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Are Your Eating Lights On?
What's In Your Food?
Summer Fruit Dessert Presentation Tips
Our last post introduced seven AMAZING fresh fruit desserts, and today we'd like to continue that discussion with a guide to presentation. After all, if the food doesn't look delicious, it's a lot harder to convince people to give it a try. Follow these presentation tips for desserts that will be sure to have your guests lining up for a taste.
What's in Your Food?
Portion Control
Food News You Can Use: Stevia
Changing the Face of Candy Bars
Mars Inc., the famous candy company, has decided to stop producing king size Snickers bars. Not only that, but they are replacing those giant bars with a 2-in-1 package that contains two smaller Snickers bars. The new package is resealable, which encourages consumers to eat the candy in two separate sittings, rather than all at once. Why make this change? Mars Inc. claims they are fighting obesity...
Breakfast: Beware of Calories
The Healthy Plate
100 Calorie Packs
Lunch Portion Control
Watch our Portion Control for Lunch video in one minute - and see what you are really getting in that deli sandwich - and better still, find out a better way to plan lunch and eat just 400 really healthy calories. We are big on salad and small on bread here.
Breakfast Portion Control
We did some research for the nutritional stats of popular breakfast items offered in coffee houses and bakeries. The numbers are not pretty. Most of the large bakery items you see in our chart top 500 calories and this does not include the coffee drink that comes with them. We came to one conclusion: Big + Baked = Diet Mistake. If a pastry is the size of your hand or larger it is going to be roughly 500 calories.
Snacking Portion Control
Don't let the food manufacturer tell you how much to eat - read the label and practice measuringWatch funny examples of how big the packages really are - some look like one serving but are 3 servings!
Changing Plates
Portion Control, Don't Go Overboard
Big + Baked = Diet Mistake!
Food News: Bottomless Bowl
Food News: Fast Food Audit
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