1. Eat an Apple Before Lunch: apples are full of fiber (80 Calories). The fiber will make you feel full. Eat the apple at least 10-15min before lunch. You are more likely to eat less at lunch if you do this. It works! I eat a granny smith apple every day as a snack before lunch. Another food that will help you fill up and prevent over eating at lunch is Miso soup (35 Calories). These low calorie snacks are a great detour around overeating.
2. Refrigerate Your Cans: Fats will solidify at the surface of the can when you cool them. This way you can scrape off the fat when you are ready to prepare your meal. I have yet to try this because I don't eat that many can foods if any at all.
3. Dilute Your Juice: Juices are full of sugar and sugar turns into fat! You can cut the calories of a glass of juice in half by adding seltzer water to any juice. Example, Cranberry juice is very good for you but high in sugar. Next glass you pour use 1/2 juice, 1/2 seltzer water. Very refreshing and gives you that bubbly you may be missing from soda.
4. Replace Oil with Applesauce: This is great for baking oil based recipes such as cakes and brownies. If you can't give up the sweets try this in your next batch of cupcakes. It's an equal substitute: 1 cup oil = 1 cup applesauce.
5. Fake a Carb: Your body can only store a limited amount of carbs, which is good for energy levels. But once you have reached your limit the rest of the carbs in your body turn to fat. The more you overload on carbs the more your body produces insulin which tells your body to keep storing your carbs as fat, making it harder to lose the fat once its there. Ever heard that saying, "Once on the lips, forever on the hips." Use veggies to replace your pasta or potato in your next meal. Want spaghetti, make spaghetti squash instead. I made spaghetti squash and it is good, however it is a little time consuming to prepare. I thought it would be more pasta-ish but it tasted like stringy squash. It still tasted good with some seasoning and light butter. Another option is Cauliflower. Cauliflower is awesome! You can make a mash potato substitute, which is amazingly like real mash potatoes. Or even use cauliflowers to make a pizza crust. It is not as hard as real bread and you do have to eat it with a fork, but you can dress it up like a real pizza with toppings, cheese and sauce. IT IS SOOO GOOD!
Now that you have looked over these shortcuts try one. I've included the recipe for the Cauliflower Mash "Potatoes" and Cauliflower Pizza Crust. Both are super easy to make and amazingly good.
Cauliflower Mash "Potatoes"
1 head cauliflower
1/8 skim milk
salt & pepper
paprika
garlic (optional)
Directions: Steam cauliflower (optionally with clove of garlic) until tender. Cut the cauliflower into pieces and palce in a blender with the milk. Season with salt and pepper and whip until smooth. Pour into a small baking dish. Sprinkle with paprika and bake in hot oven until bubbly.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust (picture included)
1 cup cooked, riced cauliflower
1 egg
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (reduced fat)
1 tsp. oregano
2 tsp parsley
1 can of tomato sauce
any topping you want
Directions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray. In a medium bowl, combine cauliflower, egg and mozzerella. Press evenly on the pan. Sprinkle with oregano and parsley. Bake at 450 for 12-15min (15-20min if you double the recipe for a bigger pizza). Remove from oven. Add sauce, toppings and cheese to your crust. Place under a broiler at high heat just until the cheese is melted.
Here is your finished product:
What kind of can goods are you buying that you have to scrape the fat off the top? Spam? Vienna Sausages?
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