I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR (low cal) ICE CREAM!

Ever wonder if frozen yogurt could come any lower in calories? Do you wonder what that would taste like? Well, WONDER NO MORE! I've found the best fro-yo that I'm surprised more people don't know about. It's called ARCTIC ZERO, and you can have a WHOLE PINT for 136-150 calories(depending on flavor). They are not sold everywhere, but Whole Foods is starting to put it on the shelves. You can buy it now at Amazon.com (that's how I get it) and they mail it to you perfectly frozen. Enjoy, and go ahead, indulge.

(1/2 cup = 32-34 CALORIES)

Flavors include: Pumpkin Spice, Cookies and Cream, Mint Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Coffee, Vanilla, Strawberry Banana

Egg, Creamcheese, Tomato/Onion on a GG BRAN Crisp. Calorie Count: 44! Fullness Count: THROUGH THE CHARTS!

 

 This is the EASIEST snack to make. It's loaded with fiber/protein so you won't be hungry an hour later. Have two for 88 calories!

Ingredients:

1) 1 Bran GG Crispbread - 12calories

2) 1 tsp Philadelphia Whipped Chive Creamcheese - 10calories

3) 1 eggwhite from a real organic brown egg (they're delicious!) - 17calories

4) 2 slices white onion + 1 slice tomato -5calories

5) pinch of kosher salt - zero calories

Directions:

*cook egg in a small pan. While this is cooking, spread 1tsp. cream cheese on crispbread. Place egg on top of crispbread and add onion/tomato. Pinch of kosher salt on top for added flavor.

Great book of recipes w/ calorie counts for a 1500 calories/daily regime. Take a quick look by clicking here

Party Night? Let 'virgin' be your prerogative, not your drink!...(get it?...) UNDER 100 CALORIE MIXED DRINKS (alcohol included!)

 

(1 oz = approx. 1 shot)

 *1 oz. Bacardi Limon and diet coke - 70calories

*1 oz.  Absolute Vanilla Vodka and diet coke - 70calories

*1 oz. Stoli Blueberry with diet sprite (add 4 real blueberries for 2 cals) - 70calories

*1oz. Tequila with diet sprite, 1 tbsp. lemon crystal light packet, and 1tbsp. lemon juice blended w/ ice (tastes like a margarita!) - 80 calories

*1oz. Smirnoff Cherry Vodka with 1/4 cup Diet Ocean Spray Cranberry juice (1 cup is 5 calories, so practically zero for 1/4 cup) - 75calories

* 1oz. Voyant (Chai Cream Liqueur) with diet cream soda, and that's a DELICIOUS creamy combo - 88 calories

*1oz. Greygoose Vodka with 1/2 cup Tropicana Light Orange Juice (25calories) - 95calories

Warning: Alcohol may cause stupid behavior.

TWO dishes created in less than 15 minutes...165 calories combined!!!

Tonight's dinner was so easy to make, it's great for those nights you come home ravenous from work. It's low in calories, big in flavor and has enough nutrients to keep you full for the rest of the night.

 Creamy Supreme - 80 calories

This dish is great for a cold winter day, but the way my roomate and I keep our apartment, it feels like winter all year round! The creaminess of the squash mixed with the sweetness of the raisins satisfies all tastebuds...and then the cherry on the cake, the pumpkin spice.

Ingredients:

1)1/2 cup butternut squash mashed (I prefer Cascadian Farms...it comes frozen and all you have to do is heat it up!) - 50cals

2) 1 Tbsp Raisins - 30cals

3) 1/2 Tbsp Pumpkin Spice - zero cals

4) dash of salt- zero cals

                                          Preparation:

Place squash in microwave safe bowl with the raisins and salt and heat for 3 minutes. Add pumpkin spice and voila!

'Lettuce' all Eat Shrimp- 85 calories

I love shrimp, you can have 4 large for 25 calories, and most important, they're PINK! Here's a great lettuce/shrimp/hummus combo

Ingredients:

1) 8 Large Shrimp - 50cals

2) Iceburg lettuce leaves (easy for wrapping food in) - zero cals

3) 1 Tbsp hummus (for dipping the wraps)- 35cals

Preparation:

Spray pan with Pam and heat shrimp on medium heat until they are cooked. While they are cooking, cut lettuce head in half for the wraps. After shrimp is prepared, wrap them in the lettuce wraps as you and dip in hummus.  

THE ENTIRE DINNER IS 165 calories!!!

Snap out of it! You may be subconsciously eating at work!

WHAT TO EAT TO CONTROL HUNGER AT THE OFFICE

Are you reaching for the chocolate immediately after your lunch? Are you carelessly finishing a bag of chips without satiating your hunger? This is a cruel cycle but one that can be fixed. Lunch that will make you full because they are rich in nutrients (and I'll make sure flavorful!) will end your grumblin' stomachs. But who wants to spend time making lunch? Not I! And neither do you! These are fast and simple recipes that can be prepared the morning of work...

Warning: your coworkers will ask for a taste!

*LETTUCE WRAPS WITH SOY CRUMBLES & HUMMUS: 

105 CALORIES*

I know I know, you're thinking "ew, lettuce! that won't fill me!" But this will have you feeling great because it's packed with protein,has so much flavor, and takes a while to eat!
INGREDIENTS: 

1) A positive attitude because this will fill you :) -(zerocals)]

2) 1/3 cup soy crumbles, I like smart ground original (70cals)

3) 4 Iceburg Lettuce Leaves (zerocals)

4) 1 TBSP Sabra Hummus Original- (35cals)

                                                               PREPARE:

*Heat soy crumbles to your liking in the microwave or over the stove and mix hummus when ready. Then scoop in lettuce leaves and enjoy!

*COUS COUS WITH SOY CRUMBLES, CORN & HUMMUS: 118 Calories*

~A devilishly good threesome~

INGREDIENTS: 

1) A smile because your going to love this- (zero cals)

2) 1/4 cup Smart Ground Soy Crumbles - (33cals)

3) 1/3 cup Cous Cous - (63cals)

4) 2 tsp. Sabra Hummus - (22cals)

PREPARE:

*Heat Cous Cous, soy crumbles, and corn to your desired temperature. (If everything is at room temperature, heat 2 minutes in microwave). Then mix hummus with the soy crumbles and corn and dig in!

 *WHEN HEATING FOOD IN THE MICROWAVE, NEVER HEAT WITH PLASTIC, THE MATERIAL CAN MELT IN TO THE FOOD AND CAUSE CANCER. ALWAYS USE GLASS CONTAINERS LIKE THE ONES FROM AMAZON. BUY 6 FOR ONLY $11.30. I HAVE THEM AND THEY ARE PERFECT FOR STORAGE AND BRINGING TO WORK. Pyrex 6010170 Storage 6-Piece Round Set, Clear with Blue Lids

Shrimp and Noodle dish for under 100 calories!

 Hold the Sauce:

5 Large Shrimp: 30cals

2 packets of JFC White Shirataki Noodles: ZEROcals 

Seasoning: Herbs of Italy and Crazy Salt

TOTAL: 30calories!! 

Feeling Saucy? I was tonight!:

Add 1/4 cup Ragu Marinara Sauce: 30cals

TOTAL: (plus the shrimp and noodles) 65calories

Cooking Instructions:

1) Cut the bag of noodles open, drain it, and put it in the microwave for 5 minutes then drain again.

2) Spray pan with Pam cooking spray (the olive oil one is great and...you guessed it, zero calories!) and place 5 large shrimp over medium heat on the stove until cooked to your liking.

3) Place the shrimp over the noodles and season everything with herbs of italy and crazy salt.

4) If you want the sauce, measure 1/4 cup, heat it in the microwave for roughly 35 seconds, and add right to the dish.

Enjoy!

Breakfast of Champions!

Morning everyone! Do you wake up Feeling ravenous at times? Well, I have 2 words for you: Me Too!! I found this breakfast to be filling because of the fiber and yummy because it doesn't taste like cardboard. This is the cereal of champions. (fyi: I use almond milk in place of regular milk because it's low in calories and boosts your magnesium, potassium and Vitamin E in your diet. Also, almonds are full of these essential nutrients. So, as you consume it, you are increasing the level of health in your diet.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Unsweetened Almond Breeze (vanilla)- 40Cal

1/2 cup fiber one cereal- 60cal

2 tbsp Kashi Go Lean Crisp! Toasted berry - 30cal

1 tbsp raisins- 30cal

Total cal: 160cal

Can't find Almond Milk? Go to Amazon.com!

Snack Attack! 100 Calorie Snack Cookbook

I was at Borders the other day and thought, why buy a book here when I can get it at amazon.com for wayyyy less?! 100 Calorie Snack Cookbook is the perfect tool for making fast low calorie snacks that are easy to take with you on the go, or relaxing at home, and you can buy it used (I got my copy in the other day used and it looked brand new!) for like 8 bucks!

Pro: If you like soup, they have a minestrone that will blow your mind! Think cakes, cookies, brownies and other guilty pleasures that won't do anything to your waistline (except maybe decrease it!)

Con: you will wish the book was longer! 



Click here to purchase for $4.00 and up @ Amazon!!!

Drink up Buttercup!

"You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" - John Heywood

Quenching a thirst. There's nothing like it. More often than not your body is telling you that you're hungry when really, you're thirsty. But who wants to drink water all the time, right? Well, here are some LOW CALORIE drinks that will distract you from your hunger while filling up on liquids.

Diet Juices:

Diet Cranberry, Cranberry Pomegranate, and Blueberry juice from Ocean Spray: 5cal

No Substitute Ever Tasted this good...

Noodles! 

That's right, I said it (well, more like wrote it). The unthinkable, unimaginable word. The high calorie, high carb food that has everyone saying eeeek! Well, not anymore! Now you can have your spaghetti, and twirl it too!

Calorie Conscious Pasta Lovers Everywhere...

Meet the new Yin to your Yang:

 

They're called JFC White Shirataki Noodles and they are ZERO calories per serving. I couldn't believe it either, but, you can read the nutrition label and find out where to purchase them here: asian food grocer (click here!)

Pro: You can actually substitute your pasta dishes with these noodles and they are very filling!

Con: They are a little slimy, and you have to drain the noodles since they come in a water packaging so try not to let that throw you.

Low Cal Featured Fav of the day: GG Bran crispbread

With only ***12 calories*** and a ton of fiber per cracker, GG Bran Crsipbread are amazing for a satisfying snack. Look at all the ways you can add a topping while staying below 55 calories!

Pro: Very Low in calories, high in fiber and maintains a hefty size to be considered a "cracker". 

Con: Just don't eat these plain, they are meant to be adored by being adorned with other flavorful foods.

Recipes w/ Featured Fav

Salty

• GG(12cal) topped with 1 egg white(17cal) + 2 tsp Whipped Philadelphia Cream Cheese (20cal) + 1 slice tom/slice of onion (5cal) + dash of salt/pepper to taste = 54calories
• GG(12cal) topped with 1tbsp hummus 1tbsp (35cal) = 47calories 

Sweet

• GG(12cal) topped with 1tbsp jelly (any kind around 30 calories for 1tbsp) + 1tsp Whipped Philadelphia Cream Cheese (10cal) = 55calories
• GG(12cal) topped with 2tbsp fat free Cottage Cheese w/ Pineapple (the brand friendship makes a great kind, only 80 cals per half cup. 2tbsp is 20 cal) = 32calories
• GG(12cal) topped with 1tsp Peanut Butter(30cal) + 4 small slices of a banana(12cal) = 54calories