Ready for the REDDI WIP!? 5 calories for whipped cream delight!

Ashley D's Disclaimer: Do not try this at home unless you want a sticky situation.

No more holding the whipped cream hostage from your naked strawberries! Now, you can have your whipped cream, and keep your figure too!

It's the best invention. Fat Free whipped cream by the makers of "Reddi Wip". Find it at almost any store!

Some Recipes with Reddi Wip:

Strawberry Banana Smoothie: 84 calories!

1. 1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries
2. 1/4 medium banana, peeled and halved
3. 1/4 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt with low-calorie sweetner
4. 1/2 cup crushed ice
5.   Reddi-wip® Original Dairy Whipped Topping
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Directions:

Place fruit and yogurt in blender and pulse until fruit is well blended. Add ice and continue to pulse. Pour into glass and add 2 TBSP FAT FREE REDDI WIP!

Cool Whip Sandwich with Strawberry Hat: 73 calories!

1. 3 vanilla wafers
2.   Reddi-wip® Original Dairy Whipped Topping
3. 1 large fresh strawberry, sliced into thirds

Directions:

Cover each wafer with 1 TBSP FAT FREE REDDI WIP and place one third of strawberry on top. Voila!

SUBWAY...Eat Fresh? Maybe. Eat Low Cal? Definitely!

Ever wonder why "Jared" aka the "Subway guy that lost all that weight" did it?? It's simple. He cut back the calories he ate. By eating three of these sandwiches a day, it eliminates mindless snacking and extra calories that don't need to be consumed. I recently ate a Subway sandwich (thank you Jase and Jase' mom Judy!) and uncovered the right way to eat (what us Philly people call) a Hoagie for less calories than you think. When you go, check out then nutrition facts. Each filling has a different number and in total, your sandwich should not be more than 500 calories. There's a lot of different combos to work with there! You just have to be creative with the following ingredients:

Nutrition Info

(all based on the 6" portion, double the calories for a footlong)

BREADS:

6" 9-Grain Wheat Bread - 210

Hearty Italian Bread - 220

Honey Oat - 260

 Italian (White) Bread - 200

 Italian Herbs & Cheese - 250

 Monterey Cheddar - 240

Parmesan Oregano Bread - 220

 Roasted Garlic - 230

 Sourdough Bread - 210

Mini Italian (White) Bread - 130

Mini Wheat Bread - 140

INSIDE CHOICES:

DON'T FEEL LIKE THINKING? LET SUBWAY CREATE A SUB FOR YOU:

COUNTDOWN TO VALENTINE'S DAY...HuNgRyChIx sTyLe!!

So the Lovey Dovey holiday is 5 days away and I'm going to say something I wouldn't normally say...DO enjoy yourself and DON'T beat yourself up if you have one too many sweets from your sweety :)! For the next 5 days: work out (that doesn't mean you have to kill yourself at the gym, just take the stairs and walk extra when you can) also, eat smart since you know that when Monday comes, you can afford some leeway with your diet. That being said, they wouldn't call me "hungrychix" if I didn't provide an alternative dessert recipe to the caramel dipped chocolate nutty bites that are so good to your tastebuds...not so good to your waist. 

Peanut Butter & Pretzel Truffles

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup crunchy natural peanut butter
• 1/4 cup finely chopped salted pretzels
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips, melted (see Tip)\

• PREPARATION

• Combine peanut butter and pretzels in a small bowl. Chill in the freezer until firm, about 15 minutes. Roll the peanut butter mixture into 20 balls (about 1 teaspoon each). Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper and freeze until very firm, about 1 hour. Roll the frozen balls in melted chocolate. Refrigerate until the chocolate is set, about 30 minute. 
• Per truffle: 64 calories
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The FeNoMeNoN of the fLaGeL...

FLAT BAGEL= FLAGEL

I had my very first flagel today (thank you Jase!) and it was literally the best bagel I've ever had (bold statement for some bold flavor). I know what you're thinking..."But what about all those calories? What about all those carbs a bagel has?" Well, all you skeptics out there, fear not. You can now have your flagel, and schmeer it too! You get the toasty crust without all that added dough. 

Hungrychix Flavor of Choice: Whole Wheat Everything

REGULAR BAGEL in restaurant= 350 calories

FLAGEL in restaurant = 250 calories 

Want 100 calorie flagels? click here for sale price: 100 calorie Flat Bagels!

**For all you "scoop" fans out there...just think, "where have those hands been?" before asking the employee to dig those fingers in your bagel and remove the dough.**

What if his next job was scooping your bagel?

Break The Chain of HAZARDOUS Eating!

We've all been there. RAVENOUS at lunch because we skipped breakfast. You think: "I saved up all these calories at breakfast, I can eat whatever I want now!" WRONG. Starvation mode will not get you lean and it will make you cranky! Instead, opt for these solutions that lead us to hap hazard eating.


TRIGGER: Skipping meals!
SOLUTION: 1 TBSP. Peanut Butter.
*Just one TBSP. of "any" organic peanut butter cuts the hunger instantly, and you have 90 calories under your belt.


TRIGGER: Job interview, First Date, Public Speaking...aka. Nerves!
SOLUTION: Keep your mind/hands busy. 
*Catch up with a friend. If you can't talk on the phone, write a nice email. Listen to music that reminds you of a happy time. Read something interesting on the internet. Think of something in the near future you're excited for! Basically do things that will readjust your focus to something stress-free.


TRIGGER: Parties!
SOLUTION: Don't go hungry.
*If you can have a meal before you get to the party, you will be less apt to indulge at the party. Can you take 1 bite of the cake? Dip 5 chips in salsa? If there's no end to your indulgence once these treats hit your lips, than do as Frank the Tank tried to do in Old School and just eliminate it completely("once it hits your lips!"...do you want to end up streaking too??) 

** JUST REMEMBER, THE BEST SOLUTION BEFORE DIVING IN TO THE CAKE HEAD FIRST, IS TO THINK OF HOW YOU'LL FEEL AFTER YOU'RE FINISHED. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. THEN TAKE ANOTHER, AND STEP AWAY FROM THE CUPCAKE**

Video Debut on Youtube!

An L&J production:

Garlic Mashed Potatoes...
Ingredients
3 medium red potatoes- 300 cal
1/4 cup fat free butter- 20cal
1 cup unsweetened almond milk- 40cal
1 tbsp crushed garlic
salt/pepper

serves 4
1 serving: 100 calories
(add 20 calories with a sprinkling of parmasean cheese...Chef Jason recommends this)
Heat potatoes until soft. Mash potatoes. While heated on low, add milk, butter, salt, pepper, garlic and mix.
Enjoy!

PoPcOrN: It's not just a movie snack! 15 calorie option!!

Model Vendela is shown eating popcorn, so really, how bad could it be?! 

If you're at work and pondering the snickers or the pretzels, look away from the vending machine and POP SOME POPCORN! just a cup of Orville Redenbacher's Light Butter has 15 calories!! If you're using a dull microwave, heat for 2 minutes and change. 

"Once you pop, the fun don't stop..." <--stolen slogan from Pringles, but really, doesn't it sound better for popcorn? 

NOTE TO ALL: If you're at work, at your desk, try to not stuff your face as you would in the darkness of a movie theater, you are around other people who can absolutely see you. Not cute.