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Cutting Calories in Comfort Foods
Comfort Foods - Daily Diet Makeovers
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Chocolate cake, french fries, hot bread fresh out of the oven - Mommy help! All these comfort foods may cause the once-civil dieter to stampede. But not anymore. Dieters, it's time to rejoice over these tasty comfort food makeovers.
Comfort Food #1 - Chocolate Cake
A comfort-food favorite, this big boy weighs in at the top of the list for Comfort Foods. Unfortunately, it also registers 'TILT' when it comes to calories, because foods that are big on flavor tend to be big on calories. Here's our simple solution:
- A nice hunk of chocolate cake can be enjoyed for about 200 calories until......we pile on the frosting. Although you'll miss a bit of sweetness, try sprinkling the baked cake with powdered sugar rather than getting happy with the frosting spoon. You'll more than cut the calories in half.
Can't do without frosting? Try playing with a few of these tasty suggestions:
- Frost chocolate cake with LIGHT whipped topping
- Top cake with assorted fresh fruits. Both strawberries and peaches go well with chocolate cake
- Use a mix of 1/2 powder sugar and 1/2 Splenda. Substitute butter with 1/2 margarine or butter PLUS 1/2 low cal margarine use skimmed milk to breakdown the sugars rather than cream or regular milk and you'll save a few more calories
The New Diet Cake of Comfort Food - A tasty substitute for chocolate cake is light angelfood cake.
Comfort Food #2 - French Fries
Nothing like a fresh batch of hot fries dipped in catsup with a shaker of salt waiting in the wings, just in case. When the mood for comfort food strikes and you want a salty fix, try 'frying' up these jewels instead. You won't miss the fat and calories OR that salty craze you're searching for. Calories are slashed by more than half:
- Wash a small spud then blot dry. Next, slice into fries OR slice into thin slices. Spray a non-stick pan with cooking spray (butter flavored adds a nice punch) and add fries. Stir frequently, adding more cooking spray if needed. Take care not to spray additional cooking spray near burner or you'll risk setting more than your diet on fire.
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The New Diet Fry of Comfort Food - A tasty substitute for french fries is pan-fried flour tortillas cooked with non-stick cooking spray. Simply cut into strips after cooking. For a sweet twist, sprinkle on a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon.
Aim for tortillas that are lowest in calories. Most markets carry versions supporting 80 - 100 calories per tortilla. Wheat tortillas will add a bit of health goodness.
Comfort Food #3 - Pasta
Mama mia - I wanna big bowl of pasta ria! Other than cutting back on butter, sauces and creams that we generally like to drown our pasta in, little can be done to trim pasta calories.
With that in mind, we'd like to steer you towards a wonderful food that tastes like zillions of tiny noodles spun together. Couscous contains about 200 calories per cup, comparable to most pasta calories. However, the amazing thing about couscous is that it is so filling and because it's so teensy, it lasts a long, long time.
The New Diet Pasta of Comfort Food - Couscous sprinkled with a bit of cracked pepper, salt and no calorie butter spray.
Whether it's chocolate, chocolate cake, cheeseburgers, fries, soda or mac n cheese, comfort foods not only make the world go round, sometimes they make us round, too. HOWEVER, what's life without a bit of comfort foods now and then?
If you find that only the richest version of your favorite comfort food will do, be sure to count the calories into your overall daily calories. Unless you exceed your body's calorie requirements for the day, you can't gain weight.
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