Great tip for reducing the calories of any recipe by 25%!

GetSoda
GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
in Food and Nutrition
This is even more simple than vegetable crust "pizza," or radish mashed "potatoes."

Let's take a delicious recipe for cheesecake for example. One serving of this cheesecake is 300 calories, and weighs 6 ounces.
How can we reduce this recipe by 25% or more? Simple!

Cut it into 4.5 ounce slices! Now the cheesecake is only 225 calories!

What about healthy food? Does this work for a steak salad? 15oz of steak salad is 500 calories.
Hmm... This is a tough one...

15 * .075 = 11.25.... Eat 11.25 ounces of it and... it's a 375 calorie salad!


But wait, there's more?

What if you're eating METRIC food?

115 grams of ice cream is 250 calories. BEEP BOP BOOP... Eat 86 grams of ice cream. Only 187 calories!

This time saving tip will keep you from spending countless hours mashing food into colorful tasteless abominations that only marginally resemble food. For example:

Black Bean Brownie-Shaped-Inedible-Food-Object
Cauliflower "Pizza" Crust
Tofu Anything


Enjoy.

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
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  • LearnFromTheRed
    LearnFromTheRed Posts: 294 Member
    Black Bean Brownie-Shaped-Inedible-Food-Object

    ROFL :D
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,472 Member
    This made me laugh, but yes, it's true.

    It reminds me of Marjorie Dawes from Fat Fighters (Little Britain) who suggests cutting everything you eat in half. "It has half the fat and half the calories. So you can eat twice as much!"
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    What is this ridiculousness?

    Are you trying to tell us that you can eat a food without eating it all???

    :noway:

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  • AleciaG724
    AleciaG724 Posts: 705 Member
    but I like tofu... :-(
  • dirty_dirty_eater
    dirty_dirty_eater Posts: 574 Member
    Tried that last night with a slice of coconut flan. Didn't work.
    The darn thing chased me down and jammed itself down my throat by force.
  • norahwynn
    norahwynn Posts: 862 Member
    ha! that's awesome....
  • tedrickp
    tedrickp Posts: 1,229 Member
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  • Doctor_James
    Doctor_James Posts: 1
    WHOA NO WAY

    THROW OUT 25% OF THE FOOD = LOSE 25% OF THE CALORIES

    revolutionary idea mate
  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    WHOA NO WAY

    THROW OUT 25% OF THE FOOD = LOSE 25% OF THE CALORIES

    revolutionary idea mate

    I'm honored that you would spend your first post complimenting my revolutionary idea.

    Thank you.
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    Eating less is just a tease and makes me want to rage quit.
  • BenchPressingCats
    BenchPressingCats Posts: 1,826 Member
    What is this ridiculousness?

    Are you trying to tell us that you can eat a food without eating it all???

    :noway:

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    Omg, those cats are so cute!
  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    What is this ridiculousness?

    Are you trying to tell us that you can eat a food without eating it all???

    :noway:

    te_zpsa2b8ac1b.gif

    Omg, those cats are so cute!

    And the little cati so nly 40% the calories of the big one!

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