I just recently saw this article on CNN.com that talked about a recent study at Scripps Research Institute. Basically, what it boils down to is that fatty foods - or "junk" foods - cause a chemical reaction in your brain similar to cocaine and heroin. It literally becomes addictive - even to the point that the lab rats were STILL choosing the bad foods even if they were receiving electrical shocks when they chose the bad food.
I'll pause here for a moment to let you read the article and then work your way back here......
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Okay, time's up. What did you think? Do you think this study just confirms what you already suspected? Or do you think that it's a bunch of wacky science, and it's just a way for people to make their weight someone else's problem?
I'm conflicted. I think it has some standing - I mean, I know I physically feel cravings for "junk" food. My mouth starts to salivate, and I can literally not think of anything else except for that food item. Then, when I get it, I have an incredible wave of pleasure come over me until I start to feel guilty about eating that food. Happens almost every time.
But, I really wonder how much this study is going to cause a backlash in the weightloss world. I wonder if it's going to cause lawsuits ("Your food made me fat!!") and give people more of an excuse to not take care of themselves.
What do you think? Have you experienced this? What do you think the outcome will be?
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tasty Tuesdays
Think that you can't do an easy, healthy, CHEAP meal? I've got one for you:
4 tbsp butter
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
salt/pepper, to taste
1/4 cup flour
3 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 tsp thyme
2 cans (28 oz each) whole, peeled tomatoes
2 cans of chicken broth
1/4 cup sugar
Melt butter in a 5 quart saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and onion, season with salt and pepper. Cook until onion is translucent - about 5 minutes. Stir in flour and tomato paste. Cook 1 minute. Add thyme, broth, tomatoes and sugar to the saucepan, breaking up the tomatoes with your fingers. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
Put half of the soup in a blender, puree it, and then return to the pot. Season with salt and pepper.
Heidi notes: I usually use a hand pureeing tool (that I used to make baby food) on the whole pot instead of doing the blender step. This makes 2 dinners worth of soup for our family.
Cost:
Usually I use canned tomatoes from our garden and chicken broth that I've made when I roast a chicken. However, I'm out of both of those, so I had to buy canned.
Butter: 1/8 of a package, so $0.25
Oil, spices, flour, sugar: pennies, since it's only a little bit. I'll give it $2 to overestimate
onion: 1 out of a pack of 8 that was $2, so $0.25
2 cans of tomatoes: 3.38
2 cans of broth: 1.38
1 can of tomato paste: 0.59
Total cost? $7.58, and it would have been less if my garden did better last year. I'm estimating 10 servings out of this (easily does 2 dinners for us), so it ends up at $0.75 per serving.
Throw in a nice tossed salad or some crusty, whole grain bread and you've got yourself a healthy meal!
4 tbsp butter
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
salt/pepper, to taste
1/4 cup flour
3 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 tsp thyme
2 cans (28 oz each) whole, peeled tomatoes
2 cans of chicken broth
1/4 cup sugar
Melt butter in a 5 quart saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and onion, season with salt and pepper. Cook until onion is translucent - about 5 minutes. Stir in flour and tomato paste. Cook 1 minute. Add thyme, broth, tomatoes and sugar to the saucepan, breaking up the tomatoes with your fingers. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
Put half of the soup in a blender, puree it, and then return to the pot. Season with salt and pepper.
Heidi notes: I usually use a hand pureeing tool (that I used to make baby food) on the whole pot instead of doing the blender step. This makes 2 dinners worth of soup for our family.
Cost:
Usually I use canned tomatoes from our garden and chicken broth that I've made when I roast a chicken. However, I'm out of both of those, so I had to buy canned.
Butter: 1/8 of a package, so $0.25
Oil, spices, flour, sugar: pennies, since it's only a little bit. I'll give it $2 to overestimate
onion: 1 out of a pack of 8 that was $2, so $0.25
2 cans of tomatoes: 3.38
2 cans of broth: 1.38
1 can of tomato paste: 0.59
Total cost? $7.58, and it would have been less if my garden did better last year. I'm estimating 10 servings out of this (easily does 2 dinners for us), so it ends up at $0.75 per serving.
Throw in a nice tossed salad or some crusty, whole grain bread and you've got yourself a healthy meal!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Culture Shock
Is anyone else watching Jamie Oliver's TV special right now?
I am and I'm starting to feel depressed. I saw a sign outside a church during a scene in the TV show that read "Today: Culture Shock." That's truly what this is!
Our culture has become reliant on convenience and instant gratification. Now, before anyone gets all riled up at me, I'm going to take a stance on something here:
Our culture is ruining our lives. It's killing us.
I'm not blaming anything on the food industry. I'm not blaming pharmaceutical companies. I'm not blaming the medical system. I'm not blaming our school lunch programs.
I'm blaming US. The human consumers of all of those systems and industries.
Why can't we see that our need for instant gratification and our laziness is going to kill us? It's so evident in our food choices.....and where has it gotten us? A lot of us are fat, and a lot of us are on more medications than we can even count on one hand.
It's time that we take responsibility for our health. I find it ironic that this show is being shown at the exact same time that our politicians are trying to pass a huge health care reform bill. Why? Because a lot of that bill is based on preventative care and the need for preventative care. I 100% agree that preventative medicine is needed - but shouldn't it start at home?
I'm not talking about taking more supplements or self medicating. I'm talking about things that we laypeople can do: Eat REAL food: Food that we make ourselves. Not food out of a box or out of a can.
Convenience food is okay to eat......in moderation!! Should we be eating frozen meals for every single meal? No! Yes, they're perfectly fine and healthy to eat once every so often - but we shouldn't be putting that in our bodies ALL.THE.TIME.
But it costs so much to eat healthy!! Right?!?! Doesn't it?!?!
No, it doesn't. I hate to break it to you, but going to the produce section and buying fresh fruits and veggies will actually SAVE you money! Do you know how many meals you can get out of one head of cabbage? Probably three easily. Yes, it will take you a little bit more time to prepare.
But use that time to catch up on other things: Listen to the news while you wash your veggies. Let your kids help you prepare dinner, and spend that time talking about your day. Spend that extra 5 minutes chopping up the veggies to plan your next day's events or your next day's "to-do" list. It can be done!!
I'm sorry to be so blunt, but this show is really frustrating me. Baby #1 begs me for hot lunch every day at school, and it terrifies me to let him get it. I've seen the menu - it's exactly what they're showing on this TV show. I don't want him to eat that food. I want him to eat the fresh meat from the farm down the street. I want him to eat the apples that we picked over the weekend.
But our culture makes him feel like a "loser" if he doesn't eat the same thing everyone else is eating. How do we change that? This food - and our ability to eat three times the amount we need to eat! - is killing us!!
I'm going to step down from my soapbox now, but I ask you:
Do you eat a lot of processed food? Why or why not?
What do you think about food choices in America?
I am and I'm starting to feel depressed. I saw a sign outside a church during a scene in the TV show that read "Today: Culture Shock." That's truly what this is!
Our culture has become reliant on convenience and instant gratification. Now, before anyone gets all riled up at me, I'm going to take a stance on something here:
Our culture is ruining our lives. It's killing us.
I'm not blaming anything on the food industry. I'm not blaming pharmaceutical companies. I'm not blaming the medical system. I'm not blaming our school lunch programs.
I'm blaming US. The human consumers of all of those systems and industries.
Why can't we see that our need for instant gratification and our laziness is going to kill us? It's so evident in our food choices.....and where has it gotten us? A lot of us are fat, and a lot of us are on more medications than we can even count on one hand.
It's time that we take responsibility for our health. I find it ironic that this show is being shown at the exact same time that our politicians are trying to pass a huge health care reform bill. Why? Because a lot of that bill is based on preventative care and the need for preventative care. I 100% agree that preventative medicine is needed - but shouldn't it start at home?
I'm not talking about taking more supplements or self medicating. I'm talking about things that we laypeople can do: Eat REAL food: Food that we make ourselves. Not food out of a box or out of a can.
Convenience food is okay to eat......in moderation!! Should we be eating frozen meals for every single meal? No! Yes, they're perfectly fine and healthy to eat once every so often - but we shouldn't be putting that in our bodies ALL.THE.TIME.
But it costs so much to eat healthy!! Right?!?! Doesn't it?!?!
No, it doesn't. I hate to break it to you, but going to the produce section and buying fresh fruits and veggies will actually SAVE you money! Do you know how many meals you can get out of one head of cabbage? Probably three easily. Yes, it will take you a little bit more time to prepare.
But use that time to catch up on other things: Listen to the news while you wash your veggies. Let your kids help you prepare dinner, and spend that time talking about your day. Spend that extra 5 minutes chopping up the veggies to plan your next day's events or your next day's "to-do" list. It can be done!!
I'm sorry to be so blunt, but this show is really frustrating me. Baby #1 begs me for hot lunch every day at school, and it terrifies me to let him get it. I've seen the menu - it's exactly what they're showing on this TV show. I don't want him to eat that food. I want him to eat the fresh meat from the farm down the street. I want him to eat the apples that we picked over the weekend.
But our culture makes him feel like a "loser" if he doesn't eat the same thing everyone else is eating. How do we change that? This food - and our ability to eat three times the amount we need to eat! - is killing us!!
I'm going to step down from my soapbox now, but I ask you:
Do you eat a lot of processed food? Why or why not?
What do you think about food choices in America?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tasty Tuesdays
Hi again!
I've not had meat to eat since the beginning of Lent, and I'm kind of craving it now. So, to appease those cravings, I give you a few turkey recipes!
Turkey Pot Pie
3 cups cooked, diced turkey
1 bag frozen peas and carrots
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp cajun seasoning
2 tsp poultry seasoning
1.5 cups chicken broth
Pastry: (I don't use store bought, sorry)
3.25 cups all purpose flour
1 cup shortening
9-10 tbsp cold water
Directions
To make pastry:
In a medium bowl, cut shortening into flour. Add water, 1 tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork until a dough forms. Split into 4 balls of dough. Roll two out to be slightly larger than a pie plate and transfer into the pie plate, pressing it into the bottom and sides of the plate.
Leave other two balls in a bowl, loosely covered with Saran Wrap for now.
In canola or olive oil, sautee the garlic. Add the veggies (onion, peas, and carrots - you can add it directly out of the freezer, no need to thaw), and cook until crisp-tender. Stir in turkey and seasonings and warm through. Add flour, and stir to mix. Cook for just a minute, and then add chicken broth. Bring to a boil and cook until broth thickens. Remove from heat.
Split filling evenly between the two pie shells.
Pull out the remaining dough balls, and roll out to make a "top" for your pot pie. Cover your pies with the remaining dough, and trim to fit. Seal and crimp edges.
Cut a few slits into the top of the pie (I usually do smiley faces...haha). Cook at 350 degrees until lightly browned (about 25 minutes). Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
For a fun variation, I sometimes replace the Cajun seasoning with curry powder. I really like it this way, but didn't have enough curry powder tonight to use it for pot pie (I'm using it tomorrow night to make a curry). If you're going to do this, take out the Cajun seasoning, and replace it with 2 - 3 tsp curry powder (we like it closer to 3 tsp).
Number of Servings: 16
Turkey Curry
2 tbsp curry powder
4 tbsp butter
1.5 cups chopped onion
2 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 cups chicken broth
1 can (8-9 oz) crushed pineapple, undrained
3 cups cooked, diced turkey
2 tbsp lemon juice
hot cooked rice
Directions
In a large skillet, heat curry powder in butter, stirring for about 2 minutes. Stir in the onions, and continue cooking, stirring frequently until the onions are soft. Blend in flour and ginger; add chicken broth and pineapple. Heat to boiling, simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
Stir in turkey. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes longer, or until heated through. Stir in lemon juice. Serve with hot cooked rice. Makes 4 (big!) servings.
Number of Servings: 4
Enjoy! (and save them for Thanksgiving leftovers this year!!)
I've not had meat to eat since the beginning of Lent, and I'm kind of craving it now. So, to appease those cravings, I give you a few turkey recipes!
Turkey Pot Pie
3 cups cooked, diced turkey
1 bag frozen peas and carrots
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp cajun seasoning
2 tsp poultry seasoning
1.5 cups chicken broth
Pastry: (I don't use store bought, sorry)
3.25 cups all purpose flour
1 cup shortening
9-10 tbsp cold water
Directions
To make pastry:
In a medium bowl, cut shortening into flour. Add water, 1 tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork until a dough forms. Split into 4 balls of dough. Roll two out to be slightly larger than a pie plate and transfer into the pie plate, pressing it into the bottom and sides of the plate.
Leave other two balls in a bowl, loosely covered with Saran Wrap for now.
In canola or olive oil, sautee the garlic. Add the veggies (onion, peas, and carrots - you can add it directly out of the freezer, no need to thaw), and cook until crisp-tender. Stir in turkey and seasonings and warm through. Add flour, and stir to mix. Cook for just a minute, and then add chicken broth. Bring to a boil and cook until broth thickens. Remove from heat.
Split filling evenly between the two pie shells.
Pull out the remaining dough balls, and roll out to make a "top" for your pot pie. Cover your pies with the remaining dough, and trim to fit. Seal and crimp edges.
Cut a few slits into the top of the pie (I usually do smiley faces...haha). Cook at 350 degrees until lightly browned (about 25 minutes). Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
For a fun variation, I sometimes replace the Cajun seasoning with curry powder. I really like it this way, but didn't have enough curry powder tonight to use it for pot pie (I'm using it tomorrow night to make a curry). If you're going to do this, take out the Cajun seasoning, and replace it with 2 - 3 tsp curry powder (we like it closer to 3 tsp).
Number of Servings: 16
Turkey Curry
2 tbsp curry powder
4 tbsp butter
1.5 cups chopped onion
2 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 cups chicken broth
1 can (8-9 oz) crushed pineapple, undrained
3 cups cooked, diced turkey
2 tbsp lemon juice
hot cooked rice
Directions
In a large skillet, heat curry powder in butter, stirring for about 2 minutes. Stir in the onions, and continue cooking, stirring frequently until the onions are soft. Blend in flour and ginger; add chicken broth and pineapple. Heat to boiling, simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
Stir in turkey. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes longer, or until heated through. Stir in lemon juice. Serve with hot cooked rice. Makes 4 (big!) servings.
Number of Servings: 4
Enjoy! (and save them for Thanksgiving leftovers this year!!)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Couch to 5K
Hi again.
Twice in one day! This hasn't happened for awhile! Well, I did it. I got back on the wagon today. At about noontime, I decided that I'd had enough, and I needed to get my act back together.
And I did.
I was *relatively* healthy with food choices from that point on. (Too much coffee, but that'll be something I attempt to control tomorrow). I even got in a workout after the boys went to bed. I'm pretty tired right now, but it's a good tired. I'm trying to convince myself that I CAN get up with my alarm tomorrow and work out on the Wii in the morning. I've been having an incredibly hard time getting out of bed in the morning, and I really need to stop that. So, in preparation of having to talk myself into getting out of bed, my exercise clothes are sitting next to the bed (where I can see them when I wake up), the house is clean and ready to be enjoyed when I wake up, and my coffee is ready to go in the morning. I WILL get up in the morning!
For those of you who have, either now or in the past, fallen off the wagon - how do you get back on? What does that do to your mental motivation? How to you hit the reset button?
For those of you in the Portland area, I've got a goal that I'm challenging you to meet with me! A friend and I are going to run this race in May, and are starting the Couch to 5K program now. I challenge you to join us and do some good at the same time! Who's in?
Twice in one day! This hasn't happened for awhile! Well, I did it. I got back on the wagon today. At about noontime, I decided that I'd had enough, and I needed to get my act back together.
And I did.
I was *relatively* healthy with food choices from that point on. (Too much coffee, but that'll be something I attempt to control tomorrow). I even got in a workout after the boys went to bed. I'm pretty tired right now, but it's a good tired. I'm trying to convince myself that I CAN get up with my alarm tomorrow and work out on the Wii in the morning. I've been having an incredibly hard time getting out of bed in the morning, and I really need to stop that. So, in preparation of having to talk myself into getting out of bed, my exercise clothes are sitting next to the bed (where I can see them when I wake up), the house is clean and ready to be enjoyed when I wake up, and my coffee is ready to go in the morning. I WILL get up in the morning!
For those of you who have, either now or in the past, fallen off the wagon - how do you get back on? What does that do to your mental motivation? How to you hit the reset button?
For those of you in the Portland area, I've got a goal that I'm challenging you to meet with me! A friend and I are going to run this race in May, and are starting the Couch to 5K program now. I challenge you to join us and do some good at the same time! Who's in?
I know, I know...
I've been MIA. I know. I'm sorry.
I could make up a ton of excuses and come up with millions of reasons to rationalize why I haven't been online, and/or why you should forgive me, but I'm just going to come clean.
I fell off the wagon.
Big time.
Okay....big, big, big, big time.
I missed a couple of days, had a few days of sick kids or sick me, and never picked myself back up and got back to exercising or watching what I ate.
And I know I've gained back some weight. I don't know how much - my scale is apparently broken completely and even changing the batteries didn't help. And I haven't bought a new one yet.
So, I'm sorry. Very very sorry.
I'm getting back up, though. I know that I have said this before, but I really am this time. I was challenged by a friend to do Couch to 5K to get in shape for a race later this spring, and I'm too competitive to let that challenge get by me.
So tonight I start. I'll check back in after my first workout!!
I could make up a ton of excuses and come up with millions of reasons to rationalize why I haven't been online, and/or why you should forgive me, but I'm just going to come clean.
I fell off the wagon.
Big time.
Okay....big, big, big, big time.
I missed a couple of days, had a few days of sick kids or sick me, and never picked myself back up and got back to exercising or watching what I ate.
And I know I've gained back some weight. I don't know how much - my scale is apparently broken completely and even changing the batteries didn't help. And I haven't bought a new one yet.
So, I'm sorry. Very very sorry.
I'm getting back up, though. I know that I have said this before, but I really am this time. I was challenged by a friend to do Couch to 5K to get in shape for a race later this spring, and I'm too competitive to let that challenge get by me.
So tonight I start. I'll check back in after my first workout!!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Is there a hold button?
***Fair warning time: I'm kind of grumpy. If you don't want a grumpy post to read, you might want to navigate away from this blog for a few minutes and come back later!! ***
With a warning out of the way, here we go...
Do you ever wish that life had a hold button? Or a way to transfer things/calls/emails/friendly reminders to a virtual voicemail? Somewhere that they can talk their little hearts out but that you don't have to listen to them?
(on a totally separate note - are there any receptionists reading out there? I'm 100% convinced that receptionists sometimes transfer you to voicemail or to an extension, knowing full well that you're not going to get a real, live person, and secretly enjoy making that transfer. I can see it very clearly in my head - a receptionist smiling to himself/herself, giggling, as they watch the little light - YOUR LITTLE LIGHT - blinking rapidly on their phone.)
Anyways, back to the post.
One of the goals that I set when I started this whole "mission" thing back at the beginning of the year was to make more time for ME. To force myself to take my time to work out or take better care of myself. For awhile, it worked. I worked out on a daily - or very close to daily - basis. I'd say "no" to a request, and people honoured it.
But then something happened. I'm not sure what happened, but it definitely did. I'm back to feeling like I'm clawing my way out of a deep, deep well when I try to carve out time for myself. I don't know how to balance it, and I don't think it's anything that I'm doing wrong.
So, what is it then, if it's not my fault?
I'm going to be brutally honest (and kind of crabby) here. It's YOU.
You, the person who won't stop calling me about something that needs to be done a month from now.
You, the person who sends me twenty billion emails asking me to do something that I've ALREADY said no to the past 20 billion times.
You, the person who asks me again "Hey, Heidi, have you gotten a chance to do X, Y, and Z yet?"
Now, please don't take any of this too personally. I do love all of you who call/email/text me. I really really do. I just don't know how much more I can do on my end, and still be able to take care of myself.
I need a little bit of time to work out, to cook healthy foods and not go through fast food because it's quicker, to maybe shower every day, and so on. And to do that, I really need people to respect me when I say no for something. Don't listen to me say no, and then in the 11th hour, email it to me to do. I can't stand the thought of letting people down and something not being the best for my kids, my job, my family, etc, so of course I'm going to sacrifice my own time to complete your request. Or even better, when I say I'm going to do something, PLEASE stop asking me when and how I'm going to do it. I like to make people happy - it's just who I am. Your request will get done, don't worry. I don't need you to nag me about it.
I'm sorry if this is a bit harsh, but I'm really trying here on my end, and I need some respect for that. But I'm finding it really hard to stay motivated because the easiest thing to cross off my "to-do" list is take care of myself. And if you push me a little bit more....I know myself. I'm going to take myself off of that list and focus on everyone else.
And I'm not strong enough yet to do that. I need to be able to focus on me for a little while longer before I start adding everyone else back to my "to-do" list.
Thanks.
I promise I'll be happier tomorrow. ;)
With a warning out of the way, here we go...
Do you ever wish that life had a hold button? Or a way to transfer things/calls/emails/friendly reminders to a virtual voicemail? Somewhere that they can talk their little hearts out but that you don't have to listen to them?
(on a totally separate note - are there any receptionists reading out there? I'm 100% convinced that receptionists sometimes transfer you to voicemail or to an extension, knowing full well that you're not going to get a real, live person, and secretly enjoy making that transfer. I can see it very clearly in my head - a receptionist smiling to himself/herself, giggling, as they watch the little light - YOUR LITTLE LIGHT - blinking rapidly on their phone.)
Anyways, back to the post.
One of the goals that I set when I started this whole "mission" thing back at the beginning of the year was to make more time for ME. To force myself to take my time to work out or take better care of myself. For awhile, it worked. I worked out on a daily - or very close to daily - basis. I'd say "no" to a request, and people honoured it.
But then something happened. I'm not sure what happened, but it definitely did. I'm back to feeling like I'm clawing my way out of a deep, deep well when I try to carve out time for myself. I don't know how to balance it, and I don't think it's anything that I'm doing wrong.
So, what is it then, if it's not my fault?
I'm going to be brutally honest (and kind of crabby) here. It's YOU.
You, the person who won't stop calling me about something that needs to be done a month from now.
You, the person who sends me twenty billion emails asking me to do something that I've ALREADY said no to the past 20 billion times.
You, the person who asks me again "Hey, Heidi, have you gotten a chance to do X, Y, and Z yet?"
Now, please don't take any of this too personally. I do love all of you who call/email/text me. I really really do. I just don't know how much more I can do on my end, and still be able to take care of myself.
I need a little bit of time to work out, to cook healthy foods and not go through fast food because it's quicker, to maybe shower every day, and so on. And to do that, I really need people to respect me when I say no for something. Don't listen to me say no, and then in the 11th hour, email it to me to do. I can't stand the thought of letting people down and something not being the best for my kids, my job, my family, etc, so of course I'm going to sacrifice my own time to complete your request. Or even better, when I say I'm going to do something, PLEASE stop asking me when and how I'm going to do it. I like to make people happy - it's just who I am. Your request will get done, don't worry. I don't need you to nag me about it.
I'm sorry if this is a bit harsh, but I'm really trying here on my end, and I need some respect for that. But I'm finding it really hard to stay motivated because the easiest thing to cross off my "to-do" list is take care of myself. And if you push me a little bit more....I know myself. I'm going to take myself off of that list and focus on everyone else.
And I'm not strong enough yet to do that. I need to be able to focus on me for a little while longer before I start adding everyone else back to my "to-do" list.
Thanks.
I promise I'll be happier tomorrow. ;)
Tasty Tuesdays
I know, I know, it's a day late. I'm trying, guys, I promise!!! Unfortunately, I can't blog from my phone, or else you'd be hearing from me a lot more. My computer's just too big to be carrying around with me!! ;)
So, a day late, Tasty Tuesdays!!
I don't know if any of you munch as much as I do, but I have to find ways to get my munching tendencies to be "healthier, so I've been trying to find healthy snacks. Today's Tasty Tuesdays is going to be about the snacks I've found over the past couple of weeks.
First up - a great dip for celery, pretzels, apples, bananas, etc (I got this from a New Us Moms reader: Lydia, and I think she got it from the Biggest Loser cookbook)
1 cup of sliky tofu, drained (about 9oz)
1/3 cup peanut butter
4tsp of honey
2tsp lime juice
Put it all in a blender and blend until smooth.
Second, a simple, quick dip for veggies. I use this to eat pepper sticks, carrots, celery, etc. It's great!
1 Tbsp whipped cream cheese and 2 tbsp of your favourite salsa: mix together and use as a dip for veggies
Today, we're making guacamole and home made tortilla chips. I'm going to make up the recipe for the guac, just using the fresh ingredients I bought from the store (avocado, tomato, onion, lime juice, cilantro, garlic) and if it works well, I'll post it tonight!
Enjoy the snacks!
So, a day late, Tasty Tuesdays!!
I don't know if any of you munch as much as I do, but I have to find ways to get my munching tendencies to be "healthier, so I've been trying to find healthy snacks. Today's Tasty Tuesdays is going to be about the snacks I've found over the past couple of weeks.
First up - a great dip for celery, pretzels, apples, bananas, etc (I got this from a New Us Moms reader: Lydia, and I think she got it from the Biggest Loser cookbook)
1 cup of sliky tofu, drained (about 9oz)
1/3 cup peanut butter
4tsp of honey
2tsp lime juice
Put it all in a blender and blend until smooth.
Second, a simple, quick dip for veggies. I use this to eat pepper sticks, carrots, celery, etc. It's great!
1 Tbsp whipped cream cheese and 2 tbsp of your favourite salsa: mix together and use as a dip for veggies
Today, we're making guacamole and home made tortilla chips. I'm going to make up the recipe for the guac, just using the fresh ingredients I bought from the store (avocado, tomato, onion, lime juice, cilantro, garlic) and if it works well, I'll post it tonight!
Enjoy the snacks!
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