Rooty Tooty Diet Float Recipe

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

A diet beverage recipe that contains all the spirit of a traditional float but without the high calories.


Something that most younger people have never experienced is enjoying a drink from a frosted mug.

It was a common occurrence some years ago.

There were drive-in hamburger and hot dog stands and whenever you ordered a soda it would arrive in a frosted mug.

A & W Root Beer in Austin, Texas used to be a favorite spot for me as I could order my little son a 'baby beer'. It arrived in a frosted mug, just like the adult root beer.

I don't even know if the restaurant still remains or if the A & W restaurants that are still in existence frost their mugs. By now, most fast food restaurants have moved to paper or plastic containers for their beverages and of course, those can't be frosted.

How to frost your mug:

You will need a very thick mug because glass can crack or even explode when exposed to extreme cold. I rinse my mug in clear water then transfer it to the freezer with the small film of water remaining on the outside of the mug - as well as the inside. It doesn't take long for the mug to frost, so be sure to check it every ten minutes or so.

There are also machines that they sell which are very inexpensive which can frost the mug for you, but I have not tried any of these out for performance evaluation.

The Recipe Ingredients, How to Prepare

Once the mug is frosted add the following recipe ingredients to make your Root Beer Float:

1 can of diet root beer (we've tested several brands and prefer A & W Root Beer based on flavor)

1 scoop of low fat or reduced fat vanilla ice milk or ice cream

1 serving of low fat whipped cream in a can OR 2 Tablespoons of fat free or low fat whipped topping

1 red cherry from a jar

, juice drained

Add scoop of ice milk or ice cream to the mug.  Pour in the diet root beer and allow the foam to settle a bit before adding the whipped cream and topping with the red cherry.


How we saved calories and fat grams:

Root Beer: The reason why we suggested using diet root beer is because it contains zero calories. Regular root beer can also be used but of course that will add about 100+ calories to your diet float.

Ice Cream: Ice Milk is very difficult to find at the market these days. As a kid, my family was dirt-poor. Ice Milk went into our freezer - not ice cream because we couldn't afford anything that rich.

Ice Milk contains less fat, therefore it is lower in calories than full-blown ice cream. By opting for low fat, reduced fat or even fat free ice cream we saved fat grams, thus calories as fat content increases the caloric values in foods.

And who would have thought a few short years ago that fat-free ice cream could exist? Or sugar free ice cream! Indeed, it's a dieter's world these days. Speaking of sugar free ice cream, you can certainly use that if you prefer and save even more calories in your diet float recipe.

Whipped Cream: The light whipped cream - yes, the real thing sold in a can which sprays out the whipped cream, contains a tiny 15 calories per serving and is less likely to cause digestive upset than the 'fake' whipped topping in individuals who aren't lactose intolerant.

Calories: These can be easily calculated because your root beer contains 0 calories. The cherry will contain about 10 calories. So simply add 10 calories to the caloric values of the whipped topping and ice cream used.

We hope that you enjoy this tasty diet float and that it enhances your weight loss plan or program. We suggest enjoying it with a couple of tacos prepared with corn shells to help satisfy your Grain Group requirements, filled with extra lean ground beef that has been seasoned and a nice healthy salad mix on top.

 

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