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Monday, March 26, 2007 A low-fat daily recipe

NUTTY APPLE COOKIES

1/2 cup shortening
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup apple juice
2-1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. salt
1 medium tart apple, peeled, cored, and shredded
3/4 cup raisins
2 Tbsp. margarine
2 Tbsp. water
1-3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Skim milk
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Beat shortening and 1 1/4 cups brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined.
3. Add egg and beat 1 minute. Add apple juice and beat at low speed until blended.
4. In another bowl stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
5. Add egg mixture to the flour mixture, beating at low speed until combined. Fold in apple and raisins.
6. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let stand 1 minute on cookie sheet.
8. Remove to wire racks and cool.
9. Heat margarine, 1/3 cup brown sugar, and water over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
10. Remove from heat.
11. Stir in sifted powdered sugar. If frosting begins to harden, stir in small amount of milk to make of spreading consistency.
12. Spread cookies with Caramel Frosting and sprinkle with walnuts.

Makes about 72. Per serving: 63 calories, 2 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, 32 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 1 g protein, 1% calcium, .5 diabetic exchange starch, .5 diabetic exchange fat.

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5 Small Changes You Can Make Today

If you are slow to get started with losing weight then there are some small changes you can make today to make a huge difference in your weight. You don't have to go full force when you first decide to lose weight. There is nothing wrong with making just a few changes for now and then as you see the weight coming off you will most likely feel more motivation to make more changes.

1. Get rid of the juice - Although juice is more nutritious than soda, it still has the same amount of calories and sugar. Eat your fruit instead of drinking it.

2. Omit the oil - Yes, Olive Oil is healthier for you than other oils but it doesn't mean that you should go crazy with it. Instead of dumping it on your salad in large quantities you can use 2 tablespoons of olive oil and mix it with 1/4 cup of balsalmic vinegar for a bit of a sweeter taste with healthier results. It will save you 240 calories by using only 2 tablespoons as opposed to 4.

3. Skip the mayo - Every tablespoon of mayo has 110 calories. If you look at how mnay tablespoons you actually put on your sandwich you can elimate probably 220 to 330 just by using the low-calorie mayo or instead of mayo, use mustard which is lower in calories. Better yet - skip it all together!

4. Boost your fiber - Eat raw, crunchy veggies for a healthy snack instead of junk food. Veggies and beans have less than 40 calories for a cup full and are high in fiber and are very filling!

5. Lose the fried food - Fried chicken can be almost 150 calories more than a nice piece of broiled chicken. Skinless chicken gives you more of a chance of eating the meat, which means more protein, then fried chicken because not only is less healthy for you, it also fills you up more.

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Friday, March 16, 2007 Eating Out While Staying Healthy

We can all agree that it is hard to plan a meal at a restaurant when you know you are trying to watch your weight. Although many of the most popular chain restaurants are listing some nutritional facts for the most healthy of their foods, it doesn’t list everything on the menu. This is where HungerAway comes in. This website has a wonderful resource dedicated to letting you know exactly how many calories, fat grams, or carbohydrates are in your most favorite foods.

It is extremely user friendly and so quick. You spend just a few seconds registering for the site, and then log in. Once you click on the link to search the database you will have over 90,000 foods at your fingertips to choose from. You just simply type in the food or the restaurant that you want to check on and it will list everything you need to know. For example, if you want to go to Chili’s restaurant but don’t know what would be healthy, you can type in chili and you will find dinners that are offered at Chili’s Bar & Grill. If you want just a specific type of meal, such as fish, you can type that in and 573 choices will come up of where you can find it. Then just click on the meal that you are interested in and on the right side of the screen all of the nutritional facts will be available to you. It is that easy!

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Nutritional Facts You Need To Know

If you are like so many people today, then you have probably tried a diet once or twice. It may be more like 10 or 15 times, but who’s counting? Dieting is a word that many people don’t like to use because it reminds them that they are giving up food that they love to lose weight. It doesn’t have to be that way though! That doesn’t mean that you can eat Big Macs and cheese fries all of the time, it just means that diet doesn’t have to be a four letter word.

Dieting means knowing what you eat and how much of it. The fact is you don’t have to diet at all. Being informed about what you eat is just as important as limiting what you put into your mouth. HungerAway is a website that can help you through this process. It has a database that lists nutritional facts on over 90,000 food items! You can get an in-depth breakdown of what is in all the most popular foods that you eat. The nutrition facts include:

  • Calories
  • Fat
  • Cholesterol
  • Sodium
  • Carbohydrates
  • Protein

That means that there is no second guessing with what you eat. They even list foods for restaurants when you don’t feel like cooking one night. So whether it is sausage pizza, a ham and cheese hot pocket, or a large bowl of Breyer’s frozen yogurt that you are craving you won’t have to look any further than HungerAway.

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