Hungry Girl
I was watching the food network the other day and came across a girl chatting about some healthier ways of eating good stuff. Did you know that you can make your onion rings healthy by slicing them up and coating them in crushed all bran flakes as opposed to putting them in flour? She also said that you can substitute pumpkin filling for butter in your fudge brownies too. Not that I will ever try that, but still..that is quite ok. I went to her website and found some really neat alternative recipes too. Here are some interesting facts:
Candy Shockers!
Warning! These’ll knock your sugar-lovin’ socks off…
Brittle Behaving Badly - A 3.5-oz. serving of peanut brittle contains a whopping 486 calories and 19 grams of fat! Yowsa!
Sugar-Free Silliness – Just because a candy is sans-sugar, doesn’t mean it’s low in calories & fat. Case in point – Nestle’s Sugar Free Pecan Turtles contain 183 calories and 11 grams of fat in each tiny, 3-piece, 1.2-oz. serving. Yikes!
Yogurt Myth Dispelled – Candy that’s coated in yogurt (as opposed to chocolate) has long been considered a healthier, lower calorie choice. Not so! An ounce of that coating contains just 4 calories fewer (and not even a full fat gram less) than an ounce of milk chocolate.
Bite-Size Blunder – Research shows you’re likely to consume more fat and calories with bite-size and fun-size candies than with the regular ones. While it’s easy to overdo it with a bag full of tiny treats, you’re less likely to bite into a second candy bar. So steer clear of the minis, unless you’ve got incredible willpower.
So here is the website if you want to take a snoop and see what the scoop is:
Hungry Girl has a neat layout and some cool graphics-it will also make you think twice about eating that cheese cake with close to 84 grams of fat in it!!!
