Learn 40 different ways to make delicious, healthy salads right on your iPhone with these recipes. PLUS receive our chef and dietitian tips to make your own salads healthy. See a photo gallery for ideas. Email them to yourself and friends. Choose from quick to masterpiece, meals or dessert salads now.
Portion Awareness and New Portion Control Video DVD
Submitted by Judy on November 7, 2008 2:05 pmNo Comment
We just completed our Portion Control Video DVD and we had a lot of fun in the process and wanted to share our story and photos. We learned a lot about the calories in large portions of every day food.
Here is what we learned that we think most of you would not know:
Packages of movie snacks, like candies, cookies and chips, are really large and serve 2 or more. Although they look like one serving they are 3 servings and often top 500 or 600 calories.
Snack foods that are calorie dense, like chips, crackers, puffs and cookies, vary greatly in package sizes and even serving sizes. Some bags of potato chips serve 1, 2, 3, 8, 9. The ones that serve 2 or 3 look like they serve one.
One large sandwich can actually fill two plates (we dissected one!) and be totally out of balance for what someone should eat in a day – for example, the one we took apart filled a whole dinner plate with meat and a whole plate with bread.
Most desserts and baked goods are so large they make a serving size look small and they all go over 400 or 500 calories without exception.
The size cup, plate or bowl you are using really makes a difference in how much you tend to serve yourself.
The more fruits and vegetables you eat in a day the better for the purpose of feeling full on fewer calories.We wanted to help others realize that while it is important to read a food label and measure food and develop an eye for serving sizes, it is also important to select the right food. We filled 2 plates and one was 1200 calories while the other was 800 calories.
Do you eat “value meals” at fast food counters? If so, you might want to read our comparison about a different kind of value food – value for your wallet, value for your health and value for how much food you get to eat for so few calories.
Here is a light, reduced-calorie cheesecake. It is perfect for summer. You can make it more elegant by serving it with fresh fruit. You’ll save 100 calories and 11 grams of fat per slice as compared to the same-sized piece of traditional cheesecake. Better still, this one is creamier than most cheesecake and we know you will love the double lemon flavor.
View and download our pasta primavera salad handout or the free show on how to make a better salad – great for home or foodservice. You will love this favorite salad because it teaches you to use a lot more veggies than pasta so your salad looks tasty and helps you consume fewer calories!
Did you know you can take a salad to work? We have one here that takes minutes to make and it is gorgeous. You will be the envy of your whole office and hopefully, since you will skip the commute and line at the lunch palace, you will have time to walk. Pictures, story, recipe here….
Here are the three Bs of Label Reading that will teach you what you really need to know about shopping, reading food labels and getting a grip on the calories you bring into your house.
Learn 40 different ways to make delicious, healthy salads right on your iPhone with these recipes. PLUS receive our chef and dietitian tips to make your own salads healthy. See a photo gallery for ideas. Email them to yourself and friends. Choose from quick to masterpiece, meals or dessert salads now.