 
Spring is here, spring into a healthier you and get fit for summer with these sly moves to cheat the fat and calories from being a summer bummer!
The 200 Calorie Breakfast: Ready to go in less than 5 minutes
Ingredients:
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½ cup frozen country style hash brown potato |
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½ cup egg beaters Butter flavored fat free PAM or Mazola spray |
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½ teaspoon "I can’t believe it’s not butter light" |
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1 slice whole wheat bread |
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½ slice of Kraft 2% reduced fat Swiss cheese singles *La Victoria salsa Salt to taste |
Directions:
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Place a non stick skillet over medium heat and spray with butter flavored cooking spray. |
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Add the hash brown potatoes to the skillet along with the I can’t believe it’s not butter and mix lightly with a wooden spoon. Spray some of the butter flavored spray directly onto the potatoes to give them a buttery color and flavor and keep mixing lightly until tender. This will take a couple of minutes. |
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Add egg beaters to the skillet along with a sprinkle of salt. Allow the egg to cook for a few seconds and then take wooden spoon to mix it together with the potato. Keep mixing lightly until the egg is completely cooked. |
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Once cooked, turn of the flame. Take the ½ slice of Swiss cheese and tear into smaller pieces. Place it on top of the egg mixture and allow it to sit a couple of minutes so that it melts right onto the egg. |
Serve with whole wheat bread and add salsa if you’d like to spice it up a bit.
Variations: If you have some extra time here are a couple of tasty additives to this
Breakfast: You can add chives along with the potatoes in the beginning You can place the mixture into a reduced fat flour tortilla and make a breakfast burrito
Calories: 196
Fat: 4 grams
Tummy Tamers: Fill your tummy with these easy, healthy fillers
Everyone knows most clear soups are fairly healthy choices, especially if you choose fresh instead of canned. But soup isn’t all that filling right?
Well it can be. Buy large bags of frozen mixed vegetables next time you shop. Frozen vegetables retain more nutrients than canned, so stick with frozen ones.
At least 3 times a week, replace one of your meals, usually dinner works well with a clear soup (clear meaning not cream based). You can make it from scratch, but Progresso soups work great too!
Simply heat up the soup on the stove and while it’s heating add 1-2 cups of frozen vegetables. Allow the soup to heat thoroughly and serve. You can go ahead and eat a large bowl of it, since there’s so much fiber, vitamins, minerals, and very little calories in it, so go ahead, eat! You can add some grated low fat cheese or other topping to personalize it but stick to low-fat cheeses or meats or spices.
Serving: 1 large bowl
Average calories: 240
Fat: 5-6 grams
No Screaming In Your Bathing Suit Ice Cream
Warm weather brings thoughts of cool creamy sweet treats. This season replace ice cream with this fruity treat with a lot of taste, and not a lot of calories by purchasing a variety of low-fat yogurts, especially ones that also have lower sugar content. You can find yogurts which are both low-fat and have a reduced sugar content, and have 30% of daily recommended amount of calcium and 12 grams protein!
Add a couple of tablespoons of low-fat granola to the yogurt and mix.
Enjoy this instead of ice-cream and you won’t scream in your bikini. This nutritious snack is a favorite because it packs a lot of good things in a delicious package. Here’s a sense of how many calories you’ll save.
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Yogurt with 1 oz low fat granola |
Ice cream with 1 oz topping |
| Serving size: |
6 oz |
6 oz |
| Calories: |
116 |
450 |
| Fat: |
less than 2 grams |
19-22 grams |
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