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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Curry chicken salad

I whipped together a cold chicken salad from leftovers, and loved it !

Cubed cold chicken breast
Cubed cold butternut squash (already baked)
4 T low cal mayonnaise
Curry powder
S&P

PS. Don't forget to weight your ingredients and count your calories

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Save the Date: April 21, 2012

South Spokane Fiber Fest

Sometimes you need to feel like you're not on a diet

4 slices low carb bread (180 cal)
2 T cool whip (25 cal)
2 T sugar free jam (20 cal)
3 T Peanut Butter (285 cal)

Servings: One
Calories: 510

Monday, February 6, 2012

Veggie no-pasta lasagna

I got this idea from my sister - because the fresh veggies will vary in weight, I will not include exact amounts for the recipe:

1 large head cauliflower
1 lb mushrooms
2 onions
1 bag baby spinach
l large container 1% cottage cheese
12 slices 2% mozzarella cheese (60 cal each)
1 jar low cal spaghetti sauce (60 cal per 1/2 cup)
Italian spices

Cook cauliflower in microwave, then use a hand blender to mash it up. Stir in 2-3 tablespoons Italian spices.

Cook the sliced onions and slice mushrooms to help remove the moisture (so you lasagna won't be soupy)

In a large pan (9x13) layer, starting with 1/2 the cauliflower mixture, then spinach, then the mushroom/onion mixture, then the cottage cheese, 1/2 the spaghetti sauce and 6 slices of cheese. Repeat until everything is in the pan. Bake 400 for 45-60 minutes.

Averages 355 cal per serving, for 6 servings.

Measure, Weigh and Count

Just because it's good for you, doesn't mean you can't get fat eating it. Count your calories - don't guess.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Counting Calories

So you started to count calories, but are still not losing weight. What's wrong? Well, are you calculating the calories correctly?

Here is an example of a mistake that can cost you:

Marinated turkey tenderloin raw - 110 calories for one 4oz serving size - and a total weight of 1.5 lbs

To calculate the proper cooked calories, do the following:

1.5 lbs x 16 oz = 24 oz total weight

110 calories (1 serving) / 4 oz = 27.5 calories per raw ounce

27.5 cal/oz x 24 oz = 660 total calories

Now you have to weigh the cooked tenderloin and calculate the cooked calories/ounce:

Cook tenderloin total weight = 19 ounces

660 total calories / 19 ounces cooked weight = 34.73 calories/cooked ounce

Now, when you weigh out your portion of 4 ounces, the calories for one serving is calculated as 138.9 calories. A difference of 29 calories from the raw weight. It doesn't seem like much, until you eat more than 4 oz, and make a raw vs. cooked calculation error 3 meals a day for one week - it can really add up !