressings, tea, on fruit, in baking and this web site will give you some great recipes. There is a free monthly newsletter at http://www.splenda.com/
8. Welch’s Low Cal 10 oz drinks…… only 15 calories. I think there are several flavors but I seem to always get Strawberry Kiwi. These taste good and are good to use to make salad dressing….here’s a good sweet homemade salad dressing for a salad containing lettuce, cranraisins, nuts, French goat’s cheese and red onion….lime juice 1 tablespoon, Canola oil 2 tablespoons, 1 can Welch’s Low Cal (1 &1/4 cups), and 1 teaspoon of lemon pepper…shake well…2 tablespoons =36 calories, 2 g fat
1. Del Monte Canned Citrus Salad....don't have to peel and section oranges and grapefruits. Good right out of the can or in salads. 50 calories for a 1/2 cup and about 3 & 1/2 cups per can.
2. V8 splash Smoothies (33% less Sugar) Strawberry Banana or Tropical Colada...I use them to make the best low calorie Smoothies...only 110 calories and just delicious....1 cup of V8 Splash Smoothies Strawberry & Banana(33% less Sugar), 1/2 cup mix frozen berries, 1 small banana, 1 large cup of ice (could even use more here), blend and pour into 2 glasses.......delicious and only 110 calories.
3. Arizona Diet Green Tea with Ginseng...comes in gallon jugs....no calories....great tasting hot or cold. The gallon jugs are great too...big and sturdy.
4. Flatout Wraps.....I just love them to wrap sandwich meat, salads, fruits, eggs, cream cheese, cheeses, chicken or egg salad in for lunch, breakfast, or a snack. 130 calories in the regular and only 90 calories in the light ones. (both are less calories than 2 slices of bread and oh so yummy.) You get 6 or 7 wraps and they are pretty big. They come in flavors too like: spinach, whole wheat, tomato, italian herbs, etc. A recipe: spread lite or whipped cinnamon'n brown sugar cream cheese on a wrap, add sliced green red, or yellow apples and strawberries, walnuts, and touch of granola...wrap up and smile and eat.
5. Oatmeal Cookies....1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 3 or 4 teaspoons Splenda...or 2 Splenda packets, 1/8 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/3 cup water. Mix the Quaker Oatmeal...lower sugar (Apples & Cinnamon or Maple & Brown Sugar) cinnamon, Splenda, and baking powder in a small bowl. Add the liquids and stir. Let it sit for at least 10 minutes while the oven preheats to 350 (so that it can thicken a bit). Spray the baking sheet and then spoon the mixture onto the sheet into 4 equal sized blobs. Make them even so they cook at the same rate. Bake for 9-12 minutes
6. Sugarless gum that whitens your teeth....like Orbit or Trident. Zero calories! There are many great new flavors and it keeps your mouth moist and busy. When you want to eat something and you shouldn't be eating....... try this gum!
7. I guess I should say SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener..... SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener is made from sugar so it tastes like sugar and consumers have quickly adopted this SPLENDA® Sweetener Product as their no calorie sweetener of choice. In 2003, it became the nation's #1 selling branded sweetener in retail outlets. SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener is available in granular form in a 9.7 oz. Baker's Bag, equivalent in sweetness to 5 lbs. of sugar, which is ideal for cooking and baking, as well as in 1- and 2-lb. sweetness equivalent boxes, and in packets. It measures just like sugar either with a spoon or cup. I use it in almost everything…..Smoothies, cereal, salad dressings, tea, on fruit, in baking and this web site will give you some great recipes. There is a free monthly newsletter at http://www.splenda.com/
8. Welch’s Low Cal 10 oz drinks…… only 15 calories. I think there are several flavors but I seem to always get Strawberry Kiwi. These taste good and are good to use to make salad dressing….here’s a good sweet homemade salad dressing for a salad containing lettuce, cranraisins, nuts, French goat’s cheese and red onion….lime juice 1 tablespoon, Canola oil 2 tablespoons, 1 can Welch’s Low Cal (1 &1/4 cups), and 1 teaspoon of lemon pepper…shake well…2 tablespoons =36 calories, 2 g fat
# posted by Carolyn or Connee @ 8:23 AM 
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Hi Connee
I have just been reading your blog (from start to finish) and what a great job you are doing! And I love the idea of monthly challenges, very creative and interesting to read about. Are you going to post any pictures of yourself now that you have lost some weight? Would love to see some.
Keep up the great work - I'll pop back sometime to see how you are getting on (isn't the internet wonderful that we can watch the journeys of people from all around the world!)
I have just been reading your blog (from start to finish) and what a great job you are doing! And I love the idea of monthly challenges, very creative and interesting to read about. Are you going to post any pictures of yourself now that you have lost some weight? Would love to see some.
Keep up the great work - I'll pop back sometime to see how you are getting on (isn't the internet wonderful that we can watch the journeys of people from all around the world!)
Hi Connee, wanted to try your oatmeal cookies - but how much oatmeal? You've left this bit off the recipe!
Use 1 packet of 1.90 oz of Lower Sugar Quaker instant Oatmeal. One gal said she puts at teaspoon of instant sugarfree, fatfree pudding in it too. she says it makes it a little thicker.
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