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So, I feel like I have become a MASTER at cutting calories and maximizing on my food intake....this girl likes to eat! :-p
I wanted to share with you all some of my food swaps that I have picked up along the way so you can maximize on
your meal plan as well, so here it goes:
ice cream --> Artic Zero ice cream. I have only found this at Whole Foods. The entire pint is only 150 cal and 12g carb!
... HELLO!!!! Where has this stuff been and why haven't I found it sooner? The flavors are amazing too!
Peanut Butter --> PB2. Although regular peanut butter isn't all that bad for you it is packed with lots of calories. For the same
serving size (2TBSP) PB2 is only 45 calories, 1.5g fat, and 5g carbs. It comes in chocolate and regular. It's powdered and
requires reconstituting but amazing all the same. I use it in the overnight oatmeal soaks a lot.
Fruit flavors----> Capella drops. I order these online. If you want to make a smoothie but don't want all the carbs and sugars
from the fruit that's mixed in, you can sub it out with these drops. It's 0 calories and the flavors are spot on! You just use 1 drop per
ounce of food or fluid that you want to flavor. I make my son strawberry smoothies with these (since frozen fruit is so expense) and
I use them in the overnight oatmeal soaks as well
Fruit flavor ---> sugar free fruit preserves. I do this to flavor plain greek yogurt. If you buy the yogurt with fruit mixed in your getting a
load of carbs and sugars. If you don't want/have Capella drops this is another alternative. The fruit preserves are 10 calories and serving
and about 5g carb
Pasta ---> spaghetti squash. You all may be familiar with this one already. Spaghetti squash is a wonderful veggie that when baked,
the pulp falls apart just like spaghetti noodles. I have made spaghetti dishes, casseroles, and lasanga with spaghetti squash. I have
even served it as a side dish on it's on. There are tons of recipes for spaghetti squash. It does tend to release water when leftover though.
1 cup will run you 42 calories and 10g carb versus 210 calories and 44g carb for 1 oz of traditional spaghetti pasta!
I use lightly salted rice cakes in place of most bread. I'll make an open faced sandwich with them....lol. Otherwise I use Ole Mexican Xtreme
Wellness wraps or Flat Out wraps and make quesadillas or wraps. These are very low cal and low net carb as well.
I wanted to share with you all some of my food swaps that I have picked up along the way so you can maximize on
your meal plan as well, so here it goes:
ice cream --> Artic Zero ice cream. I have only found this at Whole Foods. The entire pint is only 150 cal and 12g carb!
... HELLO!!!! Where has this stuff been and why haven't I found it sooner? The flavors are amazing too!
Peanut Butter --> PB2. Although regular peanut butter isn't all that bad for you it is packed with lots of calories. For the same
serving size (2TBSP) PB2 is only 45 calories, 1.5g fat, and 5g carbs. It comes in chocolate and regular. It's powdered and
requires reconstituting but amazing all the same. I use it in the overnight oatmeal soaks a lot.
Fruit flavors----> Capella drops. I order these online. If you want to make a smoothie but don't want all the carbs and sugars
from the fruit that's mixed in, you can sub it out with these drops. It's 0 calories and the flavors are spot on! You just use 1 drop per
ounce of food or fluid that you want to flavor. I make my son strawberry smoothies with these (since frozen fruit is so expense) and
I use them in the overnight oatmeal soaks as well
Fruit flavor ---> sugar free fruit preserves. I do this to flavor plain greek yogurt. If you buy the yogurt with fruit mixed in your getting a
load of carbs and sugars. If you don't want/have Capella drops this is another alternative. The fruit preserves are 10 calories and serving
and about 5g carb
Pasta ---> spaghetti squash. You all may be familiar with this one already. Spaghetti squash is a wonderful veggie that when baked,
the pulp falls apart just like spaghetti noodles. I have made spaghetti dishes, casseroles, and lasanga with spaghetti squash. I have
even served it as a side dish on it's on. There are tons of recipes for spaghetti squash. It does tend to release water when leftover though.
1 cup will run you 42 calories and 10g carb versus 210 calories and 44g carb for 1 oz of traditional spaghetti pasta!
I use lightly salted rice cakes in place of most bread. I'll make an open faced sandwich with them....lol. Otherwise I use Ole Mexican Xtreme
Wellness wraps or Flat Out wraps and make quesadillas or wraps. These are very low cal and low net carb as well.
AWESOME!!!!!! LOVE THESE!!!!!!! Thank you Danielle!!!!!!!! Do you have SWAPS? Please share them!!!!!!!!
Game On,
Pam
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