Sexy In Six R-1 Results, R-2 Week One! *closed group*

Wednesday's QOTD: What is the one unhealthy food that you could never and I mean never ever!!!!!! give up in a million years????

Diet Pepsi or Coke Zero . . . . . its a love/hate relationship

Ok - I couldn't give up cheese...but I should, probably more than I should give up red wine and chocolate.

Thursday QOTD: I'v discovered a light mozarella - with tomatoes, basil and minimum oil and vinegar, it just makes a divine salad. I love it!

Thursday QOTD: Okay ladies, this ties in with Wednesday's QOTD. Most of us have foods we are not willing to give up or feel sad about having to give up. What have you found as a healthy replacement for your favorite unhealthy foods?

Skinny cow ice cream is awesome!

Skinny cow here too! I actually like it better than most store bought ice cream!

Monday's Introduction... I am Isobel, age 59. One of these days I promise I will properly introduce myself over and above the info I have on my profile but I often come online at night and my brain is kinda mushy right now. I couldn't find the thread for a couple of days as I hadn't bookmarked it and my mushbrain wasn't sending me in the right direction to find it agin, lol

Tuesday: I am on the Black team GO BLACK!! First I had a picture of my kitty, then of a lunar eclipse, then on Sunday before church I had my hubby take a picture of me in my one and only black top. I am a "summer" if I remember correctly and I don't wear a lot of black.

Wednesday: If I could never ever have one again in my life, I would really miss Tim Hortons breakfast biscuits with bacon . However even though I could work one into my eating plan if I wanted, I don't t end to want to waste a bijillion calories on that one food item so haven't had one in a long time.

Thursday: New healthy food item actually is also a breakfast item. I love ricotta cheese (which I had previously only ever bought once to use in a lasagna for a change and didn't know what to do with the rest of it!) Now for breakfast I often have ricotta cheese, drizzled with a little liquid honey and then mix in whatever fruit is available, blueberries, peach, pear, raspberries, strawberries, whatever.. Mmm mm good!

Thursday QOTD

I dont substitute good full fat ice cream with all the fixins. That is just an occasional reward, But I make my own pizza, refrigerated pizza dough, fresh roma tomatoes and mozzarella cheese, pesto sauce and maybe italian turkey sausage - on the grill, still pretty high in calories but So delish, 2 pieces paired with my homemade cesear salad

Thursday QOTD: What have you found as a healthy replacement for your favorite unhealthy foods?

I don't know if I've really found a "replacement" for the unhealthy things that I love. I just eat a bowl of green beans with lots of non-salt seasoning instead of chips when I'm hungry at night. The crunch helps. And I love green beans, so it's a win-win.

Thursday QOTD: Okay ladies, this ties in with Wednesday's QOTD. Most of us have foods we are not willing to give up or feel sad about having to give up. What have you found as a healthy replacement for your favorite unhealthy foods?

My healthy replacement for the donuts that I love so much are Vitatops. Every Thursday someone brings donuts into work. I bring my chocolate Vitatop and heat it up in the microwave. I usually only eat these on Thursdays so that they stay a treat for me. For the most part, they help keep me out of the donuts.

THURSDAY QOTD

I refuse to drink anything other than whole milk so i skip the cereals and just drink the milk

Thursday's question. Cheese for me is something i refuse to give up but I have found that if I use stronger cheese i use less. So feta and blue cheese have been the favorites lately! I use feta on my tacos even!!! more of a punch than cheddar cheese. Also i put the cheese on top-never in anything anymore-so that the flavor doesn't get lost.

My healthy replacement for the donuts that I love so much are Vitatops. Every Thursday someone brings donuts into work. I bring my chocolate Vitatop and heat it up in the microwave. I usually only eat these on Thursdays so that they stay a treat for me. For the most part, they help keep me out of the donuts.

Those look great, but they're kind of expensive on their website. Is there somewhere to get them cheaper? I wonder if they could be homemade somehow...?

Friday's QOTD: People often think that eating healthy to lose weight or maintain has to be bland and boring. That is so not true! I daresay that I have been enjoying the foods that I am eating since I've been on MFP far more than whatever I was mindlessly stuffing myself with before I started MFP. I love the suggestions and recipes that others share and my meals are always enjoyable.

So, Friday's question is, what is your favourite recipe or meal suggestion that you have found since you've been on MFP?

I have several, I am posting one that I really enjoy when we want to have something special...it is fantastic over asparagus, or in eggs benedict...

MOCK HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

Makes 6 servings, 41 cal per serving

1/4 cup instant nonfat milk powder
2 TBSP lemon juice
1 egg yolk
1 TBSP cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
Freshly ground pepper
1/2 c cup water
1 TBSP unsalted butter

1. In a small saucepan, whisk together first 6 ingredients. Add in water and mix thoroughly. Cook over medium heat, whisking continually, till thickened.
2. Don't boil. Remove from heat and add in butter, mixing well. Serve hot.
3. Makes approx a cup

Serving Size 34g
Calories 41
Calories from Fat 17 41%
Total Fat 1.96g 2%
Saturated Fat 1.24g 5%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 6mg 2%
Sodium 222mg 9%
Potassium 97mg 3%
Total Carbs 4.26g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g 0%
Sugars 2.72g 2%
Protein 1.85g 3%

Thursday: I eat a lot of steamed veggies now, but add some cheese to make them taste better


Friday: Recipe....from txifonly (here on MFP)

Hubby and daughter both enjoyed this special treat! 131 Calories per serving ain't too bad either.



Oreo Cream Dessert - Serves 12 @ 131 calories each.

Ingredients:
9 Reduced Fat Oreo Cookies
3 Cups Fat Free Milk
8 oz Cool Whip Lite
1 pkg Jello Sugar Free Fat Free instant pudding
Spray butter


Crumble cookies in a food processor and pour/press on the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan. Squirt 10 sprays of butter over the top to help "hold" them in place.

In a bowl, combine milk, pudding and cool whip (I used vanilla pudding but I will try chocolate next time). Pour over crust and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.

Note: I used the 3 cups of milk as it calls for but next time I will probably cut that back to 2.5 or 2.75 cups to make the dessert more firm and easier to serve.

Calories: 131 per serving.


INGREDIENTS CALORIES CARBS FAT PROTEIN SUGAR FIBER
Oreo - Sandwich Cookies - Reduced Fat, 9 cookies 450 81 14 3 42 3

Jell-O (Jello) - Sugar & Fat Free Vanilla Instant
Pudding (Mix Only), 1 container (1 pkg (10g) ea.) 100 24 0 0 0 2

Kraft - Lite Cool Whip, 0.5 container (150 tbsp ea.) 750 113 38 0 38 0

Lucerne - Fat Free and Lactose Free Milk, 3 cup 270 36 0 24 33 0

I Cant Believe Its Not Butter - Original Spray, 10 sprays 0 0 0 0 0 0

Add Ingredient

Total: 1570 254 52 27 113 5
Per Serving: 131 21 4 2 9 0

ok since fall is coming one of my favorite foodie weapons to have around the house is SOUP! I can make a ton, freeze it and its cheap and soooooo delis - so here is one of my favorites - soooo easy - its from Cooking Light - I usually use dried herbs and leave out the spinach if I'm going to freeze this soup, I ad the spinach per serving.

Sausage and Spinach Soup

Fresh herbs are added after the soup cooks so they'll retain their bright color and flavor. You can substitute 1 teaspoon dried herbs for each tablespoon fresh, but add them with the tomatoes.

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

10 ounce sweet turkey Italian sausage
Cooking spray
1 cup prechopped onion
2 teaspoons bottled minced garlic
1/2 cup water
1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 (14.5-ounce) can organic stewed tomatoes, undrained (such as Muir Glen)
1 (14-ounce) can fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
2 cups baby spinach
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
2 tablespoons grated fresh Romano cheese

Preparation

Remove casings from sausage. Cook sausage in a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over high heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Add onion and 2 teaspoons garlic to pan; cook for 2 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup water, beans, tomatoes, and broth. Cover and bring to a boil. Uncover and cook for 3 minutes or until slightly thick. Remove from heat, and stir in spinach, basil, and oregano. Ladle 1 1/2 cups soup into each of 4 bowls, and sprinkle each serving with 1 1/2 teaspoons cheese.



Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
Calories: 261
Calories from fat: 30%
Fat: 8.6g
Saturated fat: 2.8g
Monounsaturated fat: 2.7g
Polyunsaturated fat: 2.5g
Protein: 20.9g
Carbohydrate: 23.1g
Fiber: 5.4g
Cholesterol: 62mg
Iron: 3.4mg
Sodium: 842mg
Calcium: 105mg

Fridays question
I struggled with this one, as I'm a college student and a vast majority of my meals come from A. the freezer, B. a box, or C. a can.
but I do love my crock pot, and since it's fall, (even though it's 80 here, for some reason) I thought that this would be perfect

2-3 chicken breasts
1 can of cream of chicken soup
chicken broth
quartered red potatoes
carrots

I put the chicken in the bottom, fill the crock pot about 1/2 full with potatoes and carrots, add the cream of chicken soup, and add enough broth to cover everything. Start it around 8-9 am and it's ready for dinner, super easy