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light homemade pimento cheese recipe, anyone?
i'm making sandwich snack stuff to stock my fridge with. im planning on buying lots of fruit and veggies, hummus (yummus!), and other healthy-low cal things. i reallllly want to make some pimento cheese, but have never done it before. i've looked online for some low-cal recipes, but want your ideas, too! :flowerforyou:
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instant breakfast and coffee... it's a GO!
last night, i asked if anyone had mixed coffee and instant breakfast. well, i made it this morning and it's good! basically, i made my coffee like normal (1 cup with 1 tbsp sugar free creamer, some no-cal sweetner) and then mixed in a packet of no sugar added instant breakfast. it's pretty good! i can taste the chocolate…
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has anyone ever mixed instant breakfast and coffee?
i NEEEEEED coffee in the morning. just one cup, but i love that one cup! i want to have an instant bfast (made with the powder and milk, not the canned kind), but i also want coffee, and dont want to feel like im just drinking a bunch for breakfast. has anyone ever mixed the two into one drink? like, the prepared instant…
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has anyone ever mixed instant breakfast and coffee?
i NEEEEEED coffee in the morning. just one cup, but i love that one cup! i want to have an instant bfast (made with the powder and milk, not the canned kind), but i also want coffee, and dont want to feel like im just drinking a bunch for breakfast. has anyone ever mixed the two into one drink? like, the prepared instant…
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eating on the late night
i do SO WELL allllllll day long. then 8 or 9 rolls around and i wanna MUNCH on JUNK. anyone else with this issue? how do you kick this habit to the curb? ive heard of brushing your teeth.. any other suggestions?? :flowerforyou:
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mexican food (not a "what can i order?" post!)
**after posting this, i realized it's SORT of "what can i order." but ive already done most of the work... sorry for the confusion...** i already KNOW what i am going to get: chicken salad. no guac, no refried beans, no cheese (and probably no tortilla bowl so i won't be tempted to eat it..!). lots of SALSA though :)…
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how do i cook a potato in the microwave?
i don't wanna over cook it, how do i cook the potato in the microwave? holes or no holes? do i moisten it? thanks! :flowerforyou:
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new-found artichoke loooove. need recipes!!
so i cooked with artichoke's last night (chicken and artichoke pasta, posted by ChubbyBunny... SO yummy); now i want to cook with artichokes more, because i love them! any artichoke snack ideas? dinner ideas? ways to use them as appetizers? im open to all ideas! oh, and anything to be wary of when it comes to artichokes…
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crab dip?
i looooove crab dip. any delish, lowe(er)-cal recipes? :happy:
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bored with breakfast. ideas?
im getting tired of the same ol', same ol'. my breakfasts rotate b/w the following: egg white/cheese english muffin w/ veggie sausage and fruit waffles with egg whites and fruit bagel with cream cheese, egg whites, and fruit i usually stick with the egg whites because they keep me full. i'm teaching, so after 630, i don't…
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i can't find a scale!
i went to walmart, and they sent me to the Hardware Dept. to find bathroom scales. Well, i got there, anc choices were SLIM. There were Health-O-Meter scales, and there were dial scales. No WW, no other brands. Is there somewhere else in WalMart that I can find bathroom scales? I heard about a good one from Walgreens, but…
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brown baggin' it
i pack my lunch everyday. but i'm getting tired of the same ol' turkey sandwich or chicken salad. i want something FILLING, but around 300-400 calories, and well balanced, of course. any suggestions would be super. :flowerforyou:
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reliable fitness websites?
there are SO MANY websites with oodles and oodles of fitness/nutrition info. anyone come across some accurate, motivating, GOOD reads that are online? i already read fitness magazine, and im familiar with Shape. any other places? and things that are geared towards women (or, i should say, no Mens Health!) maybe? thanks…
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question for you runners out there
i LOVE running. but the farthest i've EVER run is 4 miles. i'm training for the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, which is a 10K, so I have a little over 2 miles to add to my distance. After I get up to running 6.2 miles, I'd like to work on my time. I've done quite a handful of 5Ks, and each time I set a new PR. But I have…
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tips for making home-made dressing less thick?
I'm making my own ranch dressing using the ranch seasoning mix and some low-fat mayo (comes out to about 20 cals/tbsp). But it's thick like mayo, and I was wondering if there is any way to thin it out a little, so it runs a little smoother when I pour it? thanks!:smile:
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first-time hummus-user
ok, so i'm giving in. i've heard all this stuff about how SUPER hummus is, so i'm going to try it. except -- i don't know where to begin! i'm just going to start off with some store-bought stuff (no homemade yet), but there are so many flavors and blah blah. what flavor should i try? more importantly:: what should i EAT…
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getting bored with chicken... need inspiration!
i love chicken, but i'm bored with chicken salad, ranch chicken, chicken parm, chicken and rice, chicken tacos... any new ideas? im in college, so my pantry is stocked with a lot of fancy spices or ingredients.. just the basics. any ideas would be SUPER! trying to plan my dinner NOW so i can make it and enjoy it later…
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help please! how long will store-bought candy be good for?
so i have a candy jar full of hugs, kisses, and mini reese's cups (YUM). i have put the jar out of sight so that i won't eat it because i see it, yet i know where it is for the times that i need a little piece of chocolate. something ive noticed that goes through my head is "i dont want the candy to get old, so i need to…
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hungry after dinner
what do yall do when you are hungry after dinner, say 9 pm or so? i usually have around 100 calories left (if that), and I don't want to not eat just do i don't go over my calories. any late-night, filling snacks that are low cal?
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What do you do to fight the urge to nibble while cooking?
So I've been baking OUTRAGEOUSLY lately. It's like I have a Martha Stewart gene somewhere in me that sets off about once a month and i just want to BAKE GOODIES. I spend half of my time planning the recipe to reduce fat/calories and what not, but i can't help but to nibble along the way... even when I don't have room for…
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Frosting that dries hard?
Hey everyone, I'm making sugar cookies for my 2nd graders, and am looking for a less-gooey, more "hard" or "firm" frosting? i bought some regular ol' cake icing... is there a way that it will harden? i just want less mess all over (as in transporting the cookies, giving them out, it being all over their faces... etc.). and…
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Why you should EAT DESSERT!
I read that by eating dessert around the same time every day will HELP YOU SAY NO TO SWEETS throughout the other parts of the day. By promising yourself that you WILL indulge in a sweet treat, it makes it easier to say no, because you know that sweet will come later-- but you HAVE to keep that promise and eat the sweet…
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i ate SO much today
...and now i feel like crap. it's an amount that i can't possibly work off at the gym (unless I was on the eliptical for hours, and i just don't have that kind of time). i had a banquet, and TRIED to plan ahead as to what i was going to eat (because i knew what food would be there), but that didn't work. i ate SO many…
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strawberries galore... what to do?
I'm buying a flat of AMAZINGLY fresh strawberries, and am looking for some DELISH recipes to use them in. bring on the low-cal shortcake, pies, sweets, jam, ANY kind of strawberry recipe you can throw my way. seriosuly, I will have so many it will be ridiculous. any low-cal strawberry recipe you have, throw it my way! id…
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sugar cookie recipe
Hey everyone! I'm making batches upon batches of sugar cookies for my 2nd graders, as well as for all my friends for VDay, and I'm looking for something low(er) calorie (so i can enjoy them with my 2nd graders and friends without feeling so guilty!). I already know I can substitute sweetner for sugar. any other…
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Help! I can't control it!
After spending the whole day at an elementary school student teaching, I get home and am RAVENOUS. Usually I pack an apple to eat once the kids go home to hold me over, and SOMETIMES I can make wiser decisons once I get home. But today I had to go to a faculty meeting and didn't get to eat until I got home around 4. I told…
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biscuits?
anyone know of some lower-calorie biscuits that are maybe frozen and can be made one at a time? when i make dinner sometimes, i want some bread on the side, but am looking for something that's not super-high in calories. also, im uaully just cooking for one, so i don't want to make a whole batch of…
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100 Calorie S'More!!
mmm smores. 1 graham cracker sheet, broken in half 1/4 Sugar Free chocolate pudding cup (i used jell-o dark chocolate) 1 tbsp Marshmallow Fluff. Spread fluff on one cracker, pudding on the other. put together like sandwich. enjoy. (or make sMORE.:smile: )
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baked potato "chips?"
i want to make my own potato chips! i have a baking potato. i assume i cut it into slices, wedges, whatever. but i don't really know where to go from there. help?
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faux banana-chocolate-crunch ice crem. YUM!
Ok, so I read something the other day about frozen bananas and how yummy they are. So today I did strength training for the first time in a while, and needed some potassium to prevent being so sore tomorrow, and this is what i came up with:: 1 frozen banana 1 sugar free jello pudding (i used dark chocolate tuxedo --> Live…
