Football Season
RDamanda
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Here are a dozen diet-friendly trade-outs for popular game-day favorites:
• Instead of hummus, switch to salsa to save 150 calories for every four-spoonful serving.
• Instead of Stacy’s Multigrain Pita Chips, try Special K Multigrain Crackers for a third the calories and half the carbs per bite.
• Instead of peanuts, almonds or trail mix, snack on popcorn (even regular, not necessarily low-fat) and save more than 100 calories per handful.
• Instead of using mayonnaise in dips, potato salad and chicken salad, switch to plain nonfat Greek yogurt for more than 90 percent fewer calories and sodium, plus the bonus of an egg’s worth of protein in every quarter cup.
• Instead of regular pork sausage, switch to chicken sausage, which is available in a variety of flavors like Spicy Andouille and Sundried Tomato & Mozzarella, for half the calories and 75 percent less saturated fat.
• Instead of burgers made with ground chuck, use extra-lean ground beef for 40 percent fewer calories and 65 percent less saturated fat.
• Instead of regular Ball Park Beef Franks, switch to turkey hot dogs, chicken hot dogs or 98 percent fat-free hot dogs for a savings of 120 to 140 calories and as much as seven grams of saturated fat per dog.
• Remove the skin and crust from fried chicken for a savings of as much as 300 calories, six grams of saturated fat, and 500 milligrams of sodium per piece.
• Skip the rice (white or brown) in your gumbo and save 120 calories (and 20 grams of carbs) per scoop.
• Instead of making rum punch and other fruity cocktails with regular fruit juices and punch, experiment with a combination of lower-calorie juice options like Diet Ocean Spray Juice Drink (5 calories per cup; artificially sweetened) and Tropicana’s Trop 50 (50 calories per cup; naturally sweetened with stevia) to save 70 to 110 calories and as much as 23 grams of sugar per go-cup.
• Instead of a large frozen daiquiri, sip on skinny margaritas or mojitos for a savings of more than 1,000 calories per drink. Instead of regular light beer or Michelob Ultra, switch to Becks Premium Light or Bud Select 55 for as much as 50 percent fewer calories.
• Instead of hummus, switch to salsa to save 150 calories for every four-spoonful serving.
• Instead of Stacy’s Multigrain Pita Chips, try Special K Multigrain Crackers for a third the calories and half the carbs per bite.
• Instead of peanuts, almonds or trail mix, snack on popcorn (even regular, not necessarily low-fat) and save more than 100 calories per handful.
• Instead of using mayonnaise in dips, potato salad and chicken salad, switch to plain nonfat Greek yogurt for more than 90 percent fewer calories and sodium, plus the bonus of an egg’s worth of protein in every quarter cup.
• Instead of regular pork sausage, switch to chicken sausage, which is available in a variety of flavors like Spicy Andouille and Sundried Tomato & Mozzarella, for half the calories and 75 percent less saturated fat.
• Instead of burgers made with ground chuck, use extra-lean ground beef for 40 percent fewer calories and 65 percent less saturated fat.
• Instead of regular Ball Park Beef Franks, switch to turkey hot dogs, chicken hot dogs or 98 percent fat-free hot dogs for a savings of 120 to 140 calories and as much as seven grams of saturated fat per dog.
• Remove the skin and crust from fried chicken for a savings of as much as 300 calories, six grams of saturated fat, and 500 milligrams of sodium per piece.
• Skip the rice (white or brown) in your gumbo and save 120 calories (and 20 grams of carbs) per scoop.
• Instead of making rum punch and other fruity cocktails with regular fruit juices and punch, experiment with a combination of lower-calorie juice options like Diet Ocean Spray Juice Drink (5 calories per cup; artificially sweetened) and Tropicana’s Trop 50 (50 calories per cup; naturally sweetened with stevia) to save 70 to 110 calories and as much as 23 grams of sugar per go-cup.
• Instead of a large frozen daiquiri, sip on skinny margaritas or mojitos for a savings of more than 1,000 calories per drink. Instead of regular light beer or Michelob Ultra, switch to Becks Premium Light or Bud Select 55 for as much as 50 percent fewer calories.
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